Oregon Obituaries

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Oregon Obituaries 1958-1962 (Newspaper clippings).

(no publication date) 4 volumes. Each volume indexed, about 7,000 names total.

[979.5 A000 Clipping]

Gurley, Lottie

Gurley Obituary File.

Indexed on-line, about 800 names.

[979.5 A000 News]

Hiday, Nellie

Newspaper Clippings – 1937, 1938, and 1939 (Mostly Obituaries, but some Anniversaries)

(no publication date) Indexed, about 400 names.

[979.5 A000 Clipping]

Piland, Lois

Oregon People (Newspaper clippings)

(no publication date) Indexed. Some obits, mostly marriages.

[979.5 A000 Clipping]

Smith, Fern

Genealogical data copied from the Pacific Christian Advocate (published in Oregon) for the years 1864–1890 (1867 missing).

Salem, Oregon : Mahonia Chapter DAR, 1961-1964. 3 volumes. Alphabetical by surname.

[979.5 A000 News]

Van Valin and Paul

Oregon Vital Records from the Oregon Spectator [1846–1857]… and the Oregon Statesman, Marriages and Deaths [1851–1854].

(no publication date) Indexed, most are marriages.

[979.5 A000 News]

Works Progress Administration

Vital Records from Oregon Newspapers (In the Oregon Historical Society Library collection) : Indexed by Name for Births, Deaths, and Marriages.

Microfilm, 6 reels

[979.5 A000 News]

Yaquina Chapter DAR

Obituaries and News Items of People born in the 1800s.

Waldport , Oregon : Yaquina Chapter DAR, 1991. 3 volumes from many Oregon newspapers. Indexed, about 500 names.

[979.5 A000 News]

Morrell, Joyce Simpson

Newspaper Obituaries and Death Notices

Astoria, Oregon : Clatsop County Genealogical Society, c1988. 2 volumes. Alphabetical by surname.

[979.5 C614 News]

Wooldridge, Alice

Obituaries –Southwestern Oregon Coos and Curry Counties.

(no publication date) 1953 thru 1971, 6 volumes. Indexed by year, about 600 names per year for 18 years for total about 10,000 names.

[979.5 C778 Clipping]

Woodridge, Alice, compiled by

Early History of Coos County from Newspapers 1890–1941.

2 volumes, each indexed, about 2500 names total.

[979.5 C778 Clipping]

Wooldridge, Alice H

Pioneers and Incidents of The Upper Coquille Valley 1890–1940.

Myrtle Creek, Oregon: The mail Printers, 1971. Indexed, about 800 obits.

[979.5 C778 C786 History 1890–1940]

Norma Austin, Lois Shaffer, Violet Wagers, and Hubert Wagers

Douglas County, Oregon : Newspaper Index.

1867–1880, various newspapers. Roseburg, Oregon : Genealogical Society of Douglas County, 2001. 3 volumes, each indexed by date. Index only, deaths, marriages, other events mixed.

[979.5 D734 News]

Childers, Lida

Ashland Tidings: Ashland, Oregon, newspaper abstracts: Index.

Ashland, Oregon, 1992. Index only, 2 volumes, deaths plus others, index only, 1876–1927.

[979.5 J13 A826 News]

Lacy, Ruby

Democratic Times : newspaper abstracts : Jacksonville, Oregon : Vol 1 : 7 Jan 1871–Dec 28 1877.

Ashland, Oregon, 1990. Indexed, deaths plus other articles.

[979.5 J13 J14 News]

Childers, Lida and Ruby Lacy

Jacksonville newspapers : The Democratic News : Reveille : The Oregon Intelligencer : The Oregon Reporter [1901–1904].

Ashland, Oregon, Lacy Publishers, c. 1988. 2 volumes, each indexed, mixed with other articles.

[979.5 J13 J14 News]

Lacy, Ruby

Medford newspapers : Southern Oregon Eye, 4 Jan 1899–25 Jan 1900 : Pacific Record Herald, 3 Jan 1929 thru 24 Mar 1932.

Ashland, Oregon, 1991. Indexed, mixed death plus other items.

[979.5 J13 M488 News]

Childers, Lida and Ruby Lacy

Medford Enquirer, 9 Feb. 1900–3 July 1903.

Ashland, Oregon, 1988. Indexed, about 780 names, mostly obits.

[979.5 J13 M488 News]

Chain, Pauline

Obituaries, Taken from Newspaper Clippings Gathered by Erma Sumner Rufener, Volume 5.

Madras, Oregon : Stone Mountain Enterprises, 1989. #65 on spine. 1970s and 1980s, alphabetical by surname.

[979.5 J452 News]

Chain, Pauline

Obituaries, Bend Bulletin and Madras Pioneer.

Madras, Oregon : Stone Mountain Enterprises, 1989, 1994. 2 volumes, alphabetical by surname. #71 and #72 on spine.

[979.5 J452 News]

Chain, Pauline

Obituaries, Madras Pioneer.

Madras, Oregon : Stone Mountain Enterprises, 1989, 1990. 4 volumes, alphabetical by surname. #73 thru #76 on spine.

[979.5 J452 News]

Toftdahl, Gregory

Oregon Newspaper Death Notices 1890–1902 – An Index to Death Notices Published in Eugene, Lane Co. OR.

Springfield, Oregon: By the author, 1992. By years then alphabetical by surname.

[979.5 L265 E87 News 1890–1902]

Index of the Daily and Sunday Oregonian.

1914 thru 1929, missing 1914, 1915, 1916, 1928. Portland, Oregon: Oregonian. Multiple volumes, each index only, look under “Deaths.”

[979.5 M961 News]

Father Augustine DeNoble

Deaths and Burials of Tillamook County, Oregon : Taken from the Kilchis Advance (1880–1882) and the Tillamook Headlight (1888–1898).

Tillamook, Oregon: Tillamook County Historical Society, 1986. 2 volumes, each indexed, about 700 names.

[979.5 T574 News]

Gurley, Mrs Wayne

Wasco County Records Part II: Wasco Co. Vital Statistics from files of The Weekly Mountaineer & Times-Mountaineer 1865–1891.

Salem, Oregon: The Ink Spot. Indexed, about 600 obits.

[979.5 W3122 News]

Elliott, Lorna

Wasco County, Oregon: Birth & Death Extracts From The Dalles Newspapers 1890–Aug. 29, 1895.

The Dalles, Oregon: Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society, 1990. Index surname only, about 800 obits.

[979.5 W3122 VR]

Balfour, Gyneth Sue

Obituaries for Washington County, OR : genealogical material abstracted from the Hillsboro Argus and the Hillsboro Independent, Hillsboro, Oregon.

Portland, Oregon. 1887–1930. 3 volumes, each indexed, about 7800 names total.

[979.5 W317 H649 News]

Johnson, Katherine, Yamhill County Genealogical Society

Wooden Scrapbook Index: Yamhill County, Oregon – Obituaries.

Dallas, Oregon (no publication date). Index only.

[979.5 Y192 Clipping]

Fay Ray Scrapbook Notices & Clippings (Newberg)

Oregon: , 1966. Obits and funeral cards, not indexed

[979.5 Y192 N535 Clippings]

Library Association
of Portland

Library Association of Portland Newspaper Index 1855–1984.

Portland, Oregon: Library Association of Portland, 1984) 2 sets of microfiche, indexes only, obits usually have dates and age, e.g. 1906–1986 Ag 80. About 700,000 cards, maybe a third to a half are obits.

[979.5 M961 P852 News]

Fitzgerald, Lucille

Deaths and burials in Union County, Oregon 1860–Mar 1974.

La Grande, Oregon: Oregon Genealogical Society. 3 rolls microfilm. Card alphabetical by surname, has birth, death, parents, spouse.

[Microfilm: OR U582 | VR-DEA]