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=== Death Records === | === Death Records === | ||
The [http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/amh/osh/cremains.shtml Oregon State Hospital] | The [http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/amh/osh/cremains.shtml Oregon State Hospital] maintains an index of unclaimed cremated remains of about 3500 people who died in the Oregon State Hospital, Oregon State Tuberculosis Hospital, Mid-Columbia Hospital, Dammasch State Hospital, Oregon State Penitentiary, and Fairview Training Center between 1914 and the 1970s. The purpose of the list is so families may claim their members remains. | ||
Statewide registration of births and deaths began in 1903. The Family History Library has the index to deaths from 1903 to 1970 and has some county birth and death records on microfilm. The original birth and death records are available from the state. The records that are available can be identified at the [http://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/records/aids-vitalrecords.aspx'''State Archives Web Site'''.] To request copies for 1903 to the present, write to: | Statewide registration of births and deaths began in 1903. The Family History Library has the index to deaths from 1903 to 1970 and has some county birth and death records on microfilm. The original birth and death records are available from the state. The records that are available can be identified at the [http://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/records/aids-vitalrecords.aspx'''State Archives Web Site'''.] To request copies for 1903 to the present, write to: | ||