A presentation for Connie Lenzen’s Park Bureau classes.

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SE 11th and Division

The library is located in the basement of the Ford Building on SE 11th and Division in Portland, Oregon. 2

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Enter from SE 11th. You can take the stairs down to the lower level, or you can take the elevator. 4

Common area

When you step out of the elevator, you will see a common area with tables, a sink, refrigerator, and microwave. 5

Register

When you step inside the double entrance doors, you will see the registration desk and photos of the assistants who are on duty for the day.

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Computers

The work tables have computers for your use. The onsite databases include Ancestry Library Edition and Fold3. 7

Assistance

The Research Assistants are there to help you. 8

Oregon collections City directories

Phonebooks from the 1970s

Civil War soldiers who lived in Oregon

Yearbooks

Oregon cemetery files

Early settlers files (to 1900)

1904-1905 Oregon death certificates

1850 Oregon census book

Oregon Donation Land Claims; published abstracts and microfilmed claim files

Since the library is in Oregon, there is a large Oregon collection. 9

City directories

City directories for many northwest cities are there for use. 10

City directories

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Oregon phone books

The Oregon phonebook collection from the 1970s includes directories from small towns. 12

Yearbooks

The school yearbook section is popular with people who want photos and biographical material. 13

Civil War soldiers

The Spencer Leonard manuscript collection contains cards for Civil War soldiers who lived in Oregon. 14

Most of the soldiers served from other states and moved to Oregon after the Civil War. 15

Oregon cemetery files

Two cemetery manuscript collections make this the largest cemetery manuscript file in the state. 16

Oregon Masonic Grand Lodge

Yearbooks from the Oregon Masonic Grand Lodge include obituaries for deceased members. 17

1904-1905 Oregon death certificates

These death certificates were not included in the Oregon Death Index. They are indexed in the GFO index collection on the website, www.gfo.org.

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1850 Oregon census

A copy of the 1850 Oregon Territory census. 19

Multnomah Co. collections Marriage indexes and records

Probate abstracts to 1900

Special Multnomah County collections that are indexed on the GFO website. 20

Multnomah County Probates

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Multnomah County marriage indexes

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Mult. Co. Marriage books

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www.gfo.org

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Link to the library catalog

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Items can be searched by author, title, subject, and keyword. 27

Dewey numbers, states

If the catalog is not utilized, conveniently placed guides to Dewey Decimal numbers aid the researcher in locating where their state of interest is located.

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State and county histories

There is a large collection of state and county histories. 29

Curtis family

Many of these histories include family histories. 30

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New England

The New England section includes the standard references and obscure publications. 32

New Jersey

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South Carolina

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Overland trail

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Atlases

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Other countries

There are also materials for other countries. 37

Dewey numbers, countries

Materials can be located via the online catalog or by walking to a section. 38

Special topics; see “Research Guides” on GFO website

Military records

Passenger lists

African American research

Native American research

Federal land records (DLCs)

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And more

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Manuscripts

Finding aids for the manuscript collection are being prepared. 41

Microfilm

Microfilm of materials that may never be online are available for patrons. 42

Library hours

The library is open seven days a week. The daily visitor fee is $7.00. 43

Join

Or, you can join the organization and visit for free. 44

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