The following archives, libraries, and societies have collections or services helpful for genealogical research.

• Oregon State Archives

800 Summer St. N.E.
Salem, OR 97310
Telephone: 503-373-0701
Fax: 503-373-0953

• National Archives—Pacific Northwest Region (Seattle)

6125 Sand Point Way, N.E.
Seattle, WA 98115
Telephone: 206-526-6507
Fax: 206-526-6545

• Oregon Genealogical Society

223 North A Street—Suite F
Springfield, Oregon 97477
Telephone: 541-746-7924

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 10306
Eugene, OR 97440-2306

• Oregon Historical Society Library

1200 S.W. Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205-2483
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040

A helpful guide to the collection at the Oregon Historical Society Library is Oregon Historical Society Microfilm Guide Portland, Ore.: Oregon Historical Society, 1973; FHL book 979.5 A3o).

• Genealogical Forum of Oregon, Inc.

2130 S.W. Fifth—Suite 220
Portland, OR 97201
Telephone: 503-227-2398

• Oregon State Library

State Library Building
250 Winter St. N.E.
Salem, OR 97310-0640
Telephone: 503-378-4243
Fax: 503-588-7119

• University of Oregon

Knight Library
Eugene, OR 97403-1299
Telephone: 541-346-1818
Fax: 541-346-3485

• Multnomah County Library

Humanities Division
801 S.W. Tenth Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
Telephone: 503-248-5234

To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Oregon counties, study the 13 inventories of county archives published by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. Copies of these inventories are at the Family History Library.

Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards

Computers with modems can be useful tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial on-line services help family history researchers:

• Locate other researchers
• Post queries
• Send and receive e-mail
• Search large databases
• Search computer libraries
• Join in computer chat and lecture sessions
  

You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Oregon in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost.

Addresses on the Internet change frequently. As of April 1997, the following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:

• USGenWeb

http://www.usgenweb.com/
A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country.

• Roots-L

http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/usa/
A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.

• Genealogy, Libraries, and Historical Collections in Oregon

http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/orgenlib.htm
e-mail: jrgbun@ix.net.com.com.

For further details about using computer networks, bulletin boards, and news groups for family history research, see the United States Research Outline (30972), 2nd ed., "Archives and Libraries" section.

FamilySearch™

The Family History Library and some Family History Centers have computers with FamilySearch™. FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.

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