This index covers mostly Clackamas County and Oregon people and places, etc., including over 16,000 obituaries from over 100 years of Canby, Oregon newspapers, originally compiled by Canby Public Library volunteers and staff. The subjects of the obituaries were from a wide area including much of Clackamas County and northeast Marion County. Many otherwise unindexed sources in the Wilsonville Public Library Heritage Collection have also been indexed here by our volunteer (and former Library Director) Steve Turner. Presently about 20,000 entries in all, the index will grow over time.
By clicking on the .pdf link below, you can view an Adobe Acrobat file with information indexed to the sources below. If necessary, please ask for further assistance at the Library.
Last update: December 27, 2012
Northwest Heritage Index with Canby obits 10-24-2012
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Key to Wilsonville Public Library Northwest Heritage Index
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California – Biography
CA AASY STAN 1949 1999R = Stanford Class of 1949, 50th Reunion, October 14-17, 1999. (Palo Alto, CA, Stanford Alumni Association, 1999.) Oregon residents indexed.
California/Oregon/Pacific Coast generally
923.949 HBE PAPER BLAKE 1855-1955 = Deep Roots: The history of Blake, Moffitt & Towne, pioneers in paper since 1855, edited by Neill C. Wilson. (San Francisco, CA, Privately printed, 1955.) Very selectively indexed.
Oregon/Pacific Northwest generally – Biography
Autobiography and Reminiscences of a Pioneer, by Polly Jane Purcell. (Fairfield, WA, Ye Galleon Press, 1974.) (Reprint of booklet printed at Freewater, OR, 1921?) Most personal names indexed.
Barlow. Three Sisters = Barlow, Oregon newspaper; scattered issues [1892-1896] on microfilm
CA AASY STAN 1949 1999R = Stanford Class of 1949, 50th Reunion, October 14-17, 1999. (Palo Alto, CA, Stanford Alumni Association, 1999.) Oregon residents indexed.
Canby Herald; Canby Irrigator; Canby Tribune; Canby. Clackamas County Independent; Canby. Clackamas County News = Canby, Oregon newspapers, most held on microfilm by Wilsonville and Canby Public Libraries; includes Canby Herald [1914-1916 and 1924-2011] , and earlier titles: Clackamas County Independent [1898-1899], Canby Tribune [1908-1911], Canby Irrigator [1911-1914], Clackamas County News [1917-1921], Canby Herald and Clackamas County News,[1922-1924].
OR AABE LUMB 1954P = Men of Timber: The Presidents of the Pacific Logging Congress. (Peoria, IL, Caterpillar Tractor Co., 1954.)
OR AABK Pitts 1986M = City of Roses; Stories from Girlhood, by Mary Jane Moffat.
(Santa Barbara, CA, John Daniel, 1986.)
OR AABK HARTLEY, M 1988 = Seeing Red, by Myrtle D. Hartley. (McMinnville, OR, Bennett & Miller, 1988.)
OR AABK THOMAS, D 1990 = A Dimple Hill Girl; Autobiography of Doris Wiese Thomas Dreger. (Bend, OR, Maverick Publications, 1990.)
OR AAHBE LUMB 1952H = Saga of the Saw Filer, by Stewart Holbrook. (Portland, OR, Armstrong Mfg. Co., 1952.)
OR AAHBE LUMB 1961H = Lies, Logs, and Loggers, (11th printing), by Finley Hays. (Chehalis, WA, Rigging Shack, c1961.)
OR AAHBE DIV 2006H = Deep Dark and Dangerous; On the Bottom with the Northwest Salvage Divers, by Rebecca Harrison. (N.p., BookSurge, 2006.)
WEST EXPL L&C SALT 2002H = The Lewis & Clark Saltmakers of Seaside, by Molly Huffman. (Seaside, OR, Seaside Museum & Historical Society, 2002.
Oregon – Churches
OR AAKB 1905M = Baptist Annals of Oregon, 1844 to 1900…by Rev. C. H. Mattoon. (McMinnville, OR, 1905.)
Oregon – Organizations
OR AARB OR.PION 1875=Transactions of the Third Annual Reunion of the Oregon Pioneer Association…[15 June] 1875. (Salem, OR, E. M. Waite, 1876.)
OR AARLM GRAND 1887 =Proceedings of the M. W. Grand Lodge of Oregon, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons...Portland, June 15, 16 and 17, 1887. (Portland, OR, 1887.)
OR AARLM GRAND 1901 = Proceedings of the M. W. Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Oregon...Portland, June 12, A.L. 5901. (Portland, OR, 1901.)
OR AARLM GRAND 1918 = Proceedings of the M. W. Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Oregon...Portland, June 12, 1918. (Portland, OR, 1918.)
OR AARLM GRAND 1921C = Proceedings of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of the State of Oregon...Eugene, April 13, 1921. (Portland, OR, F.W. Baltes, 1921.)
OR AARLOF GRAND 1967, etc. = Proceedings of the...Grand Lodge…I.O.O.F., State of Oregon...1967, etc. (Published by order of the Grand Lodge, [1967, etc.]).
OR AARLOF GRAND 1972, etc. = Proceedings of the...Grand Lodge...Odd Fellows, State of Oregon...1972, etc. (Published by order of the Grand Lodge, [1972, etc.])
Oregon – Benton County
OR BENT DCK 1986 = Corvallis Cooks! [House Specialties from the Kitchens of Corvallis, Oregon], compiled by Community Outreach, Inc. (Corvallis, OR, 1986.)
Oregon - Clackamas County
OR CLAC D-OR.C 1932T = Telephone Directory, Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon, August 1932. (Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., 1932.) Indexed only to identify other communities covered in addition to Oregon City.
OR CLAC DH1960 = Clackamas County Historical 1960. (Oregon City, OR, Clackamas County Historical Society, 1960?)
OR CLAC DH1966 = Clackamas County Historical 1966-1967: History of Willamette Falls. (Oregon City, OR, Clackamas County Historical Society, 1967?)
OR CLAC E-EST 1975CK = Clackamas Cuisine, Compiled by Women of the Upper Clackamas River Community and Sponsored by Timber Lake Auxiliary, edited by Judy Hotchkiss and Jeanette Clay. (N.p., 1975.)
OR CLAC E LAK.O 2002F = Iron, Wood & Water; An Illustrated History of Lake Oswego, by Ann Fulton, published for the Oswego Heritage Council. (San Antonio, TX, Historical Publishing Network, 2002.)
OR CLAC E-WIL 2008 = Looking Back: the Land at Eden’s Gate: Wilsonvile, Canby, Aurora, Butteville, Champoeg, St. Paul, presented by Canby Herald and Wilsonville Spokesman; Mick Scott, Editor. (Battle Ground, WA, Pediment Publishing, 2008)
OR CLAC HL 1947 = Historic Houses of Clackamas County [Oregon], compiled and published by Susannah Lee Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution of Clackamas County, Oregon, U.S.A. (Oregon City, OR, the Compilers, 1947.)
Oregon – Crook County
OR CROOK BJ 1950S = The Pioneer Story…(“vol. 1”), by Elsie G. Stover. (Bend, The Bend Bulletin, 1950.)
OR DESC HJ DCHS 1986(1) = Deschutes Country; Yesteryear (Number 1, Spring 1986)
(Bend, Deschutes County Historical Society, 1986.)
Oregon - Deschutes County
OR DESC HJ DCHS 1986(1) = Deschutes Country; Yesteryear (Number 1, Spring 1986)
(Bend, Deschutes County Historical Society, 1986.)
Oregon – Douglas County
OR DOUG E-YON 1950K = Yoncalla, Home of the Eagles, by Anne Applegate Kruse. (Drain, OR, Author, 1950)
Oregon – Hood River County and the Columbia Gorge
OR HOOD BH-1 1852-1982 = History of Hood River County, Oregon, 1852-1952. (Hood River, OR, Hood River County Historical Society, 1982.)
OR HOOD H GORGE 1926L = The Columbia: America’s Great Highway through the Cascade Mountains to the Sea, 3d ed., by Samuel Christopher Lancaster. (Portland, OR, J.K. Gill Company, 1926.)
Oregon – Marion County
OR MARI E-SILV 1997T = Living in Oregon, by Mildred Thayer. (Silverton, OR? Author? 1997)
Oregon – Multnomah County
OR MULT DBKCK 1983P = Tasteful Memories of Early Portland, by Margaret Parent Lutz. (Bend, OR, Sagebrush Printing, 1983.)
Oregon – Polk County
OR POLK HBE-POT 1866-1896 = Pottery on the Willamette; A History of the Oregon Pottery Company, 1866-1896, by Blaine A. Schmeer. (Canby, OR, Halcyon Publications, c1987.
Oregon – Yamhill County
OR YAMH BB GAR 1899 = Souvenir G.A.R. Encampment, 1899, McMinnville, Oregon.
(McMinnville, OR, 1899.) Includes “Military History Yamhill County,” by J. C. Cooper.
Vertical Files
VF = Wilsonville Public Library Heritage Collection vertical files, material in file folders relating to Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Material is filed alphabetically by VF heading and within each file by name and date (Family files) or by date (all other files). Family files, whose VF headings are an alphabetical (surname) range or a surname plus the word “family,” contain material with information about individuals and families, such as copies of obituaries and other items from newspapers and periodicals, funeral brochures, wedding programs, and many other types of items. Other files may be about any other subject, generally under standard library subject headings.
Washington - Lewis County
WA LEWIS DZBH1 = Centralia; the First Fifty Years, 1845-1900, compiled by Herndon Smith. (Centralia, WA, Daily Chronicle and F. H. Cole Printing Co., 1942.)
(Very selectively indexed.)