Vital Records
 
 
 
 
 
   Following is a list of vital records in the Oregon State Archives.
   Restricted access is indicated by an asterisk (*) with an
   explanation at the end of this list. If you supply us with 1) NAME,
   2) DATE OF BIRTH, DEATH etc. and 3) CITY, COUNTY or STATE we will
   search the records. The Archives Reference Room is open 8 a.m. - 4:45
   p.m. Monday through Friday for personal research.
 
 
 
   CITY
 
 
 
   Portland
 
 
 
   Birth register, 1864-1893
 
   Birth records, 1864-1893
 
   *Birth register, 1894-1917
 
   *Birth records, 1894-1902
 
   Death register, 1881-1917 (microfilm)
 
   Death records, 1862-1902 (microfilm)
 
 
 
 
 
   COUNTY
 
 
 
   Benton
 
 
 
   *Birth registration decrees, 1957-1962
 
 
 
   Clackamas
 
 
 
   *Birth certificates: delayed filing applications, 1940
 
   Death certificates, 1921-1943
 
   *Death certificates, 1944
 
   Marriage certificates, 1864-1935
 
   Marriage records, 1853-1892
 
 
 
   Columbia
 
 
 
   Marriage records, 1854-1861 (microfilm)
 
 
 
   Douglas
 
 
 
   Marriage index, 1852-1983 (microfilm)
 
 
 
   Jackson
 
 
 
   *Birth records, 1906-1915
 
 
 
   Lincoln
 
 
 
   Marriage affidavits and applications for certificates never issued,
   1942-1947
 
   Marriage certificates, 1925-1926
 
 
 
   Linn
 
 
 
   Marriage certificates, 1850-1873, with index (microfilm)
 
   Marriage license records, 1863-1872 (microfilm)
 
 
 
   Marion
 
 
 
   Death index, 1907A-1929L (microfilm)
 
 
 
   Multnomah
 
 
 
   Marriage License Index and Record, 1855-Oct. 1903, Marriage License
   Index, Oct 1903-
 
   1980 (microfilm)
 
 
 
   Polk
 
 
 
   *Birth records, Dec. 1903-Oct. 1915; Apr. 1943-Apr. 1956, with index
 
   Death records, 1903-1905, with index
 
   Marriage records, 1849-1866 (microfilm)
 
 
 
   Tillamook
 
 
 
   *Birth certificates, ca 1921-1944
 
   *Birth records, 1907-1916
 
   Death certificates, ca 1903-1907, 1921-1944
 
   Death records, 1907-1916
 
 
 
   Umatilla
 
 
 
   *Birth records, 1907-1922
 
   Death records, 1907-1922
 
 
 
   Wasco
 
 
 
   Marriage records, 1856-1865 (microfilm)
 
 
 
   Washington
 
 
 
   Marriage records, 1850-1875, with index (microfilm)
 
 
 
   Yamhill
 
 
 
   Birth register, 1875-1893 (not continuous)
 
   *Birth register, 1894-1944 (continuous after 1907)
 
   *Birth records, 1907-1931
 
   Death register, 1907-1944
 
   Death records, 1907-1931
 
   Marriage records, 1857-1925, with index
 
   Marriage register, 1876-1921
 
 
 
 
 
   STATE
 
 
 
   Health Division
 
 
 
   Death certificates, Oregon, 1903-1943
 
   Death index, Oregon, 1903-1991 (microfilm)
 
   Divorce index, Oregon, 1946-1992 (microfilm)
 
   Marriage index, Oregon, 1906-1924, 1946-1992 (microfilm)
 
 
 
 
 
   The Health Division's Administrative Rule 333-11-096 states that all
   birth records (including indexes) have a 100 year access restriction,
   and death certificates have a 50 year access restriction. To comply
   with this rule, as directed by the State Registrar, access to vital
   records in the Archives that are restricted must be obtained through
   the State Registrar. The State Registrar's address is Oregon Center
   for Health Statistics, Suite 205, State Office Building, 800 N.E.
   Oregon St., Portland, OR 97232, telephone (503) 731-4108. The Archives
   will not release restricted information without written authorization
   from the State Registrar.
 
 
 
   The Oregon Center for Health Statistics birth and death records begin
   in 1903, marriage records in 1906 and divorce records in 1925.
 
 
 
 
 
      Dan Cantrall, Oregon State Archives
      (daniel.e.cantrall@state.or.us)