Gilliam County, Oregon Genealogy

United States Oregon  Gilliam County

County Courthouse
Gilliam County Courthouse 221 South Oregon Street Condon, Or 97823 Phone: 541-384-2311 County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1885Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Gilliam County, Oregon page 572, {WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; .</ref

County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Gilliam County Court House as of August 2008.

Gilliam County Court is structured differently. Check the County Records Inventory link for addresses for location of records (left column).


 * Record Loss:

Historical Facts
{{Wikipedia|Gilliam County, Oregon Named for {{wpd|Cornelius Gilliam}}, who commanded the provisional government forces after the Whitman Massacre.

Parent County
25 February 1885: Created from Wasco County.

Boundary Changes
17 Feb 1899: Parts were taken to form Wheeler County.

Cities
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Arlington | Condon | Lonerock

Communities
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Alville | Clem | Eddy | Igo | Mayville | Mikkalo | Olex | Rock Creek | Thirtymile | Trail Fork

Defunct Post Offices
Ajax

Neighboring Counties
Morrow | Sherman | Wasco | Wheeler | Klickitat County, Washington State

Trivia Tidbits
Information about localities, too small or too brief to describe in separate pages. Exception to this are Post Offices. &gt; Trivia Tidbits

Federal

 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

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

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

Websites

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