Inventory of French-Canadian Resources
in Connie Lenzen's Library

Oregon's French-Canadians were the earliest settlers in the territory. They were men of the fur trade, and few kept records. Most of the books that document their existence rely upon fur trading records and early church records. My on-site genealogical library of French-Canadian materials provides a savings for my clients. There is no travel time to libraries, and the saved time equates to a more thorough search of the records.

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Barkan, Frances B., ed. The Wilkes Expedition Puget Sound and the Oregon Country. Olympia, Washington: Washington State Capital Museum, 1987.

Barry, J. Neilson. The French Canadian Pioneers of the Willamette Valley.  Portland, Oregon: Sentinel Printery, 1933.

Brown, George T. Friend and Family on French Prairie [and elsewhere]. St. Paul, Oregon: St. Paul Mission Historical Society, 2000. CD

Chaput, Donald. French Canadian Contribution to Winning the American West, Biographical Notes. Quebec: Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec, 1985.

Clark, Keith and Donna, ed. Daring Donald McKay or the Last War Trail of the Modocs. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society, 1971.

Corning, Howard McKinley. Willamette Landings. Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort, 1947.

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

Dobbs, Caroline C. Men of Champoeg. Portland, Oregon: Metropolitan Press, 1932, repr. 1975, Emerald Valley Craftsmen, Cottage Grove, Oregon.

Fogdall, Alberta Brooks. Royal Family of the Columbia Dr. John McLoughlin and His Family. Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1978.

Franchere, Gabriel. Adventure at Astoria 1810-1814. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1967.

Gibson, James R. Farming the Frontier, the Agricultural Opening of the Oregon Country 1786-1846. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1985.

Green, Frank L. Captains, Curates and Cockneys: the English in the Pacific Northwest. Tacoma, Washington: Washington State Historical Society, 1981.

Hafen, Leroy R, ed. Trappers of the Far West. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1972.

Hussey, J. A. Champoeg: Place of Transition. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society, 1967.

Hussey, J. A. The History of Fort Vancouver and its Physical Structure. Portland, Oregon: Abbott, Kerns & Bell Company, 1957.

Irving, Washington. Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprize Beyond the Rocky Mountains. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1976.

Jackson, John C. Children of the Fur Trade Forgotten Metis of the Pacific Northwest. Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Company, 1995.

Jones, Robert F. Annals of Astoria: The Headquarters Log of the Pacific Fur Company on the Columbia River, 1811-1813. New York: Fordham University Press, 1999.

Lovell, Edith Haroldsen. Benjamin Bonneville Soldier of the American Frontier. Bountiful, UT: Horizon Publishers, 1992.

McKay, Harvey J. St. Paul, Oregon 1830-1890. Portland, Oregon; Binford & Mort, 1980.

Memorial of William A. Slacum Praying compensation for his services in obtaining information in relation to the settlements on the Oregon River, December 18, 1837. Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1972.

Moberly, Henry John. When Fur Was King. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1929.

Newman, Peter C. Caesars of the Wilderness The Story of the Hudson's Bay Company. Ontario, Canada: Penguin Books, 1987.

Newman, Peter C. Company of Adventurers The Story of the Hudson's Bay Company. New York: Viking Penguin, Inc., 1985.

Ross, Alexander. Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River, 1810-1813. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1986.

Van Kirk, Sylvia. "Many Tender Ties" Women in Fur-Trade Society, 1670-1870. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Saults & Pollard Limited, 1980.

West, Oswald, Gov. Oregon's First White Settlers on French Prairie. Privately printed, n.d.


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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