Multnomah County, Oregon Genealogy

United States Oregon  Multnomah County

County Courthouse
http://www.co.multnomah.or.us/

Multnomah County Courthouse 1021 S.W. Fourth Avenue Portland, OR 97204

Parent Counties
22 December 1854: Multnomah county was created from Clackamas and Washington Counties. Named after Native American people first recorded in the journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Mulknomans, who inhabited the area of Portland, most specifically on Sauvie Island.

The county seat is Portland.


 * County Records Inventory listing Multnomah County records as of October 2006 inventory.
 * Record Loss:

Cities
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Fairview | Gresham | Lake Oswego | Maywood Park | Milwaukie | Portland | Troutdale | Wood Village

Communities
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Bonneville | Bridal Veil | Corbett | Dunthorpe | Latourell | Riverwood

Neighboring Counties
Clackamas | Columbia | Hood River | Washington | Washington counties: Clark | Skamania

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

Census

 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1895---State census, lists only names (no age or birthplace). An index is available in the Oregon Historical Records Index, at the Oregon State Archives.
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European and African American settlers included:


 * Columbia River
 * Willamette River
 * Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
 * Applegate Trail 1846 from Winnemucca, Nevada to Oregon City, Oregon
 * Barlow Road 1846 from The Dalles to Oregon City

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

Vital Records
The Genealogical Forum of Oregon has placed an index on-line to the following marriage books: (FI$)


 * 1855 - 1874 of the Multnomah County Marriage Books
 * 1875 - 1879 of the Multnomah County Marriage Books
 * 1880 - 1884 of the Multnomah County Marriage Books
 * 1885 - 1889 of the Multnomah County Marriage Books
 * 1890 - 1894 of the Multnomah County Marriage Books
 * 1895 - 1899 of the Multnomah County Marriage Books
 * 1900 - 1904 of the Multnomah County Marriage Books

The Index provides the following information:


 * 1) Surname and given Name
 * 2) Spouse’s Surname and given name
 * 3) Year
 * 4) Volume
 * 5) Page

Websites

 * The Multnomah County GenWeb Project, part of The ORGenWeb Project
 * Linkpenium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives (backup site)