Wasco County, Oregon:
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Projects

• Wasco County Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Wasco County History      (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Wasco County History Site 
• Wasco County ORGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Western Waters Digital Library  The Columbia River Basin in Oregon

Adjacent counties

• Clackamas County, OR  to the west
• Gilliam County, OR  to the northeast
• Hood River County, OR  to the northwest
• Jefferson County, OR  to the south
• Klickitat County, WA  to the north
• Marion County, OR  to the southwest
• Sherman County, OR  to the northeast
• Wheeler County, OR  to the east

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Wasco Co, Oregon, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Wasco County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Wasco County GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Wasco County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, The Dalles  Oregon Pioneer List
• Oregon Cemetery Survey  Wasco County
• Oregon Gravestone Photo Project  Wasco County
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Wasco County  Oregon Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Wasco County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Wasco County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Wasco County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)

Census Records and Indexes (21)

Directories

• Dalles City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Wasco County  Oregon Business Directory and State Gazetteer, 1873     (Source: Internet Archive)

History

• National Register of Historic Places 
• Wasco County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Wasco County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Wasco County History  Oregon State Archives
• Wasco County History      (Source: Oregon Heritage Commission)

• Churches and Other Religious Institutions

  • Old St. Peter's Landmark  A former Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon
  • Pioneer History to about 1900  Churches of Christ & Christian Churches in the Pacific Northwest

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • Antelope in Wasco County, Oregon 

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • Celilo, OR Train Collision, Dec 1921      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Celilo, OR Train Wreck, Dec 1921      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • The Dallas, OR Train Wreck, Jul 1911      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • The Dalles, OR (near) Train Wrecked, Dec 1901      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • The Dalles, OR Train Wreck, Feb 1890      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • The Dalles, Oregon Weather History      (Source: Weather Underground)
  • Wallowa, Wasco and Washington County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Wasco County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Wasco County, Oregon Naturalization Petitions Index  1906-1959     (Source: SAMPUBCO)

Introduction and Guides (11)

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Wasco County Records  1854-1960     (Source: Family History Library)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Columbia Gorge Discovery Center 
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Fort Dalles Museum  and the Anderson Homestead
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Wasco County, Oregon     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Wasco County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Wasco County Records in the Oregon Historical Records Index  Oregon State Archives
• Wasco County Records Inventory  Oregon State Archives

Lookups

• Wasco County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)
• Wasco County, Oregon Materials in Connie Lenzen's Library      ($)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Wasco County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Wasco County, OR Club      (Source: GenCircles)

• ORWASCO-L Wasco County genealogy

  • ORWASCO-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ORWASCO-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ORWASCO-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (12)

Military Records and Histories

• Dalles, Fort, OR  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Wasco County, Oregon     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Morning report of U.S. troops, stationed at Fort Dalles, O.T., 1858-1862      (Source: State Library & State Archives)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Wasco County     (Source: Family History Library)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Wasco County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Wasco County, Oregon  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)
  • World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel      (Source: U. S. National Archives & Records Administration)

Miscellaneous Data

• Migrations through Wasco County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Wasco County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Wasco County Records      (Source: Find County Records)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Wasco County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historic Oregon Newspapers  Wasco County
• Oregon Newspapers on Microfilm  Wasco County
• Wasco County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• The Dalles Chronicle 
• The Dalles Chronicle      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Dalles Daily Chronicle      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Dalles, Oregon Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (11)

School Records and Histories

• The Dallas, OR High School Class of 1915      (Source: Old-Yearbooks.com)
• Dalles School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Dalles School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Maupin School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Oregon School Directory, 1915  Wasco County     (Source: Internet Archive)

Societies

• Celilo Chapter      (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society 
• Wasco County Historical Society 
• The Wasco County Pioneer Association 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (93)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Wasco County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Patents  Wasco County, Oregon     (Source: Google Patents)
• Wasco County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Wasco County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Wasco County Forest Lookouts 

Vital Records

• Early Marriage Records  Clackamas County, Wasco County, Oregon     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Marriage records taken from files of the Weekly mountaineer and Times-mountaineer  1865-1891     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Wasco County Records  1854-1960     (Source: Family History Library)
• Wasco County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Western States Marriage Record Index  includes Wasco County 1852-1881     (Source: Brigham Young University - Idaho)

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