GenealogyBank’s online Oregon newspaper archives cover from 1858 right up to today, and include more than 56.4 million news articles and records—plenty of birth records, marriage announcements, obituaries and local news stories to help with your family history research in the “Beaver State.”
Photo: Oregon coast. Credit: Wikipedia.
I grew up hearing my grandfather tell stories of Major Robert Rogers and his exploits in the French & Indian War, when he commanded the famous New Hampshire regiment “Roger’s Rangers.” According to Wikipedia, Rogers’s 1765 reference to “Oregon” was the first recorded use of that term.
Research your American ancestors’ lives from coast to coast. Find the old stories, now lost to your family, where they are still preserved—in newspapers. Discover these family stories, record them and pass them down. Make sure your ancestry is not lost to the rising generations.
Here is the complete list of the Oregon newspapers currently online in our newspaper archives, available for you to research your genealogy. Each title is an active link taking you to that Oregon newspaper’s search page, where you can search for articles about your ancestors by surname, location, dates, keywords and more.
| City | Newspaper | Date Range | Collection |
| Astoria | Daily Astorian | 5/28/2002 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Baker City | Baker City Herald | 1/1/2001 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Bend | Bulletin | 7/1/2005 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Brookings | Curry Coastal Pilot | 4/27/2000 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Coos Bay | World | 3/2/2004 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Enterprise | Wallowa County Chieftain | 6/13/2002 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Eugene | Oregon State Journal | 3/12/1864 – 12/25/1880 | Newspaper Archives |
| Eugene | Register-Guard | 12/22/2004 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Hood River | Hood River News | 8/9/2001 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| John Day | Blue Mountain Eagle | 8/1/2002 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Keizer | Keizertimes | 9/10/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Klamath Falls | Herald and News | 12/1/2000 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| La Grande | Observer | 6/19/2001 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Lakeview | State Line Herald | 7/12/1879 – 6/5/1880 | Newspaper Archives |
| Ontario | Argus Observer | 1/7/1999 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Pendleton | East Oregonian | 7/11/2002 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Portland | Oregonian | 2/4/1861 – 12/31/1987 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Weekly Oregonian | 12/4/1850 – 11/15/1862 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Portland New Age | 4/14/1900 – 3/30/1907 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Daily Oregon Herald | 2/12/1871 – 10/9/1872 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | New Age | 1/27/1900 – 4/7/1900 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Democratic Standard | 8/30/1854 – 2/16/1859 | Newspaper Archives |
| Portland | Oregonian | 1/3/1988 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Portland | Oregonian, The: Web Edition Articles | 10/16/2012 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Redmond | Redmond Spokesman | 1/16/2007 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Salem | Capital Press | 7/3/2003 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| The Dalles | Dalles Chronicle | 3/1/2005 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
