FootNote
The new kid on the block, FootNote is known for digitizing historical
documents... many of which are genealogical gems. With naturalizations,
city directories, war records, newspapers, town records, etc... this new
kid is quickly being recognized as an alternative to Ancestry.
Oregon was first established as a state in
1859, when the lower portion of the Oregon
Territory was set aside. Census earlier then
that were taken as territorial census, and
few of these exist online yet outside of the
Federal 1850 Oregon Territorial census. The
1850 census was the first official state
census taken in Oregon which enumerated all
residents. From then, until present day,
census have been taken every 10 years, and
each one is suppose to enumerate all
residents within a household.
There were several census taken during the
years of 1842-1859 while Oregon was only a
territory. These territorial census
enumerated only the heads of household, and
few of them exist in full online. Where they
do exist in modern day counties we have
shown on the specific county page, but I
have repeated all of them below for your
quick reference.
Oregon became a state in 1859. And several
census have been authorized by the state.
The two most important of those were the
1895 and 1905 because they include all
members of the household. Of the 1895
census, only Marion County exists in
microfilmed records. For 1905, only Baker,
Lane, Linn and Marion counties have
microfilmed records. None of these exist
online to our knowledge.
