A Guide to Oregon Church Records. 2005. (Includes repositories and items in repositories.) 26 pages. $15.00. PDF version: $5.00.

Ewry & Cook, A Portland Undertaker—Account Books; 1870-1876. 2001. 53 pages. $12.00.

How to Find Oregon Naturalization Records. 1991, revised 2001. 55 pages. $14.00.

Lone Fir Cemetery, 1846-1880. 1992, revised 2009. 220 pages. $25.00. PDF version: $5.00.

St. Mary's Cemetery, Portland, Oregon. 1987. 265 pages. $17.00.

 

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Portland OR 97219-6984

Family History Books

Huiras Family in Bavaria and America. Each book is $20.00. Click here to learn more about the Huiras family.

In 1850, the Andrew Huiras family left their Buchenlohe, Bavaria farm with a "chest of gold" and hopes for a good life in America. They settled in the Ozaukee County, Wisconsin forests where they wrestled a farm from the rocky soil. Their story is the story of the pioneer.

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Book I: Theresia's Story [Sold out.]

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Book II: Catherine's Story - Catherine Huiras married Joseph Kuelbs in Wisconsin. They moved to Leavenworth, Minnesota in 1865. As a young prairie wife, she was left with small children when her husband disappeared. Her story is a tale of a pioneer woman's struggle to raise her family.

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Book III: Joseph's Story - Joseph Huiras, the eldest Huiras child, was the first member of his family to leave the Buchenlohe, Bavaria farm home, leading the way for his family to migrate to Wisconsin. His journeys took him from Wisconsin to Iowa, then California, and finally to Oregon.

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Book IV: John's Story - John Baptist Huiras arrived in the New World as an eighteen year old youth. As a strong pioneer, he homesteaded farms in Wisconsin and Minnesota, developing the virgin prairie into a prosperous farm land for his descendants.

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Book V: Anna Maria's Story [Sold out.]

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Book VI: George's Story - George Huiras stayed on the Wisconsin homestead where he built a fine home and raised a distinguished family. His efforts preserved the original American Hurias farm.

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Book VII: Andrew's Story - Andrew Huiras led a quiet life. His family moved from the Leavenworth farm to St. Paul, Minnesota. Andrew's life story is intertwined with all of his siblings.

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Book VIII: Michael's Story - The life of Michael Huiras, a popular and successful Springfield, Minnesota store-keeper, postmaster and town councilman, mirrored the health conditions of the nineteenth century. He lost two wives and six children to diseases that are now just memories.

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Book available through the Genealogical Forum of Oregon.

Oregon Guide to Genealogical Resources. 1996. 377 pages.

Click here to go to the Forum's publication site.