Malheur County, Oregon Genealogy

United States Oregon  Malheur County

County Courthouse
Malheur County Courthouse 251 B Street W Vale, Or 97918 Phone: 541-473-5151 County Clerk hsa marriage, probate and land records from 1887Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Malheur County, Oregon page 573, {WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; .</ref

Malheur County Government

County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Malheur County Court House as of August 2011.

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

Historical Facts
17 Feb 1887: Malheur county was created from southern portion of Baker County. Named for the, which flows through it.


 * Record Loss:

Cities
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Adrian | Jordan Valley | Nyssa | Ontario | Vale

Communities
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Arock | Brogan | Danner | Juntura | McDermitt | Riverside | Rome

Neighboring Counties
Baker | Grant | Harney | Idaho counties: Canyon | Owyhee | Payette | Washington | Humboldt, Nevada

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

Biography
Trivia Tidbits: Little biographic bits associated with the names of non-population localities.

Census

 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European and African American settlers included:


 * Snake 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

Vital Records
Many early marriages are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Nyssa Oregon Family History Center
 * Ontario Oregon Family History Center

Websites

 * The Malheur County GenWeb Project, part of The ORGenWeb Project
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives (backup site]