Deschutes County, Oregon Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Deschutes Services Center 1300 NW Wall St. Bend, OR

Records Held at the Courthouse

 * County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Deschutes County Court House as of September/October 2007.


 * Record Loss:

Quick History


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.

Wikipedia

Parent County
13 December 1916: Created from Crook County.

Cities
Bend | La Pine | Redmond | Sisters

Communities
Black Butte Ranch | Brothers | SunriverTerrebonne | Three Rivers

Neighboring Counties
Crook | Harney | Jefferson | Klamath | Lake | Lane | Linn

Census

 * 1920
 * 1930

Web Sites

 * The Deschutes County GenWeb Project part of The ORGenWeb Project, a state project affiliated with The USGenWeb Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Deschutes County
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Deschutes County (backup site)
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library Catalog for Deschutes County.