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== Online Resources == | == Online Resources == | ||
*[http://genealogy.state.or.us/ Oregon State Archives Poll Tax and Tax Roll Index] at FamilySearch | *[http://genealogy.state.or.us/ Oregon State Archives Poll Tax and Tax Roll Index] at FamilySearch | ||
*'''1843''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/306395?availability=Family%20History%20Library miscellaneous ''tax rolls''] at FamilySearch <br> | *'''1843''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/306395?availability=Family%20History%20Library miscellaneous ''tax rolls''] at FamilySearch <br> | ||
*'''1862-1874'''{{RecordSearch|2075263|United States Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874}} at FamilySearch — images<br> | *'''1862-1874'''- {{RecordSearch|2075263|United States Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874}} at FamilySearch — images<br> | ||
*'''1867-1870''' | *'''1867-1870''' - Oregon internal revenue Assessment lists 1867-1870 {{FHL|521391|item|disp=FHL film 1639854 item 3-10}} at FamilySearch | ||
*'''1867-1870''' | *'''1867-1870''' - Register lists Officers and Federal Employees of the IRS Assessment lists 1867-1870 {{FHL|521391|item|disp=FHL film 1639854 item 1,2}} at FamilySearch. (click on the 3-10 items it will open the film at item 1) ''(This Register lists Officers and Federal Employees of the IRS --gives name, P,O,. date hired, if given-when and where born as well as other info.)'' at FamilySearch | ||
*'''1871-1873''' Oregon internal revenue 1871-1873 {{FHL|521391|item|disp=FHL Film 1639855 item 1-4}} | *'''1871-1873''' - Oregon internal revenue 1871-1873 {{FHL|521391|item|disp=FHL Film 1639855 item 1-4}} at FamilySearch | ||
== Why Use Tax Records == | == Why Use Tax Records == | ||
By studying several consecutive years of tax records you may determine when a young men came of age, when individuals moved in and out of a home, or when they died leaving heirs. Authorities determined wealth (real estate, or income) to be taxed. Taxes can be for polls, real and personal estate, or schools. | By studying several consecutive years of tax records you may determine when a young men came of age, when individuals moved in and out of a home, or when they died leaving heirs. Authorities determined wealth (real estate, or income) to be taxed. Taxes can be for polls, real and personal estate, or schools. | ||
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== How to Use Tax Records for Oregon == | == How to Use Tax Records for Oregon == | ||
=== County Level === | === County Level === | ||
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The Archives has a useful research tool from the state treasurer entitled. "Reports of Estates 1903-1913," which contains the date of death and the names of heirs of those who died testate. This record is arranged by county then by year. <ref>https://wiki.rootsweb.com/wiki/index.php/Oregon_Tax_Records Red Book</ref> | The Archives has a useful research tool from the state treasurer entitled. "Reports of Estates 1903-1913," which contains the date of death and the names of heirs of those who died testate. This record is arranged by county then by year. <ref>https://wiki.rootsweb.com/wiki/index.php/Oregon_Tax_Records Red Book</ref> | ||
Oregon State Archives<br> | '''Oregon State Archives'''<br> | ||
[https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/pages/default.aspx Home page]<br> | [https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/pages/default.aspx Home page]<br> | ||
Address: 800 Summer St NE, Salem, OR 97301<br> | Address: 800 Summer St NE, Salem, OR 97301<br> | ||
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Oregon counties are required by law to keep their tax rolls through 1905 All subsequent records must be kept for fifty years before they are destroyed. The exception to this is for years ending in 0 or 5, which are kept for research samples. <ref>https://wiki.rootsweb.com/wiki/index.php/Oregon_Tax_Records Red Book</ref> | Oregon counties are required by law to keep their tax rolls through 1905 All subsequent records must be kept for fifty years before they are destroyed. The exception to this is for years ending in 0 or 5, which are kept for research samples. <ref>https://wiki.rootsweb.com/wiki/index.php/Oregon_Tax_Records Red Book</ref> | ||
[[Image:Tax money bag.jpg|right|200px|]] | [[Image:Tax money bag.jpg|right|200px|]] | ||
== Tax Laws == | == Tax Laws == | ||
Abraham Lincoln instituted the income tax in 1862, and on July 1, 1862, Congress passed the Internal Revenue Act, creating the Bureau of Internal Revenue (later renamed to the Internal Revenue Service). This act was intended to “provide Internal Revenue to support the Government and to pay interest on the Public Debt.” Instituted in the height of the Civil War, the “Public Debt” at the time primarily consisted of war expenses. For the Southern States that were part of the Confederate side of the Civil War, once Union troops took over parts of the Southern States, income | Abraham Lincoln instituted the income tax in 1862, and on July 1, 1862, Congress passed the Internal Revenue Act, creating the Bureau of Internal Revenue (later renamed to the Internal Revenue Service). This act was intended to “provide Internal Revenue to support the Government and to pay interest on the Public Debt.” Instituted in the height of the Civil War, the “Public Debt” at the time primarily consisted of war expenses. For the Southern States that were part of the Confederate side of the Civil War, once Union troops took over parts of the Southern States, income taxes were instituted on them. <ref>[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1264 Creation of the IRA]</ref> | ||
*To learn more about | *To learn more about the United States Internal Revenue Assessment Lists Collection click [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States,_Internal_Revenue_Assessment_Lists_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) here] | ||
*To learn more about the Civil War taxes click [https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1986/winter/civil-war-tax-records.html here] | *To learn more about the Civil War taxes click [https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1986/winter/civil-war-tax-records.html here] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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