Hood River County, Oregon Genealogy

United States Oregon  Hood River County

County Courthouse
Hood River County Courthouse 309 State Street Hood River, OR 97031-2037; Phone: 541.386.1442 County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1908 and land records from 1895

Records Held at the Courthouse

 * County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Hood River County Court House and other locations as of June 2004.


 * Record Loss:

Quick Facts
Named for, a tributary of Columbia River.

Parent County
23 June 1908: Created from Wasco County.

Cities
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Cascade Locks | Hood River

Communities
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Dee | Mount Hood | Odell | Parkdale | Pine Grove

Neighboring Counties
Clackamas | Multnomah | Wasco | Washington counties: Klickitat | Skamania

Archives and Libraries

 * Oregon State Archives, Genealogical Information Locator

Cemeteries

 * Soldiers of 1861-1865 buried in Idlewilde Cemetery, Hood River, Oregon, by Jean Williams Koops and Patricia F. Combs
 * Pine Grove Butte Cemetery Records
 * Index of Idlewilde Cemetery, Hood River Oregon, transcribed by Jeffrey W. Bryant
 * Hood River County Cemeteries, Columbia Gorge Genealogy Society
 * www.Findagrave.com particularly for burials in Idlewilde Cemetery, Mountain View Cemetery, and Pine Grove Butte Cemetery.

Census

 * Japanese Population in Oregon - October 1, 1928
 * Hood River School Census 1933, Hood River County School District, transcribed by Jeffrey W. Bryant
 * Hood River School Census 1940, Hood River County School District, transcribed by Jeffrey W. Bryant

Church History and Records

 * Rural Area Only

Directories

 * Telephone Directory - 1973 - Hood River - Odell - Dee - Parkdale, Oregon
 * 1905 Hood River Telephone Directory
 * Directory, Oregon-Washington Telephone Company, Hood River, Oregon January 1st, 1919, Reprinted by Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society

Ethnic Groups

 * Japanese-Americans of the Mid-Columbia Area and Their Relatives, Roy Higashi
 * National Archives: Japanese American Internment Files, http://aad.archives.gov/aad/

History

 * Dragonville Sketches - Hood River High School, A Picture History, by John Lamphiear
 * History of Early Pioneer Families of Hood River, Oregon, compiled by Mrs. Della M. Coon
 * History of Hood River County, Oregon 1852 - 1982, Hood River County Historical Society
 * History of Hood River County, Oregon 1852 - 1987, Hood River County Historical Society
 * History of Oregon, Carey, Charles Henry, Chicago: Pioneer Historical Pub. Co., 1922.
 * History of the Columbia River Valley, from The Dalles to the Sea, by Fred Lockley
 * History of Wasco County, Oregon, McNeal, William H., The Dalles, Ore.: unknown, 1954?
 * An Illustrated History of Central Oregon, embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler, Crook, Lake and Klamath Counties, Western Historical Publishing Company, Spokane, Washington, 1905
 * Portland, Oregon, its history and builders, Chicago:Gaston, Joseph, S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1911.
 * Portrait and biographical record of Portland and vicinity, Oregon, Chicago: Chapman Pub. Co., 1903.
 * Hood River Area History from selected newspaper articles, transcribed by Jeffrey L. Elmer

Land and Property

 * Land Patent Details - BLM GLO Records

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


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

Military

 * Honor Roll of Oregon Grand Army of the Republic, 1881-1935, Compiled by Jane Myers, Cottage Grove Genealogical Society
 * WWI Civilian Draft Registrations - Ancestry.com
 * World War I Draft Registration Cards, FHL US/CAN Film 1852057 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bryajw/HoodRiver/index.htm
 * World War II Enlistment Records from NARA, Residence County: Hood River, Oregon
 * National Archives: Korean Conflict Casualty File, 1/1/1950 - 2/7/1957, http://aad.archives.gov/aad/
 * National Archives: Combat Area Casualties Current File, 6/8/1956 - 1/21/1998, http://aad.archives.gov/aad/
 * Honor Roll of Oregon Grand Army of the Republic, 1881-1935, Compiled by Jane Myers, Cottage Grove Genealogical Society

Newspapers

 * Hood River Glacier, original copies at the Hood River Public Library
 * Hood River Sun, original copies at the Hood River Public Library
 * Hood River News, original copies at the Hood River Public Library

Obituaries

 * Hood River News Obituaries

Schools

 * Hood River Mascot yearbooks, located at the Hood River Public Library
 * Wy East High School

Vital Records

 * Vitals from the Hood River Glacier, 1889-1903, tanscribed by Jeffrey L. Elmer
 * Western States Marriage Record Index
 * Oregon Vital Records: Deaths 1903-1998, Ancestry.com (pay for access)

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Hood River Oregon Family History Center

Websites

 * The Hood River County GenWeb Project part of The ORGenWeb Project
 * Linkpendium
 * Hood River Genealogical Information - Families and Individuals from Public Records
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project (Backup site)