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Connie Lenzen, Certified Genealogist |
Inventory of Multnomah County Resources
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BIOGRAPHIES/DIARIES:
Clark, Malcolm, Jr., ed. Pharisee Among Philistines, Diary of Judge Matthew P. Deady, Vols. 1 & 2. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society, 1975.
Cleaver, J. D. Island Immigrants: The Bybees & The Howells. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society, 1986.
Snyder, Eugene E. We Claimed This Land: Portland's Pioneer Settlers. Portland, Oregon: Binford & Mort, 1989.
CEMETERY RECORDS:
Bethany Community Church Cemetery Records. Cemetery Records. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah. 1964.
Brown, Lloyd & Wythle. Records of Lone Fir Cemetery, 1879-1898. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Portland, 1981.
Clarke, Stanley R. Multnomah County, Oregon Burial Sites Vol. 1 [Escobar Pioneer, Pleasant Home Pioneer, St. Joseph, White Birch Pioneer] (Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Services, 1999).
Columbia Pioneer Cemetery. Portland, Oregon: Dept. of Environmental Services Parks and Memorials Multnomah County. Manuscript obtained at Lone Fir Cemetery.
G.A.R. Cemetery. Copied from manuscript at Lone Fir Cemetery.
Gatton Cemetery. Cemetery Records. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah. Vol. 6. FHL 56,369.
Kidd, Julie, ed., River View Cemetery Interments Two volumes (Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Oregon, Inc., 1999).
Lenzen, Connie. Lone Fir Cemetery, 1858-1880. Portland, Oregon: The Author, 1992.
Lenzen, Connie. St. Mary's Cemetery, Portland's Pioneer Catholic Cemetery. Vancouver, Washington: Clark County Genealogical Society, 1987.
McCoy, Marshall W. Records of the Columbia Pioneer Cemetery.
Sage, Sheila M. Burial Records of St. Joseph's Cemetery, Gresham. 1979.
St. Joseph Cemetery Records. Cemetery Records. Salt Lake City, UT: Genealogical Society of Utah. Vol. 6, pp. 114-118. FHL #599836.CENSUS RECORDS:
1895 Multnomah County, Oregon, State Census. Three reels. Portland, Oregon: Microfilmed by Portland State University for Oregon State Archives.
Hiday, Mrs. Harry I. 1870 Multnomah County, Oregon Census. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Portland, 1973.
Stoller, Ruth. 1860 Multnomah County Census. Salem, Oregon: End of Trail Researchers, 1975.
CHURCH RECORDS/HISTORIES:
A History of Sacred Heart Parish 1893-1993. Portland, Oregon: Binford & Mort, 1993.
Baptisms 1901-1904. All Saint's Church (Portland, Oregon) FHL 1,320,851, item 12
Baptisms 1905-1911. All Saint's Church (Portland, Oregon) FHL 1,320,851, item 11.
Baptisms, 1884-1910. St. John's Memorial Church. FHL 1,320,851, item 14.
Baptisms. St. John's Memorial Church (Sellwood, Oregon) FHL 1,320,851, item 14.
Baptisms. St. Matthews Chapel (Portland, Oregon) FHL 1,320,851, item 12
Birth and Death Records, 1876-1908. Congregation Beth Israel. FHL 1,013,426, item 2.
Church Records, 1883-1897. First Presbyterian Church (Albina, Oregon) FHL 854,478, item 3.
CITY/COUNTY DIRECTORIES:
Polk's Portland City Directories (Portland, Oregon: R. L. Polk & Co.)
1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1901 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1918 1920 1921 1924 1929 1932 1935 1938 1940 1943/44
1950 1955 1957 1960 1965 1972 1974 1977 1978 1980-81
1982 1985 1986-87
Polk's Portland East Suburban Directories (Portland, Oregon: R. L. Polk & Co.)
1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1978 1979-80
1981 1984 1985
CITY/COUNTY HISTORIES:
Archer, Howard. Gresham, The Friendly City. Gresham, Oregon: Gresham Historical Society, 1967.
Canniff, Kiki. Sauvie Island A Step Back in Time. Portland, Oregon Canniff, 1981.
Cleaver, J. D. Sauvie Island Heritage Series: 1 Island Origins Trappers, Traders & Settlers. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press, 1986.
Cleaver, J. D. Sauvie Island Heritage Series: 2 Island Immigrants The Bybees & The Howells. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press, 1986.
Gaston, Joseph. Portland, Oregon; Its History & Builders. Volumes II and III. Portland, S. J. Clarke Co., 1911.
Klooster, Karl. Round The Roses. Portland, Oregon: Daily Journal of Commerce, 1987.
Labbe, John T. Fares Please! Those Portland Trolley Years. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printer, 1982.
MacColl, E. Kimbark, Merchants, Money & Power. Portland, Oregon: The Georgian Press, 1988.
MacColl, E. Kimbark. The Growth of a City. Portland, Oregon: The Georgian Press, 1979.
MacHaffie, Ingeborg. Danish in Portland, Past and Present, 1882-1982. Tigard, Oregon: Skribent Press, 1982.
Mallett, Mary Powell. Courageous People [East Multnomah County]. Portland, Oregon: Del Brumble, 1972.
McLagen, Elizabeth. A Peculiar Paradise, A History of Blacks in Oregon, 1788-1940. Portland, Oregon: The Georgian Press, 1980.
North East Portland: Rose City Park History, 1907-1977. Portland, Oregon: The Association, 1977.
O'Longaigh, David, ed. We Irish in Oregon The Proceedings of the June 1, 1997 Irish Heritage and Potato Famine Commemoration Day Hibernian Hall, Portland, Oregon. Portland, Oregon: All-Ireland Cultural Society of Oregon, 1998.
Portland Biographical Two Volumes. Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1911.
St. Johns Heritage Association, Fourth Edition. Portland, Oregon.
St. John's History Bicentennial Issue. Portland, Oregon: St. Johns Historical Group.
Snyder, Eugene E. Early Portland: Stump-Town Triumphant. Portland, Oregon: Binford & Mort, 1970.
Snyder, Eugene E. Portland Names And Neighborhoods. Portland, Oregon: Binford & Mort, 1979.
Snyder, Eugene E. We Claimed This Land: Portland's Pioneer Settlers. Portland, Oregon: Binford & Mort, 1989.Spanning The Decades; St. Johns Bridge Diamond Jubilee. Portland, OR; Portland Rose Festival Assn., 1991.
Stein, Harry. Portland: A Pictorial History. Virginia Beach, Virginia: The Donning Co., 1980.
Thorne, Paulina. Early Settlers Book One Sauvie Island Columbia County, Oregon. Portland, Oregon: 1997.
MORTUARY RECORDS:
Lenzen, Connie. Ewry & Cook Account Books; 1870-1876. Portland, Oregon: Connie Lenzen, 1989.
Lenzen, Connie. abs. Portland Marble Company Records (N. A. Schanen and Philip Neu doing business under the firm name of Schanen and Neu).Vol. 1, 1880-1892; Vol. 2, 1893-1897; vol. 3, 1898-1902; Vol. 4, 1903-1907. Abstracted from OHS manuscript collection 1,745.
NATURALIZATION:Lenzen, Connie. How To Find Naturalization Records In Oregon. Portland, Oregon: Connie Lenzen, 2001.
PROBATE RECORDS:
Multnomah County Probate Index, 1856-1939 Reel 1 (Filmed by Oregon State Archives, 5 April 1961) Note between letters G and H: Index compiled from the original index loaned to the Title companies and is now in room 748, Multnomah County Courthouse.
SCHOOL RECORDS:
1896 Portland Public Schools; List Of Teachers And Students. Portland, Oregon: Portland Public Schools.
Casey, Helen Marie. Portland's Compromise: The Colored School 1867-1872. Portland, OR; Portland Public Schools, 1980.
VITAL RECORDS:
City of Portland Birth Register, 1864-1917. Salem, Oregon: Microfilmed by Oregon State Archives.
City of Portland Death Certificates, 1862-1902. 8 Reels. Salem, Oregon: Oregon State Archives.
City of Portland Death Register, 1881-1917. Salem, Oregon: Microfilmed by Oregon State Archives.
Multnomah County, Oregon [Portland] Marriage Index, 1924 1935. Microfilmed by Multnomah County Records Div.
Multnomah County, Oregon [Portland] Marriage Index, 1936-1944. Microfilmed by Multnomah County Records Div.
Chamberlin, Eileen J., project director. Multnomah County, Oregon Marriage Index to Volumes 8-10 (July 1890-July 1895). Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Oregon, 2001.
Chamberlin, Eileen J., project director. Multnomah County, Oregon Marriage Index to Volumes 11-13 (July 1895-May 1901). Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Oregon, 2001.
Chamberlin, Eileen J., project director. Multnomah County, Oregon Marriage Index to Volumes 14-15 (April 1901-October 1904). Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Oregon, 2001.
Park, Harriette Word. Marriage Records Of Multnomah County, Oregon, May 1873 to June 1883. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Oregon, 1984.
Park, Harriette Word. Marriage Records Of Multnomah County, Oregon, 1855-1873. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Oregon, 1977.
Park, Harriette Word. Marriage Records Of Multnomah County, Oregon, June 1883-December 1885. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Oregon, 1984.
Park, Harriette Word. Marriage Records Of Multnomah County, Oregon, September 1888 to July 1890. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Oregon, 1988.
Park, Harriette Word. Marriage Records Of Multnomah County, Oregon, December 1885 to September 1888. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Oregon, 1985.
Westergaard, J. C. Portland Death Records - 1940. Salt Lake City, UT: Typed by Genealogical Society of Utah. Two Volumes in three.
VOTERS RECORDS:
[Multnomah County, Oregon] Dept. of Records and Elections. Foreign [Born Voter] Registration Cards to Sept. 1967. 29 reels.
[Multnomah County, Oregon] Division of Registration. [Multnomah County, Oregon Voter] Registration Cards, 1918-1958. 158 reels. See Multnomah County, Oregon Cancelled Voter Registration Cards.
[Multnomah County, Oregon] Division of Registration. [Multnomah County, Oregon Voter] Registration Cards, 1959/1963. 69 reels.
[Multnomah County, Oregon] Division of Registration. [Multnomah County, Oregon Voter] Registration Cards, 1982/1983. 59 reels.
Note: for an explanation of nineteenth century Oregon birth records, see "Nineteenth Century Oregon Birth Records."
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