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Guide to Josephine County, Oregon ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
The County was named for a stream in the area called Josephine Creek, which in turn is probably named after Virginia Josephine Rollins Ort. The County is located in the southwest area of the state.

County Courthouse
Josephine County Courthouse 500 NW 6th Street Grants Pass, OR 97526 Phone: 541.474.5243 Josephine County Website County Clerk has marriage and land records from 1857. Clerk Circuit Court has divorce, probate and court records.

Records Held at the Courthouse
 * County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Josephine County Court House as of September 2005.
 * Record Loss:

Populated Places
The following are locations in the county:

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator

Church Records
 List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Migration
Details about the rivers and waterways where farms and settlements are often found along them. See: Rivers and Waterways

Military Records
 Civil War Online Civil War Indexes and Records
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

World War I
 * 1919-1920 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1921-1938 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Newspapers
Oregon Online Historical Newspapers - identifies historical archived and digitized newspapers available online on both free and pay-to-access websites. Historic Oregon Newspapers as a division of the Oregon Digital Newspaper Program has digitzied more than 644,000 pages of newspapers throughout Oregon. Dates range from 1846-1922 with selected issues continuing through 1973. Of particular interest to Josephine County researchers: Grants Pass Daily Courier (Grants Pass) Rogue River Courier (Grants Pass)

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records

 Online Records
 * 1833-1963 Oregon Wills and Probate Records 1833-1963 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

Birth

 * 1842-1917 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images; Also at: Ancestry
 * 1860-1952 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1876-1940 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

 ''Delayed Birth Certificates

Marriage

 * 1826-1975 Oregon, United States Marriages at Findmypast — index $
 * 1842-1917 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images; Also at: Ancestry
 * 1849-1884;1991-2006 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1906-1968 Oregon, U.S., State Marriages, 1906-1968 at Ancestry - index and images ($)
 * Western States Marriage Index at BYU-Idaho
 * Marriage Index 1885-1896 Actually is a book of affiants reporting the marriages. Historical Records Collection

Family History Centers

 * Brookings Oregon Family History Center
 * Cave Junction Oregon Family History Center
 * Central Point Oregon Family History Center
 * Gold Beach Oregon Family History Center
 * Grants Pass Oregon Family History Center
 * Medford Oregon Family History Center
 * Port Orford Oregon Family History Center
 * The Genealogical Forum of Oregon - an affiliate library
 * Jackson County Genealogy Library - an affiliate library
 * Oregon Genealogical Society - an affiliate library

Libraries
Josephine Community Library - Four Branches 200 NW C St Grants Pass, OR 97526 541-476-0571 Website Facebook Page

Societies
Rogue Valley Genealogical Society 500 NW Sixth Street, RM 170 Grants Pass, OR 97526 Telephone: 541-474-5240 Fax: 541-474-5246 E-mail:[mailto:clerk@co.josephine.or.us clerk@co.josephine.or.us] Website Josephine County Historical Society 512 SW 5th St Grants Pass, OR 97526 541-479-7827 Website Facebook

Websites

 * The Josephine County GenWeb Project part of The ORGenWeb Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.