Rainier Genealogy (in Columbia County, OR)
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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Rainier are also found through the Columbia County and Oregon pages.
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Rainier Birth Records
1842-1917 Oregon State Births (selections) Ancestry 
Oregon, Birth Records, 1903-present Oregon Health Authority
Rainier Cemetery Records
Apiary Cemetery Find a Grave
Apiary Cemetery Billion Graves
Green Mountain Cemetery Billion Graves
Green Mountain Cemetery Find a Grave
Hudson Cemetery Find a Grave
Hudson Cemetery Billion Graves
Jones Family Cemetery Billion Graves
Knights of Pythias Cemetery Find a Grave
Knights of Pythias Cemetery Billion Graves
Koble Cemetery Billion Graves
Mayger Downing Cemetery Find a Grave
Mountain View Cemetery Find a Grave
Neer City Cemetery Billion Graves
Shiloh Basin Cemetery Find a Grave
Welter Family Cemetery Find a Grave
Welter Family Cemetery Billion Graves
Woodbine Cemetery Find a Grave
Woodbine Cemetery Billion Graves
Rainier Census Records
1856 Oregon State Census Index (included in Oregon Compiled Census Index) Ancestry
Federal Census of 1940, Rainier, Oregon LDS Genealogy
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage
United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search
Rainier City Directories
Directory, Kelso-Longview, Wash., Rainier, Oregon : this directory contains a complete authentic list of every permanent resident FamilySearch Library
Rainier Death Records
1864-1971 Oregon State Deaths Ancestry
1898-2008 Oregon Death Index Ancestry
Columbia County, Oregon, mortuary records index, 1929-1990 FamilySearch Library
Oregon Deaths, 1903-1930 MyHeritage
Oregon, Death Records, 1903-present Oregon Health Authority
Rainier Immigration Records
Certificates of citizenship, 1891-1903 FamilySearch Library
Naturalization, court, land and property, and miscellaneous records, 1854-1913 FamilySearch Library
Rainier Land Records
Deeds, 1854-1933 FamilySearch Library
Oregon, Columbia County Records, 1854-1958 (land and property, marriage, and other miscellaneous records) Family Search
Oregon, Columbia County, deed records, 1854-1965 FamilySearch Library
Rainier Map Records
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rainier, Columbia County, Oregon, 1911 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rainier, Columbia County, Oregon, 1921 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rainier, Columbia County, Oregon, 1921-1931 Library of Congress
Rainier Marriage Records
1906-1968 Oregon State Marriages (selections) Ancestry
1906-2009 Oregon Marriage Indexes Ancestry
Oregon, Columbia County Records, 1854-1958 (land and property, marriage, and other miscellaneous records) Family Search
Oregon, Marriage Records, 1911-present Oregon Health Authority
Oregon, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1849-1967 (includes marriages for Columbia County 1854-1961) Ancestry
Rainier Newspapers and Obituaries
Rainier Review, 1905-1906, 1909, 1916-1973, 1975-1979 City of Rainier
Offline Newspapers for RainierAccording to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers. Rainier Review. (Rainier, Or.) 1905-1970s Rainier World. (Rainier, Or.) 1970s-1979 |
Rainier Probate Records
Rainier School Records
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