Oregon, Multnomah County, Poor Farm Admissions Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
Poor farm house admission records for years 1900-1962 in Multnomah County, Oregon. Digital images of the originals are held by the Multnomah County Archives in Portland, Oregon.

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 * Name
 * Birthplace
 * Former residence
 * Marital status
 * Occupation
 * Address of relative

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 * The area where they lived
 * About when the event took place

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 * Use the information found in the record to find additional family members in census records
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Multnomah County, poor farm admissions records, 1900-1962
 * Multnomah County, voting registration records, 1908-1958
 * Election voter register (Multnomah County, Oregon), 1889-1900
 * Multnomah County, property tax records, 1859-1864
 * Multnomah County, marriage records, 1855-1984
 * Probate case files (Multnomah County, Oregon), 1856-1900; index 1856-1939
 * Multnomah County, deed records, 1850-1921

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Oregon Historical Records Survey Project, Division of Professional and Service Projects, Inventory of the county archives of Oregon, no. 26, Multnomah County (Portland) 2 volumes. Portland, Oregon : Historical Records Survey (Oregon), 1940

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