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*'''A suggested approach to genealogy research in Oregon family history records.'''
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:'''[[Step-by-Step Oregon Research, 1900-Present#Step_1._Find_out_everything_you_can_from_living_relatives_and_their_family_records:|1. Contact living relatives.]]''' <br>
:'''[[Step-by-Step Oregon Research, 1900-Present#Step 2. Find your ancestors in every possible census record, 1910-1940, online.|2. Online census records.]]'''
:'''[[Step-by-Step Oregon Research, 1900-Present#Step 3: Find online birth, marriage, and death certificates for your ancestors and their children.|3. Births, marriages, and deaths online]]'''
:'''[[Step-by-Step Oregon Research, 1900-Present#Step_4:_Using_all_the_death_date_information,_try_to_find_additional_details_about_your_ancestors_in_Social_Security_records, obituaries,_and_cemetery_records_online.|4. Obituary and cemetery records online]].'''
:'''[[Step-by-Step Oregon Research, 1900-Present#Step 5: Search military records: World War I and World War II draft cards.|5. Military records online.]]
:'''[[Step-by-Step Oregon Research, 1900-Present#Step_6:_If_your_ancestor_was_an_immigrant, _search_immigration records_online.|6. Naturalization records online.]]'''
:'''[[Step-by-Step Oregon Research, 1900-Present#Step_7:_Study_each_record_for_other_possible_searches.|7. Study clues.]]'''
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| style="background:Wheat; padding:15px" | '''What sets this era in Oregon genealogy apart from earlier time periods are the advent of civil registration (state birth, marriage, and death certificates) and the possibility that you have older living relatives who can provide memories and family records. In addition, U. S. census records (occurred every 10 years--1900-1940), Social Security collections, obituary and cemetery records make it possible to find a lot of genealogical information in just a few rich record types.'''
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===== See also, [[How to use "record hints"|How to use "record hints".]] =====
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=== '''Step 1. Find out everything you can from living relatives and their family records:''' ===
Every good genealogy project starts with finding all the clues you can gather from [[Finding Living Relatives (National Institute)|living relatives]] — both from their [[Gather Family Information|memories]] and from [[Gather Family Information#Family_Records|documents or memorabilia]] in their homes. <br>
==== '''What should you ask?''' ====
In order to extend your research on your ancestors, you are looking for '''names, dates, and places'''. ''Everything you learn that tells you about when and where a relative lived is a clue to a new record search''. Be sure to ask questions that lead to that information, including about their occupations, military service, or associations with others, such as fraternal organizations. See also:
*[http://genealogy.about.com/cs/oralhistory/a/interview.htm Fifty Questions for Family History Interviews What to Ask the Relatives]
*[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865595932/Genealogy-150-questions-to-ask-family-members-about-their-lives.html?pg=all Genealogy: 150 questions to ask family members about their lives]
*[[Creating Oral Histories|Creating Oral Histories]]
==== '''What [[Gather Family Information|documents]] should you look for and ask to copy?''' ====
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*Announcements of births, weddings, <br>and anniversaries
*Baby and wedding books
*Certificates
*Deeds, and property records
*Family Bibles
*Family reunion notices and records
*Fraternal or society records
*Insurance policies
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*Journals and diaries
*Letters and cards
*Licenses (business, marriage, <br>fishing, driving)
*Naturalization documents
*Newspaper clippings and obituaries
*Medical records
*Military service and pension documents
*Occupational awards
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*Passports
*Personal histories and biographies
*Photograph albums
*Printed Notices and Announcements
*Programs (graduation, award ceremonies, funerals)
*School records
*Scrapbooks
*Wills and trusts
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[[File:Oregon, Tillamook County Records (12-1321) Marriage Record DGS 5543240 292.jpg|thumb|right|450px]] [[File:Oregon obituary.jpg|thumb|left|250px]][[File:Oregon postcard .png|500px|thumb|right]]
==== '''Using the clues to lead to census record searches.''' ====
Here are three documents you might find in a home search: a newspaper obituary, a marriage certificate, and a postcard. Notice how the clues in them let us know other records to search:<br>
1. Frank A. Read lived in Portland, Oregon, his whole life, from 1885 on. We should be able to find him in the [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSDG-XL6 1900], 1910, [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M48F-WSB 1920], [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCS3-XZF 1930], and [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRT5-SXV 1940] censuses in Oregon. Click on the blue links to see the search results. The most valuable finding is the 1900 census where we find Frank living with his parents, providing us with the next link on the pedigree. <br>
2. The marriage certificate is for Albert Crawford and Ingeborg Sandberg, who married in 1900 in Tillamook County, Oregon. We will look for them in the [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSDP-32H 1900], [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLYT-RD2 1910], [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4Z5-9ZF 1920], [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCS8-G8R 1930], and 1940 censuses also. Click on the blue links to see the search results. <br>
3. in 1910, Mrs. Mabel Binder receives a postcard from her friend Mattie at her address in Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon. Mattie asks her about the name of a new baby. We find a census record in [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLYR-P87 1910 at Elkton] for Mabel, her new baby and the rest of her family. With the added information of her husband's name and several other children, we can follow the family in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1920usfedcen&h=99283762&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&rhSource=6224 1920], [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC9X-5L4 1930], and [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRG-NM6 1940] censuses. We can also go back to the [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSDD-JX6 1900] census and look for them. Click on the links to see how these searches turned out. Notice the new information found. Later, these clues will help us find them in more records.
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==='''Step 2. Find your ancestors in every possible census record, 1900-1940, online.'''===
A census is a count and description of the population of a country, state, county, or city for a given date. A census took a "snapshot" of a family on a certain day. For each person living in a household you might find (depending on the year) their name, age, birthplace, relationship to head of household, place of birth for father and mother, citizenship status, year of immigration, mother of how many children and number of children living, native language, and whether they were a veteran of the military.
To learn more about census records, including search strategies, see [[United States Census Records for Beginners|'''United States Census Records for Beginners''']].
Look at the samples of census records below. You should find your family members in every possible census, using these convenient links:
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*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1325221 '''1900 U.S.''']
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*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1727033 '''1910 U.S.''']
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*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1488411 '''1920 U.S.''']
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*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1810731 '''1930 U.S.''']
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*[https://familysearch.org/1940census '''1940 U.S.''']
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==== '''United States census records''' ====
*Here is a sample of a 1900 United States census record. You can see all the different information you can glean from this record once you find your family in the census. [[Image:1900 United States Census.jpg|thumb|center|800px|1900 United States Census.jpg]]
*You will want to find and keep notes on census records from every census during each ancestor's lifetime. For example, if your ancestor was born in 1897 and died in 1945, you will want to find them in the 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 censuses.
*With the census records, you will then be able to estimate approximate birth dates and marriage dates. These records will lead you to new searches because you will find the names of other members of the family. You will find clues to other states and countries your family lived in before coming to Oregon.
*'''You can use what you learned from the census records to help you search for birth, marriage, and death records. Possibly the clues you find in the certificates will lead you back to the census records again for new names of family members.''' <br>
==== '''Using the census clues to lead to a birth certificate.''' ====
We have watched the family of Charles and Mabel Binder grow from a young couple living in his parents' home in 1900, through all the censuses up to 1940, where they have grandchildren living in their home. There is a possibility of locating a birth certificate for each of their children. One important outcome of that search would be the discovery of Mabel's maiden name so that we can trace her parents.
==== '''Using the census clues to lead to a marriage certificate.''' ====
===='''Using the census clues to lead to a death certificate'''====
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=== '''Step 3: Find online birth, marriage, and death certificates for your ancestors and their children.''' ===
States, counties, or even towns in some states recorded births, marriages, and deaths. You have probably seen these types of certificates and have your own. In addition to the child's name, birth date, and place of birth, a birth certificate may give the birthplaces of the parents, their ages, and occupations. A death certificate may give the person's birth date and place, parents' names and birthplaces, and spouse's name.
==== '''Studying what you have found:''' ====
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*Review what you have found to see if there is missing information that could be found in a birth, marriage, or death certificate for your ancestors and their children.
*If you are missing the names of parents, find a person's death certificate. It may contain the names of the deceased's parents, which would extend your pedigree back one more generation.
*If you find a child listed in a census record, try to find their actual birth certificate to learn their full birth date.
*If a married couple is shown in the census records and you need the wife's maiden name, search for their marriage record or her death record. The mother's maiden name should also be given in her children's birth certificates.
==== '''Obtaining the certificates''' ====
*There are basically two ways to find these certificates, or the information from them: by finding them in an online database, and by by [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/california.htm'''purchasing them through the mail'''] .
==== '''Online databases, usually indexes, with some images''' ====
*This chart gives links to some Oregon online databases for these records:
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*'''Search Sites for Oregon Birth Records and Indexes'''
:*{{RecordSearch|1675468|Oregon, Births and Christenings, 1868-1929}} Index only, also at [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/oregon-births-and-baptisms-1868-1929 FindMyPast], ($), index, also at [http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30194/oregon-births-christenings-1868-1929?s=218489221 MyHeritage], ($), index, also at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60106 Ancestry], ($).
:*[http://genealogy.state.or.us/ Oregon State Archives Delayed Birth Index]
'''Also, see [[How to Find Oregon Birth Records|How to Find Oregon Birth Records]].'''
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*'''Search Sites for Oregon Marriage Records and Indexes'''
:*{{RecordSearch|1803968|Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975}} Index and images
:*{{RecordSearch|1675533|Oregon, Marriages, 1853-1935}} Index only
:*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5193 Oregon Marriage Indexes, 1906-1924, 1946-2008]] ($)
:*[http://genealogy.state.or.us/ Oregon State Archives Marriage Index]
'''Also, see [[How to Find Oregon Marriage Records|How to Find Oregon Marriage Records]].'''
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*'''Search Sites for Oregon Death Records and Indexes'''
:*[http://www.deathindexes.com/oregon/index.html Online Oregon Death Records & Indexes]
:*{{RecordSearch|1946790|Oregon, Death Index, 1903-1998}} Index only
:*{{RecordSearch|1675532|Oregon, Deaths and Burials, 1903-1947}} Index only
:*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5254 Oregon, Death Index 1898-2008]
:*[http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10090/oregon-deaths-1903-1930?s=218489221 Oregon Deaths, 1903 - 1930], ($), index
:*[http://genealogy.state.or.us/ Oregon State Archives Coroner's Reports]
:*[http://genealogy.state.or.us/ Oregon State Archives Death Index]
'''Also, see [[How to Find Oregon Death Records|How to Find Oregon Death Records]].'''
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==== '''Samples of index entries''' ====
These are examples of information given in an online index, which is usually abbreviated. By sending for the original record, you can usually learn much more.
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==== '''Ordering certificates through the mail''' ====
*[http://public.health.oregon.gov/BirthDeathCertificates/GetVitalRecords/Pages/forms.aspx Click here] for information on how to order birth records. This will require an [http://public.health.oregon.gov/BirthDeathCertificates/GetVitalRecords/Documents/birthor.pdf application], a [http://public.health.oregon.gov/BirthDeathCertificates/GetVitalRecords/Documents/2016-fees-table.pdf fee], and proof of your identification. Provide as many details as possible on the application, but you may leave some fields blank.
*[http://public.health.oregon.gov/BirthDeathCertificates/GetVitalRecords/Pages/forms.aspx Click here] for information on how to order marriage records. This will require an [http://public.health.oregon.gov/BirthDeathCertificates/GetVitalRecords/Documents/marryor.pdf application], a [http://public.health.oregon.gov/BirthDeathCertificates/GetVitalRecords/Documents/2016-fees-table.pdf fee], and proof of your identification. Provide as many details as possible on the application, but you may leave some fields blank.
*[http://public.health.oregon.gov/BirthDeathCertificates/GetVitalRecords/Pages/forms.aspx Click here] for information on how to order death records. This will require an [http://public.health.oregon.gov/BirthDeathCertificates/GetVitalRecords/Documents/deathor.pdf application], a [http://public.health.oregon.gov/BirthDeathCertificates/GetVitalRecords/Documents/2016-fees-table.pdf fee], and proof of your identification. Provide as many details as possible on the application, but you may leave some fields blank.
===== '''Samples of records''' =====
Here are some samples of Oregon certificates. Notice the types of information available in each, particularly the identity of the parents, which adds another generation to your research.
[[File:Oregon birth.jpg|thumb|center|700px|Oregon Birth Certificate]]
[[File:Oregon, Deschute County Records (13-1178) Marriage Certificate DGS 100444722 17.jpg|thumb|center|700px|Oregon Marriage Certificate]] <br>
[[File:Oregon death certificate.gif|thumb|center|900px|Oregon Death Certificate]] <br>
=== '''Step 4: Using all the death date information, try to find additional details about your ancestors in Social Security records, obituaries, and cemetery records online.''' ===
==== '''U.S. Social Security Death Index and Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007''' ====
The U.S. Social Security program began in 1935 but most deaths recorded in the index happened after 1962. The '''Social Security Death index''' includes those who had a Social Security number and/or applied for benefits. The index entries give the person's full birth date, last known residence, and residence at the time they first enrolled. Women are listed under their married name at the time of their death. You can search these records online at {{RecordSearch|1202535|'''United States Social Security Death Index'''}}. Also at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3693 '''Ancestry.com'''], ($), index.
The [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60901 '''Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007'''] picks up where the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) leaves off, by providing information filed in the application or claims process, including valuable details such as '''birth date, birth place, and parents’ names.''' Unless the deceased would be at least 75 years old today, the parents' names are not published. ''You will not find everybody who is listed in the SSDI, as criteria for inclusion differs.''
If you find your ancestor in the SSDI index, you can order a copy of their original Social Security application (SS-5). If you can prove the individual has died (by sending an obituary or copy of their cemetery headstone), the application will also give the deceased's parents' names, if listed.
[[File:Oregon ss app.png|thumb|center|400px|Oregon Social Security Application Index]]
==== '''Obituaries and cemeteries''' ====
===== '''Obituaries''' =====
*Frequently, a death is announced in the newspaper with an obituary.
*These obituaries may supply missing birth or death dates and name the parents of the deceased.
*Obituaries may also name family members, their spouses, their current residences, and whether they died before the person or are still surviving, especially in obituaries written in the last half of the 20th Century.
*Try these Oregon links:
:*[http://www.deathindexes.com/oregon/index.html Online Oregon Death Records & Indexes]
:*[http://www.gfo.org/obits/index.htm Genealogical Forum of Oregon Obituary Index]
:*[http://www.obitsarchive.com/oa-search/we/Archives/?p_action=keyword&p_product=OBAR&p_theme=obar&d_sources=location&d_place=Oregon&p_nbid=&kbid=10435 ObitsArchive.com - Oregon]
:*[http://obituarieshelp.org/oregon_newspaper_obituaries.html ObituariesHelp.org]
===== '''Cemeteries''' =====
*Cemetery records may only give the names and dates stated on the tombstone, but as in the case of FindAGrave, sometimes pictures of the deceased and their tombstone, children's or parents' names and links to their graves, and marriage information have been added. Always verify information added by others.
*Frequently family members are buried in the same cemetery often in neighboring plots.
*Try these Oregon links:
NOTE: Each database covers different cemeteries, although some may overlap. Don't be discouraged if you do not locate your individual in the first database. '''Check each collection.'''
:*[http://www.deathindexes.com/oregon/index.html Online Oregon Death Records & Indexes]
:*[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/oregon/oregon.html Oregon Tombstone Transcription Project at USGenWeb]
:*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi Oregon Cemetery Records at Findagrave.com]
:*[http://interment.net/us/or/index.htm Oregon Cemetery Records at Interment.net]
:*[http://billiongraves.com/pages/search/#country=United+States&state=Oregon&county=0&search_text=&action=search_cemetery BillionGraves Oregon Cemeteries]
:*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2527 Oregon, Church and Cemetery Records, 1840-1965]
:*[http://www.oregongravestones.org/ Oregon Gravestone Photo Project]
:*[http://www.idreamof.com/cemetery/or.html Oregon Cemeteries, I Dream of Genealogy]
:*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm The USGenWeb Archives - Oregon]
:*[http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/OR/ Linkpendium Oregon]
:*[http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/junction/CJ-OR-NDX.html Cemetery Junction Oregon]
This example of an online cemetery record is from [http://www.findagrave.com/ FindAGrave] [[File:Oregon FindaGrave.png|center|500px]]
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=== '''Step 5: Search military records: World War I and World War II draft cards.''' ===
*There are many different types of military records, some covered in online collections, some microfilmed, and some requiring you to order them from government repositories with a fee. For more information, read the [[U.S. Military Records Class Handout|'''U.S. Military Records Class Handout''']]. Information in military records can vary from a simple lists of name, age, and residence, to more detailed records including name, residence, age, occupation, marital status, birthplace, physical description, number of dependents, pensions received, disabled veterans, needy veterans, widows or orphans of veterans, and other information.
==== World War I Draft Registration ====
[[File:Oregon draft WW I.png|thumb|800px]]
*One of the most helpful military records is the '''draft registration of 1917-1918'''. During three separate registrations, men born between 1873-1897 were required to register in the draft for World War I. Cards may give birth date, birth place, residence, occupation, employer, physical description, next of kin (usually the wife or mother), and number of dependents. Search for your male relatives born in this time period at {{RecordSearch|1968530|'''U.S. WW I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918'''}}.
[[File:Oregon WW II draft.png|thumb|500px]]
===World War II Draft Registration===
Likewise, the World War II draft in 1942 may give birth date, birth place, residence, occupation, employer, and other family members as contacts. Search for your male relatives born in this time period at [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1861144 '''U.S. WW II Draft Registration Cards, 1942'''].
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=== '''Step 6: If your ancestor was an immigrant, search naturalization records online.''' ===
==== '''Naturalization (Citizenship) Records''' ====
[[File:Oregon petition for citizenship.png|1000px|thumb]]
Naturalization is the process of becoming a citizen. Records can include the immigrant's declaration of intent to become a citizen, petitions for citizenship, and final certificate of naturalization. Naturalization records after 1906 can show birth date and place, spouse's name, marriage date and place, and lists of children with their birth dates.
==== Census clues to naturalization records ====
Census records can provide important clues about nationality and immigration. This chart lists data that can be found in each of the census records. Gather the information in the census records specifically about immigration, as it will help narrow down your search.
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! style="border:1px solid green; text-align:center; width:75%" | <center>Immigration and Naturalization Information </center>
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| style="border:1px solid green; text-align:center" | 1870
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*Whether father and mother are of foreign birth
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| style="border:1px solid green; text-align:center" | 1880
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*Place of birth for father and mother
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| style="border:1px solid green; text-align:center" | 1900
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*Place of birth for father and mother
*Naturalization status: alien, papers submitted, or naturalized
*Year of immigration to U.S.
*How many years lived in U.S.
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*Place of birth for father and mother
*Naturalization status: alien, papers submitted, or naturalized
*Year of immigration to U.S.
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| style="border:1px solid green; text-align:center" | 1920
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*Place of birth for father and mother
*Naturalization status: alien, papers submitted, or naturalized
*Year of immigration to U.S.
*Year of naturalization
*Native language
*Native language of father and mother
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| style="border:1px solid green; text-align:center" | 1930
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*Place of birth for father and mother
*Naturalization status: alien, papers submitted, or naturalized
*Year of immigration to U.S.
*Native language
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| style="border:1px solid green; text-align:center" | 1940
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*Naturalization status: alien, papers submitted, or naturalized
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Oregon naturalization records could be recorded at the county court or the Federal District or Circuit Court. You must look for them in both locations. Try searching first in any county where the person lived, unless the census tells you the year they were naturalized, and you have evidence of where they lived that year. If you cannot locate them in the county records, try searching for them in the Federal courts.
==== '''Oregon Naturalization and Citizenship Online Records''' ====
*[http://genealogy.state.or.us/ Oregon State Archives Naturalization Record Index]
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2530 Oregon, Naturalization Records 1895-1999] ($)
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1192 U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes for Oregon, 1859-1935 - U.S. Circuit Court, Indexes to Declarations] ($)
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1192 U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes for Oregon, 1906-1935 - U.S. Circuit Court, Petitions] ($)
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1192 U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes for Oregon, 1859-1907 - U.S. Circuit and District Courts, Admissions to citizenship] ($)
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1192 U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes for Oregon, 1859-1956 - U.S. District Court, Indexes to Declarations] ($)
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1192 U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes for Oregon, 1906-1956 - U.S. District Court, Petitions] ($)
*[http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/records/aids/naturalization.html#list Naturalization Records List] Records held at the Oregon State Archives
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1554 Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, 1859-1941] ($)
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=== '''Step 7: Study each record for other possible searches.''' ===
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You can now go through a process of working back and forth between all the different record types. Most researchers find clues in the census records that alert them to new certificates to obtain. The certificates then give them ideas of new facts to look for in the census. For example, when a marriage certificate gives you a wife's maiden name, you will then want to look for her in earlier censuses listed with her family as a child. When the census shows you her parents' names, you may then search for their death records. The death records might show their patents' names and take you back to the census to search for them. A naturalization record listing children's names might lead you back to birth certificate searches, and so on.
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