Where records live

Oregon Historical County Records Guide (what each county kept)

Oregon State Archives (Secretary of State) · Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: County-by-county inventories that say which old records survive (deeds, surveys, assessor rolls, aerial photos, timber cruises) and exactly which office or museum holds them.

How to ask: Pick your county from the inventory list and search the page for words like 'deed', 'survey', 'aerial', 'cruise' or 'road'.

Polk County records inventory (State Archives guide)

Oregon State Archives (Secretary of State) · Polk County, Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: Shows where Polk County's old records sit, for example a 1907 timber 'Cruise Book' in the Assessor's office, county aerial photographs from 1956 on, donation land claim field notes (about 1854) and county survey plats filed by township and range (about 1890-1947).

How to ask: Search the page for the record type, then contact the office named (Assessor, Surveyor, Clerk, or the Polk County Historical Society Museum) to ask to see it.

Oregon State Archives land records

Oregon State Archives, Salem · Oregon · Cost varies

What you’ll find: Land records kept at the State Archives: Provisional Government land claims (1845-1849) with index, county assessment and tax rolls (for example Polk 1850-1940, Benton 1851-1865), donation land claim plats and more.

How to ask: Find the series for your county on this page, then ask the Archives (phone, email or online request) for copies or a reading-room appointment.

Oregon Historical Records Index

Oregon State Archives · Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: A free name index to selected historical records held by the Oregon State Archives.

How to ask: Search by surname; write down the record citation and ask the State Archives for a copy.

Oregon school-land and state-land records (Department of State Lands, State Archives)

Oregon State Archives (records of the Department of State Lands) · Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: Guide to historical records of Oregon's school lands and other state lands, such as lists of lands chosen in lieu of school sections 16 and 36, and mortgage release certificates.

How to ask: Search this guide for your county or 'school land', note the series and box, and ask the State Archives for it; for current state land and waterway records ask the Department of State Lands (https://www.oregon.gov/dsl/), which manages the school lands for the State Land Board (the Board dates from 1859).

Oregon Century Farm & Ranch database

Oregon State University Libraries with the Oregon Farm Bureau Foundation · Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: Records of farms and ranches held by one family for 100 years or more (about 1,287 registered since 1958), searchable by farm name, original owner and county.

How to ask: Search by county, farm name or original owner; to apply or learn about the program see the Oregon Farm Bureau page.

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Oregon Historical Society, Portland · Oregon · Cost not stated

What you’ll find: The largest collection of Oregon history: letters and diaries, photographs, maps, architectural plans, oral histories, and films and videotapes.

How to ask: Search the catalog and digital collections (digitalcollections.ohs.org) by place or family name, then visit or ask for copies.

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center (SCARC)

Oregon State University Libraries, Corvallis · Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: Manuscripts, archives, photographs, aerial photos and books on natural resources, forestry, agriculture and Oregon history, plus an oral history program with more than 1,200 recorded interviews.

How to ask: Search the finding aids by place name (for example Soap Creek or Kings Valley), then email or visit the Valley Library 5th floor; the Oral History Program page (scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/oralhistory.html) lists interview collections, and SCARC's interviewing guide (guides.library.oregonstate.edu/oralhistory/scarc) helps if you record your own.

Archives West

Orbis Cascade Alliance (libraries of the western states) · National · Free

What you’ll find: Searchable guides to manuscript collections (letters, diaries, photographs, business records) at Oregon and other western archives.

How to ask: Search by family, place or company name; the guide tells you which library holds the papers.

Polk County Historical Society & Museum research library

Polk County Historical Society, Rickreall · Polk County, Oregon · Cost varies

What you’ll find: Books, obituaries, articles, photographs and files on hundreds of Polk County families and places (the State Archives guide also places some donation land claim field notes here).

How to ask: Visit or contact the museum; staff help for free, or hire their researcher at $15 an hour.

Oregon Historic Cemeteries Program (list by county)

Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries (Oregon Parks and Recreation Department) · Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: Program page with a county-by-county list of registered historic cemeteries (any cemetery with a burial more than 75 years old).

How to ask: Open 'See the list by county' to find cemeteries near your land; burial lists are kept by cemetery groups and indexes such as Find a Grave.

Oregon Department of State Lands: maps and inventories of state-owned land

Oregon Department of State Lands (administrative agency of the State Land Board), Salem · Oregon · Cost not stated

What you’ll find: The agency that manages Oregon’s school lands today. In its own words: “DSL maintains a map and inventories of the ownership of these lands.”

How to ask: The page says: “To request the map data, contact DSL’s ownership specialist.” For older files, use DSL’s public records request page: https://www.oregon.gov/dsl/Pages/public-records-requests.aspx

General Land Office Records (land patents, survey plats, field notes)

U.S. Bureau of Land Management · National · Free

What you’ll find: Images of federal land patents (the first deed out of government hands), original township survey plats and field notes, tract books and Master Title Plats for the 30 public-land states.

How to ask: Use Advanced Search (pick the state, press Update, then the county, press Update) and type a name; or, in the map's search box, open the small arrow menu, choose "Legal Land Description" and type the township and range. No account is needed unless you want to save searches (Login.gov). BLM's how-to articles: https://glorecords.blm.gov/s/article/How-to-Search-for-a-Record and https://glorecords.blm.gov/s/article/How-to-Use-the-Interactive-Map.

Reuse: These are U.S. government records and are generally free of copyright.

BLM Oregon/Washington survey records by township

U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office · Oregon and Washington · Free

What you’ll find: For one township in Oregon or Washington (Willamette Meridian): the Master Title Plat and use plat, the historical index, every official survey plat with its approval date, and a list of the original survey field-note books (with surveyor names, years and donation land claim surveys).

How to ask: Build the link from your township and range (see the pattern), or start from the BLM Oregon/Washington Land Records page and pick a township. Click 'view' to open a plat; field-note pages open from the list.

Reuse: U.S. government survey records, generally free of copyright.

The address above opens Township 9 South, Range 6 West. Build the address for your own Oregon or Washington township with the form at the top of this page.

BLM Oregon/Washington Land Records home

U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington State Office · Oregon and Washington · Free

What you’ll find: Starting page for Oregon and Washington land status and survey records: pick a township on a map or list, Master Title Plats, cadastral survey plats, and plain-language guides to reading a Master Title Plat and the plat viewer.

How to ask: Choose 'View Official Land Status and Cadastral Records' and pick your township and range, or use the PDF guides to learn how to read the plats.

Reuse: U.S. government records, generally free of copyright.

Land entry case files (homestead, donation and cash-sale files)

U.S. National Archives (NARA), Washington, DC · National · Fee

What you’ll find: The paper file behind each federal land patent: applications, proof of residence and improvements, witness statements and receipts, often with family details.

How to ask: First find the patent in BLM's GLO Records and write down the land office, document or certificate number and date; then order the file with Form NATF 84 or online through NARA's order pages.

Reuse: Federal records, generally free of copyright.

Polk County Clerk land records search (Digital Research Room)

Polk County Clerk's Office, Dallas, Oregon · Polk County, Oregon · Fee

What you’ll find: Recorded deeds, easements, mortgages, liens and releases for Polk County (indexed records from 1984 on are in the 'Clerk's Query' search).

How to ask: Search by name in the online portal; since September 1, 2026 each document is bought by card and mailed, or you can take a subscription ($130 setup plus $125 a month, or $1,500 a year).

Reuse: Recorded documents are public records; certified copies come only from the Clerk.

Polk County historical deed books, 1840-1984

Polk County Clerk's Office, Dallas, Oregon · Polk County, Oregon · Cost not stated

What you’ll find: Scanned images of the old deed books ('Deed Volumes' 1854-1973 and 'Book of Records' 1973-1985) and the old grantor/grantee index books.

How to ask: Use the Direct/Indirect index first: you need the full name of a buyer or seller and the rough year; Direct means seller, Indirect means buyer. Then open the deed book page it points to.

Polk County Surveyor survey records

Polk County Public Works, Survey & Engineering, Dallas, Oregon · Polk County, Oregon · Cost varies

What you’ll find: Filed property surveys, subdivision and partition plats, road records, cemetery plats and restored government (section and donation land claim) corners; staff help the public with historical survey research.

How to ask: Look up your township, range and section first (it is in your tax-lot map number), then use the county's 'Surveys & Plat Search' on the Search Tools page, or call the Surveyor's office; copies follow the posted survey fee schedule.

Benton County property records (deeds, mortgages, liens)

Benton County Records and Elections (County Clerk), Corvallis, Oregon · Benton County, Oregon · Cost varies

What you’ll find: An online name index of recorded deeds, mortgages and liens; the document images themselves are available by request or in person.

How to ask: Use 'Search Records Online' (use % as a wildcard and type as little as possible); then request copies with the records request form or book a research appointment. A free Property Recording Alert Service warns owners of new recordings on their name.

Benton County Surveyor survey map and plat files

Benton County Public Works, Surveying, Corvallis, Oregon · Benton County, Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: A survey map viewer and an open folder of scanned surveys, plats and corner restoration records for Benton County.

How to ask: Open the 'Survey Map' and click your area to see filed surveys, or browse the 'Survey and Plat Directory' folders (CornerRestorations, Plats, Surveys).

Oregon, Benton County Records, 1856-1984 (digitized)

FamilySearch (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) · Benton County, Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: Digitized Benton County record books, 1856-1984.

How to ask: Sign in with a free account, open the collection and browse by record type and years; for other counties, including Polk, search the FamilySearch catalog by place.

Polk County online search tools (assessor, PolkMap, surveys)

Polk County Assessor and Clerk, Dallas, Oregon · Polk County, Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: One page listing the Assessor's property search, PolkMap (the county web map with tax lots), deed searches, Government Corners search, benchmark search and Surveys & Plat search.

How to ask: Start with the Assessor's property search or PolkMap to get your tax-lot map number and township, range and section, then use those in the deed and survey searches.

Benton County property account search and maps

Benton County Assessment Office, Corvallis, Oregon · Benton County, Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: Current owner, tax-lot and value information, with a link to the county's online map site.

How to ask: Search by owner name, address or account; note the map and tax-lot number, which gives township, range and section.

ORMAP statewide tax-lot maps

Oregon Department of Revenue with Oregon counties · Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: Assessor tax maps for every Oregon county in one viewer, with tax-lot numbers that encode township, range and section.

How to ask: Zoom to your parcel or search by map and tax-lot number; write down the township, range and section for use in the survey and patent records.

USGS topoView (historical topographic maps)

U.S. Geological Survey · National · Free

What you’ll find: Old and current editions of USGS topographic maps (the USGS began mapping in 1879), free to view and download.

How to ask: Zoom to your land on the map, then pick map editions by year and download them. For current maps, lidar elevation and imagery downloads use The National Map Downloader (https://apps.nationalmap.gov/downloader/).

Reuse: USGS maps are U.S. government works in the public domain.

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) search

U.S. Geological Survey · National · Free

What you’ll find: Official names and locations of creeks, ridges, schools, cemeteries and other named places, including historical names.

How to ask: Type the place name and state (Oregon) and county; results show location and name history.

Reuse: Public domain.

Sanborn fire insurance maps

Library of Congress · National · Free

What you’ll find: Detailed town maps (about 1867-1970) showing each building's outline and use; useful for town lots in county seats such as Dallas and Corvallis.

How to ask: Filter the collection by state (Oregon) and city, then open the sheet covering your block.

Reuse: Check the rights statement shown with each map.

This site turned away our link checker with a bot check; the address is the organization’s own home page.

David Rumsey Map Collection Link only

David Rumsey Map Center / Cartography Associates · National · Free

What you’ll find: More than 150,000 historical maps and atlases, including 19th-century Oregon and county maps.

How to ask: Search by place or title and view online. Link only: do not copy images into the site.

Reuse: Images are licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (non-commercial, share-alike, credit required).

UO Libraries Map Collection (Knight Library)

University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene · Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: Old and current maps and atlases focused on Oregon, including print copies of selected GLO survey plats filed by township and range.

How to ask: Visit the Knight Library first floor or ask staff (map@uoregon.edu); many maps are not in the online catalog, so ask.

Web Soil Survey

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service · National · Free

What you’ll find: Soil maps and reports for your parcel, including forest productivity (site index) and the plants each soil naturally supports.

How to ask: Choose 'Start WSS', find your land, draw an area of interest, then open 'Soil Data Explorer' for reports.

Reuse: Public domain.

DOGAMI lidar viewer

Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries · Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: Bare-earth lidar terrain images that show old roads, skid trails, ditches, house sites and landslides under the trees.

How to ask: Zoom to your land and switch between bare-earth and highest-hit views.

Oregon geologic map viewer

Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries · Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: The rock and sediment units under your land, with their ages, which tells you whether fossil-bearing rock is present.

How to ask: Zoom to your parcel and click the map to read the unit name and age.

Native Land Digital Link only

Native Land Digital (non-profit) · National · Free

What you’ll find: A general map of Indigenous territories, languages and treaties.

How to ask: Plain link only. Type an address to see which nations' territories are shown; confirm details with the tribes themselves.

Reuse: Plain link only; use the tribes' own offices for authoritative information.

Corvallis-Benton County Public Library local history

Corvallis-Benton County Public Library · Benton County, Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: Benton County newspapers digitized from the library's microfilm, plus local history and genealogy resources (some only inside the library).

How to ask: Search the digitized Benton County newspapers online; use Newspapers.com and Ancestry free at the library.

Historic Oregon Newspapers

University of Oregon Libraries (Oregon Digital Newspaper Program) · Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: Over 3.5 million full-text-searchable pages of historic Oregon newspapers, free online.

How to ask: Search a family name, place name or donation claim holder and limit by county or newspaper title and years.

Chronicling America

Library of Congress · National · Free

What you’ll find: Millions of digitized U.S. newspaper pages, including Oregon titles, searchable by word.

How to ask: Search by place or family name and narrow by state (Oregon) and dates.

Reuse: Check the rights statement shown with each page.

This site turned away our link checker with a bot check; the address is the organization’s own home page.

HathiTrust Digital Library

HathiTrust (research libraries) · National · Free

What you’ll find: Full text of millions of digitized books, including old county histories, Oregon government reports and journals.

How to ask: Use full-text search for a place or family name; public-domain books open in full.

Reuse: Public-domain books can be read and downloaded; in-copyright books are search-only.

This site turned away our link checker with a bot check; the address is the organization’s own home page.

Internet Archive (books and films)

Internet Archive · National · Free

What you’ll find: Free digitized books, including old county histories, and old films and videos.

How to ask: Search by county or place name; use the Texts filter for books and the Video filter (or archive.org/details/movies) for film.

Reuse: Rights vary by item; check each item's page.

The Oregon Encyclopedia

Oregon Historical Society · Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: Short, reliable articles on Oregon places, people, industries and events, with sources listed.

How to ask: Search your town, valley, creek or family name.

This site turned away our link checker with a bot check; the address is the organization’s own home page.

Google Scholar

Google · National · Free

What you’ll find: Search across scientific articles, theses and reports, for example studies of fire history or forests near your land.

How to ask: Search a place name plus a topic (for example 'Soap Creek fire history' or 'Willamette Valley oak savanna'); many papers are free, some are behind paywalls.

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Oregon State University Libraries · Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: Free theses, dissertations and reports from OSU, including forestry and local history research.

How to ask: Search by place name, watershed or topic and download the PDF.

Treesearch (U.S. Forest Service research publications)

USDA Forest Service Research and Development · National · Free

What you’ll find: Free Forest Service research papers, including Pacific Northwest Research Station work on forest history, fire, growth and inventory.

How to ask: Search by topic and place (for example 'Oregon Coast Range fire history').

Reuse: Most are U.S. government works.

ODF: Find a stewardship forester

Oregon Department of Forestry · Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: A map to find the state forester who gives free technical help to private and small woodland owners, including advice on stand history and timber cruising.

How to ask: Click your area on the map to get your stewardship forester's name and contact details.

OSU Extension Forestry & Natural Resources (Benton, Linn and Polk)

Oregon State University Extension Service · Benton County, Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: The local Extension forestry agent serving Benton, Linn and Polk counties, with classes and advice for woodland owners (stand ages, increment cores, inventories).

How to ask: Contact the agent or join a woodland owner class; ask how to core a few trees to date your stand or how to cruise your timber. Plain-language guides are in the OSU Extension Catalog (https://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog).

USGS EarthExplorer (aerial photo single frames and satellite images)

U.S. Geological Survey, EROS Center · National · Free

What you’ll find: Historical aerial photographs (single frames, many from the 1940s on), NAIP imagery and Landsat satellite images back to 1972.

How to ask: Draw your area, set a date range, then under Data Sets choose Aerial Imagery > Aerial Photo Single Frames (or Landsat). A free login is needed to download.

Reuse: USGS imagery is public domain.

UO Aerial Photography Collection and Research Service

University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene · Oregon · Fee

What you’ll find: One of the largest sets of Oregon aerial photographs (about 1,000,000 images, earliest 1929, most 1935-2005), scanned to order.

How to ask: Submit a request with a map of your property's boundaries; public requests cost a $35 setup fee plus about $12 per standard image and take 3-4 business days.

Reuse: You may keep the scans and give them to clients; publishing or displaying them needs UO permission and a use fee.

OSU Libraries aerial photo collections

Oregon State University Special Collections & Archives Research Center (SCARC) · Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: Guide to OSU's aerial photograph collections, now kept in SCARC on the Valley Library's 5th floor in Corvallis.

How to ask: Use the linked collection guides to find flights covering your area, then ask SCARC staff to pull them.

USDA historical aerial photography (APFO) imagery catalogs

USDA Farm Production and Conservation Business Center, Geospatial Services (Aerial Photography Field Office) · National · Fee

What you’ll find: Catalogs of USDA farm and Forest Service aerial photography (mostly 1950s on) that can be ordered as scans.

How to ask: Open the state catalog PDF (N-W covers Oregon), note the county, year and roll, then follow the Ordering Instructions page.

Aerial photography at the National Archives

U.S. National Archives (cartographic branch; National Archives at Seattle) · National · Cost varies

What you’ll find: Older federal aerial film, including 1930s-1940s USDA photography (Record Group 145) and regional series held at Seattle.

How to ask: Use the research guides and digitized indexes to find the flight and frame, then order copies through NARA's cartographic ordering page.

Reuse: Federal records, generally free of copyright.

Historic American Buildings Survey (measured drawings)

Library of Congress / National Park Service · National · Free

What you’ll find: Measured drawings, photographs and histories of historic buildings, bridges and landscapes, including Oregon sites.

How to ask: Search by state and county (for example Oregon, Polk County) or by building name.

Reuse: Check each item's rights statement; most of this documentation was made by the U.S. government.

This site turned away our link checker with a bot check; the address is the organization’s own home page.

Oregon Digital

University of Oregon and Oregon State University Libraries · Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: More than 500,000 digitized photographs, manuscripts, maps and publications from the UO and OSU collections.

How to ask: Search by place name, family name or subject and filter by type.

Reuse: Each item carries its own rights statement.

Oregon Historic Sites Database

Oregon State Historic Preservation Office (Oregon Parks and Recreation Department) · Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: Survey records, photographs and some site plans for historic buildings, barns and sites, including National Register listings.

How to ask: Search by county and city or by the most distinctive word of a property name.

Google Earth Pro (historical imagery slider)

Google · National · Free

What you’ll find: Free desktop program whose clock tool shows older satellite and aerial images of your land, often back to the 1990s or earlier.

How to ask: Install Google Earth Pro, fly to your land and click the clock icon to step back through dated images.

Reuse: Google's terms apply; images are not free to republish.

Oregon Experience (OPB documentaries)

Oregon Public Broadcasting · Oregon · Cost varies

What you’ll find: Documentary films on Oregon history, many streaming free.

How to ask: Browse episodes by topic (settlement, tribes, logging, farming).

Benton County Historical Society & Museums collections

Benton County Historical Society, Philomath and Corvallis · Benton County, Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: More than 140,000 artifacts, photographs and documents from Benton County, with a growing online collections database.

How to ask: Search the online database by place or family name, then contact the museum to see items.

Oregon archaeology rules and permits (SHPO)

Oregon State Historic Preservation Office · Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: Explains when a state permit is needed and how archaeological finds are recorded; site location records are restricted.

How to ask: If you find artifacts, leave them in place, note the spot and contact SHPO and the tribes; a permit is required to dig or collect.

Reuse: By Oregon law (ORS 358.905-961 and ORS 390.235) digging or collecting at an archaeological site on private land needs a state permit.

Paleobiology Database

Paleobiology Database (research community) · National · Free

What you’ll find: A map-searchable database of fossil finds with their locations and rock ages.

How to ask: Use the Navigator map to see recorded fossil finds near your land; compare with the DOGAMI geologic map.

Reuse: Open data (credit the database).

UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History

University of Oregon, Eugene · Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: A natural and cultural history museum with large Oregon fossil and archaeological collections.

How to ask: Contact the museum with photos and the exact location of a fossil or artifact you found (do not dig further).

Neotoma Paleoecology Database (fossil pollen)

Neotoma (community database) · National · Free

What you’ll find: Pollen records from lake and bog cores that show what grew in a region over thousands of years.

How to ask: Open the Neotoma Explorer, zoom to western Oregon and pick pollen sites nearest your land. NOAA also keeps pollen data at ncei.noaa.gov/products/paleoclimatology/pollen.

Reuse: Open data; cite the original contributor.

International Tree-Ring Data Bank

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · National · Free

What you’ll find: The world's largest public archive of tree-ring data, including Pacific Northwest Douglas-fir chronologies that can date fire scars and old stumps.

How to ask: Use the map search to find sites near your land and compare your ring counts with a local chronology.

Reuse: Public data; cite the original contributor.

Historical vegetation maps from GLO surveys (Willamette Valley about 1851-1910)

Oregon State University Institute for Natural Resources (Oregon Biodiversity Information Center) · Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: Maps of prairie, oak savanna, forest and wetlands drawn from the original land survey notes (Christy and others, 2011, for the Willamette Valley), with downloads and an online viewer.

How to ask: Find your area in the list, or view the 'Historic Oregon Land Cover 1851' layers in Oregon Explorer (https://oregonexplorer.info/: Habitats and Vegetation > Land Cover). For today's forest age and structure, OSU's LEMMA maps (https://lemma.forestry.oregonstate.edu/) are the companion source.

Reuse: Planning and research estimates only; credit the authors.

LANDFIRE vegetation and fire regime maps

U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Department of the Interior · National · Free

What you’ll find: National maps of current vegetation, historical (pre-settlement) vegetation and fire regimes.

How to ask: Use the LANDFIRE viewer to compare 'biophysical settings' (likely historical vegetation) with today's vegetation on your land.

Reuse: Public domain.

Soap Creek Valley History Project oral histories, 1978-2009

Oregon State University Libraries SCARC (also listed by the Oregon Historical Society) · Benton County, Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: Published interviews (mostly 1989-1991, conducted by Bob Zybach for the OSU Research Forests) with long-time Soap Creek Valley residents, plus tapes for 13 interview sets and photographs.

How to ask: Read the finding aid, then ask SCARC to see the published transcripts or listen to the tapes. A self-guided Soap Creek Valley history tour is online at http://www.nwmapsco.com/ZybachB/Tours/Soap_Creek_Valley/.

Oral History Association: Principles and Best Practices

Oral History Association · National · Free

What you’ll find: The standard U.S. guidance on preparing, recording, getting permission for and preserving oral history interviews.

How to ask: Read before interviewing neighbors or relatives; use a signed release form and keep the original recording.

Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde - Cultural Resources Department

Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde · Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: The Tribe's Historic Preservation Office (archaeology and research, cultural protection) and cultural programs for its homelands in western Oregon, including the Willamette Valley.

How to ask: Contact the Cultural Resources Department about Native history of your land or if you find artifacts or burials; background is on the Tribe's 'Our Homelands' page.

Reuse: Ask before using tribal cultural information.

Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians - Culture & Language

Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians · Oregon · Free

What you’ll find: The Tribe's Cultural Resources Program, which works on history and on protecting cultural resources across its homelands in western Oregon.

How to ask: Contact the Cultural Resources Program about Native history of your area or about artifacts found on your land; history is on the 'Our Heritage' page.

Reuse: Ask before using tribal cultural information.