(This page's most recent update is December 2024)
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Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists (as well as the largest of them all – FamilySearch), many indexes to death collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific death information and sometimes scanned images of the death certificates. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include death information that is not included in the lists below. For example, newspapers and obituaries have death info, but most times obituary indexes include the date of the obituary but not the date of death. To find out which types of other records may include death information, please see:
The lists below are specific death indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state of Oregon.
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.
Note: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription, you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
Oregon Death Records
- Astoria, Clatsop County, Newspaper Obituaries and Death Notices
- Baker County Deaths and Transcribed Obituaries
- Baker County Vital Records, 1862-1950
- Baker County, St Francis de Sales Catholic Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, and Burials, 1862-1897
- Baker Funeral Records
- Bend Bulletin Newspaper Index
- Benton County Genealogical Society, Newspaper Deaths
- Benton County Vital Records, 1856-1984
- Benton County, Death Records, 1920-1945
- Bureau of Indian Affairs, Chemawa Indian School Vital Statistics and Student Records, 1883-1947
- Bureau of Indian Affairs. Grand Ronde-Siletz Agency, Vital Statistics, 1913-1952
- Bureau of Indian Affairs. Klamath Agency, Vital Statistics, 1894-1952
- Bureau of Indian Affairs. Portland Area Office, Vital Statistics, 1912-1952
- Bureau of Indian Affairs. Umatilla Agency, Vital Records, 1889-1932
- Clackamas County Vital Records Indexes
- Clackamas County, Death Records Index, 1900-1915
- Clackamas County, Index to Death Records, 1900-1915
- Clackamas Death and Obituary Index
- Clatsop County Death Indexes
- Clatsop County, Birth and Death Records, 1899-1944
- Columbia County Death Indexes
- Columbia County Vital Records, 1854-1958
- Coos County Death Records and Obituaries
- Corvallis Newspaper Reference Indexes
- Crook County Death Certificates
- Curry County, Miscellaneous Record Index to 1900
- Deschutes County Death Index
- Deschutes County Vital Records, 1871-1985
- Douglas County Coroner’s Records, 1896-1972
- Douglas County Death Records, 1903-1920
- Douglas County Vital Records, 1850-1983
- Douglas County, Coroners Inquests, 1896-1946
- Early Oregonian Database
- Genealogical Forum of Oregon – Vital Records
- Gilliam County, Death Certificates 1903-1963
- Grant County Vital Records, 1851-1992
- Grant County, Birth and Death Records and Records of Physicians, Midwives and Undertakers, 1858-1929
- Grant County, Coroners’ Records, 1867-1943
- Harney County Vital Records, 1870-1991
- Hillsboro Death and Obituary Index
- Hood River County Death Indexes
- Jackson County Genealogy Library Vital Records
- Jackson County Marriage and Death Indexes
- Jefferson County Death Certificates 1903-1963
- Josephine County Death Records and Obituaries
- Josephine County Funeral Records (1909-1911) and Death Records (1929-1934, Partial)
- Klamath County Death Records and Obituaries
- Klamath Vital Records for the Klamath, Modoc and Paiute Indians, 1930-
- Lane County Deaths
- Lane County Vital Statistics from Newspaper Clippings 1965
- Lincoln County, Death Records, 1907-1944
- Linn and Benton County Death Certificates, pre-1965
- Linn County Death Records and Obituaries
- Marion County Vital Records, 1849-1976
- Marion County, Family Records
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Morrow County, Heppner Funeral Register and Death Index
- Morrow County, Miscellaneous Records, 1890-1980
- Morrow County, Vital Records, 1906-1929
- Multnomah County Miscellaneous Vital Records Index
- Multnomah County, Coroner’s Records, 1894-1923
- Newberg Graphic Vital Records, 1889-1901
- Northwest Heritage Death and Obituary Index
- Online Searchable Death Indexes
- Oregon Birth, Death, and Marriage Indexes
- Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998
- Oregon Death Index, 1971-2008
- Oregon Deaths and Burials, 1903-1947
- Oregon Deaths, 1842-1952 and Delayed Births, 1844-1914
- Oregon Deaths, 1877-1952
- Oregon Federal Census Mortality Schedules 1850, 1860, 1880
- Oregon Historical Records (BMD) Index
- Oregon Historical Records Index – Deaths
- Oregon Territory and State of Oregon Genealogical Notes, 1810-1910
- Oregon Trail Deaths
- Oregon, Death Index, 1971-2008
- Oregon, Federal Census Record Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 (few Counties)
- Oregon, Vital and Other Genealogical Records
- Oregon, World War I American Expeditionary Forces, Deaths, 1917-1919
- Oregon, Grand Army of the Republic Descriptive Books and Index, 1870-1930
- Oregon, Pioneer Registers, 1818-1859
- Polk County Death Certificate Transcriptions 1903-1904
- Polk County Death Records, 1940-1942
- Polk County Vital Records, 1857-1972
- Polk County, Record of Deaths, 1907-1915
- Polk County, Record of Births and Deaths, Record of Physicians, midwives and undertakers, Oct 1915-Feb 1921
- Portland Area Office, Tribal Census Information, 1877-1952
- Portland, Congregation Beth Israel, Birth and Death Records, 1876-1908
- Prineville Funeral Home, Records, 1894-1942
- Salem, Pacific Christian Advocate, Vital Records,1864-1870 (1867 Missing)
- Sherman County Death and Transcribed Obituaries Index
- Sherman County, Death Records, 1905-1952
- Silverton, Funeral Cards
- Silverton, Genealogical Collection, 1874-1920, 1924, 1959
- Tillamook County Death Index
- Tillamook County Death Records and Obituaries
- Tillamook County Vital Records, 1854-1967
- Umatilla County Death Records and Obituaries
- Union County Death Records and Obituaries
- Union County Deaths and Transcribed Obituaries
- Union County Vital Records 1890-1930
- Union County, Index to Obituaries and Vital Records, 1890-1930
- Union County, Obituaries and Other Vital Records, 1890-1930
- United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961
- United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957
- United States Social Security Death Index
- United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919
- Wallowa County Deaths and Transcribed Obituaries
- Wallowa County Deaths and Transcribed Obituaries
- Wasco County Death Records and Obituaries
- Wasco County Records
- Wasco County Vital Records, 1854-1960
- Wheeler County Death Records and Obituaries
- Willamette Valley, Death Records, 1838-2006 (Index only)
- Yamhill County Vital Records, 1857-1963
- Yamhill County, Death Certificates Index, 1903-1958
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!