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 === Birth Records  ===
-'''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1675468 Birth Records] 1868-1929 '''at FamilySearch
+Statewide registration of births began in 1903. Some counties and cities kept records earlier than 1903. Most of the records have been given to the State Archive. You can find there collection by contacting them or at the website.
-While most counties began keeping birth and death records in 1903, some areas started as early as 1854. For example, birth records for Portland begin in 1864 and death records begin in 1862, but they are incomplete. These are available at the '''[http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/ Oregon State Archives]'''.
+[http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/vital.html Oregon State Archives]<br>800 Summer St NE<br>Salem, OR 97310<br>503-373-0701 ext. 1<br>Fax: 503-373-0953 <br>[mailto:reference.archives@state.or.us reference.archives@state.or.us]
-You can write to each county clerk for information.
+State records are not open to the public. Birth records are available only to the registrant's immediate family. In your request, state your relationship to the individual you want information about and your reason.
-These are the records that have been microfilmed at the Oregon State Archives.&nbsp;
+The Oregon State has an index to the state's records of births and deaths from 1903 to 1984.
-==== State Records of Births  ====
-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://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/vital.html '''State Archives Web Site'''.] To request copies for 1903 to the present, write to:
-Oregon State Archives<br>800 Summer St NE<br>Salem, OR 97310<br>503-373-0701 ext. 1<br>Fax: 503-373-0953 <br>[mailto:reference.archives@state.or.us reference.archives@state.or.us]
-The current fees for obtaining copies of the state's records are provided in their site above.
-State records are not open to the public. Birth records are available only to the registrant's immediate family. Death records are available to persons with a “direct and tangible interest.” In your request, state your relationship to the individual you want information about and your reason.
-The Oregon State [[Oregon Archives and Libraries|Archives]] has an index to the state's records of births and deaths from 1903 to 1984. They also have copies of Oregon death records 1903 to the year preceding the current year, some marriage records 1849-1935, and a marriage index 1906-1995 (some years missing). Death certificates are transferred from [http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/chs/order/faqs.shtml Center for Health Statistics] (CHS) in Portland each year prior to the 50 years rule for public access.<br><!--{12065493281560} --><!--{12065493281561} -->
 '''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1675532 Death Record 1903-1947]''' at FamilySearch
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 Oregon created a [http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/children/adoption/adopt_registry/registry.shtml Voluntary Adoption Registry] in 1983. This is a passive service to assist eligible persons learning about the adoption finalized in Oregon. The Adoption Service Unit for the state maintains record going back to 1920.&nbsp;
 The[http://www.oregonadoptionagencies.org/ Coalition of Oregon Adoption Agencies'] (COAA) may have helped with a private adoptions. Some of the agencies listed were Catholic Charites, Boys and Girls Aid Society, and Albertina Kerr Homes.
 === Marriage Records  ===