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Guide to '''Wheeler County, Oregon ancestry, family history, and genealogy''' birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records. 

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{{Infobox U.S. County 
| county = Wheeler County 
| county_map = Oregon Wheeler County Map.png
| state = Oregon
| state_map = Oregon.png 
| latd = 
| longd = 
| founded year = 1899
| founded date = February 17
| seat = Fossil 
| building image = 
| building address = Wheeler County Courthouse<br>701 Adams Street<br>P O Box 327<br>Fossil, Or 97830<br>Phone 541-763-2400<br>[http://www.wheelercounty-oregon.com/ '''Wheeler County Website'''] }} 
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=== County Information ===

==== Description ====  

The County was named for Henry H. Wheeler. The County is located in the north central area of the state.
<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Wheeler, Oregon" in ''https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeler_County,_Oregon'' accessed 29 Nov 2018 </ref>   

=== Wheeler County, Oregon Record Dates===
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
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| bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" colspan="7" | <center>'''Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records'''<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Wheeler County, Oregon . Page 572-574 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 563-564.</ref></center>
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| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Wheeler County, Oregon Genealogy#Birth|Birth*]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Wheeler County, Oregon Genealogy#Marriage|Marriage]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Wheeler County, Oregon Genealogy#Death|Death*]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Wheeler County, Oregon Genealogy#Court Records|Court]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Wheeler County, Oregon Genealogy#Land and Property Records|Land]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Wheeler County, Oregon Genealogy#Probate Records|Probate]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Wheeler County, Oregon Genealogy#Census Records|Census]]'''
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| width="14.2%" align="center" |1915
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1896
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1915 
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1888
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1865
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1887
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1845
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| colspan="7"| <center>*Statewide registration for births and deaths in 1903. General compliance year unknown.</center>
|}

=== County Courthouse  ===

County Clerk has probate records from 1899 and land records.<br>Clerk Circuit Court has divoce and court records. <ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Wheeler County, Oregon page 574, {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref> 

[http://www.wheelercounty-oregon.com <br>Wheeler County Government] 

[http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/records/local/county/wheeler/inv/index.html County Records Inventory] listing the records held at the Wheeler County Court House as of June 2008. 

Wheeler County Court is structured differently. Check the County Records Inventory link for addresses for location of records (left column). 

====Record Loss====
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

=== Historical Facts  ===

==== Parent Counties  ====

'''17 February 1899:''' Wheeler County was created from [[Crook County, Oregon Genealogy|Crook]], [[Gilliam County, Oregon Genealogy|Gilliam]] and [[Grant County, Oregon Genealogy|Grant]] Counties. <ref>{{WorldCat|50140092}}; {{FHL|1049485|item}} ''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.''] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002)</ref> 

Named for Henry H. Wheeler, a early settler who owned a farm near Mitchell. 

==== Boundary Changes  ====
For animated maps illustrating Oregon County boundary changes, [http://www.mapofus.org/oregon/ "Rotating Formation Oregon County Boundary Maps"] (1843-1975) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

== Places / Localities  ==

=== Populated Places  ===

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit [https://oregon.hometownlocator.com/counties/cities,cfips,069,c,wheeler.cfm HomeTown Locator].

The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Wheeler County, Oregon" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeler_County,_Oregon, accessed 20 January 2019.</ref>

{{populated places
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil,_Oregon Fossil]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell,_Oregon Mitchell]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spray,_Oregon Spray]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antone,_Oregon Antone]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_Oregon Richmond]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_Creek,_Oregon Service Creek]
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| unincorp-col2=<div>
*Spoos Mill
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twickenham,_Oregon Twickenham]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterman,_Oregon Waterman]
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| unincorp-col3=<div>
*Wetmore
*Winlock
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinzua,_Oregon Kinzua]
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| ghost-col2=<div></div>
| ghost-col3=<div></div>
}}

=== Neighboring Counties  ===

[[Crook County, Oregon Genealogy|Crook]] | [[Gilliam County, Oregon Genealogy|Gilliam]] | [[Grant County, Oregon Genealogy|Grant]] | [[Jefferson County, Oregon Genealogy|Jefferson]] | [[Morrow County, Oregon Genealogy|Morrow]] | [[Wasco County, Oregon Genealogy|Wasco]] 

== Resources  ==

=== Archives and Libraries  ===

=== Biography  ===

=== Cemeteries  ===

{| width="75%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
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| width="30%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" align="center" | '''Tombstone Transcriptions Online'''
| width="30%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" align="center" | '''Tombstone Transcriptions in Print'''
| width="30%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" align="center" | '''List of Cemeteries in the county'''
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial Findagrave.com]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | {{FHL|457272|subject-id|disp=Family History Library}}
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery-browse/USA/Oregon/Wheeler-County?id=county_2239 Findagrave.com]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [http://orgenweb.org/wheeler/cemeteries.html ORGenWeb]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=su%3Acemetery+Wheeler+Oregon&qt=results_page WorldCat]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [https://billiongraves.com/search/cemetery Billion Graves]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/wheeler/wheelercemetery.htm ORGenWeb Archives]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?reqParents=395705&reqParentsLabel=Wheeler%2C%20Oregon%2C%20United%20States&reqParentsType=209&reqTypes=20&reqTypeLabel=Cemetery FamilySearch Places]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [http://www.usgwtombstones.org/oregon/wheeler.htm Tombstone Project]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" |
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [http://www.interment.net/us/or/wheeler.htm ORInterment]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" |[https://billiongraves.com/search# Billion Graves]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="3" | See [[Oregon Cemeteries| Oregon Cemeteries]] for more information.
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*[http://www.oregonmetro.gov/cemeteries/search-cemetery-records Oregon Metro]
*[http://www.oregongenealogy.com/cemeteries.htm Oregon Genealogy Cemeteries]

==== Census ====

{{Historical populations
|type = USA
|heading = Census
|footnote = Source: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeler_County,_Oregon#Demographics "Wikipedia.org".]    		 	 		 	 	 	 		 	 		 	 		 		 		 			 	  		 	  	 		 		 	      		 		  		  		 	 		  		 	 		 	 		   		 	    		                          		 	  
|1900 |2443	 	                                 
|1910 |2484                                  
|1920 |2791                		 		                 
|1930 |2799          		 	 		 		 		 		     		 			 	     		 	 		 	  		 	  		 		 		 	 		 	    
|1940 |2974  		 	  		 	 		 		 		 	  		 		 		 	    		 	 		 	 		 		    		 	 		 		  		 	     	 		    	 	  		  		 	 
|1950 |3313   		 		    		  	              		     		 	       		   
|1960 |2722		 	                                   
|1970 |1849                                   
|1980 |1513                                  
|1990 |1396                                  
|2000 |1547                                  
|2010 |1441                                
}}

=== Church History and Records  ===
<br>
'''List of Churches and Church Parishes'''
*'''[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?reqParents=395705&reqParentsLabel=Wheeler%2C%20Oregon%2C%20United%20States&reqParentsType=209&reqTypeGroups=3&reqTypeLabel=Churches%20and%20Church%20Parishes FamilySearch Places]'''<br>

=== Court Records  ===

=== Gazetteers  ===
*[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?reqParents=395705&reqParentsLabel=Wheeler%2C%20Oregon%2C%20United%20States&reqParentsType=209&reqTypeGroups=8&reqTypeLabel=Cities%20and%20Towns FamilySearch Places]:Cities and Towns- [[FamilySearch Places|How to Use FS Places]]

=== History  ===

=== Land and Property  ===

=== Maps ===
*[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?reqParents=395705&reqParentsLabel=Wheeler%2C%20Oregon%2C%20United%20States&reqParentsType=209&reqTypeGroups=8&reqTypeLabel=Cities%20and%20Towns FamilySearch Places]:Cities and Towns- [[FamilySearch Places|How to Use FS Places]]
{{OR Neighboring Counties Intro|county={{OR Wheeler County}}}}

=== Military History and Records  ===

==== Civil War ====

*'''1861-1865''' - {{RecordSearch|1932421|Oregon, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index

==== World War I ====

*'''1919-1920''' - {{RecordSearch|3010088|Oregon, World War I, County Military Service Records, 1919-1920}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index
*'''1921-1938''' - {{RecordSearch|3007580|Oregon, World War I, Veteran State Aid Applications, 1921-1938}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images

=== Newspapers  ===

=== Probate Records  ===
'''Online Records'''
*'''1833 – 1963''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9078 Oregon Wills and Probate Records 1833-1963] at [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] — index and images '''$'''

=== Taxation  ===

=== Vital Records  ===
See also [http://www.genealogyinc.com/oregon/or-vital-records/ How to order Oregon Vital Records], [http://www.genealogyinc.com/ordervitalcertificate/ order electronically online] or download an application for Oregon [http://public.health.oregon.gov/BirthDeathCertificates/GetVitalRecords/Documents/birthor.pdf Birth Certificate], [http://public.health.oregon.gov/BirthDeathCertificates/GetVitalRecords/Documents/marryor.pdf Marriage Certificate], [http://public.health.oregon.gov/BirthDeathCertificates/GetVitalRecords/Documents/divorcor.pdf Divorce Certificate], [http://public.health.oregon.gov/BirthDeathCertificates/GetVitalRecords/Documents/deathor.pdf Death Certificate] Application to mail.

==== Birth Records ====
*'''1860 - 1952''' - {{RecordSearch|2351853|Oregon Births, 1860-1952}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index

'''''Delayed Birth Certificates''''' 


'''''Birth Registers'''''

==== Marriage Records  ====

#'''1826-1975''' - [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/united-states-marriages?state=oregon%2cor Oregon, United States Marriages] at [http://findmypast.com/ FindMyPast] — index $
#'''1849-1884; 1991-2006''' - {{RecordSearch|3500591|Oregon Marriage Index, 1849-1884; 1991-2006}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images; collection is incomplete.
#Extractions of early marriages are listed on the [http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm Western States Marriage Index] 
#[https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11842-111207-79?cc=1384963&wc=12212215 Marriage Index 1885-1896] Actually is a book of affiants reporting the marriages. Historical Records Collection

==== Death Records  ====

== Societies, Libraries and Museums  ==

'''Wheeler County Cultural & Heritage Coaliation'''<br>541-256-0551<br>[https://www.facebook.com/wheelercountyculture/ Facebook Page]

'''Fossil Public Library'''<br>401 Main St<br>Fossil OR 97830<br>541-763-2046<br>[https://www.facebook.com/fossil46/ Facebook Page]

==== Family History Centers<br>  ====
{{Family History Centers Intro}}

*[[Introduction to Family History Centers]]

== Websites  ==

*[http://www.genealogyinc.com/oregon/wheeler-county/ Wheeler County, OR History, Records, Facts and Genealogy]
*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/190997804291208/ Oregon Genealogy Network Group on Facebook]
*[http://orgenweb.org/wheeler/ The Wheeler GenWeb Project], part of [[ORGenWeb|The ORGenWeb Project]], a state project affiliated with [[USGenWeb|The USGenWeb Project.]] 
*[http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/OR/Wheeler/ Linkpendium] 
*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/wheeler/wheelertoc.htm USGenWeb Archives] 
*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/wheeler/wheelertoc.htm USGenWeb Archives] (backup site) 
*{{FHL|207254|subject-id|disp=FamilySearch FamilySearch Catalog}}

== Wheeler County Oregon Genealogy References  ==

{{reflist}} {{Oregon}} 

[[Category:Wheeler_County,_Oregon]]