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===Online Resources === | ===Online Resources === | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9056 Oregon, Biographical and Other Index Card File, 1700s-1900s] | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9056 Oregon, Biographical and Other Index Card File, 1700s-1900s]($), index & images | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1874 About Oregon, Biographical Index Card File, 1900-1986] | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1874 About Oregon, Biographical Index Card File, 1900-1986]($), index & images | ||
*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/pioneerbios.html Oregon Pioneer Biographies] | *[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/pioneerbios.html Oregon Pioneer Biographies] | ||
*[http://www.learnwebskills.com/family/countyhistories3.htm#or County and Town Histories], includes biographies | *[http://www.learnwebskills.com/family/countyhistories3.htm#or County and Town Histories], includes biographies | ||
*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/statewide/statewide-bios.htm USGenWeb Oregon Biographies] | *[http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/statewide/statewide-bios.htm USGenWeb Oregon Biographies] | ||
*[http://loc.gov/search/?in=&q=WPA+Life+histories+Oregon&new=true&st=gallery WPA Life Histories from Oregon] | *[http://loc.gov/search/?in=&q=WPA+Life+histories+Oregon&new=true&st=gallery WPA Life Histories from Oregon] | ||
*[ | *[https://www.paper-trail.org/ Paper Trail] | ||
*[https://secure.sos.state.or.us/prs/personProfileSearch.do?earlyOregonian=true&searchReset=true Early Oregonians Database Index] | *[https://secure.sos.state.or.us/prs/personProfileSearch.do?earlyOregonian=true&searchReset=true Early Oregonians Database Index] | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=28567 An illustrated history of the state of Oregon] | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=28567 An illustrated history of the state of Oregon]($), index & images | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=28572 Pioneer days of Oregon history] | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=28572 Pioneer days of Oregon history]($), index & images | ||
*[http://www.learnwebskills.com/family/countyhistories3.htm#or County and Town Histories Oregon], with biographies | *[http://www.learnwebskills.com/family/countyhistories3.htm#or County and Town Histories Oregon], with biographies | ||
*[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?field1=ocr;q1=oregon%20biography;a=srchls;lmt=ft Oregon, her history, her great men, her literature], e-book | *[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?field1=ocr;q1=oregon%20biography;a=srchls;lmt=ft Oregon, her history, her great men, her literature], e-book | ||
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**[https://archive.org/ '''Internet Archive'''] | **[https://archive.org/ '''Internet Archive'''] | ||
*The FamilySearch library has extensive collections of these local histories. Many are digitized. Search the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog'''] under your locality for the topics "Biography" and "History". | *The FamilySearch library has extensive collections of these local histories. Many are digitized. Search the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog'''] under your locality for the topics "Biography" and "History". | ||
The best collections of published biographies in Oregon are at the '''[[Oregon Archives and Libraries|Oregon Historical Society Library]]''' and the '''[[Oregon Archives and Libraries|Oregon State University]]'''. The | The best collections of published biographies in Oregon are at the '''[[Oregon Archives and Libraries|Oregon Historical Society Library]]''' and the '''[[Oregon Archives and Libraries|Oregon State University]]'''. The FamilySearch Library also has an excellent collection. [http://gfo.org/resources/indexes/pioneer/biographies-of-early-oregonians.html The Genealogical Forum of Oregon] offers indexed books in digital or paper form with over 12,000 biographies of early Oregonians. <BR><BR> | ||
Some representative biographical encyclopedias are: | Some representative biographical encyclopedias are: | ||
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Lockley, Fred. ''History of the Columbia River Valley from The Dalles to the Sea.'' 3 vols. Chicago, Illinois: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1928. {{FSC|258213|item}} book 979 H2Lf; film 1000362 items 2-4.) Volumes 2 and 3 are biographical. | Lockley, Fred. ''History of the Columbia River Valley from The Dalles to the Sea.'' 3 vols. Chicago, Illinois: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1928. {{FSC|258213|item}} book 979 H2Lf; film 1000362 items 2-4.) Volumes 2 and 3 are biographical. | ||
''Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley, Oregon''. Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Publishing Co., 1903. ( | ''Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley, Oregon''. Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Publishing Co., 1903. (FS Library book {{FSC|260656|item}} book 979.53 D3p; film 1000365. | ||
All of these volumes and 43 additional collected biographies are indexed in Patricia Brandt and Nancy Guilford, ''Oregon Biography Index'' Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University, 1976; {{FSC|144219|item}} book 979.5 D3b index; film 1321470 item 18. | All of these volumes and 43 additional collected biographies are indexed in Patricia Brandt and Nancy Guilford, ''Oregon Biography Index'' Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University, 1976; {{FSC|144219|item}} book 979.5 D3b index; film 1321470 item 18. | ||
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