Klamath County, Oregon Genealogy

United States Oregon   Klamath County

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

County Courthouse
County Clerk has marriage and land records from 1882 and military records from 1919. Clerk Circuit Court has divorce, probate and court records.

Klamath County Government

County Records Inventory listing the records held at the Klamath County Court House as of August 2006.

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


 * Record Loss:

Historical Facts
Named for a tribe of Native Americans living in the area at the time the first white explorers entered the region, the Klamaths.

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

Parent County
17 October 1882: Created from west part of Lake County.

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Oregon County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Oregon County Boundary Maps" (1843-1975) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Cities
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Bonanza | Chiloquin | Klamath Falls | Malin | Merrill

Communities
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Algoma | Altamont | Beatty | Bly | Chemult | Dairy | Gilchrist | Keno | Midland | Pine Grove | Sprague River

Indian Reservation
Klamath

Neighboring Counties
Deschutes | Douglas | Jackson | Lake | Lane | California counties: Modoc | Siskiyou

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

Newspapers
Oregon Online Historical Newspapers - identifies historical archived and digitized newspapers available online on both free and pay-to-access websites.

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

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
See also How to order Oregon Vital Records, order electronically online or download an application for Oregon Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Divorce Certificate, Death Certificate Application to mail.

Family History Centers

 * Chiloquin Oregon Family History Center Highway 62 S Highway 422 Chiloquin OR 97624 United States
 * Klamath Falls Oregon Family History Center 6630 Alva Ave Klamath Falls OR 97603 United States Location Map
 * Yonna Valley Oregon Family History Center(Bonanza)26627 Hwy 140 E Bonanza, OR 97623 United States Location Map

Genealogy Websites

 * Klamath County, OR History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Oregon Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Oregon Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * The Klamath County GenWeb Project part of The ORGenWeb Project
 * Linkpendium
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project (Backup site)