Baker County, Oregon Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Baker County Courthouse 1995 Third Baker City, OR 97814

Records held at the Courthouse

 * County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Baker County Court House as of July 2005. This courthouse has the reputation of being the cleanest county record depository in the state of Oregon.


 * Record Loss: Some will books were lost in a county clerk's office fire in 1890s.

History



 * Named for U.S. Senator Edward Dickinson Baker of Oregon, who was killed at the Battle of Ball's Bluff in the Civil War.

Parent County
* Baker county was created from Wasco County 22 September 1862.

Boundary Changes

 * Parts were taken to form Union County 14 October 1864 and Malheur County 17 February 1887.
 * The Panhandle area between the Powder River and the Wallowa Mountains was returned from Union County 1 February 1901, forming the northeast corner of Baker County.

Neighboring Counties
Grant | Malheur | Union | Wallowa | Idaho counties: Adams | Washington

Biographies

 * The History of Baker County; Baker County Historical Society, pub. 1986. FHL Book #975.575 H2hi (not available on microfilm)
 * An Illustrated history of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney counties; Western Historical Publishing Company, pub. 1903. FHL 979.5 H2i, microfilm FHL #924599 item 1.

Census

 * 1870 - the area between Baker City, Haines and the Blue Mountains, generally known as Wingville was overlooked and not enumerated.
 * 1880 - the portion that was later be Malheur County, all the places south of Malheur River including what is now Ontario, Vale, Nyssa, Owyhee, etc was not enumerated.
 * 1870, 1880, 1890 and 1900 censuses, the Panhandle of Baker County enumerations can be found in Union County when it was part of Union County.

Emigration and Immigration

 * Ellis Island Passenger Arrival Records, 1892-1924, listing passengers who stated they are going to Baker County, Oregon

Maps

 * Hometown Locator for Baker County

Vital Records

 * Social Security Death Index, begins about 1962 to at least 2 months ago.

Web Sites

 * The Baker County ORGenWeb Project, a member of The ORGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Baker County
 * Webtree.com, listing individuals who born or died in Baker City or County, Oregon. Submitters of gedcoms may add, update or remove contents.
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Baker County