Free Online Oregon City Directories

The Ancestor Hunt regularly adds and updates new collection links, as well as searches for and fixes broken links.
(This page's most recent update is October 2024)
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City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and are another important source of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research.

This activity of presenting links is a collaborative effort between The Ancestor Hunt and Miriam Robbins. For years, Miriam has made available the Online Historical Directories website, which presents links to directories of all types that are available online, including free collections as well as those available only via subscription. I wish to thank Miriam for her help in launching this category of records at The Ancestor Hunt.

So, what kinds of directories are available to the researcher?  Naturally city and business directories, but also telephone directories, and alumni, farm, lodge, rural, and social directories.

What can you find in these records? How about:

  • Full names, including middle names
  • Spouse name
  • Occupation
  • Widows, working women, and adult children at home.
  • Maps
  • Businesses (and index to advertisers).
  • Addresses and maps of churches, schools, funeral homes, cemeteries, post offices, courts, hospitals, benevolent associations, and newspapers.
  • Whether a woman is a widow (including the name of her husband).
  • List of marriages and deaths of the previous year.
  • Death date.
  • etc.

Here are a few good primers on the benefits of searching historical city and other directories:​

And here are various places where you can find other city directories online: 

Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.

Links to these free collections are presented initially with statewide collections, followed in alphabetical order by city or county. Generally, the publishing company is included in the reference to the collection, along with the collection title, and the date(s) of the directory:

Oregon City Directories

Statewide

Albany

Arch Cape

Astoria

Baker

Bay City

Beaver

Cannon Beach

Clatsop County

Cloverdale

Columbia County

Corvallis

Eastern Oregon

Eugene

Forest Grove

Garibaldi

Gearhart

Grants Pass

Hammond

Hebo

Hillsboro

Ilwaco

Jewell

Klamath Falls

Lane County

Lebanon

Linn County

Manzanita

Multnomah

Nehalem

Neskowin

Netarts

Newport

Oceanside

Pacific City

Portland

Rainier

Rockaway Beach

Seaside

Silverton

Springfield

Tillamook

Tillamook County

Toledo-Siletz

Tolovana Park

Umatilla

Union

Warrenton

Washington County

Westport

Wheeler

Yamhill County


For all Free Oregon Collection Links in 24 Genealogy Categories, go to the By Location Page, click on Oregon, and then click on the category of interest.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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