Deschutes County, Oregon Genealogy

United States Oregon  Deschutes County

County Courthouse
http://www.deschutes.org/go/living-here Deschutes Services Center 1300 NW Wall St. Bend, OR

Records Held at the Courthouse

 * County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Deschutes County Court House as of September/October 2007.


 * Record Loss:

Quick Facts


Named for Deschutes River. French name was Riviere des Chutes or Riviere aux Chutes, meaning River of the Falls. The waterfall it referred to was Celilo Falls near where the river exits into Columbia River.

Parent County
13 December 1916: Created from Crook County.

Cities
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Bend | La Pine | Redmond | Sisters

Communities
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Black Butte Ranch | Brothers | SunriverTerrebonne | Three Rivers

Defunct Post Offices
Alfalfa |

Neighboring Counties
Crook | Harney | Jefferson | Klamath | Lake | Lane | Linn

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

 * 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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Bend Oregon Family History Center

Websites

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