Salem Genealogy (in Marion County, OR)

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Salem Birth Records

Oregon State Births, 1842-1917 (selections) Ancestry online

Oregon, Birth Records, 1903-present Oregon Health Authority

Salem Cemetery Records (54)


Salem Census Records

Marion County, Oregon, Census, 1895 Ancestry online

Oregon State Census Index, 1845 (included in Oregon Compiled Census Index) Ancestry online

Oregon State Census Index, 1849 (included in Oregon Compiled Census Index) Ancestry online

Oregon State Census Index, 1853 (included in Oregon Compiled Census Index) Ancestry online

Oregon State Census Index, 1854 (included in Oregon Compiled Census Index) Ancestry online

Oregon State Census Index, 1855 (included in Oregon Compiled Census Index) Ancestry online

Oregon State Census Index, 1856 (included in Oregon Compiled Census Index) Ancestry online

Oregon State Census Index, 1857 (included in Oregon Compiled Census Index) Ancestry online

Oregon, Marion County, 1895 census FamilySearch Library

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Salem Church Records

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Catholic Church records of the Pacific Northwest : Oregon City register (1842-1890), Salem register (1864-1885), Jacksonville register (1854-85) FamilySearch Library

Catholic Church records of the Pacific Northwest : Oregon City register (1842-1890), Salem register (1864-1885), Jacksonville register (1854-85) FamilySearch Library

Funerals held at W.T. Rigdon, pioneer morticians, Salem, Marion Co., Oregon for the years 1892-1905 WorldCat

Hayesville Cemetery, Salem, Marion County, Oregon, 1858-1999 WorldCat

Highland Avenue Friends Church membership book, 1916, 1941 FamilySearch Library

History of Rosedale Friends Church Cemetery WorldCat

Record of members, 1899-1906 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salem District (Oregon)) FamilySearch Library

Record of members, 1899-1906 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salem District (Oregon)) FamilySearch Library

Record of members, 1932-1938 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salem Branch (Oregon)) FamilySearch Library

Record of members, 1932-1938 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salem Branch (Oregon)) FamilySearch Library

Record of members, 1938-1941; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1939- 1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salem Ward (Oregon)) FamilySearch Library

Record of members, 1938-1941; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1939- 1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salem Ward (Oregon)) FamilySearch Library

Rosedale Friends Church records, 1894-1963 FamilySearch Library

South Salem Friends Church record of membership, 1892-1901 FamilySearch Library

South Salem Friends Church records, 1912-1954 FamilySearch Library

St. Barbara Cemetery (1863-May 1957) and two death register books (1889-1952) of St. Joseph's Parish Catholic Church Salem, Marion County, Oregon WorldCat

Salem City Directories (57)


Salem Death Records

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Funerals held at W.T. Rigdon, pioneer morticians, Salem, Marion Co., Oregon for the years 1892-1905 WorldCat

Obituaries, Statesman-Journal, Salem, Oregon. WorldCat

Oregon Death Index, 1898-2008 Ancestry online

Oregon Deaths, 1903-1930 MyHeritage online

Oregon State Deaths, 1864-1971 Ancestry online

Oregon, Death Records, 1903-present Oregon Health Authority

Oregon, Salem, Marion County, Terwilliger Funeral Home records : including Cottage Undertaking Parlor records ; including Terwilliger-Edwards Funeral Home records ; abstracts of record books FamilySearch Library

St. Barbara Cemetery (1863-May 1957) and two death register books (1889-1952) of St. Joseph's Parish Catholic Church Salem, Marion County, Oregon WorldCat

Terwilliger Funeral Home records (including Cottage Undertaking Parlor records) WorldCat

United States Obituary Index from Online Sources MyHeritage online

Willamette Valley, Oregon, Death Records, 1838-2006 Ancestry online

Salem Histories and Genealogies

FamilySearch Family Tree MyHeritage online

Lee Mission Cemetery, Salem, Oregon, 1852-1925 WorldCat

MyHeritage Family Trees MyHeritage online

Oregon and its institutions; comprising a full history of the Willamette University, the first established on the Pacific Coast LDS Genealogy online

Oregon and its institutions; comprising a full history of the Willamette University, the first established on the Pacific Coast Internet Archive online

The old days in and near Salem, Oregon FamilySearch Library

Salem Map Records

Bird's eye view map of Salem, Oregon 1876. Library of Congress online

Map of Capital city of Oregon, Salem, 1905 Library of Congress online

Salem 1876 Bird S Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Salem 1905 Bird S Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salem, Marion County, Oregon, 1895 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salem, Marion County, Oregon, April 1884 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salem, Marion County, Oregon, July 1890 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salem, Marion County, Oregon, October 1888 Library of Congress online

Salem Marriage Records

Marion County, Oregon, Marriage Records, 1849-1900 Ancestry online

Oregon Marriage Indexes, 1906-2009 Ancestry online

Oregon State Marriages, 1906-1968 (selections) Ancestry online

Oregon, Marriage Records, 1911-present Oregon Health Authority

Salem Newspapers and Obituaries (80)


Salem Probate Records

Oregon Wills and Probate Records, 1849-1963 Ancestry online

Salem School Records

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Chemawa Indian School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Livingstone Junior Academy yearbook, 2011 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

McKay High School yearbook, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1997, 2005, 2009 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

McNary High School yearbook, 1968, 1969 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

North Salem High School yearbook, 1936, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1998, 1999 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Oregon School for the Deaf US Gen Web online

Oregon School for the Deaf, 1962-1963, 1972-1975, 1977-1978 US Gen Web Archives online

Sacred Heart Academy yearbook, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Salem Academy yearbook, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1982, 1989, 1994 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Salem High School yearbook, 1905, 1906, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1971 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Serra Catholic High School yearbook, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

South Salem High School yearbook, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2008 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Sprague High School yearbook, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Western Mennonite High School yearbook, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Willamette University yearbooks, 1903, 1905, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1939, 1944, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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