Inventory of Oregon Wagon Train Resources
in Connie Lenzen's Library

Many of Oregon's first immigrants arrived by wagon. The family historian who is researching their trail pioneer is often disappointed by the dearth of information about the trail journey and the difficulty in locating what is available. My on-site genealogical library of trail 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.

Contact me to conduct Oregon research for you in the following materials or to go to another library.

Eid, Norma Weber. To Oregon in 1844. Tualatin, Oregon: Bent Tree Press, 1997.

Emerson, William. The Appelgate Trail of 1846. Ashland, Oregon: Ember Enterprises, Publishers, 1996.

Evans, James R. Flagstaff Hill on the National Historic Oregon Trail Baker City, Oregon. Medford, Oregon: Webb Research Group, 1992.

Franzwa, Gregory M. The Oregon Trail Revisited. St. Louis, Missouri: Patrice Press, Inc., 1972.

Franzwa, Gregory M. Maps of the Oregon Trail. St. Louis, Missouri: Patrice Press, Inc., 1999.

Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims Abstracted from Rejected Applications Volume IV. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Portland, 1967

Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims Supplement to Volume I. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Portland, 1975.

Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims Volume I. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Portland, 1957.

Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims Volume II Oregon City Land Office. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Portland, 1959.

Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims Volume III Roseburg, The Dalles, LaGrand Land Office. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Portland, 1962.

Genealogical Material in Oregon Provisional Land Claims Abstracted from Applications, Vols. I–VIII 1845–1849. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Portland, 1982.

Hill, William E. The Oregon Trail Yesterday and Today. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1989.

Index Oregon Donation Land Claims Second Edition. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Oregon, 1987.

LeMatta, Nancy, comp. Oregon Pioneer Register Volumes I and II in One. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Oregon, 2002.

"List of Persons Living in Benton, County North of the Mary's River." Oregon Miscellaneous Records. Eugene, Oregon: Oregon Genealogical Society, 1983.

"List of Persons Living in Benton County, South of the Mary's River." Oregon Miscellaneous Records. Eugene, Oregon: Oregon Genealogical Society, 1983.

"List of Persons Who Died on the Plains in the Year 1852." Oregon Miscellaneous Records. Eugene, Oregon: Oregon Genealogical Society, 1983.

Memorial of William A. Slacum. Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1972.

Menefee, Leah Collins, Immigration Rosters of the Elliott Cut-off: 1853 & 1854 and Immigration Registration at Umatilla Agency, 1853. Albany, Oregon: Early Pioneer Publications, 1984.

Meyers, E. L. (Roy). Foster-Pettygrove Store Lists, Barlow Toll Road 1846–1919; The Story of Two Men from Fort Deposit: They Called it Jack-Knife: History of Eagle Creek Community and School District Number 17. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Oregon, 1991.

Montgomery, Donna Wojcik. The Brazen Overlanders of 1845. Revised Edition. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc., 1992.

Nesmith, James Willis. Two Addresses. Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1978.

Overland to Oregon in 1845. Impressions of a Journey Across North America by H. J. Warre. Ottawa: Information Canada, 1976.

Parkman, Francis. The Oregon Trail. New York: The Modern Library, 1949.

Roehl, Evelyn, comp. Roll of Oregon Pioneers Members Who Attended the Great Reunion at Portland. Seattle, Washington: The Author, 1995.

"Roster of Emigrants Coming to Oregon in 1845."  Oregon Miscellaneous Records. Eugene, Oregon: Oregon Genealogical Society, 1983.

Rumer, Thomas A. The Wagon Trains of ’44. Spokane, Washington: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1990.

The Overland Migrations. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, nd.

Transactions of the Forty-first Annual Reunion of the Oregon Pioneer Association for 1913. Repr. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Territorial Press, 1997.

Transactions of the Forty-first Annual Reunion of the Oregon Pioneer Association for 1893. Repr. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Territorial Press, 1997.

Transactions of the Forty-first Annual Reunion of the Oregon Pioneer Association for 1874. Repr. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Territorial Press, 1997.

Unruh Jr, John D. The Plains Across; The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840–60. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1993.

White, Kris, ed., Overland Passages A Guide to Overland Documents in the Oregon Historical Society. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press, 1997.


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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