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CONNIE LENZEN, Certified Genealogist |
Inventory of Washington County Resources
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CEMETERY RECORDS:
Forest Grove Undertaking Company May 1907- May 1922. Typescript.
Hoggatt, Kenneth and Phyllis. Cemeteries of Washington County Volume I. Tigard, Oregon: privately printed, 1996. Contains Gibbs, Helvetia, Hillside, Jackson Graveyard, Lewis, Maple Lane, Meridian, Middleton, Mountain Side, Mt. Olive-Laurel, Oak Grove, Oak Knoll, Pacific University Memorial, Purdin, St. Mary’s, St. Paul Lutheran, Tigard Evangelical, Visitation, West Union, Winona, Zimmerman.
Hoggatt, Kenneth and Phyllis. Cemeteries of Washington County Volume II. Tigard, Oregon: privately printed, 1999. Contains Fir Lawn Cemetery and Brownleewe-Bass Funeral Home.
Records Of Washington County, Oregon, Vol. III. Cemetery Records Of Northwest Washington County. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Portland, 1977. Contains: Arcade, Banks, Buxton, Hayward, Hillsdale, Mountainview, Raffety, Shady Brook, St. Edwards, St. Francis, St. John, Union Point, Visitation, Zimmerman family.
CENSUS RECORDS:
1845-1857 Washington County Census Records. Oregon Provisional and Territorial Government Records Microfilm Roll 18.
Hiday, Nellie C. 1870 Washington County Census. Salem, Oregon: The Ink Spot, 1964.
Hiday, Nellie C. 1880 Washington County Census. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Portland, 1972.
Stoller, Ruth. 1860 Washington County Census. Lebanon, Oregon: End of Trail Researcher, 1972.
CITY/COUNTY HISTORIES:
Benson, Robert L. Washington County Landmarks. Washington County Historical Society, 1966
Bourke, Paul. Washington County Politics And Community In Antebellum America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.
Buan, Carolyn M. This Far-Off Sunset Land A Pictorial History of Washington County, Oregon. Virginia Beach, Virginia: The Donning Company, 1999.
Dodds, Linda S. Cedar Mill History. Linda S. Dodds, 1986.
Keller, Clyde. Pioneer Landmarks Of Washington County, Oregon. Hillsboro, Oregon: Washington County Historical Society, 1978.
Land Of Tuality And Washington County, Oregon. Three Volumes. Hillsboro, Oregon: Washington County Historical Society, 1975, 1976, 1978.
Martinazzi, Loyce. Tualatin... From The Beginning. Tualatin, Oregon: Tualatin Historical Society, 1994.
Nelson, Jack E. and Jo Ann Tannock. Dixie Mountain Legacies Rural Life in an Oregon Community. Hillsboro, Oregon: Dixie Mountain Grange, n.d.
Nixon, Birgetta. Cherry Grove: A History, 1852-1979. 1979.
Payne, Mary. Tigardville. Lake Oswego, Oregon: Lake Grove Printers, 1979.
Verboort Centennial Commission. Centennial, 1875-1975, of Visitation Blessed Virgin Mary Church.
Victor, Frances Fuller. The River of the West. Hartford, Connecticut: R. W. Bliss & Co., 1870; repr. Brooks-Sterling Company, Oakland: 1974.
COURT RECORDS:
Ferry and Liquor Vendor Licensing Records, 1848-1854. Oregon Provisional and Territorial Government Records Microfilm Roll 18.
Inquests, 1852-1890. Oregon State Archives Microfilm 14/74.
Justice Court Case Records, 1845-1859. Oregon Provisional and Territorial Government Records Microfilm Roll 15.
Lepschat, May Ringle. Index to Washington County Court Records [1847-1873]. David Hill Chapter DAR GRC, 1956.
Tuality Court Records. Oregon State Archives Microfilm 14/74.
U.S. District Court Case Records, 1846-1859. Oregon Provisional and Territorial Government Records Microfilm Roll 15.
U. S. District Court Docket. Oregon Provisional and Territorial Government Records Microfilm Roll 18.
NATURALIZATION:
Balfour, Gyneth Sue. "Washington County Index of Naturalizations"” Bulletin. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Portland, Vol. XXXIII, 1984.
NEWSPAPER INDEXES:
Balfour, Gyneth Sue. Genealogical Material Abstracted from the Hillsboro Argus and the Hillsboro Independent, Hillsboro, Oregon. Covers years 1887 to 1939. Typescript.
Balfour, Gyneth Sue. Forest Grove Newspapers, 1874-1920. Typescript.
PROBATE RECORDS:
Estates 1844-1886. Oregon State Archives Microfilm 14/74.
Estates, 1887-1891. Oregon State Archives Microfilm, Washington County, Reel 2.
Probate Court Records, 1843-1845. Oregon State Archives Microfilm 14/74.
Probate Court Record, 1847-1859. Oregon Provisional and Territorial Government Records Microfilm Roll 15.
Zimmerman, Gerald. Washington County Probate Index, Book 1. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Oregon, 1996.
TAX RECORDS:
1845-1859 Assessment Rolls. Oregon Provisional and Territorial Government Records Microfilm Roll 18.
VITAL RECORDS:
Balfour, G. Sue. Washington County, Oregon Marriages, Vol. I, 1842-1880. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Portland.
Christmas-Beattie, Ginger L. Washington County, Oregon Marriage Records Book 4 1896-1902. Forest Grove, Oregon: Ancestral Tracks, 2001.
Coroner's Inquest Records, 1851-1859. Oregon Provisional and Territorial Government Records Microfilm Roll 18.
VOTER RECORDS:
Poll Books, 1846-1858. Oregon Provisional and Territorial Government Records Microfilm Roll 16.
Poll Books, 1846, 1847, 1850-1860, 1862 & 1863. Washington Cuonty Poll Boos, Reel 1.
Note: for an explanation of nineteenth century Oregon birth records, see "Nineteenth Century Oregon Birth Records."
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