[or-roots] Oregon birth records

[W David Samuelsen]

no delayed birth certs were disposed of according to OSA. All secured at 
Oregon State Archives. I checked the microfilms of them, over 200 rolls 
of them, loaded with extra information.

Birth certs between 1903 and 1920 are weak for some counties like Grant 
County (they do lousy job of it) and excellent like Baker County 
(literally enforced)

David Samuelsen


Leslie Chapman wrote:
> As Pat said, you may (emphasis on the may) be able to get delayed birth
> records from the county of birth. This will depend on a lot of maybes, did
> they have any reason to get a cert, ie did they get a social security card
> or some such which required proof of birth date. Also some counties may have
> already disposed of thier old records without making any attempt to archive
> the information. That is entirely up to the discretion of the various county
> recorders.
> 
> As to the death certs; after 1954 you have to be the person, or have a legal
> connection to that person that entitles you to the information. Also, I
> think that the same rules apply to birth certs, the differance being the
> time is one hundred years before they become public info. Most counties
> probably follow those rules too. I know In Coos county I have had no luck
> with birth info. The Courthouse told me to go to Coos Bay annex for any
> birth info, at the annex they looked at me like I had two heads, and
> informed me that they had a very small database of records for something
> like 1924 to 1926 or some such. All I remember for sure is it was a time
> frame that did me no good as non of my people I needed info on were in it.
> 
> Somewhere on the Oregon State Archives web site is a link to a site that
> gives you the contact info for individual counties. If you contact the
> county courthouse of the county they were born in you may find the info.
> 
> As Pat mentioned, counties have changed, if you think this is an issue I can
> give you a link to the Archive site that covers that topic. Also, you need
> to consider where these folks were living when they obtained their delayed
> birth certs. I know some of my relatives obtained their certs in Coos
> County, and yet I got copies of their records from Douglas County, as that
> was the county of birth. Go figure.
> 
> Les C
> 
> PS. Well I see David already covered most of this, but if your email is as
> spotty as mine it won't hurt for me to send this anyway. Saw three answers
> to an email night before last on this list, but never saw the original post.
> 
> LC
> 
> Subject: [or-roots] Oregon birth records
> 
> 
> I made a trip to the Oregon State archives friday and got copies of some
> death certificates and some marriage certificates.  I wanted to get some
> Oregon birth certificates but was told they did not have any.  They also
> said that Oregon did not start recording births until 1903 and that there
> may also be "delayed" birth records.
> 
> Where is the best place to get copies (not official) of birth certificates
> for Oregon?  I want to get my parents (1926), grandparents (1890-1905).
> 
> Also, the only carry death certs up to 1954.  where can I get death certs
> after that?
> 
> thanks
> 
> Suzanne in Newberg
> 
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