Inventory of Coos County Resources
in Connie Lenzen's Library

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Coos County, formed in 1853, annexed all of Umpqua County lying south of the Umpqua River. If you have ancestors who were in that area, check out the "Douglas and Umpqua" County Inventory.

CEMETERY RECORDS:

Wooldridge, Alice. Some Cemetery Records of Coos and Curry Counties, Oregon. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Portland, 1982. Contains: Allegany, Bandon Catholic, Bandon IOOF, Bandon Knights of Pythias, Bandon Pioneer, Bear Creek, Beaver Hill, Brack, Breen, Breuer, Bullard, Catching Creek, Clarno Springs, Collver, Cook, Coos River Pioneer, Coquille IOOF, Coquille Masonic, Coquille Pioneer, Davis, Dement, Dora, Eddy, Eden Valley, Edson, Enchanted Prairie, Fairview, Fetter, Fox Bridge a.k.a. Lee Valley, GAR Bandon, Garrett, Gibbs, Grandma Wells, Gravelford, Green, Greene, Haines, Hansen, Hayes, Haynes, Hermann, Hoffman, Hultin-Thrush, IOOF, Lakeside, Lampa Creek, Lett, Lowery, Mast, Masters, McGlone, Merriman, Miller, Morris, Myrtle Creek, Myrtle Point, Neal, Norris-Barker, Norway, Old Empire, Old Pioneer, Pallaske, Parkersburg, Pioneer, Poland, Powers, Quosanta Creek, Rackleff, Randolph, Red Barn, Riverton, Robbins, Robison, Russell, Sacchi, Skaggs, Skookum House, Smith, South Slough, Steward, Sumner School, Templeton, Thomas, Upper Fish Trap, Warner, Wasson, Waterman,  West, Whittington, Wigent Family, Wise, Wheeler, and Yoakum Family.

CENSUS RECORDS:

Hiday, Mrs. Harry. 1870 Coos County Census. Salem, Oregon: The Ink Spot, nd.

Hiday, Mrs. Harry. Early United States Census of Southwest Coastal Counties of Oregon [1860]. Salem, Oregon: Ink Spot, 1972.

CITY/COUNTY HISTORIES:

Beckham, Stephen Dow. Requiem for a People The Rogue Indians and the Frontiersmen. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972.

Buan, Carolyn, ed. The First Oregonians an Illustrated Collection of Essays on Traditional Lifeways, Federal-Indian Relations, and the State’s Native People Today. Portland, OR; Oregon Council for the Humanities, 1991.

Caldera, Melody J., ed. South Slough Adventures, Life on a Southern Oregon Estuary. Coos Bay, Oregon: South Coast Printing, Inc., 1995.

Coos County The Early Years. Portland, Oregon: Pediment Group, Inc., 1998.

Davis, Charles George. Second Umpqua Expedition Alexander Roderick McLeod, Chief Trader, 1926–1827 [sic]. North Plains, Oregon: Soap Creek Enterprises, 1999.

Dodge, Orvil. Index of Pioneer History of Coos and Curry Counties, Oregon.Coos Genealogical Forum.

Douthit, Nathan. A Guide to Oregon South Coast History. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 1999.

Mahaffy, Charlotte L. Coos River Echoes: A Story of the Coos River Valley, Oregon. Portland, Oregon: Interstate Press, 1965.

Oregon Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Oregon Historic Landmarks Oregon Coast. Portland, Oregon: Metropolitan Printing Company, 1966.

LAND:

Index Deed Book A, Coos County, Oregon.

PROBATE RECORDS:

Mosher, Merrill & Lona Downing. Coos County, Oregon Probate Index, 1854–1929. Coos Bay, Oregon: Coos Genealogical Forum, 1983.

TAXES:

1854 Coos County Assessor Book.


Other Oregon Resources in Connie Lenzen's Library:

Biographical Census County Records French Canadian Native American Military Oregon Trail & Early Oregon Oregon Catholics Vital Records

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