Oregon Directories
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Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- Oregon City Directories Index and images ($)
- Pacific Coast Directory, 1867 Index and images ($)
History[edit | edit source]
Directories have been published for various Illinois cities and counties since the 1830s, though they may not exist for every year. Some directories focus on the businesses or occupations of an area, while others include heads of households, landowners, and voters.
City and county directories are similar to present-day telephone books and are useful records for locating people. They were often published annually, listing heads of households, employed household members, and their occupations and addresses. They can be used with census records or as substitutes for them.
Resources for Oregon Directories[edit | edit source]
Libraries and Archives[edit | edit source]
Directories Online[edit | edit source]
Ancestry.com ($) has Oregon directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection.
The Family History Library[edit | edit source]
The Family History Library has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Oregon including:
Portland
- 1863-1935 Family History Library microfilm 1377327 FHL Collection films 1377327+
- 1923, 1941, etc. Family History Library book FHL Collection 979.549/P1 E4p
To find directories, consult the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
- OREGON, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES
- OREGON, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES
Websites[edit | edit source]
- City Directories for cities in Oregon, held by the Library of Congress at: www.loc.gov/rr/microform/uscity/or.html
- US City Directories This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.
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