Baker County, Oregon Genealogy

''This article is about a northeast Oregon county. For other uses, see Baker.'' United States  Oregon  Baker County Guide to Baker County, Oregon ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.   County Courthouse Baker County Government County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Baker County Court House as of June/July 2010. Baker County Court is structured differently. Check the County Records Inventory link for addresses for location of records (left column). This courthouse has the reputation of being the cleanest county record depository in the state of Oregon. Record Loss: Some will books were lost in a county clerk's office fire in 1890s. One early marriage register is missing (covering 1862-1877) (as of 15 August 2012). </li></ul> A wiki article describing an online collection is found at Oregon, Baker County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)</a> Historical Facts Named for U.S. Senator Edward Dickinson Baker of Oregon, who was killed at the Battle of Ball's Bluff</a> in the Civil War. Boundary Changes 22 September 1862: Baker county was created from Wasco County</a>. <span class="fck_mw_ref" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="ref">; Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002) 14 October 1864: Union</a> County set off. 17 February 1887: Malheur</a> County set off. 1 February 1901: The Panhandle area between the Powder River</a> and the Wallowa Mountains was returned from Union County, forming the northeast corner of Baker County. For animated maps illustrating Oregon County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Oregon County Boundary Maps"</a> (1843-1975) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website. Trivia Tidbits Information about localities, too small or too brief to describe in separate pages. Exception to this are Post Offices. &gt; Trivia Tidbits</a> Resources Biography An Illustrated history of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney counties <span class="fck_mw_template"> ; <span class="fck_mw_template"> ([Spokane, Washington]: Western Historical Publishing Company, 1902). Heavy on history (prehistoric to time of publication), heavy on biographies of prominent men, but little of genealogies and Also available in other forms: <ol><li>Baker County Biographies USGenWeb Archives Project</a> </li><li><span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>eBook - HeritageQuestonline.com</a> (LAR</a>) </li></ol> Thirty-one years in Baker County: a history of the county from 1861 to 1893; Isaac Hiatt <span class="fck_mw_template"> ; <span class="fck_mw_template"> (Baker, Oregon: Baker County Historical Society and the Powder River Sportsmen's Club, 1970). Cemeteries (Rural) <ul><li>Baker County Cemeteries</a> with some links to burials. </li><li>Baker County, Oregon: reprints of records published in the Oregon Genealogical Society quarterly, volumes 21-22. 1982-1984 <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>Baker County Cemeteries</a> USGenWeb Archives Project </li></ul> Census Federal Note: 1870, 1880, 1890 and 1900 censuses, the Panhandle of Baker County enumerations can be found in Union County when it was part of Union County. <ul><li>1870 - the area between Baker City, Haines and the Blue Mountains, generally known as Wingville was overlooked and not enumerated. </li></ul> Baker County 1870 Census</a> USGenweb Archives Project <ul><li>Eastern Oregon 1870 U.S. Census: Baker County, Grant County, Umatilla County, Union County <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>1880 - the portion that was later be Malheur County, all the places south of Malheur River including what is now Ontario, Vale, Nyssa, Owyhee, etc was not enumerated. </li></ul> <ol><li>Baker County 1880 Census</a> USGenWeb Archives Project </li></ol> <ul><li>1890 </li><li>1900 </li><li>1910 </li><li>1920 </li><li>1930 </li></ul> State <ul><li>1905 </li></ul> Church History and Records (rural only) Court Records <ul><li>Widow's pension applications and ledger, Baker County, Oregon, 1913-1936 <span class="fck_mw_template"> (Baker County Court, State of Oregon, 2001) </li></ul> Directories <ul><li>Eastern Oregon directory, 1899-1900: a complete directory of Umatilla, Union and Baker counties; with the Portland business directory <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>Baker City (Oregon) city directories, 1908-1935 <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>Baker (Baker County, Oregon) city directory: including Baker County residents, rural routes, also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory, 1959- <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li></ul> Emigration and Immigration <ul><li>Ellis Island Passenger Arrival Records</a>, 1892-1924, listing passengers who stated they are going to Baker County, Oregon </li></ul> Migration Early migration routes to and from <span class="fck_mw_template"> for European and African American settlers included: <dl><dd><ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_River">Snake River</a> </li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Oregon Trail">Oregon Trail</a> 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon<span class="fck_mw_ref" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="ref">Jim Tompkins, &quot;The Oregon Trail 1841-1848 Map V&quot; in Oregon Trail Landmarks at http://www.oregonpioneers.com/OTMap5.jpg (accessed 18 July 2011). </li></ul> </dd></dl> Gazetteers Genealogy <img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/8/85/Gotoarrow-kelly.png" _fck_mw_filename="Gotoarrow-kelly.png" alt="" /> <a href="Baker County, Oregon#Biography">Biography</a>, History <ul><li>The History of Baker County; Baker County Historical Society, pub. 1986. <span class="fck_mw_template"> ; <span class="fck_mw_template"> ([S.l.]: Baker County Historical Society (OR), 1986) Little of biography and local history, more of family genealogies. </li><li>Centennial pioneer families of Baker County, 1976 <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li></ul> History Also see: Biography, Genealogy Land and Property <a href="http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/baker/deeds/introduction.txt">Married Women's Separate Property in Baker County</a> Original text from Works Progress Administration's booklet, USGenWeb Archives Project <ol><li>[http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/baker/bakerdeeds.htm </li></ol> Maps <img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/1/1b/Orbaker.jpg" _fck_mw_filename="Orbaker.jpg" _fck_mw_location="right" _fck_mw_width="400" alt="Orbaker.jpg" class="fck_mw_right" style="width: 400;" /> <ul><li><a href="http://oregon.hometownlocator.com/Maps/CountyMap,CFIPS,001,c,Baker.cfm">Hometown Locator</a> for Baker County </li></ul> Military History and Records Newspapers <ol><li><a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/baker/bakernews.htm">Newspaper clippings</a> USGenWeb Archives Project </li><li><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/usa/or">Oregon Online Historical Newspapers</a> - identifies historical archived and digitized newspapers available online on both free and pay-to-access websites. </li></ol> Obituaries <ol><li><a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/baker/bakerobits.htm">Baker County Obituaries</a> USGenWeb Archives Project </li><li><a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~orbaketp/obits/obits.htm">Obituaries</a> Baker Co OR Trails to the Past Project </li></ol> Pensions <img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/8/85/Gotoarrow-kelly.png" _fck_mw_filename="Gotoarrow-kelly.png" alt="" /> <a href="Baker County, Oregon#Court_Records">Court records</a> for the widows pensions Probate Records Note: some will books were lost in a small fire in the county clerk's office before 1900. Online Records <ul><li>1833 – 1963 <a href="http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9078">Oregon Wills and Probate Records 1833-1963</a> at <a href="http://home.ancestry.com">Ancestry.com</a> — index and images $ </li><li><a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/baker/bakerwills.htm">Baker County wills</a> USGenWeb Archives Project </li></ul> Rivers and Waterways Details about the rivers and waterways where farms and settlements are often found along them. <a href="Baker County, Oregon Rivers and Waterways">&gt;&gt; Rivers and Waterways</a> Taxation <ul><li>Baker County, [Oregon], assessment tax rolls, 1892-1897 </li><li>Baker City (Oregon) city directories microfilm 2309792 Item 1 Tax lists are for Baker, Grant and Union counties 1908-1909, listed as last part of the volume. </li></ul> Vital Records Record of births and deaths: record of physicians, midwives and undertakers, 1916-1929 # See also <a href="http://www.genealogyinc.com/oregon/or-vital-records/">How to order Oregon Vital Records</a>, <a href="http://www.genealogyinc.com/ordervitalcertificate/">order electronically online</a> or download an application for Oregon <a href="http://public.health.oregon.gov/BirthDeathCertificates/GetVitalRecords/Documents/birthor.pdf">Birth Certificate</a>, <a href="http://public.health.oregon.gov/BirthDeathCertificates/GetVitalRecords/Documents/marryor.pdf">Marriage Certificate</a>, <a href="http://public.health.oregon.gov/BirthDeathCertificates/GetVitalRecords/Documents/divorcor.pdf">Divorce Certificate</a>, <a href="http://public.health.oregon.gov/BirthDeathCertificates/GetVitalRecords/Documents/deathor.pdf">Death Certificate</a> Application to mail. Birth Records Delayed Birth Certificates <ol><li><a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/baker/vitals/bakerbirths.htm">Birth Certificates</a> USGenWeb Archives </li></ol> Birth Registers <ol><li> </li></ol> Marriage Records <ol><li>Extractions of early marriages are listed on the <a href="http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm">Western States Marriage Index</a> </li><li><a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11842-111207-79?cc=1384963&amp;wc=12212215">Marriage Index 1885-1896</a> Actually is a book of affiants reporting the marriages. Historical Records Collection </li></ol> Death Records <ol><li><a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/baker/vitals/bakerdeaths.htm">Baker County Deaths</a> USGenWeb Archives Project </li><li>Record of deaths, Baker County, Oregon, 1905-1911 </li></ol> Societies, Libraries and Museums Baker County Historical Society Box 83 Baker City, OR 97814 <a href="http://www.visitbaker.com/Tourist-Attractions/Baker-County-Historical-Society-42WEbsite">[n]</a> Baker Heritage Museum Address: 2480 Grove St. Baker City 97814-2719 Phone: 541-523-9308 Web:<a href="mailto:www.bakerheritagemuseum.com">[n]</a> Family History Centers <ul><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Baker Oregon Family History Center">Baker Oregon Family History Center</a> 2625 Hughes Ln Baker City OR 97814 United States <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/2625+Hughes+Ln/@44.795538,-117.838205,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x54a4eeacd5e81035:0xea34bbc905c1de71">Location Map</a> </li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Pine Valley Oregon Family History Center">Pine Valley Oregon Family History Center</a> (Halfway) </li></ul> Web Sites <ul><li><a href="http://www.genealogyinc.com/oregon/baker-county/">Baker County, OR History, Records, Facts and Genealogy</a> </li><li><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/110357701597661605044">Oregon Genealogy Network Community on Google+</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/190997804291208/">Oregon Genealogy Network Group on Facebook</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.orgenweb.org/baker/">The Baker County ORGenWeb Project</a>, a member of <a href="ORGenWeb">The ORGenWeb Project</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/OR/Baker/">Linkpendium</a> </li><li><a href="Oregon, Baker County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)">Oregon, Baker County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)</a> </li></ul> Baker County Oregon Genealogy References

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