Online Oregon Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Oregon Death Records Indexes

Oregon State Deaths, 1864-1971 at Ancestry/requires payment; includes digitized scans of the death certificates from c. August 1903-1971; coverage may vary by county; listings before about August 1903 are death registers or records for Portland only

Oregon Death Index, 1898-2008 at Ancestry/requires payment; index only
Oregon Death Index, 1971-2008 from FamilySearch; index only
Oregon Deaths, 1842-1952 and Delayed Births, 1844-1914 from FamilySearch; indexes selected death records and selected delayed birth records from Oregon
Oregon: County Births and Deaths, 1855-1970 at Ancestry/requires payment; for assorted counties; includes digitized copies of the records; coverage varies by county; there are no birth records after about 1919

Oregon Historical Records Index includes...
- Assorted death indexes for Baker County, Clackamas County, Linn County, Polk County, City of Portland, Sherman County, Wallowa County, and the Oregon State Hospital
- Probate records indexes for the following counties: Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Curry, Hood River, Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Umatilla, Wasco, Washington and Yamhill
- Some birth, marriage, naturalization, and other indexes for various Oregon counties
Early Oregonians Database, 1800-1860 includes death information for some entries

Oregon Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries by County

Benton County Genealogical Society Newspaper Project names published in Benton County newspapers, 1865-1925; includes some deaths
Clackamas County...
- Clackamas County: Northwest Heritage Obituaries Index indexes over 16,000 obituaries from over 100 years of Canby, Oregon newspapers; includes some entries for northeast Marion County; PDF file
- Clackamas Review Obituary Index, 1926-April, 1999 The Clackamas Review is the city of Milwaukie's weekly newspaper.
- Clackamas County: Sacred Heart Cemetery Catholic cemetery in Lake Oswego, Oregon; incudes a Cemetery Diagram Excel file with names of the burials, but no dates
- Clackamas County: Lake Oswego Newspapers Index indexes some obituaries
Clatsop County: Ocean View Cemetery Grave Locator Astoria, Oregon
Columbia County: Rainier Cemetery District Burials Search indexes 12 cemeteries in Columbia County
Deschutes County: Bend Bulletin Newspaper Indexes, 1903-1994 includes some listings for deaths
Douglas County Genealogical Society Indexes includes indexes for some cemetery burials and other items
Jackson County Genealogical Indexes for Obituaries, Cemeteries and Death Certificates
Klamath County: Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery Burial Search in Klamath Falls, Oregon
Lane County and Eugene...
- Lane County: Mulkey Cemetery Burials Eugene, Oregon
- Lane County: Oak Hill Cemetery Burial Book Eugene, Oregon
- Lane County: Eugene Masonic Cemetery Burial List
- Lane County: Eugene Pioneer Cemetery Burials (formerly known as the Eugene I.O.O.F Cemetery)
- Lane County - for Mount Calvary Cemetery in Eugene see the Multnomah County Catholic Cemeteries link below
Linn County Death Certificates, c.1903-1965 (indexed) from the Linn Genealogical Society; includes digitized images of the death certificates
- Linn Genealogical Society Records Search indexes obituaries and other items
Marion County and Salem...
- Marion County: Willamette Valley Death Records, 1838-2006 (indexed) (at Ancestry/requires payment) a collection of assorted death records, including scanned copies of obituaries, cemetery burials and death certificates
- Marion County: Silverton Obituaries, 1893-1912 from FamilySearch
- Marion County: Burials in Pioneer Cemeteries
- Marion County: Salem Pioneer Cemetery Burials
- Marion County: Lee Mission Cemetery Burial Search (Salem, Oregon)
- Marion County: Oregon State Hospital List of Unclaimed Cremains
Milwaukie - see Clackamas County above
Multnomah County and Portland...
- Portland, Oregon Deaths, 1915-1924 at Ancestry/requires payment
- Portland Historic Pioneer Cemeteries Burials Search
- Portland Catholic Cemeteries Burial Search includes Mount Calvary and Gethsemani Catholic Cemeteries in Portland, and Mount Calvary Cemetery in Eugene
- Multnomah County: Assorted Death Indexes includes indexes for Portland death certificates, 1889-1902; Multnomah County probate cases, 1852-1939; St. Mary's Cemetery burials (Catholic cemetery in Portland), some obituaries, and other items
- Multnomah County: the Oregon Historical Records Index listed above has a City of Portland Death Index, 1881-1917; and a Multnomah County Probate Index, 1855-1900
Salem - see Marion County above
Tillamook County Obituaries Index, 1871-recent from the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum Library
Umatilla County: Olney Cemetery Records Pendleton, Oregon
Washington County...
- Washington County: Forest Grove Newspaper Obituary Index for assorted years; from the Forest Grove City Library
- Washington County Cemetery Records

Oregon Gravestone Photo Project has over 170,000 entries

Ordering Oregon Vital Records

Ordering Oregon Vital Records by Mail (requires payment; restrictions apply)

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Ancestry's Oregon Genealogy Records Collection (requires payment)
includes census records, cemetery burials, military records, vital records and more

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