Tillamook County, Oregon Genealogy

United States Oregon  Tillamook County

Guide to Tillamook County, Oregon ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
County Clerk has marriage records from 1862, divorce, probate and court records from 1860.

Parent Counties
15 December 1853: Tillamook county was created from Clatsop, Polk and Yamhill Counties. The name Tillamook comes from the Tillamook (Killamook or Calamoxes) Indians., a Native American tribe living in the area in 19th century.


 * Records Held at the Courthouse

County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Tillamook County Court House as of August/September 2006.


 * Record Loss:

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Oregon County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Oregon County Boundary Maps" (1843-1975) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Cities
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Bay City | Garibaldi | Manzanita | Nehalem | Rockaway Beach | Tillamook | Wheeler

Communities
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Barview | Beaver | Cape Meares | Cloverdale | Hebo | Idiotville | Neskowin | Netarts | Oceanside | Pacific City | Twin Rocks | Woods

Neighboring Counties
Clatsop | Columbia | Lincoln | Polk | Washington | Yamhill

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
Tillamook County, Oregon cemetery records

Census
Census records for Tillamook County, Oregon, 1854, 1857-1858

The 1860 census records of Tillamook County, Oregon

Tillamook County, Oregon census, 1860-1870

Military History and Records
List of soldier's graves in Tillamook County, Oregon : arranged according to the different cemeteries

Naturalization and Citizenship
Declarations of intentions, 1888-1892, 1907-1954 (Tillamook County, Oregon)

Naturalization petitions, 1909-1953; card index, 1871-1954 (Tillamook County, Oregon)

Newspapers
[Https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/usa/or Oregon Online Historical Newspapers] - identifies historical archived and digitized newspapers available online on both free and pay-to-access websites.

Probate Records
Tillamook County probate case files, 1859-1920

Record of wills, guardianships, and probate journals (Tillamook County, Oregon)

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

Taxation
[Tax assessment books and sherriff's tax rolls for Tillamook County, Oregon]

Vital Records
The Family History Library has copies of some records such as:

Petitions for delayed birth (Tillamook County, Oregon)

Tillamook County, Oregon marriages, 1862-1910

Oregon, Tillamook County, marriage records, 1855-1958

Divorce case files (Tillamook County, Oregon), 1875-1926

Tillamook County certificate of deaths 1903-1943, record of deaths 1907-1916

Record of deaths, 1907-1916, (Tillamook County, Oregon)

See also How to order Oregon Vital Records, order electronically online or download an application for Oregon Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Divorce Certificate, Death Certificate Application to mail.

Family History Centers

 * Tillamook Oregon Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Tillamook County, OR History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Oregon Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Oregon Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * The Tillamook County GenWeb Project, part of The ORGenWeb Project
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives backup site