Grant County, Oregon Genealogy

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Quick Facts
Named for General Ulysses S. Grant, General of the Union Army at the time.

Gold was discovered in what is now Canyon Creek in 1862, bring a gold rush into the area.

County Courthouse

 * Records Held at the Courthouse County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Grant County Court House as of July 2004.


 * Records Loss:

Parent Counties
14 October 1864: Grant county was created from Wasco and Umatilla Counties.

Boundary Changes
17 February 1899: Wheeler County set off.

23 February 1899: Harney County set off.

Places / Localities
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Cemeteries (Rural)

 * Oregon Gravestones.org
 * FindAGrave.org

Census

 * 1870 - the portion that is now Harney County was not enumerated.
 * 1880 - the portion that is now Harney County was not enumerated. This includes what is now Burns, Harney, etc.
 * 1890 - most census's burned in fire and not available. Try finding state census.
 * United States 1900 Census
 * United States 1910 Census $
 * United States 1920 Census $
 * United States 1930 Census $

Emigration and Immigration

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

Newspapers

 * Blue Mountain Eagle (Grant County Paper)
 * Newspaper Archives ($)

Vital Records

 * Social Security Death Index, begins about 1962 to at least 2 months ago.
 * AncestorHunt.com
 * Progenealogist.com
 * Western States Marriage Index

Websites

 * The Grant County GenWeb Project, part of The ORGenWeb Project
 * Linkpendium
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Grant County
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Grant County (backup site)
 * webtree.com, listing individuals who born or died in Grant County, Oregon. Submitters of gedcoms may add, update or remove contents.
 * Grant County Oregon History and Genealogy
 * Family History Library Catalog for Grant County.