Baker County Genealogy Trails
Tracing You Ancestors Along the Oregon Trail

Updates



February 11, 2012

Articles on Baker County and mining from
The Oregonian's Handbook of the Pacific Northwest  have been added.  Also, new, USGS Topo maps.  The list of towns has been expanded.  Pictures and yearbooks contributed by Jana Stanley.


December 1, 2011:
A new section for biographies has been added.  These are separate from the on-line book An Illustrated history of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties.

November 17, 2011:

New look has been added to the page.  Also several new items have been added to the death notices, newspaper articles (separated into general news, marriage and birth announcements) and early Baker County marriages have now been included.

July 2011:

Thanks to Barbara Ziegenmeyer we have a news article/death notice for Harvey Brown


August 2010:
Newspaper articles involving: School house, S.Z. Hunter, Claude Jett, Flood in 1897, Son of Mrs. Grifford, Thomas Crawford, McMahon/Guthridge & Roy Steffen

Thanks to Robyn Greenlund we have a death notice for Fannie Jenkins

Thanks to Peggy Thompson we have a death notice for Carl Samuels


January 15, 2010:
Thanks to Janice Rice we have marriage notices for the following surnames:
Jones, Reeves, Whealen, Johnston, Greene, Jenkins, Webber, Davidson, Shock & Davis


August 7, 2009:
Some burials listed for Mt. Hope Cemetery
Death notices for Ed Cohen, Will Randall & Samuel Freyes
Newspaper articles involving the following surnames: Eccles/Wright, Barton, Pracott(Prescott?), Steel/Prescott & Britton


November 24, 2008:
Thanks to Dena Whitesell we have a news article on Robert Stanfield


November 8, 2008:
Dale Givens has graciously invited us to link to his website that includes the 1870-1930 Census records for Baker County


January 3, 2008:
1870 Willow Creek Census, 1930 Virtue Precinct, Updated newspaper articles, death record for Mary McHugh & new resource links page


August 15, 2007: 
Thanks to Robyn Greenlund we now have the 1883 Pensioners list



July 23, 2007:
1870 Rye Valley Census, Newspaper articles & 3 death notices



June 23, 2007:
Chapter 2 from the 1902 History of Baker Co



April 29, 2007:
Baker-1870 Jordan Valley Census



April 1, 2007:
Chapter I from the 1902 History of Baker



February 28, 2007:
1870 Amelia precinct census



January 16, 2007:
Bourne, Old Columbia & Sumpter 1930 census records



January 11, 2007:
Bio's starting with A from the 1902 History



January 3, 2007:
A bio index from the 1902 History



December 28, 2006:
Richard Martindale was kind enough to share an inscription from a book he owned



November 29, 2006:
1930 Green Horn census



November 21, 2006:
1930 census for Cornucopia



August 27, 2006:
History of Sumpter from the 1902 History of Baker.....County



July 23, 2006:
Cemetery page



July 17, 2006:
New page for cities and towns & a note about Baker City from an 1893 book



May 2006:
Website goes online!

 


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