[or-roots] Oregon death index lookup

[Robyn Greenlund]

Dale-
 
I don't know about Portland and what records they kept for Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties, but in Coos county I was very surprised to find a book in the Coos county court house that had a record of communicatible diseases listed by date [http://genealogytrails.com/ore/coos/death/disease-date.html]. I have only transcribed 1907-1910 for the Coos county records, but it's possible that such indexes were kept in other counties as well. I can tell you that the ledger I found is not on the Coos County Records Inventory [http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/county/cpcoosdescrip.html] so without a personal visit looking for such a book, you might miss it. If it exists, it would at least let you know if the person was suffering from the disease near the time of their death, and if it was a widespread problem in that area. 



From: Dale Harguess <daleharguess4 at gmail.com>
To: or-roots mail list <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Oregon death index lookup


Since I don't know the exact year or date of my aunt's death but know that it was sometime around 1914 or 1915 and she was a child.  Is there anyway of knowing if there was some sort of epidemic in that time frame in Portland?  I know she is buried in the old pioneer cemetery in Portland and I have contacted them but they only have a record of her being buried there with two of her siblings and a step mother (all in the same area).
I would really like to know the date of her death and what she died from but can't find a death record.
Her name was Verna Marie Hardwick and her parents were Noah Hardwick and Venus Howell.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Dale in California


On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Diane <whitehillranch at centurytel.net> wrote:

Les,  Newspaper pages are available for newspapers published between 1846-1922  are the years available for papers in Portland, Ontario,, Oregon City, Bend, Scottsburg, Coos Bay, Burns, Salem, Jacksonville, Medford and Klamath Falls.  I was just hoping to see his name there, so only searched Portland and Astoria.  since the death had not yet occured, it would not have been listed.  You can type in one name and search all the above papers....but it comes up with a zillion entries.  This is a beta site so at times in is 'resting'.   Diane
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