Douglas County, Oregon Genealogy

United States Oregon  Douglas County

County Courthouse
Douglas County Courthouse 1036 SE Douglas Street Rm 221 Roseburg, OR 97470 Phone: 541.440.4324 County Clerk has marriage, burial, divorce, land, probate, military discharge and court records from 1853 and naturalization records from 1850.

Records Held at the Courthouse

 * County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Douglas County Court House as of June 2005.


 * Record Loss:

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Oregon, Douglas County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Quick Facts


Named for U.S. Senator of Illinois.

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

Parent County
7 January 1852: Created from the part of Umpqua County lying east of Coast Range summit.

Boundary Changes
11 January 1854: Part was taken to form Wasco County.

1856: Camas Valley of Umpqua County was annexed to Douglas County.

1862: Douglas County absorbed the remaining parts of Umpqua County.

1915: Boundary adjustments were made with Jackson and Lane counties.

Cities
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Canyonville | Drain | Elkton | Glendale | Myrtle Creek | Oakland | Reedsport | Riddle | Roseburg | Sutherlin | Winston | Yoncalla

Communities
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Ash | Azalea | Camas Valley | Curtin | Days Creek | Gardiner | Glide | Green | Scottsburg | Tenmile | Tiller | Umpqua | Winchester

Neighboring Counties
Coos | Curry | Jackson | Josephine | Klamath | Lane

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
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Territorial

 * 1853 Territorial Transcription and Index

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 Family History Library has copies of some county records as following:

Douglas County coroner inquests, 1896 to 1946

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Reedsport Oregon Family History Center
 * Roseburg Oregon Family History Center
 * South Umpqua Oregon Family History Center

Websites

 * The Douglas County GenWeb Project; part of The ORGenWeb Project
 * Linkpendium
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project (backup site)
 * Family History Library catalog for Douglas County.

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Oregon, Couglas County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)