Lane County, Oregon Genealogy

United States Oregon  Lane County

County Courthouse
County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Lane County Court House as of July/August 2012.

Lane County Court is structured differently. Check the County Records Inventory link for addresses for location of records (left column).

Lane County Courthouse for additional information about some addresses and records.

Lane County Information
Lane County's civil records start the following years:

Historical Facts


Named for, the first governor of Oregon Territory.

Boundary Changes
28 January 1851: Lane county was created from Linn (Non-County Area 3) and Umpqua (Non-County Area 4) Counties. (Source: Newberry Library) 11 January 1854: Part was taken to form Wasco 07 January 1852: Lost small area to creation of Douglas. (Ore. Terr. Laws 1851, 3rd reg. sess., p. 18)  22 December 1853: Gained from Umpqua (extinct); gained from Non-County Area 4; exchanged with Douglas. (Ore. Terr. Special Laws, 1853, 5th reg. sess., p. 13)  19 November 1885: Gained from Douglas. (Ore. Laws 1885, gen., 13th sp. sess., p. 3)  16 February 1887: Gained from Linn. (Ore. Laws 1887, gen., 14th reg. sess., p. 126)  19 Feb 1903: Gained from Douglas. (Ore. Laws 1903, 22nd reg. sess., pp. 115-116) 29 January 1907: Exchanged with Linn. (Ore. Laws 1907, gen., 24th reg. sess., ch. 3/pp. 12-14)  19 February 1907: Gained from Linn. (Ore. Laws 1907, gen., 24th reg. sess., ch. 63/pp. 114-115)  12 February 1915: Gained from Linn and exchanged with Douglas. Area annexed from Linn was approximately 120 acres along the Willamette River near the present town of Lancaster [too small to map]. (Ore. Laws 1915, gen., 28th reg. sess., ch. 65/pp. 74-77)  15 February 1923: Lost to Benton and Lincoln. (Ore. Laws 1923, gen., 32nd reg. sess., ch. 92/pp. 129-131)  3 March 1927: Boundary with Lincoln redefined to correct minor errors in 15 February 1923 description [no change]. (Ore. Laws 1927, gen., 34th reg. sess., ch. 278/pp. 350-351) 6 March 1931: Gained small area from Lincoln when boundary was redefined to correct an error in the previous description. (Ore. Laws 1931, gen., 36th reg. sess., ch. 288/p. 514)

Trivia Tidbits
Information about localities, too small or too brief to describe in separate pages. Exception to this are Post Offices. Trivia Tidbits

Biography
Trivia Tidbits: Little biographic bits associated with the names of non-population localities.

Cemeteries

 * Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Hill BillionGraves
 * Forestvale Cemetery, Oakridge BillionGraves

Repositories

 * Lane County Archive and Records Center
 * Lane County Historical Museum
 * Lane County Public Service Building
 * Lane Education Service District
 * Oregon State Archives
 * Oregon Historical Society
 * University of Oregon, Knight Library

Rivers and Waterways
Details about the rivers and waterways where farms and settlements are often found along them. Rivers and Waterways

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Cottage Grove Oregon Family History Center
 * Eugene Oregon Family History Center
 * Florence Oregon Family History Center
 * Oakridge Oregon Family History Center

Websites

 * The Lane County GenWeb Project part of The ORGenWeb Project
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives (backup site)