Oregon Minority Records online include African American records, Native American Records, Japanese American Records, and more. This is a preliminary list.
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Oregon Minority Records Online at the federal level
US – African American – Discover Freedmen, at FS (searches FS Freedmen’s Bureau records), at FS
US – African American – United States Freedmen’s Bureau Miscellaneous Records,1865-1872, index links to images (misc, court, land, labor, medical, African American) NOT IN DISCOVER FREEDMEN DATABASE SEARCHES, at FS
US – African American – United States Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of Freedmen, 1865-1872, index & images (census, labor, immigration, slavery, birth, death, military, African American) NOT IN DISCOVER FREEDMEN DATABASE SEARCHES, at FS
US – African American – United States, Freedman’s Bank Records, 1865-1874, index & images (bank, business, family information, African American), at FS
US – African American – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Hospital and Medical Records, 1865-1872, index & images (medical, African American, cemetery, birth, death, family names), at FS
US – African American – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Ration Records,1865-1872, index & images (African American, rations, relief, slavery, slave owners), at FS
US – African American – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Freedmen’s Court Records, 1865-1872, index & images (African American, court, military, school, misc), at FS
US – African American – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Land and Property Records, 1865-1872, index & images (African American, land, court), at FS
US – African American – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of Freedmen’s Complaints, 1865-1872, index & images (African American, legal), at FS
US – African American – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education, 1865-1872, index & images (African American, school, legal), at FS
US – African American – US Freedmen’s Bureau Marriage Records, 1846-1867, at Anc$
US – African American – USGenWeb Project: African American Archives, at USGWA
US – African American – Great slave narratives, IA
US – African American – African American genealogy: a bibliography and guide to sources, at FS
US – African American – African American slave narratives Vol I, IA
US – African American – African American slave narratives Vol II, IA
US – African American – African American slave narratives Vol III, IA
US – African American – African, Americans and the Gettysburg campaign, IA
US – African American – Before the Mayflower : a history of the Negro in America, 1619, 1964, IA
US – African American – Black courage 1775, 1783: Documentation of Black participation in the American Revolution, IA
US – African American – Black genesis : a resource book for African, American genealogy, IA
US – African American – Black Indian genealogy research, IA
US – African American – Black slavery emancipation research in the Northern States, FS
US – African American – Compiled military service records of volunteer soldiers who served with the United States Colored Troops : 1st through 5th United States Colored Cavalry, 5th Massachusetts Cavalry (Colored), 6th United States Colored Cavalry : pamphlet describing M1817, IA
US – African American – Compiled military service records of volunteer Union Soldiers who served with the United States Colored Troops, infantry organizations, 14th through 19th, IA
US – African American – Finding a place called home : a guide to African, American genealogy and historical identity, IA
US – African American – Forgotten patriots : African American and American Indian patriots of the Revolutionary War : a guide to service, sources, and studies, DAR
US – African American – Free Negro owners of slaves in the United States in 1830, together with Absentee ownership of slaves in the United States in 1830, GB
US – African American – Generations past : a selected list of sources for Afro, American genealogical research, at FS
US – African American – History of the American negro and his institutions, at FS
US – African American – Judicial cases concerning American slavery and the Negro (Vol. 1. Cases from the courts of England, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky), at FS
US – African American – Judicial cases concerning American slavery and the Negro (Vol. 2. Cases from the courts of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee), at FS
US – African American – Judicial cases concerning American slavery and the Negro (Vol. 3. Cases from the courts of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana), at FS
US – African American – Judicial cases concerning American slavery and the Negro (Vol. 4. Cases from the Courts of New England, the Middle States, and the District of Columbia), at FS
US – African American – Judicial cases concerning American slavery and the Negro (Vol. 5. Cases from the Courts of States North of the Ohio and west of the Mississippi Rivers, Canada and Jamaica), at FS
US – African American – List of Black servicemen compiled from the War Department collection of Revolutionary War records, at FS
US – African American – List of free black heads of families in the first census of the United States, 1790, at FS
US – African American – Memorials of Lieut. George H. Walcott, late of the 30th U.S. Colored Troops, HT
US – African American – Missing pages in American history : revealing the services of Negroes in the early wars in the United States of America, 1641, 1815, GB
US – African American – Negro population in the United States, 1790, 1915, HT
US – African American – Noted Negro women : their triumphs and activities, at FS
US – African American – Patriots of color: a peculiar beauty and merit : African Americans and Native Americans at Battle Road & Bunker Hill, HT
US – African American – Progress of a race, or, The remarkable advancement of the American Negro : from the bondage of slavery, ignorance, and poverty to the freedom of citizenship, intelligence, affluence, honor and trust, at FS
US – African American – Recollections of a colored troop, LOC
US – African American – Record of the services of the seventh regiment U.S. colored troups, at FS
US – African American – Reminiscences of my life in camp with the 33rd United States Colored Troops, late 1st S.C. Volunteers, GB
US – African American – Report to the Freedmen’s Inquiry Commission, 1864 : the refugees from slavery in Canada West, HT
US – African American – Services of colored Americans in the wars of 1776 and 1812, at FS
US – African American – Slavery in the courtroom: an annotated bibliography of American cases, HT
US – African American – The colored patriots of the American Revolution, GB
US – African American – The colored patriots of the American Revolution, with sketches of several distinguished colored persons : to which is added a brief survey of the condition and prospects of colored Americans, GB
US – African American – The Forty, Third Regiment United States Colored Troops, Gutenberg
US – African American – The National cyclopedia of the colored race, GB
US – African American – The negro as a soldier in the war of the rebellion, LOC
US – African American – The Negro soldier : a select compilation, at FS
US – African American – The underground rail road : a record of facts, authentic narratives, letters, &c. narrating the hardships hair, breadth escapes and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts for freedom, as related by themselves and others, or witnessed by the author, HathiTrust
US – African American – The Underground railroad from slavery to freedom, Gutenberg
US – African American – Two colored women with the American Expeditionary Forces, at FS
US – African American – Who’s who in colored America : an illustrated biographical directory of nolable living persons of African descent in the United States, at FS
US – Japanese American – United States Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II, 1942-1946, index, at FS
US – Japanese American – United States, War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1942-1946, index & images, at FS
US – Minorities – United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012, index & images, at FS
US – Native American – United States, Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940, index links to images, at FS
US – Native American – United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940, index links to images, at FS
US – Native American – United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Enrollment Records, 1908-1910, index links to images, at FS
US – Native American – United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation Rolls, 1848-1970, index & images, at FS
Oregon Minority Records Online at the state level
Oregon – African American – Oregon Obits, at AG
Oregon – Jewish – Jewish history of Oregon, at FS
Oregon – Minorities – Shalshelet, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Oregon Tribes, at 500 Nations
Oregon – Native American – Agency records, 1879-1951, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Alleged frauds against certain Indian soldiers, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Census for Klamath Indians in the Klamath Agency at Klamath, Oregon, 1892-1893, 1896, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Census for Klamath, Modoc Indians in the Klamath Agency at Klamath Oregon, 1886-1889, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Census for Klamath, Modoc, Snake in the Klamath Agency at Klamath Oregon, 1898-1906, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Census for Klamath, Modoc, Yahauskin and Snakes Indians in the Klamath Agency at Klamath Oregon, 1907-1937, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Census for Paiute, Modoc Indians in the Klamath Agency at Klamath Oregon, 1887, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Census for Snake in the Klamath Agency at Klamath, Oregon, 1885-1889, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Census records for Roseburg, Greenville and Tule River agencies, 1897-1940, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Census records, 1901-1950, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Census records, 1920-1952, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Civil information, 1864-1951, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Health and medical information, 1934-1946, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Heirship and probate information, 1887-1952, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Heirship records, 1887-1930, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Heirship records, 1894-1939, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Heirship records, 1896-1952, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Index cards for Indians living within jurisdiction of Roseburg or Greenville agencies, 1914-1918, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Indian census rolls, Grand Ronde, 1885-1914, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Indians census rolls, Greenville, 1916-1923, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Indians of the northwest [Washington, Oregon and Idaho], at FS
Oregon – Native American – Interior Department appointment papers, Territory of Oregon, 1849-1907, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Land allotment records and financial accounts, 1877-1952, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Land records, 1881-1952, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Miscellaneous documents, 1870-1934, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Miscellaneous records, 1881-1952, at FS
Oregon – Native American – The Pacific northwest tribes missions collection of the Oregon province archives of the Society of Jesus, 1853-1960, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Records of the Oregon Superintendency of Indian Affairs, 1848-1873, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Report upon the conditions and needs of the Indians of the northwest coast, at FS
Oregon – Native American – School records, 1880-1950, at FS
Oregon – Native American – School records, 1889-1947, at FS
Oregon – Native American – School records, 1892-1945, at FS
Oregon – Native American – School records, 1925-1952, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Student records, 1916-1952, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Student records, 1946-1952, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Territorial papers of the United States for the Territory of Oregon, 1848-1859 : NARA, M1049, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Tribal census information, 1877-1952, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Vital records for the Klamath, Modoc and Paiute Indians at Klamath Agency, Klamath, Oregon, 1930-, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Vital records, 1889-1932, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Indians of Oregon bibliography, 1966-1983, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Family history and medical data, 1904-1937, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Family index cards, 1938-1950, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Whitman Mission National Historic Site, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Wi-ne-ma (the woman-chief) and her people, at FS
Oregon – Native American – Yellow Wolf : his own story, at FS
Oregon Minority Records Online at the local level
Chemawa – Native Races – Chemeawa Indian School : Register of Students Admitted, 1880-1928; Descriptive Statements of Students, 1890-1914; and Graduating Class Rolls, 1885-1921; NARA, RG 75, P2008, at FS
Douglas County – Native Races – Roseburg District Indian Allotments, 1892 and 1901, at FS
Grand Ronde-Siletz Agency BIA – Native American – Heirship records, 1887-1930, at FS
Grand Ronde-Siletz Agency – Native American – Vital statistics, 1913-1952 (birth & death), at FS
Jefferson County – Native Races – Land Allotments, 1896, at FS
Klamath Agency BIA – Native American – Heirship records, 1896-1952 (Klamath, Modoc, Paiute), at FS
Klamath Agency BIA – Native American – Vital records for the Klamath, Modoc and Paiute Indians at Klamath Agency, Klamath, Oregon, 1930-, at FS
Klamath Agency BIA – Native American – Vital statistics, 1894-1952 (Oregon births, 1860-1952, Oregon deaths, 1842-1952 and delayed births, 1844-1914), at FS
Lincoln County – Native Races – Land Allottments, 1894, at FS
Portland Area Office, BIA – Native American – Heirship and probate information, 1887-1952, at FS
Portland Area Office BIA – Native American – Vital statistics, 1912-1952 (birth, marriage, death), at FS
Silverton – Minorities – Scandinavians in the Silverton Country, Their Arrival and Early Settlement by Gertrude Tingelstad, and Index, at FS
Silverton – Minorities – Scandinavians in the Silverton Country : Their Arrival and Early Settlement, at FS
Umatilla County – Native Races – Land Allottment Records, 1891 and 1893, at FS
Wasco County – Native Races – Land Allotments, 1891 and 1920, at FS
Wasco County – Native Races – Land Allotments, 1896, at FS
Yamhill County – Native Races – Land Records, 1887-1952, at FS
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