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P.O. Box 995 211 Tumwater Dr.
Oregon City, OR 97045-2900
503-655-5574
Clackamas County
Family History Society


In 1842, the wagon trains of hardy pioneers set out for the fertile Willamette Valley of Oregon. With fortitude and courage, this venture would take over two months before they would see a trading post. Between 1841 and 1869, nearly 300,000 Americans made the 2,000 mile journey west. Many died along the way. What they accomplished made history.

Their activities became recorded statistics of a real melting pot of people. Hardly a family in the east or middle west was not affected by this great exodus to the west.

    So they came, to the End of the Oregon Trail...

      Their journey was incredible.

        You too can come to the End of the Oregon Trail...

Some of those people are included in the following Clackamas County records:
  • 1910 Soundex
  • Cemetery Records
  • Census Records...1842-1900
  • Donation Land Claims
  • Family Histories
  • First Jail Book
  • Grand Army of the Republic
  • Members Pedigree Charts
  • Marriage Records...1848-1925
  • Probate...1854 plus
  • Provisional Land Claim Records
  • Taxes...1865 plus

Organization Objectives

  • Encourage active interest in the science of genealogy
  • Preserve public and private records relating to family history and genealogy
  • Establish and maintain a publication system to provide help and service to others
  • The Clackamas County Family History Society is a service-educational organization dedicated to the collection, preservation, and publication of the heritage of Clackamas County, Oregon.

Publications

CLACKAMAS LEGACY: a quarterly publication with marriage and birth records; obituary and cemetery listings, probate; and family histories.

NEWSLETTER: our newsletter is included in the Clackamas Legacy. It gives hints and a helping hand to the beginner as well as the advanced genealogist. Listing of upcoming events, seminars, meetings and interest group meetings. All material submitted for publication will be appreciated and published as space permits and at the discretion of the Society.

Library Hours

CCFHS is housed in the Clackamas County Historical Society Library, 211 Tumwater Drive, Oregon City, Oregon. Research hours are between 11:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Tuesday and Wednesday and the first and third Saturday of every month from 11:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.

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