Curry County, Oregon Genealogy
Guide to Curry County, Oregon ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
| Curry County, Oregon | |
| Map | |
 Location in the state of Oregon | |
 Location of Oregon in the U.S. | |
| Facts | |
| Founded | December 18, 1855 |
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| County Seat | Gold Beach |
| Courthouse | |
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| Address | Curry County Courthouse 29821 Ellensburg Ave PO Box 746 Gold Beach, OR 97444 Phone: 541.247.7011 Curry County Website |
Contents
- 1 County Information
- 2 Quick Facts
- 3 Places / Localities
- 4 Resources
- 5 Societies, Libraries and Museums
- 6 Websites
- 7 References
County Information[edit | edit source]
Description[edit | edit source]
The County was named for George Law Curry, a governor of the Oregon Territory. The County is located in the southwest area of the state. [1]
Curry County, Oregon Record Dates[edit | edit source]
| Birth* | Marriage | Death* | Court | Land | Probate | Census |
| 1903 | 1859 | 1903 | 1856 | 1859 | 1856 | 1845 |
County Courthouse[edit | edit source]
County Clerk has land, military and naturalization records from 1916. [3]
Records Held at the Courthouse[edit | edit source]
- County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Curry County Court House as of September 2005.
- Record Loss:
Quick Facts[edit | edit source]
Named for George Law Curry, last Governor of Oregon Territory, 1853-1859.
Parent County[edit | edit source]
18 December 1855: Created from Coos County. [4]
Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
For animated maps illustrating Oregon County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Oregon County Boundary Maps" (1843-1975) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.
Record Loss[edit | edit source]
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.
Places / Localities[edit | edit source]
Populated Places[edit | edit source]
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator
The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[5]
| Cities | ||
| Unincorporated communities | ||
| Census-designated places | ||
Post Offices
- Agness: Agness post office was established Oct. 16, 1897, and was named for the daughter of Amaziah Aubery, the first postmaster. Agness is situtated on Rogue River. Amaizah Aubery was born in northern California Dec. 24, 1865, and came to Curry County in 1883. He married Rachel Fry on Feb. 22, 1887. It is said the name was improperly reported to the postal authorities, hence the unusual spelling. FamilySearch Catalog
Neighboring Counties[edit | edit source]
Coos | Douglas | Josephine | Del Norte County, California
Trivia Tidbits[edit | edit source]
Information about localities, too small or too brief to describe in separate pages. Exception to this are Post Offices. > Trivia Tidbits
Resources[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
| Tombstone Transcriptions Online | Tombstone Transcriptions in Print | List of Cemeteries in the county |
| Findagrave.com | Family History Library | Findagrave.com |
| ORGenWeb | WorldCat | Billion Graves |
| ORGenWeb Archives | FamilySearch Places | |
| Tombstone Project | ||
| ORGravestones | ||
| Billion Graves | ||
| See Oregon Cemeteries for more information. | ||
Census[edit | edit source]
| Historical populations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± |
| 1860 | 393 | — |
| 1870 | 504 | 28.2% |
| 1880 | 1,208 | 139.7% |
| 1890 | 1,709 | 41.5% |
| 1900 | 1,868 | 9.3% |
| 1910 | 2,044 | 9.4% |
| 1920 | 3,025 | 48.0% |
| 1930 | 3,257 | 7.7% |
| 1940 | 4,301 | 32.1% |
| 1950 | 6,048 | 40.6% |
| 1960 | 13,983 | 131.2% |
| 1970 | 13,006 | −7.0% |
| 1980 | 16,992 | 30.6% |
| 1990 | 19,327 | 13.7% |
| 2000 | 21,137 | 9.4% |
| 2010 | 22,364 | 5.8% |
| Source: "Wikipedia.org". | ||
Church History and Records[edit | edit source]
List of Churches and Church Parishes
Court Records[edit | edit source]
Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
- FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places
History[edit | edit source]
Land and Property[edit | edit source]
Maps[edit | edit source]
- FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places
for more resources
Military History and Records[edit | edit source]
Civil War[edit | edit source]
- 1861-1865 - Oregon, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index
World War I[edit | edit source]
- 1919-1920 - Oregon, World War I, County Military Service Records, 1919-1920 at FamilySearch — index
- 1921-1938 - Oregon, World War I, Veteran State Aid Applications, 1921-1938 at FamilySearch — index and images
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Online Records
- 1833 – 1963 Oregon Wills and Probate Records 1833-1963 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
Rivers and Waterways[edit | edit source]
Details about the rivers and waterways where farms and settlements are often found along them. >> Rivers and Waterways
Taxation[edit | edit source]
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
See also How to order Oregon Vital Records, order electronically online or download an application for Oregon Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Divorce Certificate, Death Certificate Application to mail.
Birth Records[edit | edit source]
- 1860 - 1952 - Oregon Births, 1860-1952 at FamilySearch — index
Delayed Birth Certificates
Birth Registers
Marriage Records[edit | edit source]
- 1826-1975 - Oregon, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
- 1849-1884; 1991-2006 - Oregon Marriage Index, 1849-1884; 1991-2006 at FamilySearch — index and images; collection is incomplete.
- Extractions of early marriages are listed on the Western States Marriage Index
- Marriage Index 1885-1896 Actually is a book of affiants reporting the marriages. Historical Records Collection
Death Records[edit | edit source]
Societies, Libraries and Museums[edit | edit source]
Curry Historical Society
29419 Ellensburg Avenue
PO Box 1598
Gold Beach OR 97444
Telephone: 541-247-9396
E-mail:info@curryhistory.com
Website
Curry County Historical Society
920 S Ellensberg Ave
Gold Beach 97444-9705
Family History Centers[edit | edit source]
Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a family history center.
Local Centers and Libraries
- Brookings Oregon Family History Center 770 Elk Dr Brookings OR 97415 United States
- Gold Beach Oregon Family History Center 94161 Ellensburg Ave Gold Beach OR 97444 United States
- Port Orford Oregon Family History Center
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Curry County, OR History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
- Oregon Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
- The Curry County GenWeb Project part of The ORGenWeb Project
- Linkpendium
- The USGenWeb Archives Project
- The USGenWeb Archives Project (backup site)
- FamilySearch.org FamilySearch Catalog for Curry County
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Curry, Oregon" in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry_County,_Oregon accessed 27 Nov 2018
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Curry County, Oregon . Page 572-574 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 563-564.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Curry County, Oregon page 572, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ WorldCat 50140092 ▲ FHL Collection Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002)
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Curry County, Oregon," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry_County,_Oregon, accessed 3 October 2018.
