Deschutes County, Oregon Genealogy
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Oregon, United States Genealogy Deschutes County
Guide to Deschutes County Oregon genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
| Deschutes County, Oregon | |
| Map | |
 Location in the state of Oregon, United States Genealogy | |
 Location of Oregon in the U.S. | |
| Facts | |
| Founded | December 13, 1916 |
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| County Seat | Bend |
| Courthouse | |
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| Address | Deschutes County Courthouse 1340 N W Wall Street Bend, Or 97701 Phone: 541-388-6549 Deschutes County Website |
Contents
County Courthouse
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County Clerk has marriage, burial, divorce, land,
probate, military discharge records from 1853
and Naturalization records from 1916.[1]
County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Deschutes County Court House as of September/October 2007.
Deschutes County Court is structured differently. Check the County Records Inventory link for addresses for location of records (left column).
- Record Loss:
Historical Facts[edit | edit source]
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Named for Deschutes River. French name was Riviere des Chutes or Riviere aux Chutes, meaning River of the Falls. The waterfall it referred to was Celilo Falls near where the river exits into Columbia River.
Parent County[edit | edit source]
13 December 1916: Created from Crook County. [2]
Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
Places / Localities[edit | edit source]
Populated Places[edit | edit source]
Cities[edit | edit source]
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Bend | La Pine | Redmond | Sisters
Communities[edit | edit source]
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Black Butte Ranch | Brothers | SunriverTerrebonne | Three Rivers
Defunct Post Offices[edit | edit source]
Alfalfa |
Neighboring Counties[edit | edit source]
Crook | Harney | Jefferson | Klamath | Lake | Lane | Linn
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]
Census[edit | edit source]
- 1920
- 1930
Church History and Records[edit | edit source]
Court Records[edit | edit source]
Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
History[edit | edit source]
Land and Property[edit | edit source]
Maps[edit | edit source]
Military History and Records[edit | edit source]
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Oregon Online Historical Newspapers - identifies historical archived and digitized newspapers available online on both free and pay-to-access websites.
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
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]
Societies, Libraries and Museums[edit | edit source]
Family History Centers[edit | edit source]
- Introduction to Family History Centers
- Bend Oregon Family History Center
- Redmond Oregon Family History Center
Websites[edit | edit source]
- The Deschutes County GenWeb Project part of The ORGenWeb Project
- Linkpendium
- The USGenWeb Archives Project
- The USGenWeb Archives Project (backup site)
- FamilySearch.org Family History Library Catalog for Deschutes County.
Deschutes County Oregon Genealogy References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Deshutes County, Oregon page 572, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ WorldCat 50140092 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].
