Oregon, Baker County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes the following records from the county clerk's office in Baker County:


 * Naturalizations (1868-1946)
 * Military records (1891-1950)
 * Land and property records (1862-1933)
 * Homestead records (1889-1913)
 * Mining claims (1900-1906)
 * Mortgages (1862-1933)

County officials began keeping records from the time the county was formed. Each type of record within the county was created for a different purpose, but most were created to keep track of the vital events happening in the lives of the citizens and to safeguard their legal interests and the legal interests of their heirs. Facts current at the time of the event are generally reliable.

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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

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 * Use the information found in the record to find additional family members in census records
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 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names, or even initials

Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of Oregon.
 * Oregon Guided Research
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 * Step-by-Step Research: 1850-1903 | 1900-Present

Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Isaac Hiatt. Thirty-one years in Baker County : a history of the county from 1861 to 1893. Baker, Oregon : Baker County Historical Society and the Powder River Sportsmen's Club, 1970
 * Baker County, military records, 1891-1952
 * Baker County, naturalization records, 1868-1971
 * Baker County, land records, 1862-1928
 * Baker County, assessment tax rolls, 1892-1897
 * Baker County, marriage records, 1879-1963
 * Baker County, record of deaths,1905-1911
 * Baker County, widow's pension applications and ledger, 1913-1936

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