Linn County, Oregon Genealogy

United States Oregon  Linn County

County Courthouse
http://www.co.linn.or.us/ 300 SW 4TH AVE PO BOX 100 Albany, OR 97321

Quick Facts
28 December 1847: Linn county was created from Champoeg County. Named for U.S. Senator Lewis F. Linn of Missouri.


 * County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Linn County Court House as of October 2004.
 * Record Loss:

Boundary Changes
Parts were taken for


 * 28 January 1851: Lane and Umpqua counties


 * 11 January 1854: Part taken for Wasco county

Cities
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Albany | Brownsville | Gates | Halsey | Harrisburg | Idanha | Lebanon | Lyons | Mill City | Millersburg | Scio | Sodaville | Sweet Home | Tangent | Waterloo

Communities
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Cascadia | Crabtree | Crawfordsville | Foster | Jordan | Marion Forks | Riverside | Santiam Junction | Shedd

Discontinued Post Offices
Abberdeen |

Neighboring Counties
Benton | Deschutes | Jefferson | Lane | Marion | Polk

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

Cemeteries (Rural)

 * Knox Butte Cemetery, Albany BillionGraves

Census

 * 1850
 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1905 State Transcription
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

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:

Linn County records of deaths 1903-1915, 1915-1947 (the cover title of this one is "Register of Physicians, Midwives and Undertakers", death certificates 1903-1947, coroner's inquest 1909-1960, index 1909-1960.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Lebanon Oregon Family History Center
 * Sweet Home Oregon Family History Center

Webites

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