Series provides visual documentation of changes made to county lands through development and by natural and man-made disasters. The photographs are taken at intervals along a series of flight paths to attain coverage of all or part of a county. They generally include flight path or township, range, and section numbers; show natural and man-made features; and are produced in black and white or color prints to varying scales. An index by quadrant may also be included. 

The Douglas County Geographic Information System​ includes GIS-based mapping information related to land corner restoration, contours, soils, parcels, townships, Donation Land Claims, Homesteads, mining claims, roads, highways, reservoirs, and other features as well as assessor map and aerial photograph information.

The University of Oregon Aerial Photograph Collection includes aerial photographs from most Oregon counties. 

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Surveyor's Office, Room 105: 

1949 Aerial [Photograph-Roseburg], 1949 (1 photograph); 

Aerial Photo Index, 1972-1991 (1 binder);

Aerials [Photographs-title varies], 1976-1979 (ca.1500 photographs); 1982-1983 (ca.1500 photographs); 1990-1991 (2351 photographs); 

Aerials [Photographs-with flight-line index], 1972 (128 photographs); 1978-1979 (90 photographs); 

OSHD I-5 Aerial Photos [Oregon State Highway Division Interstate 5-Strip Photographs], 1962 (15 photographs). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Assessor's Office Cartography Room: 

[Aerial Photographs-Farm Lands-with notations and corresponding assessor maps], ca.1949 (49 binders);

[Aerial Photographs-in hanging files], 1990-1991 (24 hanging volumes); 

[Aerial Photographs-in pink binders], 1978 (53 binders); 

[Aerial Photographs-with soil class notations], 1967 (3 volumes); 

Aerial Photos, 1978-1979 (ca.4000 photographs);

High Altitude Aerials [Photographs], 1939 (ca.40 photographs); ca.1977 (1 binder); 1982-1983 (ca.300 photographs); 1990 (ca.50 photographs); 

[Undated Photographs] (ca.100 photographs). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Public Works Engineering Office:

Large Aerial Photos, 1977 (ca.70 photographs). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room:

Boundaries of Fire Districts [Aerial Photomap], n.d. (1 volume);

[General Highway Map of Douglas County-Atlas-includes aerial photomaps], 1967 (1 volume). 

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning and Building Department Storage Room 119: 

Air Photos [Aerial Photographs-large format in map drawer], 1960 (ca.50 photographs); 

Floodplain [Roseburg Area Aerial Ortho Photos-with index], 1979 (ca.50 photomaps). 

Records at the Douglas County Website: 

Aerial Photographs​ [Color-Surveyor's Office], 1999-2000, 2004; 

Douglas County Street Directory​ [Street and Road Maps and Aerial Photographs-searchable], n.d.-present.

Series documents the payment of county and state bounty money to individuals who presented the scalps and other prescribed body parts of targeted predatory animals. The program was intended to control the threat to livestock. Examples of targeted animals include coyote, cougar, mountain lion, panther, wildcat, bobcat, lynx, and wolf. Records include registers, affidavits, certificates, and statements. Information includes claimant and affiant names; kind of animal; number of scalps; date killed or presented; and number, amount, and date of warrant. The records are also referred to as scalp bounty records. 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115: 

Bounty Record [Animal], 1909-1912 (1 volume); vol. 2, 1912-1922 (1 volume); 

Cougar Bounty Record [Scalp-includes other animals], 1922-1944 (1 volume); 

Exhibit of Scalp Bounty Warrant, vol. 1, n.d.-1909 (1 volume). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room: 

Bounty Record-Animal], 1909-1912 (1 reel of microfilm).

​​1856-[ongoing]

Series documents the assessment of real and personal property, the determination of tax liability, and the collection of county taxes. Assessment, tax, and delinquent tax records are labeled as rolls, lists, or summaries. Records show property owner; description and value of urban and agricultural land, personal property, and livestock; assessments, equalizations, and taxes due; and notations on payment and delinquency in payment of taxes. Beginning with 1900, counties have only been required to retain permanently those assessment and tax rolls for years ending in "0" and "5."

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Tax Collector's Records Vault 109:

Assessment and Tax Rolls [title varies], 1908-1910, 1913-1949 (164 volumes);

Assessment Roll [includes some tax information], 1866-1867, 1869-1870, 1874-1907, 1911-1912 (96 volumes);

Delinquent Tax Roll [title varies], 1888-1900 (15 volumes);

Index [to Assessment and Tax Roll-title varies], 1902-1933, 1935-1950 (48 volumes);

Microfiche Originals [Tax Roll], 1973-1987 (16 inches of microfiche);

Record of Unpaid Taxes, 1907-1915 (1 volume);

Tax Office Film [includes tax rolls and indexes], 1902-1975 (299 reels of microfilm);

Tax Office [Tax Roll-includes tax statements and related records], 1980-1988 (ca.300 reels of microfilm);

Tax Roll 1976-1977 (1 binder of microfiche); 1979-1980 (1 binder of microfiche); 1981-1983 (1 binder of microfiche);

[Tax Roll], 1976-1996 (12 inches of microfiche);

Tax Roll [on carousel], 1986-1998 (ca.700 sheets of microfiche).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Assessor's Records Vault 108:

Microfiche [Assessment Roll-includes related records], 1969-2014 (20 feet of microfiche);

Microfilm [Assessment Roll-includes roll cards and related records], 1949-1985 (ca.700 reels of microfilm);

O & C Revested Grant Lands [Oregon and California Railroad Assessment and Tax Roll], 1926-1938 (11 volumes);

[Reconveyed Wagon Road Grant Lands], 1940-1949 (1 volume).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Assessor's Office Cartography Room:

Assessment Roll Alpha, 1977-2001 (7 inches of microfiche);

Assessment Roll Numeric, 1969-1999 (9 inches of microfiche);

Tax Roll, 1981-1991 (5 inches of microfiche); 1990-2000 (9 inches of microfiche).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115:

Assessment Roll, 1873 (1 volume);

Record of Delinquent Assessments Mining Claims, 1906-1935 (1 volume);

Tax Ledger, vol. 1, 1893 (1 volume); vol. 1-2, 1893-1894 (2 volumes).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room:

Tax Assessments [Rolls-also called tax extensions], 1958-1959, 1977-1998 (4 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Douglas County Museum, Research Library:

Umpqua County Property Tax Records [Rolls], 1856-1859 (.20 cu.ft.).

Records at the Oregon Historical Society:

Mss. 1259 [Assessed Value Trends Summary], 1910-1937 (.05 cu.ft.).

Records at the Douglas County Website:

Assessor Information [includes assessed values and related information about individual properties], ca.2009-present;

Districts Values Summations and Tax Data [includes tax summary reports], 2005-present;

Year End Tax Summaries​, 2006-present.

Records at FamilySearch.org (free registration required):

Tax Assessment Roll​ [includes document images], 1873 (familysearch​.org).

Series documents the registration of business names with the county clerk or recorder. Information includes assumed business name; description of business; filing date; and business owner, notary public, witness, clerk or recorder, and deputy's name. Series may also include an index arranged alphabetically by business name. Businesses which were registered were typically automotive sales, motorcycle repair, merchandise shops, butchers, and feed stores. Since 1964, assumed business names have been filed with the Secretary of State. Assumed business names have been inventoried through 1964. For more recent records, contact the Secretary of State, Business Registry Section​.

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room: 

Assumed Business Names [Index], 1913-1963 (1 reel of microfilm); 

Assumed Business Names, vol. 1-15, 1913-1963 (8 reels of microfilm).

Series documents liens placed on real property by the county to satisfy debts. Attachments are ordered by the circuit court and authorize the sheriff to seize or transfer property to satisfy debts such as loans, mortgages, or tax liens. The sheriff will hold the property in trust until the debt is paid or the property is sold. Information includes defendant name, statement of attachment, property description, statement of return when attachment is satisfied, return of execution, dates attachment is issued and returned, court order, and sheriff's signature. Attachment records have been inventoried through 1920.

Records at the Oregon State Archives: 

Attachment Record [with index], vol. 2, 1852-1863 (1 volume); vol. 3, 1899-1913 (1 volume); vol. 4, 1909-1920 (1 volume); vol. 5, 1920-1928 (1 volume). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room: 

Circuit Court [Attachment Record], vol. 2-5, 1890-1928 (3 reels of microfilm). 

Attachment Record [with index], vol. 2, 1890-1899 (1 volume);

Circuit Court Writ of Attachments [Record-with index], 1858-1890 (1 volume). 

Attachments [Record], vol. 2-5, 1890-1928 (3 reels of microfilm).​

​1903-1933

Series documents the recording of births by the county. Records include certificates, affidavits for correction, registers, delayed entry for births and corrected entries. Information includes registration number; child's name, sex, legitimacy, birth date, and birthplace; name, residence, color, age, birthplace, and occupation of father and mother; number of other children born to mother; signature of physician or midwife; filing date; and registrar's signature. Birth records were not required by the state of Oregon until 1903 when the state began to officially register births. Currently these records are filed with the State Registrar, Vital Statistics Section​ of the Health Division. Birth records have been inventoried through 1920. For information concerning more recent records, contact the State Registrar. Also see Delayed Birth Records series for related records. Access to birth records is restricted for 100 years following the date of birth by Oregon Administrative Rule 333-011-0096.

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room:

[Birth Records], 1903-1933 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115:

Record of Births, 1903-1911 (1 volume);

Record of Births and Deaths, 1903-1933 (4 volumes).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Library/Microfilm Room:

Douglas County Birth Index [Abstract-by Douglas County Genealogical Society], 1903-1926 (2 binders).

Records at FamilySearch.org (free registration required):

Birth Records​ [Record of Births-includes document images], 1903-1911 (familysea​rch.org).

Series documents the population, property, and agricultural production of the county. Records may include census rolls and abstracts, farm schedules, abstract of assessment and census, enumeration of inhabitants and industrial products, and enumeration of inhabitants and military enrollment. Information includes number of males and females per age category; head of household; name, age, and gender of household members; occupation and relationship of household members to head of household; and description and value of real and personal property. Information may also include nationality, physical description, birthplace, health, and religion of household members and agricultural production statistics. 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room: 

Census Records [Federal], 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910 (7 reels of microfilm).

​1849-1983

Series documents cases heard before the circuit courts and the U.S. district courts. U.S. district courts were administered by the federal government during the territorial period and subsequently replaced by the circuit courts upon statehood in 1859. Case files include exhibits, transcripts, indexes, and legal documents such as indictments, subpoenas, fee bills, articles of agreement, bonds, summons, executions, petitions, and injunctions. The case files document civil and criminal actions such as debt, theft, divorce, land claims, arson, murder, rape, assault and battery, and boundary conflicts. Circuit court records continue after 1983 under authority of the state and are maintained by the trial court administrator. Circuit court records have been inventoried through 1983. For information on more recent court records, contact the trial court administrator. Portions of these records may be restricted.

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room:

Circuit Court [Case Files], no. 5747-ca.41200, 1929-1973 (533 reels of microfilm); no. 74.1-75.1900, 1974-1975 (37 reels of microfilm);

Circuit Court Cases [Card Index], ca.1852-n.d. (2 cu.ft.);

[Circuit Court Index Direct], vol. 1-5, 1852-1978 (5 reels of microfilm);

[Circuit Court Index Indirect], vol. 1-5, 1852-1978 (5 reels of microfilm);

[Transcripts of Judgments], 1907-1917 (1 reel of microfilm); 1943-1968 (8 reels of microfilm.;

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115:

Circuit Court Transfer Docket [Index], n.d.-ca.1950 (1 volume);

[Index of Circuit Court Cases], 1876-1881 (1 volume);

Index to Circuit Court Direct, vol. 1, 1853-1934 (1 volume);

Vault [Circuit Court Case Files], ca.1856-1928 (259 cu.ft.);

Vault Index to Cases [Direct and Indirect], volume 1-2, n.d. (2 volumes).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Library/Microfilm Room:

Divorce Index [to circuit court case files], ca.1853-1909 (1 binder);

Douglas County Circuit Court Records [Abstracts from 1853 to 1888-by Genealogical Society of Douglas County], 2006 (2 binders).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, 2nd Floor Circuit Court Records Room:

[Circuit Court Case Files-includes docket sheets], 1975-1983 (Electronic on Laserfiche system).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, 3rd Floor Circuit Court Records Room:

Circuit Court [Case Files], no. 5747-ca.41200, 1929-1973 (533 reels of microfilm); no. 74.1-75.1900, 1974-1975 (37 reels of microfilm);

Circuit Court Direct Index, vol. 1-5, 1852-1978 (5 volumes);

Circuit Court Index Direct, vol. 1-5, 1852-1978 (5 reels of microfilm);

Circuit Court Index Indirect, vol. 1-5, 1852-1978 (5 reels of microfilm);

Circuit Court Indirect Index, vol. 1-5, 1852-1978 (5 volumes);

[Circuit Court Judgments-Transcribed Judgments], 1969-1984 (13 reels of microfilm);

[Circuit Court Judgments-Transcripts of Judgment], 1943-1968 (8 reels of microfilm);

Circuit Court Microfiche [Case Files], no. 34958-36249, 1969-1971 (37 inches of microfilm jackets);

Circuit Court Microfilm [Case Files], no. 30500-34957, 1966-1969 (10 feet of microfilm jackets).

Series records brief entries about the proceedings of court cases. Information includes date; plaintiff and defendant names; cause of action such as larceny, assault, divorce, or receivership; attorney names; and final disposition of the case. Circuit court records continue after 1983 under authority of the state and are maintained by the state court administrator. Circuit court records have been inventoried through 1983. For information on more recent court records, contact the trial court administrator. Portions of these records may be restricted. 

Bar Docket [Circuit Court], 1890-1901 (5 volumes); 

Cases Appealed to the Supreme Court [Record], vol. 1, 1907-1910 (1 volume); 

Circuit Court Register [with index], vol. 1-3, 1899-1909 (3 volumes); 

County & Circuit Court Record Book, 1859-1876 (1 volume); 

Ledger [Circuit Court Register and Fee Book-with index], 1878-1920 (7 volumes); 

Record Appearance Docket [Circuit Court], 1884-1887 (1 volume). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room:

Circuit Court [Docket Sheets-Register and Circuit Court Docket], no. 10-23999, 1907-1961 (16 reels of microfilm); 

Circuit Court [Old County & Circuit Court Record Book-Umpqua County Docket-with index], 1859-1876 (1 reel of microfilm). 

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, 2nd Floor Circuit Court Records Room: 

[Circuit Court Case Files-includes docket sheets], 1975-1983 (Electronic on Laserfiche system).

Series records chronological narratives of the proceedings of the court including actions taken such as decrees, judgments, arrangements, sentences, dismissals, and grand jury reports. Information includes plaintiff, defendant, and attorney names; term of court; character and date of case; case number; and date of issue. The term "judgment" refers to judicial decisions regarding the verdict, decision, or judgment rendered by the court and is distinct from those judgments relating to the recovery of court costs and awards (see Judgment and Execution Dockets). Circuit court records continue after 1983 under authority of the state and are maintained by the trial court administrator. Circuit court records have been inventoried through 1983. For information on more recent court records, contact the trial court administrator. Portions of these records may be restricted. 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115:

Circuit Court Final Record [with index], vol. 1, 1902-1922 (1 volume);

Circuit Court Journal, vol. 1-50, 1853-1953 (50 volumes);

Index to Circuit Court [Journal], vol. 1-2, ca.1853-ca.1919 (2 volumes).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, 3rd Floor Circuit Court Records Room: 

Circuit Court Journal [Circuit Court Journals], 1853-1984 (ca.500 reels of microfilm).

Series documents the recording of a variety of legal documents filed in the clerk's or recorder's office. These documents were not required to be filed with the clerk and included filings such as birth and marriage certificates of individuals who were born or married outside of the county but wanted the document to be filed in their county of residence. Other documents include wills, obligation bonds, quit claims, deeds, conveyances, mortgage satisfactions, agreements, charters, partnership dissolutions, contracts, powers of attorney, liens, leases, marriage licenses, military discharges, ministerial certificates, medical personnel licenses, birth and death certificates, and affidavits of publication. Information includes dates filed, names of individual filing, types of action, and volume and page number where recorded. Series may also include alphabetical indexes of individuals filing a recording. Clerk and Recorder Miscellaneous Recordings have been inventoried through 1965. 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room: 

Miscellaneous [Record-with index], vol. 1-11, 1857-1964 (14 reels of microfilm). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Genealogy Room: 

Misc. & Mining Claims [Miscellaneous Record-some with index], vol. 1-3, 1857-1891 (3 volumes); 

Miscellaneous Index [to Microfilm], vol. 10-11, 1960-1965 (1 volume); 

Miscellaneous Record Book Index Only [to Microfilm], vol. 9, 1956-1960 (1 volume);

Miscellaneous Record [with index], vol. 4-8, 1887-1956 (5 volumes). 

Records at FamilySearch.org (free registration required):

Miscellaneous and Mining Claims [Record-includes document images], vol. 1-3, 1857-1891 (familyse​arch.org​).

Series documents the filing of transactions, authorized by statute, with the clerk or recorder of the county for the purpose of making the transaction a matter of public record. Information includes dates filed, type and description of transactions, filing numbers, names of parties involved, amounts charged or assessed, and clerk or recorder's signatures. Series may also include alphabetical indexes that contain volume and page numbers where recorded and names of individual filing transactions. Transactions include records that were previously maintained separately, such as mortgages; deeds; military service records; federal, mechanic's, and road improvement liens; mining claims; satisfactions; judgment assignments; notarial commissions; medical and ministerial licenses; oaths; and affidavits of publication. This series is commonly referred to as the Book of Records. 

Beginning in 1965 deeds, mortgages, mining claims, water rights, military discharges, and other records were recorded in the clerk's Book of Records/Recorded Records. A searchable database in the Clerk's Office includes images of documents dating back to 1968 and indexing of documents dating back to circa 1992.

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room: 

Clerk's End of Year Indexes [Book of Records], 1989-2004 (65 reels of microfilm);

Deed Records [Book of Records/Recorded Records], 1965-present (2484 reels of microfilm); 

Deed Records Indexes [to Book of Records], 1976-1990 (48 reels of microfilm);

Deed Records Indexes [General Index to Book of Records Direct], 1967-1975 (3 reels of microfilm);

Deed Records Indexes [General Index to Book of Records Indirect], 1967-1975 (3 reels of microfilm). 

Records at the Douglas County Website: 

Clerk's Office Recording Search​ [Index-to Book of Records/Recorded Records], 1993-present.

1851-[ongoing]

Series documents all administrative actions of the board of county commissioners and the county court. In most counties, the board of county commissioners has assumed the administrative duties and responsibilities of the county court. Administrative actions include levying taxes; budgeting; approving appropriations; appointing county officials; approving officials bonds and annual reports; receiving petitions and remonstrances concerning county roads; defining and establishing county roads; calling bond elections for the construction of county buildings; compiling jury lists and conducting hearings; approving salaries and expenses of county officials; confirming elections; and issuing licenses for such things as liquor, ferries, warehouses, and groceries. The series may be referred to as the County Court Administrative Journal, Commissioner's Minutes, County Court Docket, or Board of Commissioners Meeting Records.

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Genealogy Room:

County Court Journal Daily Recordings [serves as register-title varies], 1958-1972 (2 volumes);

County Court Journal [title varies], vol. 1-20, 1853-1954 (20 volumes);

County Journal [Umpqua County-administrative], vol. C, 1860-1863 (1 volume);

Index to County Court Proceedings [title varies], vol. 1-4, 1853-1979 (4 volumes).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room:

Commissioners Proceedings [Paper Version-documents various subjects-title varies], ca.1944-present (ca.150 cu.ft.);

County Court [Administrative Journal Papers], 1911-ca.1979 (11 cu.ft.);

County Court Journal [Commissioners Proceedings], vol. 1-371, 1853-2013 (316 reels of microfilm);

County Court Journal [Douglas County Journal], vol. 1-3, 1853-1881 (1 reel of microfilm);

County Court Journal Indexes [Commissioners Proceedings Umpqua County], vol. A-B, 1851-1860 (1 reel of microfilm);

County Court Journal Indexes [Journal and Index], 1980-2001 (13 reels of microfilm);

County Court Journal Indexes [to Journal], vol. 1-4, 1853-1979 (1 reel of microfilm);

County Court Journal Indexes [Umpqua County Court Journal], vol. A-C, 1852-1863 (1 reel of microfilm);

County Court Journal, vol. 1-28, 1853-1966 (17 reels of microfilm);

Proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners for Umpqua County [in manila envelope], vol. A, 1851-1852 (.05 cu.ft.).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115:

County Board [Journal of Commissioners of Umpqua County], 1852-1860 (1 volume).

Records at the Oregon Historical Society:

Mss. 1259 [Douglas County Board of Commissioners Minutes-transcription of original], 1853-1867 (1 reel of microfilm);

Mss. 1259 [Umpqua County Commissioners Journal Minutes-transcription of original], 1851-1860 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at FamilySearch.org (free registration required):

County Journal [County Court Journal-Administrative-includes document images], vol. 1-13, 1853-1939 (familys​earch.org);

County Journal Index ​[Index to County Court Proceedings-includes document images], vol. 1-2, 1853-1940 (familysearch.org).

Series documents orders, ordinances, and resolutions passed by the board of county commissioners and the county court regulating and establishing guidelines for specific activities within the county. Information includes activity covered by order, ordinance, or resolution; administrative action number; who introduced; findings of fact; conclusions; recommendations; date heard; and hearings officer name and signature. Activities include noise abatement, nuisances, zoning, animal control, solid waste management, land division regulations, elections, comprehensive plan, and road and bridge use limits. 

Beginning in 1853 orders, ordinances, and resolutions were recorded in the County Court Journal and successive records (County Commissioners Administrative Journals). 

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning Department Office: 

LUDO [Land Use and Development Ordinances-includes subdivision, partition, and zoning information], 1960-present (8 cu.ft.).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning Department Office, Floodplain Area: 

Original Zoning Map Orders [County Commission-with index], 1960-1975 (1 binder). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Public Works Engineering Office: 

Roads [Case Files-includes survey copies, resolutions, orders, correspondence, and related records], 1960-present (18 cu.ft.); 

Roads Prior to 1960 [Case Files-includes survey copies, resolutions, orders, correspondence, and related records], ca.1925-1959 (13 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room: 

Commissioners Proceedings Ordinances, 1972-1985 (7 cu.ft.); 

Road Dockets [includes maps, reports, vacations, agreements, resolutions, orders], no. 1-1110, ca.1890-1980 (20 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Douglas County Website: 

County Codes [Douglas County], n.d.-present;

Land Use and Development Ordinances [includes subdivision, partition, and zoning information], 1960-present;​

LUDO History ​[Land Use and Development Ordinances-Historical Versions-includes zoning and subdivision information], 1955-present.

Series documents the establishment and/or restoration of survey corners or monuments by the county surveyor or registered land surveyors. Records include maps, field survey restoration notes, historical notes, and indexes. Information includes description of corners; existing markers; descriptions of new markers and any changes made to the locations; property owners; township, range, and section numbers; donation land claim information; date the new markers were set; and surveyor's signatures. 

The Survey Access & Retrieval System maintained by the Surveyor's Office includes assessor maps, city street maps, condominium plats, dedicated street maps, land partition plats, railroad right-of-way maps, subdivision plats, survey plats, county road maps, corner survey plats, GLO/BLM plats and notes, and Donation Land Claim notes dating from ca.1853 to the present. The Douglas County Geographic Information System​ includes GIS-based mapping information related to land corner restoration, contours, soils, parcels, townships, Donation Land Claims, Homesteads, mining claims, roads, highways, reservoirs, and other features as well as assessor map and aerial photograph information.

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Surveyor's Office, Room 105:

Corner Renewals [Corner History Records], ca.1853-present (111 binders);

County Surveyor Record of Government Corners Renewed [East Range, West Range], ca.1920-present (2 volumes); 

Forest Appraisal Corners Found, 1948-1956 (1 cu.ft.); 

Outdated Renewed Corners [Records], ca.1960-present (1.50 cu.ft.);

Record of Government Corners Renewed, vol. 1, 1913-1941 (1 volume);

Renew Corner Index [serves as corner restoration visual index], ca.1853-present (1 volume); 

Renewed Corner Mylars [Maps], n.d. (153 maps); 

Surveyor's Record [includes corner restoration information in the last pages], vol. 2, 1876-1916 (1 volume); 

TR [Survey Index Cards-includes entries for filed surveys, corner surveys, subdivisions, partitions, and road surveys-by township and range], ca.1860-present (5 cu.ft.).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room: 

Surveyor Records [Surveyors Maps-includes corner renewals and boundary line adjustments], 1990-1992 (1 reel of microfilm).

Series records the results of the examination of a corpse by the county coroner at the request of the county sheriff. It also documents the proceedings and results of inquests ordered by the district attorney. Reports include date filed; name, age, sex, color, parentage, and birthplace of deceased; date, place, and time of death; names of undertaker and coroner; testimony; and costs. Early reports were narrative accounts detailing the cause of death. After 1900, a standardized form was used for reporting results. Inquest transcripts include coroner and juror names, signatures, and actions; witness names; testimony; and verdict. Coroner and Inquest Records have been inventoried through 1965. 

Inquests [and Reports-Coroner], no. A-Z, 2-2114, 1896-1972 (3.50 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room:

[Index Inquests-Coroner], 1896-1972 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Inquests and Reports-Coroner], 1896-1972 (10 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Library/Microfilm Room: 

Douglas County Death Inquest [Abstracts from 1890 to 1949-by Genealogical Society of Douglas County], 2010 (1 binder);

Inquests Index, 1896-1972 (1 binder).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, 3rd Floor Circuit Court Records Room:

Inquests [and Reports-Coroner], 1896-1972 (11 reels of microfilm). 

Records at FamilySearch.org (free registration required):

Coroner's Inquest Index [includes document images], 1896-1972; 

Coroner's Inquest​ [and Report Records-includes document images], no. A-Z, 2-2114, 1896-1972.

Series documents the annual allotment of funds for county government operations as agreed to by the board of commissioners. Information includes total amount of funds budgeted for each office. Later budgets may include organizational charts and a narrative of each county office function. 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room: 

Budgets County Court [includes Douglas County, cities, and school districts], 1918-1923 (1 cu.ft.); 

Budgets [Douglas County-includes related documents-with gaps], 1969-2003 (11 reels of microfilm);

Budgets [includes county budgets-with gaps-title varies], 1924-1993 (3 reels of microfilm);

[County Budget-included with commissioners journal proceedings], 1970-present (ca.4 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Douglas County Website: 

Douglas County Adopted Budget​, 2006-present.

Series documents the development and revision of a plan for the use of lands within the county. Series includes plans for transportation, energy, housing, population and economics, public facilities and services, urbanization, natural resources, greenways, recreation, agricultural and forest lands, land capability, resource quality, floodplains, landmarks, historic property, rural community center designation, and natural areas. Each plan includes background information about the subject; supporting documentation such as maps, charts, and diagrams; and a narrative description of each aspect of the plan and how it is to be implemented. Series may also include an overall "comprehensive plan" which contains historical and current looks at county land practices and defines goals and policies adhered to during the creation and implementation of the plan. 

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning Department Office: 

Comprehensive Plan Reference File [Comprehensive Plan-includes comprehensive plan copies and amendments], no. 1-472, 1972-present (20 cu.ft.);

[Comprehensive Plan Reference File Index], 1972-present (1 binder). 

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning Department Office, Scanning Area:

[Comprehensive Plan Amendments], 1977-1981 (36 sheets of microfilm jackets).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning Department Office, Tech Area: 

Comp. Plan Originals [Comprehensive-Maps], 1980-present (ca.200 maps).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning Department Office, Counter Area: 

Douglas County Comprehensive Plan [published version], 1979-present (1 volume);

Overlay Atlas for Douglas County [Comprehensive Plan, 2008-2010 (1 binder).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning and Building Department Storage Room 119:

[Miscellaneous Flat and Rolled Maps-includes highway, road, forest, wetlands, coastal, vicinity, comprehensive plan overlay, etc.], ca.1960-present (ca.300 maps);

Plan Maps [Comprehensive-includes various overlay maps-in map drawer], ca.1969-2008 (1 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Douglas County Website:​

Douglas County Comprehensive Plan​, 1980-present.

Series records the proceedings of the county court for civil and some criminal cases. Information includes judge, plaintiff, defendant, and attorney names; trial date; memorandum of subsequent proceedings; and fees charged. Cases include citizenship petitions, legal changes to name, commitments, and writs of habeas corpus. Portions of these records may be restricted.

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room:

[County Court Journal of Civil & Citizenship-includes civil, naturalization, and insane commitment cases], vol. 2-3, 1859-1948 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115:

[Circuit Court Judgment Book-includes County Court Docket and Probate Docket-Umpqua and Douglas Counties], 1856-1874 (1 volume); 

County & Circuit Court Record Book, 1859-1876 (1 volume); 

Journal Civil Citizenship [includes civil, naturalization, and insane commitment cases-with index], vol. 2-3, 1859-1948 (2 volumes). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Genealogy Room:

Civil & Citizenship Index for Vol. 2 [of the Journal Civil Citizenship-includes civil, naturalization, and insane commitment cases], 1859-1899 (1 volume); 

County Journal [Umpqua County-Judicial], 1859-1863 (1 volume). 

Records at FamilySearch.org (free registration required)​

Civil & Citizenship Index for Vol. 2​ [of the Journal Civil Citizenship-includes civil, naturalization, and insane commitment cases-includes document images], 1859-1899.

Series documents the preparation and organization of the county fair by the county fair board (including any predecessor group) and other county officials. Records include fair board minutes, reports, and annual premium lists and publications. Minutes and reports include information pertaining to county fair employment, budgets, sponsorship, capital improvements to fairgrounds, and event scheduling throughout the year. Annual premium lists and/or publications may include county fair history, names of fair officers, general fair rules and regulations, event schedules, exhibit lists, and fair photographs. County Fair Board minutes from circa 1984 to the present are included in the Commissioners Proceedings. See the County Commissioners Administrative Journals records series. Premium books have been produced only in electronic form since 2011.

Douglas County Fair Board [Meeting Records-includes minutes-title varies], 1994-present (15 binders); 

[Douglas County Fair Premium Books], 2004-2010 (4 volumes). 

Records at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, Fairgrounds Exhibit Building, Archives Room: 

Fair Board Minutes [and Reports], 1957-1994 (4.50 cu.ft.); 

Premium Books [includes lists and programs], 1955-2003 (2 cu.ft.).

Commissioners Proceedings Fair Board [Records-includes minutes], 1985-2005 (.30 cu.ft.). ​

Series reports the activities of county officials to the county court or board of county commissioners. Series may include reports by the treasurer, surveyor, clerk, roadmaster, assessor, sheriff, school superintendent, and county nurse or doctor. Reports summarize the activities of county officials and their staff as they perform their official duties. 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room: 

[County Clerk's Semi-Annual Reports], 1908-1928 (.35 cu.ft.). 

Officers Reports [County], vol. 2, 1919-1949 (1 volume). 

County Journal [Officers Reports], 1892-1919 (1 volume).

Series documents the recording of deaths in the county. Records include registers and certificates. Information includes registration number; place and date of death; name, sex, color, birth date and place, age, and marital status of the deceased; names and birthplaces of parents; primary and contributory cause of death; physician, registrar, and informant signatures; filing date; and date and place of burial. Death records were not required by the state of Oregon until 1903 when the state began to officially register deaths. County death records have been inventoried through 1920. Access to death records is restricted for 50 years following the date of death by Oregon Administrative Rule 333-011-0096. Contact the Oregon State Archives for access to state death certificates that are more than 50 years old. Contact the Oregon Center for Health Statistics​ for access to more recent death certificates. 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room: 

[Death Records], 1903-1933 (1 reel of microfilm). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115:

Record of Births and Deaths, 1903-1933 (4 volumes);

Record of Deaths, 1903-1911 (1 volume). 

Records at FamilySearch.org (free registration required): 

Deaths [Record of Deaths-includes document images], 1903-1911 (familyse​arch.org).

Series documents the ownership of land. Series includes deeds, land sales contracts, quit claim deeds, homestead exemption claims, corporate certificates, agreements, correction deeds, special assessments of unzoned farmland, easements, and indirect and direct deed indexes. Information includes grantor and grantee name; recording and filing dates; property descriptions; title warranties; consideration amounts; witness and recorder names; and volume and page numbers of where recorded.

Since 1965 deeds have been recorded in the clerk's Book of Records (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings). 

Deed Index Direct, 1855-1966 (12 volumes); 

Deed Index Indirect, 1855-1966, (12 volumes); 

Deed Record Umpqua County, vol. A, 1851-1857 (1 volume);

Deed Record [Umpqua County], vol. A1, B, 1856-1863 (2 volumes); 

Deed Record, vol. 1-224, 1855-1952 (224 volumes);

Direct Index to Deeds, 1855-1911 (5 volumes); 

Indirect Index to Deeds, 1855-1911 (5 volumes). 

County Deeds & County Lands [to Douglas County], 1854-1876 (2.50 cu.ft.);

Deed Records Index [Direct and Indirect], n.d.-1941 (7 reels of microfilm); 1941-1966 (10 reels of microfilm); 

Deed Records [Umpqua County-with index], vol. A, A1, B, 1851-1863 (1 reel of microfilm); 

Deed Records, vol. 1-341, 1855-1965 (341 reels of microfilm);

[Original Deeds to Douglas County], 1854-1919 (2 reels of microfilm). 

[Deed Record-modified with tax lot and other notations], vol. 425-936, 1984-2003 (511 binders). 

[Deed Record-modified with tax lot and other notations-reduced size], vol. 225-236, ca.1952-1953 (46 binders); 

[Deed Record-modified with tax lot and other notations], vol. 1-424, 1954-1984 (424 binders).

Index to Deeds [to Deed Record vol. 1-58], 1856-n.d. (7 volumes). 

Deed Index​ [Direct and Indirect-includes document images], 1852-1941; 

Deed Record [includes document images], vol. 1-81, 1853-1921; 

Deed Record​ [Umpqua County-includes document images], vol. A, A1, B, 1851-1863.

Series documents birth records generated by a court in response to a petition. Records may include petitions, decrees or orders, affidavits of correction, registers, and certificates. If the information provided with the petition met the requirements of the court, a decree was issued that served as a legal birth document. Most petitions were filed decades after the actual birth. They were filed in the county of residence at the time of petition, not necessarily in the county of birth. Dates listed in brackets document the range of actual birth dates. Date ranges for court actions such as petitions and decrees are also included. Also see Birth Records series for related records. Access to birth records is restricted for 100 years following the date of birth by Oregon Administrative Rule 333-011-0096. 

Records at the Oregon State Archives: 

1801 [Delayed Birth Orders-documents births from ca.1870-ca.1933], 1939-1942 (.50 cu.ft.); 

Delayed Birth [Certificates-documents births from ca.1865-ca.1941], no. 1-3631, 1943-1984 (7 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room: 

Delayed Birth Applications Incomplete [documents births from ca.1868-ca.1930], 1938-1968 (.10 cu.ft.);

Delayed Birth Certificates [1801-Delayed Birth Orders-documents births from ca.1870-ca.1933], 1939-1942 (1 reel of microfilm); 

Delayed Birth Certificates [Delayed Birth Records], no. 1-3631, 1943-1984 (9 reels of microfilm); 

Delayed Birth Certificates [Index to Delayed Births], 1939-1984 (1 reel of microfilm);

Delayed Birth Certificates [Registration of Birth Decrees-title varies], 1943-1967 (3 reels of microfilm);

Misc. Birth Information [Delayed Birth Registration Index Cards], 1939-1966 (.10 cu.ft.).

Registration of Birth [Delayed Births-Index to Certificates], 1945-1984 (6 volumes). 

Delayed Birth Applications [Abstracts from ca.1865 to ca.1941-by Genealogical Society of Douglas County], 2006 (1 binder).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, 3rd Floor Circuit Court Records Room:

[Delayed Birth Records-documents births from ca.1865-ca.1930], no. 1-2564, 1943-1956 (6 reels of microfilm); 

Delayed Birth Registrations [Applications and/or Certificates of County Court Delayed Birth Records], no. 1-288, 1939-1942 (1 reel of microfilm); 

Delayed Birth Registrations [Findings and Orders for Registration of Birth], no. 1-1349, 1943-1949 (1 reel of microfilm);

Delayed Birth Registrations [Index-for the first 6 books of delayed birth records], 1939-1967 (1 reel of microfilm); 

Delayed Birth Registrations [Registration of Birth Decrees], no. 1350-3477, 1949-1967 (2 reels of microfilm).

Series documents the registration of voters and the compilation of election results. Records may include election poll books and/or the election voter register. Information includes elector's name and party affiliation, and in some cases, physical description, occupation, naturalization information, and names of parents and spouse. Election poll books and voter registration records have been inventoried through 1930. For information on more recent records, contact the Secretary of State, Elections Division, the county clerk, or the local elections official.

Citizenship [Naturalization Card Index-also indexes register of electors], ca.1859-ca.1975 (.75 cu.ft.); 

Official Register of Electors, 1900-1904 (1 reel of microfilm). 

County Register [Election], , vol. A, 1891 (1 volume); 

Official Register of Electors, 1902 (1 volume); 1904 (1 volume); 1906 (1 volume); 1908 (1 volume); 1910 (2 volumes); 1912 (2 volumes); 1914 (2 volumes). 

Official Register of Electors, vol. 1, 1900 (1 volume); vol. 1, 1906 (1 volume). 

[Umpqua County Poll List], 1858 (.05 cu.ft.). 

Records at  FamilySearch.org (free registration required):

Naturalization Index [Card Index-also indexes register of electors-includes document images], ca.1859-ca.1950;

Voter Registration​ [Official Register of Electors-includes document images], 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1914.

Series documents the tabulation and reporting of election results for the county. Records include voting abstracts and the record of election. Information includes election date; precinct name and number; office; precinct and total votes; victory margin; winning candidate; county clerk, board of canvasser, and justice of the peace signatures; ballot number; summation of votes; and election board's decision. Election voting abstracts have been inventoried through 1960. For information on more recent records, contact the Secretary of State, Elections Division, the county clerk, or the local elections official. 

[Abstracts of Votes], 1910-1936 (2.50 cu.ft.); 1942-1960 (5 cu.ft.);

Elections [Abstracts of Votes], 1910-1962 (2 reels of microfilm);

Elections [Record], 1908-1974 (3 reels of microfilm);

Elections [Record of Elections], vol. 1-3, 1890-1958 (3 reels of microfilm). 

[Abstract of Votes-Microfilm Index], 1950-1973 (1 volume);

Election Record and Register of Officers, vol. 3, 1928-1950 (1 volume); 

Record of Elections, vol. 1, 1890-1908 (1 volume); vol. 1, 1908-1923 (1 volume).

Series documents the application for and registration of farm names with the county clerk or recorder. Records may include registers, original applications, or certificates. Information includes owner's name and address; farm name, location, and description; and date and number of application and final application. Series may also include an index arranged either alphabetically by name of owner or by farm name. Farm name records have been inventoried through 1964.

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room: 

Registered Farm Ranches Names [Applications to Register Farm Names-with index], 1911-1964 (.10 cu.ft.);

[Registration of Farm Names], 1911-1964 (1 reel of microfilm). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115: 

Register of Farm Names, vol. 1, 1911-1964 (1 volume).

​​ 1853-[ongoing]

Series records ownership of county lands obtained from the federal government. Series includes records of land grants administered under federal programs such as donation land claims and homesteads. Donation land claims are the most common type of federal land grant in Oregon that is documented in this inventory project. Donation land claims resulted from an act of the 1850 Congress under which citizens of the United States, or those who filed a declaration of intention prior to December 1, 1850 and had resided upon or cultivated the land for four consecutive years, were granted a specified amount of acreage in the Oregon Territory. Donation land claims were unique in that acreage granted to married couples was divided evenly. Half of the acreage was placed in the husband's name while the other half was placed in the wife's name. Records include plats, indexes, and survey notes. Information includes township, range, and section numbers, names of donation land claim holders and claim numbers, claim dates, acreage, and descriptions of surveys.

Under the Homestead Act of 1862, settlers were given 160 acres of land in the public domain if they built a home on the land, resided there for five years, and cultivated the land. A complete homestead entry file includes such documents as the homestead application, homestead proof, and final certificate authorizing the claimant to obtain a land patent.

The Survey Access & Retrieval System maintained by the Surveyor's Office includes assessor maps, city street maps, condominium plats, dedicated street maps, land partition plats, railroad right-of-way maps, subdivision plats, survey plats, county road maps, corner survey plats, GLO/BLM plats and notes, and Donation Land Claim notes dating from ca.1853 to the present. The Douglas County Geographic Information System​ includes GIS-based mapping related to land corner restoration, contours, soils, parcels, townships, Donation Land Claims, Homesteads, mining claims, roads, highways, and reservoirs as well as assessor map and aerial photograph information.

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room:

Deed Records [Patents], vol. 25, 1890-1897 (1 reel of microfilm); vol. 30, 1897-1905 (1 reel of microfilm); vol. 40, 1900-1920 (1 reel of microfilm); vol. 52, 1905-1907 (1 reel of microfilm); vol. 53, 1907-1909 (1 reel of microfilm); vol. 65, 1909-1911 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Land Patents-also includes water rights and mining notices], 1885-1910 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115:

Deed Record Patents, vol. 25, 1890-1897 (1 volume); vol. 30, 1897-1905 (1 volume); vol. 40, 1900-1920 (1 volume); vol. 52, 1905-1907 (1 volume); vol. 53, 1907-1909 (1 volume); vol. 65, 1909-1911 (1 volume).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Assessor's Office Side Cartography Room:

Field Notes DLC [Donation Land Claim-Survey Field Notes-typescript], n.d. (1 volume).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Surveyor's Office, Room 105:

County Surveyor Record Field Notes Donation Land Claims [title varies], 1853-1889 (2 volumes);

DLC Notes [Donation Land Claim Field Notes], 1853-1889 (1 binder of microfiche);

[GLO/BLM Survey Plats-General Land Office/Bureau of Land Management], ca.1853-present (15 volumes);

Location Index Subdivisions DLCs [Subdivisions and Donation Land Claims], ca.1851-n.d. (1 volume);

Old Linen Ownership Maps [includes Oregon & California Railroad Lands, Homesteads, and Donation Land Claims], n.d. (1 volume).

Records FamilySearch.org (free registration required):

Deed Record​ [Land Patents-includes document images], vol. 25, 1890-1897; vol. 30, 1897-1905; vol. 40, 1900-1920; vol. 52, 1905-1907; vol. 53, 1907-1909; vol. 65, 1909-1911 (familysearch.org​​).

Record at a Related Website:

Search Land Patents [includes patent and legal land descriptions and some document images], ca.1864-ca.1957 (BLM GLO Website).

Series documents the activities of the sheriff and other county officials relating to the foreclosure of property in order to satisfy creditors in cases involving delinquent taxes, mortgage payments, or court judgments. Records include correspondence, sheriff's deeds and foreclosure sale records, circuit court case transcripts of foreclosure hearings, writs of execution, certificates of sale of real property, judgment orders, receipts, tax redemption records, delinquent tax sales, and tax sale certificates. Foreclosure records have been inventoried through 1920.

Record of Delinquent Tax Sales, 1892-1900 (2 volumes); 

Sheriff's Sale Record [with index], vol. 2, 1919-1933 (1 volume);

Tax Sales [Record], vol. 1, 1901-1907 (1 volume).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Tax Collector's Records Vault 109:

[Certificate of Sale for Taxes], 1901-1902 (1 volume). 

Sheriff's Sale Record [Tax], vol. 1, 1904-1919 (1 volume).

Series documents the examination, commitment, and release of mentally ill persons to and from the state's mental institutions. Series contains statements of complaint and commitment recorded by the county clerk or recorder and includes petitions to have an individual committed; physicians certification that an individual is insane; delivery warrants authorizing a county official (usually the sheriff) to take the individual to the state hospital; patient discharges; paroles or transfers; indexes; and correspondence. Information includes patient and family names, date committed, reason, physical description, and a brief family history. This series may also be known as the Insane Record, Mental Illness Record, and Mentally Ill and Feeble Minded Record. By 1968, in most counties, the commitment of the mentally ill or deficient had become the responsibility of the circuit court. Access to these records may be restricted for 75 years by Oregon Revised Statute 192.496. 

Mental commitment case information included in the Oregon eCourt Case Information Network (OECI) electronic records system since 2014 is not maintained in paper or microfilm. 

[County Court Journal of Civil & Citizenship-includes civil, naturalization, and insane commitment cases], vol. 2-3, 1859-1948 (1 reel of microfilm); 

Probate [Sealed Files-includes insane commitment and adoption cases], ca.1869-ca.1955 (4 reels of microfilm);

Sealed Files [Circuit Court Mental Cases-Files], 1987-1993 (11 reels of microfilm);

Sealed Files [Journal of Mentally Ill-title varies], vol. 3-6, 1905-1955 (6 reels of microfilm); 

Sealed Files [Mental Cases-Commitment-title varies], 1925-1979 (37 reels of microfilm); 

Sealed Files [Mentally Ill Journal], 1955-1980 (7 reels of microfilm); 

Sealed Files [Record of Insane Circuit Court-with index], vol. 1-2, 1898-1905 (1 reel of microfilm); 

Sealed Records [Case Files-includes insane commitment and adoption cases], ca.1869-ca.1955 (7.50 cu.ft.). 

Index to Estates [includes insane commitments], 1859-1879 (1 volume);

 Insane Record [with index], vol. 2, 1903-1905 (1 volume); 

Journal Civil Citizenship [includes civil, naturalization, and insane commitment cases-with index], vol. 2-3, 1859-1948 (2 volumes); 

Oregon State Hospital Reports [includes death and discharge reports], 1929-1946 (1 volume); 

Probate Book [Journal-includes insane commitments-with index], vol. 1.5, 1859-1873 (1 volume);

Record of Insane [with index], vol. 1, 1898-1904 (1 volume).

Civil & Citizenship Index for Vol. 2 [of the Journal Civil Citizenship-includes civil, naturalization, and insane commitment cases], 1859-1899 (1 volume). 

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, 2nd Floor Circuit Court Records Room:

MH [Mental Health Case Files], 1995-2008 (Electronic on Laserfiche system); 

MH [Mental Health Case Files], 2009-2013 (9 cu.ft.);

MH [Mental Health Case Files], 2014-present (Electronic on eCourt system). 

Active Files [Mental Commitment Alphabetical Index Cards], ca.1953-ca.1982 (.20 cu.ft.); 

[Admission and Release Notices-Oregon State Hospital and other facilities], 1963-1980 (4 volumes);

Index Mentally Diseased, 1968-1986 (1 volume);

Insane Records [Mental Commitment Register Cards-alphabetical], ca.1954-ca.1982 (.75 cu.ft.);

Insane Record [with index], vol. 3-4, 1905-1948 (2 volumes); 

Journal of the Mentally Sick [with index], vol. 5-6, 1948-1955 (2 volumes);

Mental Cases [Admission and Release Notices-Oregon State Hospital], no. 2100-4800, 1952-1963 (3 volumes);

MH Miscl. [Mental Health Miscellaneous Admission and Release Notices-Oregon State Hospital], 1972-1988 (1 cu.ft.);

Oregon State Hospital [Admission and Release Notices], no. 1086-2100, 1945-1952 (1 volume). 

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, 3rd Floor Circuit Court Records Room: 

Mentals [Journal of Mentally Ill], vol. 10-14, 1955-1980 (5 reels of microfilm); 

Mentals [Mental Cases-Commitment Files], no. 1-2806, 74.1-93MH0370, 1925-1993 (70 reels of microfilm);

Mentals [Mentally Ill-Journal], vol. 7-9, 1955-1966 (3 reels of microfilm); 

Mentals [Record of Insane], vol. 1-2, 1898-1905 (1 reel of microfilm). 

Civil & Citizenship Index for Vol. 2 [of the Journal Civil Citizenship-includes civil, naturalization, and insane commitment cases-includes document images], 1859-1899; 

Probate Estate Index [includes insane commitments-includes document images], 1859-1879; 

Probate Journal ​[includes insane commitments-includes document images], vol. 1.5, 1859-1873.

Series records official decisions by the court and subsequent instructions to the sheriff to recover costs and awards related to debt, divorce, and other civil cases. The record serves as the official notice of the existence of a lien. Information includes title and case number; names of plaintiff, creditor, defendant, debtor, and attorney; amount of judgment; description of property levied on; writ of execution; disposition of case; decisions on appeals; dates docketed and satisfied; and volume and page numbers where recorded. Records may include judgment dockets, execution dockets, and fee books. Judgment and execution records have been inventoried through 1920. 

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

Execution Docket [with index], vol. 3-4, 1898-1923 (2 volumes); vol. 5, 1920-1931 (1 volume);

Judgment Docket, vol. 1-2, 1861-1923 (2 volumes).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room: 

[Circuit Court Judgment Docket], vol. 1-3, 1861-1939 (1 reel of microfilm); 

[Execution Dockets], vol. 2-3, 1898-1923 (2 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115:

[Circuit Court Judgment Book-includes County Court Docket and Probate Docket-Umpqua and Douglas Counties], 1856-1874 (1 volume);

Execution Docket Circuit Court, vol. 2, 1889-1898 (1 volume);

Records Execution Book [Umpqua and Douglas Counties-with index], 1859-1889 (1 volume);

Records [Judgment Docket-with index], 1859-1885 (1 volume).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, 3rd Floor Circuit Court Records Room: 

Executions [Docket], vol. 3-5, 1898-1931 (3 reels of microfilm);

[Judgment Dockets-Circuit Court], vol. 1-3, 1861-1939 (1 reel of microfilm).

Series documents criminal and civil cases brought before the courts of the justices of the peace. Records include grand jury indictments, complaints, judgments by confession, transcripts of judgment entries and dockets, statements of witnesses, arrest warrants, subpoenas, bills for court costs and fees, petitions for appointment of justices of the peace and constables, petitions establishing justice districts, and marriage records. Cases heard include disturbing the peace, illegal liquor sales, assault, larceny, trespassing, fraud, vagrancy, and burglary. Justice court records have been inventoried through 1940. For information on more recent records, contact the local justice court.

Calapooia District Justice Court [Case Documents-Call No. M6120], 1884-1935 (1 cu.ft.).

Series documents criminal and civil cases brought before justice of the peace courts. Dockets include defendant, plaintiff, attorney, witness, and juror names; action dates and nature of cases; judgments; and statements of costs. Actions include complaints, summonses, appearances, testimonies, bonds, judgments, pleas, fines, jail terms, marriages, and writs of attachment. Civil and criminal cases include larceny, burglary, recovering money or personal property, trespassing, hunting out of season, and illegal voting. Justice court records have been inventoried through 1940. For information on more recent records, contact the local justice court. 

Justice Court Journal [Canyonville Precinct], 1923-1934 (1 volume). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room: 

[Court Docket Canyonville-Justice], 1900-1904 (1 reel of microfilm).

Court Docket Canyonville Precinct [Justice Court], 1900-1904 (1 volume); 

[Drain Justice District Book of Records], vol. 6, 1938 (1 volume); 

[Justice Court Docket-Coles Valley Precinct], 1874-1894 (1 volume); 

Justice Court Record Book [Yoncalla District], vol. H, 1935-1938 (1 volume); 

[Justice Court Record Yoncalla District], vol. G, 1931-1934 (1 volume).

[Justice Court Docket-Canyonville Precinct], 1863-1873 (1 reel of microfilm).​

​​​​1851-[ongoing]

Series documents the subdividing and partitioning of land within the county. Records include survey notes, correspondence, photographs, satisfaction of agreements, maps of subdivided and partitioned land, and contracts and permits. Information includes subdivision names; lot, street, and alley dimensions; and township, range, and section numbers of land to be subdivided or partitioned.

The Survey Access & Retrieval System​ maintained by the Surveyor's Office includes assessor maps, city street maps, condominium plats, dedicated street maps, land partition plats, railroad right-of-way maps, subdivision plats, survey plats, county road maps, corner survey plats, GLO/BLM plats and notes, and Donation Land Claim notes dating from ca.1853 to the present. Planning Department Application Land Use Action Case Files that include zoning, subdivision, and partition information from 1997 to 2005 are imaged on a DocuWare document management system maintained by the Planning Department.

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room:

Condominiums and Post Monumentations [Plats], 1972-2000 (1 volume);

Condominiums [Plat Book], 1972-1996 (1 volume);

[Land Partition Plats], 1990-ca.1996 (2 reels of microfilm); 1996-1999 (1 reel of microfilm);

Land Partitions [Plats], 1990-1991 (1 volume); 1995-present (19 volumes);

Maps/Plats [Old Maps from Old Box-mostly subdivision plats], ca.1903-1907 (1 reel of microfilm);

Maps/Plats [Plat Books-Subdivision], vol. 1-15, 1851-1976 (1 reel of microfilm);

Maps/Plats [Town Plats-Subdivision], vol. 1-10, 1851-1954 (1 reel of microfilm);

Minor Land [Partition Plats], vol. 1, 1963-1974 (1 volume);

Minor Land Partition [Plats], vol. 10-11, 1987-1990 (1 volume);

Minor Land Partitions [Plats], vol. 3-5, 1977-1979 (1 volume); 1990-1992 (1 volume); 1992 (1 volume); 1993 (1 volume); 1993-1994 (1 volume); 1994 (1 volume); 1995-1997 (1 volume); 1997-1998 (1 volume);

MLPs [Minor Land Partition Plats], vol. 2, 1974-1977 (1 volume);

Plat Book Index [Subdivision], 1873-1993 (1 volume);

Record of Town Plats [Subdivision-title varies], vol. 1-23, 1851-present (28 volumes);

Maps/Plats [Subdivision Plats], vol. 16-19, 1978-1999 (5 reels of microfilm); vol. 20-21, 1999-2004 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115:

Minor Land Partition [Plats-combined volumes], vol. 6-9, 1979-1987 (1 volume);

[Miscellaneous Maps and Plans-includes courthouse, courthouse additions, Douglas County Home, roads districts, bridges, subdivisions, Umpqua River-rolled], ca.1915-ca.1997 (ca.200 maps and drawings).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Library/Microfilm Room:

Index to Plats [Subdivision], 1873-1993 (1 volume);

[Record of Town Plats-copies], vol. 1-15, 1851-1977 (4 volumes).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Surveyor's Office, Room 105:

Condominiums [Plats], 1972-present (ca.100 plats);

Land Partitions [Plats], 1990-present (ca.2500 plats);

Subdivision Index, n.d.-present (1 binder);

[Subdivision Plats], 1851-present (23 volumes);

TR [Survey Index Cards-includes entries for filed surveys, corner surveys, subdivisions, partitions, and road surveys-by township and range], ca.1860-present (5 cu.ft.).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning Department Office:

[Planning Department Application Land Use Action Case Files Alphabetical Card Index-indexes subdivision, partition, and zoning information], ca.1981-present (1 cu.ft.);

[Planning Department Application Land Use Action Case Files-includes subdivision, partition, and zoning information], 2008-present (50 cu.ft.);

[Planning Department Application Land Use Action Case Files Township and Range Card Index-indexes subdivision, partition, and zoning information], ca.1981-present (1 cu.ft.);

LUDO [Land Use and Development Ordinances-includes subdivision, partition, and zoning information], 1960-present (8 cu.ft.);

Partition Files [Card Index-by township and range], ca.1976-ca.1996 (1 cu.ft.);

Partitioning Files Alpha [Card Index-alphabetical], ca.1975-ca.1996 (.40 cu.ft.);

Subdivisions [Card File Index], ca.1970-ca.1993 (.20 cu.ft.).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning Department Office, Conference Room:

[Planning Department Application Land Use Action Case Files-includes subdivision, partition, and zoning information], 2006-2007 (20 cu.ft.).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning Department Office, Tech Area:

Microfilm [Subdivision and Partition Case Files], 1972-1981 (46 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning Department Office, Scanning Area:

PD Files [Planning Department Application Land Use Action Case Files-includes subdivision, partition, and zoning information], 1981-1996 (20 inches of microfilm jackets).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning Department Office, Counter Area:

MLP [Minor Land Partition Maps], vol. 1-11, ca.1963-1989 (12 volumes).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Assessor's Office Cartography Room:

Index Only [Subdivision Plat Copies], ca.1851-ca.1978 (4 volumes);

Minor Land Partitions [Plats-title varies], ca.1979-ca.1989 (11 volumes);

Partition Plats, 1990-1993 (2 volumes); 1994-present (17 volumes);

[Subdivision Plats-Alphabetical], ca.1851-ca.1978 (3 volumes);

[Subdivision Plats], ca.1851-ca.1978 (6 volumes);

Subdivisions [Plats], 1978-2008 (4 volumes).

Records at the Douglas County Website:

Land Use and Development Ordinances [includes subdivision, partition, and zoning information], 1960-present;

LUDO History [Land Use and Development Ordinances-Historical Versions-includes zoning and subdivision information], 1955-present;

Subdivision Index​ [alphabetical], 2011.

Series records the ownership of land within the county. Records may include title registers, land indexes, land registration registers, torrens registry of titles, indexes to registered land, certificates of title, town lot indexes, ownership registers, and plat books. Information includes parties involved, land descriptions, dates, number and nature of titles, subdivisions, title holders, terms, discharge dates, and registrar's signatures. The torrens system of land registration was abolished in 1972 by Oregon law. Additional land ownership records may be found in Deeds and Indexes. 

Maps/Plats [Surveyor's Maps by Frank E. Alley-Township Maps], ca.1905 (1 reel of microfilm);

Maps/Plats [Township Maps], vol. I-II, n.d. (2 reels of microfilm); 

Torrens [Certificates of Title], ca.1959-ca.1973 (.75 cu.ft.); 

Torrens [Documents], no. 14-20079, 1907-1974 (19 reels of microfilm); 

Torrens [Title Transfers-with index], 1902-1973 (10 reels of microfilm); 

Land Registration Docket, vol. 1, 1902-1929 (1 volume);

Land Titles [Record], vol. 2, 1941-1974 (1 volume); 

Reception Register Land Title, vol. 1, 1905-1941 (1 volume);

Torrens [Direct Torrens Index-Land Owner], n.d. (1 volume); 

Torrens Index [Land Title Register], vol. 1, n.d. (1 volume); 

Torrens Title Index, vol. 2, n.d. (1 volume); 

Tract Index Lands [indexes Torrens registry], ca.1907- ca.1974 (7 volumes);

Tract Index Lots [indexes Torrens registry], vol. 1-3, ca.1907-ca.1974 (3 volumes); 

Transfer of Title [Torrens], vol. 1-13, 1902-1971 (13 volumes).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115: 

Township Maps [includes land ownership-colored], vol. I-II, n.d. (2 volumes).

Township Plats Prepared by Frank E. Alley, ca.1905 (1 volume).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Surveyor's Office, Room 105: 

Township Plats Prepared by Frank E. Alley [copy], ca.1905 (1 volume).

​​​​1888-[ongoing]

Series provides a visual representation of the county and of physical structures constructed on county lands. Series includes maps, plans, and drawings that vary in size, scale, and date. Included are maps, plans, and drawings of counties and cities, election precincts, courthouses and other county buildings, cemeteries, rivers, Indian reservations, school districts, construction projects, and soil classifications. General road maps may be found in the series titled Road and Bridge Records. Technical road survey maps may be found in the series titled Road Maps and Survey Notes.

The Survey Access & Retrieval System maintained by the Surveyor's Office includes assessor maps, city street maps, condominium plats, dedicated street maps, land partition plats, railroad right-of-way maps, subdivision plats, survey plats, county road maps, corner survey plats, GLO/BLM plats and notes, and Donation Land Claim notes dating from ca.1853 to the present. The Douglas County Geographic Information System includes GIS-based mapping information related to land corner restoration, contours, soils, parcels, townships, Donation Land Claims, Homesteads, mining claims, roads, highways, reservoirs, and other features as well as assessor map and aerial photograph information.

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room:

Boundaries of Fire Districts [Aerial Photomap], n.d. (1 volume);

[D.C. Planning Com. Maps-Douglas County Planning Commission Umpqua River Maps], 1973 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Douglas County Library Plans], 1993 (2 reels of microfilm);

Justice Building [Plans], 1975-1979 (3 reels of microfilm);

Metsker's Atlas of Douglas County, Oregon, 1967 (1 volume);

[Old Maps from Old Box-mostly subdivision plats], ca.1903-1907 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Remodeling of West Wing Courthouse-Douglas County], 1996 (1 reel of microfilm);

Sanborn Maps [Fire Insurance], ca.1888-ca.1930 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115:

[Miscellaneous Maps and Plans-includes courthouse, courthouse additions, Douglas County Home, roads districts, bridges, subdivisions, Umpqua River-rolled], ca.1915-ca.1997 (ca.200 maps and drawings).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Assessor's Office Cartography Room:

[Aerial Photographs-Farm Lands-with notations and corresponding assessor maps], ca.1949 (49 binders);

[Assessment District Boundary Maps-Rolled], ca.1940-present (ca.130 maps);

[Assessment Maps-counter copies], n.d.-present (25 volumes);

Boundaries [Assessment District Boundary Maps], ca.1951-ca.1992 (ca.50 maps);

[District Boundary Maps-fire, water control, etc.], n.d. (15 volumes);

Metsker's Atlas of Douglas County, Oregon [Modified], 1941-n.d. (1 volume); 1954 (1 volume); 1967 (1 volume);

Roseburg [Assessor's Maps], ca.1953 (1 volume);

Soil Class Maps, ca.1980 (ca.2000 maps); ca.1991-1996 (1 volume);

SWL Co. [Sutherlin Water & Land Company-Assessor's Maps], ca.1910-ca.1920 (2 volumes);

[Voided Assessment Maps-New Format] ca.1980-ca.2003 (ca.3000 maps);

[Voided Assessment Maps-Old Format], ca.1950-ca.1980 (ca.2500 maps).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Assessor's Records Vault 108:

[Assessment Maps-in wooden drawers], ca.1920-ca.1950 (ca.300 maps).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Tax Collector's Records Vault 109:

[Timber Lands Bought and Sold-Maps], n.d. (1 volume).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Surveyor's Office, Room 105:

7 1/2 USGS Quads [7 1/2 Minute United States Geologic Survey Topographic-with index], 1984-1990 (ca.100 maps);

DFPA [Douglas Fire Protection Agency-Maps], 1983-1991 (ca.10 maps);

Forest Cover Maps, ca.1955 (1 volume);

Large Topog. Prints [Topographic Maps], ca.1973-ca.1974 (ca.75 maps);

Metsker's Atlas of Douglas County, Oregon [Modified], 1941-n.d. (1 volume); 1967 (1 volume);

Misc. Maps [Miscellaneous-includes roads, highways, vicinity, quadrangle], ca.1910-ca.1979 (ca.75 maps);

NW Pipeline and El Paso Gas Line Plans [Maps and Plans], ca.1963-ca.1990 (ca.75 maps and drawings);

Old Linen Ownership Maps [includes Oregon & California Railroad Lands, Homesteads, and Donation Land Claims], n.d. (1 volume);

OSHD [Oregon State Highway Department Maps-also includes miscellaneous county and vicinity maps], ca.1966-1980 (ca.100 maps);

[Subdivision Survey Sliding Card File Index-by subdivision name-in green metal cabinet], ca.1912-ca.1995 (4 cu.ft.);

Topographic Maps [15 Minute United States Geologic Survey], 1942-1974 (ca.100 maps);

Topog. Prints [Topographic Maps-with index], 1904-1976 (53 maps).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning Department Office, Counter Area:

[Assessor's Maps], ca.2000-present (33 volumes);

Metsker's Atlas of Douglas County, Oregon, 1954 (1 volume); 1967 (1 volume).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning Department Office, Floodplain Area:

Official FEMA Floodplain Maps [Federal Emergency Management Agency], 2010 (1 cu.ft.);

Ye Complete Set of the County of Douglas FEMA FIRM Maps [Federal Emergency Management Agency-Flood Insurance Rate Maps], 1986 (.50 cu.ft.).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning Department Office, Tech Area:

Floodway [Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Maps-with index], 1986 (ca.100 maps);

F.I.R.M. [Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Maps-with index], 1978 (ca.100 maps).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning and Building Department Storage Room 119:

FEMA Flood Maps [Federal Emergency Management Agency-Floodplain], 1978-1999 (1.50 cu.ft.);

FEMA FP Maps [Federal Emergency Management Agency-Floodplain], 2010 (1.50 cu.ft.);

[Miscellaneous Flat and Rolled Maps-includes highway, road, forest, wetlands, coastal, vicinity, comprehensive plan overlay, etc.], ca.1960-present (ca.300 maps);

Quadrangle Maps [United States Geological Survey-Topographic], 1952-1956 (1 volume);

USGS Maps [United States Geological Survey-Topographic-in map drawer], ca.1955-ca.1990 (ca.100 maps).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Land Department Office:

[County Foreclosed Land Maps], vol. A, ca.1965-1966 (1 volume);

Metsker's Atlas of Douglas County, Oregon, 1954 (1 volume); n.d. (1 volume); [Modified], 1941-1965 (1 volume);

Tax Lands Maps, n.d.-1968 (1 volume);

[Timber Cruise Maps and Descriptions], 1940-1946 (3 volumes);

[United States Geologic Survey Topographic Maps], 1942-1957 (1 volume).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Public Works Engineering Office:

Large Topos [Topographic Maps], n.d. (ca.50 maps);

Metsker's Atlas of Douglas County, Oregon, 1932 (1 volume); 1954 (1 volume); 1967 (1 volume).

Records at the Douglas County Web Site:

Address Plat Index [Maps], n.d.-present;

Assessor's Maps, n.d.-present ;

District/Boundary Maps (includes city boundary, fire district, park district, road district, school district, sanitary district, water district, and miscellaneous maps], n.d.-present;

Douglas County Parks Map, n.d.-present;

Election Precinct Maps, n.d.-present;

Planning Advisory Areas ​[Map], 2011.

Records at a Related Website:

Tax Assessment GIS Maps ​[select county], n.d.-present (ormap.net).

Series documents the registration of marks and brands by livestock owners and logging interests in order to clearly establish ownership. Records include registers and certificates. Information includes owner's name and address; diagram of animal showing location and style of mark and brand; written description of mark and brand; and filing date. Types of livestock registered include horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, and poultry. Log brands are also documented. 

[Log Marks-with index], vol. 1, 1903-1942 (1 reel of microfilm); 

[Stock Marks-with index], 1854-1893 (1 reel of microfilm). 

Brands [Livestock Record of Marks and Brands], 1940-1946 (1 volume); 

Log Mark Record [with index], vol. 1, 1903-1942 (1 volume); 

Mortgage [Record-also includes mining claims and stock marks-with index], vol. 0, 1852-1861 (1 volume); 

Stock Brands [Record of Marks and Brands], 1916-1926 (1 volume);

Stock Record [Livestock Marks-with index], vol. 2, 1893-1915 (1 volume). 

Certification of Registration of Marks and Brands [Record], 1940-1949 (1 volume).

Series documents the recording of marriages by the county and includes applications, marriage certificates and licenses, and indexes to marriage records. Information includes the names and residences of bride and groom; justice of the peace, minister, or name of individual officiating; fees charged; date filed; volume and page numbers where recorded; certificate number; date and place of marriage; and signatures of witnesses and county officials. Beginning in 1906 marriages have been officially registered with the state of Oregon. Currently these records are filed with the State Registrar, Vital Statistics Section​ of the Health Division. Marriage records have been inventoried through 1960. 

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

Marriage Index, 1852-1979 (1 reel of microfilm); 1852-1983 (1 inch of microfiche);

Marriage Record, 1852-1947 (36 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room: 

Marriage [Index], 1852-1969 (3 reels of microfilm);

Marriages [Umpqua County Certificates], 1853-1860 (1 reel of microfilm); 

Marriages [volume A is from Umpqua County], vol. A, 1-28, 1853-1961 (50 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115: 

Marriages [Certificates, Applications, Affidavits, and Medical Certificates-volume A from Umpqua County], vol. A, 1-28, 1853-1961 (46 cu.ft.);

Out of County Marriages [Records], 1920-1941 (1 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Genealogy Room: 

Index to Marriages, vol. 2, 1954-1969 (1 volume);

[Marriage Index], 1852-1953 (1 volume);

Marriage Record [Umpqua County], vol. A, 1853-1860 (1 volume);

Marriage Record [with index], vol. 1-23, 1853-1958 (23 volumes). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Library/Microfilm Room:

Out of County Marriages [Abstracts from 1912 to 1950], n.d. (1 binder). 

Records at a Related Website: 

Marriage Abstra​cts​ [Douglas County], 1852-1865 (US GenWeb Project).

Records atFamilySearch.org (free registration required):

Marriage Records [includes document images], vol. 1-22, 1852-1952 (familysearch.org​​).

Series documents property held by women independently and separately from their husbands. Registration of property usually is in relation to a marriage or divorce settlement. Information includes a description of property (land, livestock, and farm and household goods) to be considered separate and declarations stating that the woman in question is not responsible for her husband's debts. 

Married Women's Separate Property, 1861-1903 (1 reel of microfilm). 

Married Women's Sep. Prop. [Separate Property-with index], 1859-1903 (1 volume);

Records-Register of Married Women's Separate Property [Umpqua County], 1861-1862 (1 volume).

Married Women's Separate Property [Abstracts from 1859 to 1903-by Genealogical Society of Douglas County], 2004 (1 binder).

Series documents the registration of individuals in compliance with the requirements of relevant Oregon boards of examiners to practice a medical profession in the state. Professions registered include physicians, surgeons, osteopaths, naturopaths, dentists, nurses, druggists, chiropractors, chiropodists, optometrists, and veterinarians. Records include registers, certificates, and licenses. Information includes name of registrant; name of school; graduation date; names of members of the examining board; licensing and recording dates; and licensing or registration numbers. 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room:

[Affidavits of Pharmacists], 1918-1920 (.30 cu.ft.).​

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115:

[Medical Licenses]. 1946-1963 (.10 cu.ft.); 

Optometry Record [with index], vol. 1, 1905-1915 (1 volume);

Record of Physicians Dentists & Optometrists [with index], vol. 3, 1916-1963 (1 volume);

Register Dentists [with index], vol. 2, 1910-1914 (1 volume);

Register of Physicians and Dentists [with index], vol. 1, 1889-1916 (1 volume); 

Register of Physicians and Surgeons [with index], vol. 2, 1909-1929 (1 volume).

Series lists those eligible for military service and records the discharge dates of those who served in the military. Series includes eligibility, enlistment, discharge registers, or muster rolls, and may include alphabetical indexes. Information includes name of individual serving or eligible for service; enlistment and discharge dates and codes; residences at birth and enlistment; occupations and ages at time of enlistment; branches of service; precinct numbers; service records including commendations; physical condition, education and types of jobs performed while in service; and rank at discharge. Access to military discharge records may be restricted for 75 years by 2009 Oregon Legislative Assembly SB 618. 

Beginning in 1965 military records were recorded in the clerk's Book of Records (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings). 

DD214 [Index to Military Discharges-to vol. 1-20], 1943-1961 (1 reel of microfilm); 

DD214 [Military Discharge Record], vol. 1-22, 1943-1964 (22 reels of microfilm). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115:

Index to Military Discharges, vol. 1-2, 1943-1964 (2 volumes);

Military Discharges [Certificates-title varies], vol. 1-12, 1943-1945 (12 volumes);

Military Discharges [Record-includes detailed service records from 1900-1945-with index], vol. 1, 1943-1945 (1 volume); 

Military Roll, 1887-1901 (2 volumes); 

U.S. Discharge Record, vol. 13-17, 1946-1956 (5 volumes).

​​1852-[ongoing]

Series documents actions filed with the county related to mineral interest claims. Types of actions include mineral rights and royalty assignments, mineral interest claims, lease releases, interest stipulations, corrections, bills of sale and conveyance assignments, and location notices. Information includes names of involved parties; action types and dates; and volume and page numbers. The series may also include copies of claim location notices giving descriptions and details of individual claims.

Beginning in 1965 mining claims were recorded in the clerk's Book of Records (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings). The Douglas County Geographic Information System​ includes GIS-based mapping related to land corner restoration, contours, soils, parcels, townships, Donation Land Claims, Homesteads, mining claims, roads, highways, reservoirs, and other features as well as assessor map and aerial photograph information.

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room:

[Land Patents-also includes water rights and mining notices], 1885-1910 (1 reel of microfilm);

Mining [Conveyances Record-with index], vol. 1-5, 1857-1963 (3 reels of microfilm);

Mining [Index to Mining Claims-Direct and Indirect], 1857-1964 (1 reel of microfilm);

Mining [Record], vol. 1-18, 1857-1964 (18 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115:

Liens on Mining Claims [with index], vol. 1, 1893-1913 (1 volume);

Mortgage [Record-also includes mining claims and stock marks-with index], vol. 0, 1852-1861 (1 volume);

Record of Delinquent Assessments Mining Claims, 1906-1935 (1 volume).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Genealogy Room:

Index to Mining Claims [also indexes Mortgage Record vol. 0-zero], vol. 1, 1852-1900 (1 volume);

Index to Mining Claims Direct, 1857-1955 (1 volume);

Index to Mining Claims Indirect, 1857-1955 (1 volume);

Index to Mining Claims, vol. 2-3, 1955-1983 (2 volumes);

Index to Mining Conveyances, 1887-1983 (2 volumes);

Mining Claims [Record-title varies], vol. 4-14, 1891-1955 (11 volumes);

Mining Conveyances, vol. 1-4, 1887-1958 (4 volumes);

Misc. & Mining Claims [Miscellaneous Record-some with index], vol. 1-3, 1857-1891 (3 volumes).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Surveyor's Office, Room 105:

Mineral Survey Info. [Information-Bureau of Land Management-with index], n.d.-1998 (1 binder of microfiche).

Records at FamilySearch.org (free registration required):

Index to Mining Claims Direct​ [includes document images], 1857-1955 (familysearch.o​rg);

Index to Mining Claims Indirect [includes document images], 1857-1955 (familysearch.org);

Mining Claims​ [Record-includes document images], vol. 4-14, 1891-1955 (familysearch.org);

Mining Conveyances​ [Record-includes document images], vol. 1-4, 1887-1960 (familysearch.org);

Miscellaneous and Mining Claims [Record-includes document images], vol. 1-3, 1857-1891 (familysearch.org);

Online Land Records [includes federal land survey records related to Oregon such as survey plats and field notes, mineral surveys, and historical indices], ca.1850-present (Bureau of Land Management).

Series documents the written interest in land providing security for the performance of a duty or payment of a debt. Records include mortgages; trustee's deeds of reconveyance; indexes, both by mortgagor and mortgagee name; and satisfactions. Information includes mortgagor and mortgagee names, property descriptions, mortgage terms, witness names, certifications, recording and satisfaction dates, volume and page numbers where recorded, and recorder's signature. Series also includes executor/executrix information when mortgages were transferred through wills and mortgages of land to individuals under the provisions of the Donation Land Act of 1850. 

Since 1965 mortgages have been recorded in the clerk's Book of Records (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room: 

Mortgages [Record], vol. A-Z, 1-220, 1853-1965 (194 reels of microfilm). 

Direct Index to Mortgages, 1858-1903 (1 volume);

Indirect Index to Mortgages, 1858-1903 (1 volume);

Mortgage Index Direct, 1853-1966 (6 volumes); 

Mortgage Index Direct [title varies], 1854-1944 (2 volumes); 

Mortgage Index Indirect, 1853-1966 (6 volumes); 

Mortgage Index Indirect [title varies], 1857-1944 (2 volumes);

Mortgage [Record-also includes mining claims and stock marks-with index], vol. 0, 1852-1861 (1 volume); 

Mortgage Records [with index], vol. 2, 1861-1873 (1 volume); 

Mortgage Record [title varies-some with index], vol. 4-128, 1876-1953 (125 volume); 

Umpqua Co. Mortgages [County-includes land and chattel], vol. B, 1855-1863 (1 volume).

Index to Mining Claims [also indexes Mortgage Record vol. 0-zero], vol. 1, 1852-1900 (1 volume).

Mortgage Index​ [Direct and Indirect-includes document images], 1850-1966.

Series documents the granting of United States citizenship to petitioners. Records include applications, witness affidavits, court findings granting or denying citizenship, certificates, and indexes. Declarations of intention may also be included. Information includes name, age, and residence of applicant; applicant's dependents; date of filing of declarations of intention and petitions; and volume and page numbers where papers are recorded. 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room:  

Citizenship [Naturalization Card Index-also indexes register of electors], ca.1859-ca.1975 (.75 cu.ft.).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Genealogy Room: 

Certificate of Naturalization [Stubs], 1890-1928 (6 volumes).  

Records at FamilySearch.org (free registration required): 

Naturalization Index [Card Index-also indexes register of electors-includes document images], ca.1859-ca.1950;

Petition Evidence [Certificate of Naturalization-Stubs-includes document images], 1890-1928.

Series documents the process taken by applicants for United States citizenship in declaring their intention to become United States citizens. Information may include applicant's name, age, physical description, place and date of birth, method of immigration, date and port of entry, names and ages of wife and children, and renunciation of allegiance to foreign governments. Declarations of intention may also be attached to naturalization petitions or naturalization certificates. 

Citizenship [Naturalization Card Index-also indexes register of electors], ca.1859-ca.1975 (.75 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Genealogy Room: 

Declaration of Intention [Record-title varies-with index], vol. 1-5, 1906-1972 (5 volumes); 

Declarations of Intention [Record-with index], vol. 1, 1853-1903 (1 volume).  

Declaration of Intention [Record-title varies-with index-includes document images], vol. 1-5, 1906-1972; 

Declarations of Intention ​[Record-with index-includes document images], vol. 1, 1853-1903; 

Naturalization Index [Card Index-also indexes register of electors-includes document images], ca.1859-ca.1950.

​1859-1975

Series documents the application for United States citizenship by aliens. Information includes name, residence, and occupation of applicants; place and date of birth; emigration place, date, and vessel; declaration of intention dates; name, birthplace, and birth date of dependents; and renunciation of allegiance to foreign governments. Accompanying the petitions are witness and petitioner affidavits, oaths of allegiance, court orders admitting or denying citizenship, declarations of intention, depositions, and certificates of arrival.

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room:

Citizenship [Naturalization Card Index-also indexes register of electors], ca.1859-ca.1975 (.75 cu.ft.);

[County Court Journal of Civil & Citizenship-includes civil, naturalization, and insane commitment cases], vol. 2-3, 1859-1948 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115:

Index to Naturalization Prior to November 1906, n.d.-1906 (1 volume);

Journal Civil Citizenship [includes civil, naturalization, and insane commitment cases-with index], vol. 2-3, 1859-1948 (2 volumes).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Genealogy Room:

Civil & Citizenship Index for Vol. 2 [of the Journal Civil Citizenship-includes civil, naturalization, and insane commitment cases], 1859-1899 (1 volume);

Naturalization List [Notice of Application for Admission to Citizenship], 1911-1919 (.05 cu.ft.);

Naturalization List [Sheets and Packets-includes Notice of Application for Admission to Citizenship and depositions], 1894-1941 (.40 cu.ft.);

Orders for Naturalization [Record], 1970-1975 (1 volume);

Orders Naturalization [Record], 1930-1969 (1 volume);

Overseas Naturalization [Record-with index], 1954 (1 volume);

Petition and Record [with index], vol. 1-3, 1906-1929 (3 volumes);

Petitions of Naturalization [Record-with index], vol. 4-9, 1926-1975 (6 volumes);

Record of Naturalization, 1904-1906 (1 volume);

Various Files [Notice of Application for Admission to Citizenship], 1924-1927 (.05 cu.ft.);

Various Files [Persons Admitted to United States Citizenship-List], 1900-1959 (.05 cu.ft.).

Records at FamilySearch.org (free registration required)​:

Civil & Citizenship Index for Vol. 2 [of the Journal Civil Citizenship-includes civil, naturalization, and insane commitment cases-includes document images], 1859-1899;

Naturalization Index [Card Index-also indexes register of electors-includes document images], ca.1859-ca.1950;

Orders for the Court [Admitting or Denying-includes document images], 1930-1969;

Petitions for Naturalization [includes document images], vol. 2-8, 1910-1960;

Petitions for Naturalization [Record of Naturalization-includes document images], 1904-1906.

Series documents financial assistance approved by the county court for widows, mothers, dependent children, orphans, the elderly, and indigents. Information includes applicant name and address, children's names and birth dates, amount of pension or monthly support payment, and county court order. Because the provision of relief became primarily a state and federal function in the 1930s, records are inventoried through 1939.

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room: 

Old Age Pensioners [Applications and Orders], no. 1-503, 1934-1936 (4 reels of microfilm);

Old Age Pensioners [Old Age Pension Commission-Minutes], 1934-1936 (1 reel of microfilm); 

Old Age Pensioners [Records-with obituary notices], 1934-1936 (1 reel of microfilm);

Old Age Pensions [Applications and Orders], no. 1-503, 1934-1936 (3 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115: 

Before the Old Age Pension Commission [Minutes and Orders-with index], 1934-1936 (1 volume); 

Exhibit of Indigent Soldiers' Fund Warrants [includes names and pension amounts], 1893-1932 (1 volume); 

Old Age [Pension Register], 1934-1936 (1 volume);

Warrants Probably Welfare Warrants, 1915-1923 (1 volume); 

Widows with Dependent Children-County Aid [Record], 1913-1927 (1 volume). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Library/Microfilm Room:​

Old Age Pensions [Application Abstracts from 1933 to 1934-by Genealogical Society of Douglas County], 2005 (1 binder).

Records at FamilySearch.org (free registration required): 

Old Age Pension Applications [and Orders-includes document images], 1934-1936;

Old Age Pension Register​ [includes document images], 1934-1936;

Widows with Dependent Children Account Register [includes document images], 1913-1927.

Series documents the discussions and activities of the county planning commission as recorded in the minutes and agendas. Topics discussed include the creation, amendment, and appeal of zoning ordinances and county land use laws; county comprehensive plans; and election or appointment of planning commission members.

Planning Commission Minutes from the 1980s to the present are included in the Commissioners Proceedings. See the County Commissioners Administrative Journals records series. Planning Commission Minutes from 1979 to 2007 are imaged on a DocuWare electronic document management system maintained by the Planning Department.

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room: 

[Planning Commission Minutes-included with commissioners journal proceedings], 1980-1993 (11 sheets of microfilm jackets).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning Department Office:

Planning Commission Minutes [includes related records], 2008-present (3 cu.ft.).

Series tracks individuals incarcerated in the county jail. Information includes prisoner identification number; date entered; name, address, age, birth date, height and weight, eye and hair color, and nationality of prisoner; arrest date; arresting officer; crime committed; sentence; bail; court; release date; and remarks. Prisoner registers, which may also be referred to as jail lists, have been inventoried through 1965. Access to portions of these records may be restricted for 25 years after termination of custody by Oregon Revised Statute 192.496(3).

Jail Register, 1954-1962 (1 volume); 1962-1972 (1 volume); 

Jail Register [with index], vol. 2-3, 1931-1950 (2 volumes);

[Prisoner Records], 1949-1954 (1 volume);

Tax Sale Record [actually serves as a prisoner register], 1949-1952 (1 volume).

1850-[ongoing]

Series documents actions taken on probate cases brought before the county, district, or circuit court for settlement. Records include wills, receipts, claims, vouchers, petitions to sell, notices of annual accounting, final estate accounting reports, appraiser's affidavits, bills of sale, inventories, fee bills, appraisals, administrator and appointment certificates, and appraiser oaths. Over the years probate jurisdiction has been transferred from the county court to the circuit court in most counties. However, the county courts in Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Sherman, and Wheeler Counties continue to hear probate cases. Portions of these records may be restricted.

Probate case files included in the Oregon eCourt Case Information Network (OECI) electronic records system since 2014 are maintained in paper or microfilm.

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room:

Affidavit for Small Estates-Probate Record], 1973-1982 (2 reels of microfilm);

[Probate Case File Card Index], 1852-1855 (1 cu.ft.);

Probate [Cases-Files-title varies], vol. 1-199, 1852-1963 (ca.300 reels of microfilm);

Probate [Index-Circuit Court Probate Index], vol. 1-2, 1859-1980 (2 reels of microfilm);

Probate [Index-Probate Court Index], 1961-1988 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Small Estates-Case Files], 1982-1989 (4 reels of microfilm);

[Small Estates Index], 1973-1981 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115:

Probate [Case Files], 1852-1963 (96 cu.ft.);

[Probate Case Files-boxed], no. 2490-10428, 1929-1974 (260 reels of microfilm);

Vault Index Probate, vol. 2, n.d. (1 volume).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Library/Microfilm Room:

Probate Information [Probate Case File Abstracts-by Genealogical Society of Douglas County], 1850-1916 (2 binders);

Probate Records [Abstracts from 1883 to 1924-by Genealogical Society of Douglas County], 2006 (1 binder).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, 2nd Floor Circuit Court Records Room:

[Circuit Court Case Files-includes probate case files], 1975-1995 (Electronic on Laserfiche system);

[Circuit Court Civil Case Files-includes probate case files], 2007-2013 (300 cu.ft.);

[Probate Case Files-Active], ca.1979-present (20 cu.ft.);

Probate Court Index [to case files and journal], vol. 1-2, 1859-1988 (2 volumes);

Probate Index [Case Files], ca.1904-ca.1967 (1 volume).

[Affidavits for Small Estates], 1973-1982 (2 reels of microfilm);

Probate [Case Files], no. 2490-8059, 1929-1966 (229 reels of microfilm);

Probate Cases [Files], no. 8060-10382, 1966-1973 (6 feet of microfilm jackets); no. 74.2-79.253, 1974-1979 (22 inches of microfilm jackets);

Probate Cases Misc [Miscellaneous Files-with gaps], no. 3686-10362, ca.1940-ca.1973 (3 inches of microfilm jackets);

Probate [Miscellaneous Case Files], no. 74.1-82.286, 1974-1982 (26 reels of microfilm);

[Small Estates-Case Files], 1982-1989 (4 reels of microfilm);

[Small Estates Index], 1973-1981 (1 reel of microfilm).

[Circuit Court Civil Case Files-includes probate case files], 1994-2007 (175 cu.ft.);

[Probate Case Files], 1990-1991 (7 cu.ft.).

Records at FamilySearch.org (free registration required):

Probate Case Files​ [includes document images], vol. 1-199, 1852-1963;

Probate Index [Case File Card Index-includes document images], 1852-1955.

Series documents information recorded about estates probated in the county or circuit courts. Information includes deceased party's name; recording and death dates; residence; name and address of executors, administrators, or trustees; estimated values of real and personal property; inventory and appraisal dates; the estate's value according to the appraisals and to the county court; and the names and relationship of heirs. Over the years probate jurisdiction has been transferred from the county court to the circuit court in most counties. However, the county courts in Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Sherman, and Wheeler Counties continue to hear probate cases. 

[Record of Estates], 1903-1911 (1 reel of microfilm). 

Index to Estates [includes insane commitments], 1859-1879 (1 volume);

Record of Estates, 1903-1911 (1 volume). 

Probate [Record of Estates], 1903-1911 (1 reel of microfilm).

Probate Estate Index [includes insane commitments-includes document images], 1859-1879 (familysear​ch.org​).

Series records the actions taken by the county's probate court. Information includes case numbers, estate or deceased's name, administrator's or executor's name, dates and types of papers filed, and memoranda and court orders listed by dates of appointment of administrator or executor. Series may also be referred to as probate journals, dockets, or records of actions. Over time probate jurisdiction was transferred from the county court to the circuit court in most counties. However, the county courts in Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Sherman, and Wheeler Counties continue to hear probate cases. In 1986 circuit courts with probate jurisdiction began recording basic case information on the Oregon Judicial Information Network (OJIN). This network functionally replaced probate dockets and journals previously maintained by the courts. The transition to full use of OJIN by all circuit courts in Oregon took approximately 2 years. Contact the trial court administrator for access to OJIN. Portions of these records may be restricted. 

Douglas County joined the Oregon Judicial Information Network (OJIN) in 1987. Probate case information included in the Oregon eCourt Case Information Network (OECI) electronic records system since 2014 is not maintained in paper or microfilm. 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room: 

Probate [Journal-title varies], 1853-1966 (51 reels of microfilm);

Probate [Journal], vol. 40-82, 1954-1973 (46 reels of microfilm); 

Probate [Ledger-Register and Docket], no. 497-10428, 1904-1973 (8 reels of microfilm). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115: 

Cases in Probate [Register and Fee Book], vol. 1, 1888-1898 (1 volume); 

[Circuit Court Judgment Book-includes County Court Docket and Probate Docket-Umpqua and Douglas Counties], 1856-1874 (1 volume);

Index to Record Probate Court, 1883-1890 (1 volume);

[Journal of Probate Court-Umpqua County-with index], 1859-1863 (1 volume);

Probate Book [Journal-includes insane commitments-with index], vol. 1.5, 1859-1873 (1 volume); 

Probate Index [indexes vol. 1-16 of probate journal], vol. 1, 1853-ca.1916 (1 volume); 

Probate Journal, vol. 15-39, 1912-1954 (25 volumes);

Probate Journal [with index], vol. 1, 1853-1859 (1 volume); 

Probate Order Book, vol. 2, 2.5, 3-7, 1873-1893 (7 volumes);

Probate Records [title varies], vol. 8-14, 1893-1912 (7 volumes).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, 3rd Floor Circuit Court Records Room: 

Probate [Circuit Court Probate Index], vol. 1-2, 1859-1961 (2 reels of microfilm); 

Probate [Journal-with index], vol. 1, 1853-1873 (1 reel of microfilm);

Probate [Ledger-Register and Docket], no. 497-10428, 1904-1973 (8 reels of microfilm);  

Probate [Order Book-Journal], vol. 2-12, 1873-1905 (5 reels of microfilm); 

Probate [Record Book-Journal-title varies], vol. 13-79, 1905-1972 (60 reels of microfilm). 

Records at FamilySearch.org (free registration required): 

Probate Court Journal [Umpqua County-includes document images], 1850-1863; 

Probate Estate Docket [Cases in Probate-Register and Fee Book-includes document images], 1888-1898; 

Probate Journal​ [Order Book-Records-title varies-includes document images], vol. 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3-19, 1859-1930.

​​1850-[ongoing]

Series documents the development, construction, maintenance, and improvement of county roads and bridges. Records include bonds, general road and highway maps, petitions to have roads constructed or altered, notices, complaints, vacation records, and correspondence. Information includes road numbers and names and descriptions of the activity occurring on the road. Information concerning county roads may be available on the Integrated Road Information System (IRIS) at the county road office. Technical road survey maps may be found in the series titled Road Maps and Survey Notes.

Since 1980 road easements, rights-of-way, and vacations have been filed in the Commissioners Journal Proceedings (County Commissioners Administrative Journals). An updated computer database providing access to these records is maintained by the Public Works Department, Engineering Office. The Survey Access & Retrieval System maintained by the Surveyor's Office includes assessor maps, city street maps, condominium plats, dedicated street maps, land partition plats, railroad right-of-way maps, subdivision plats, survey plats, county road maps, corner survey plats, GLO/BLM plats and notes, and Donation Land Claim notes dating from ca.1853 to the present. The Douglas County Geographic Information System​ includes GIS-based mapping information related to land corner restoration, contours, soils, parcels, townships, Donation Land Claims, Homesteads, mining claims, roads, highways, reservoirs, and other features as well as assessor map and aerial photograph information.

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room:

Commissioners Proceedings Roads Bridges [Records-includes agreements, plans, specifications, and related records], 1987-2006 (3 cu.ft.);

Commissioners Proceedings Roads Designated [Records-includes contracts, plans, specifications, and related records], 1973-2005 (10 cu.ft.);

[General Highway Map of Douglas County-Atlas-includes aerial photomaps], 1967 (1 volume);

Market Roads [Case Files], ca.1918-ca.1920 (2 cu.ft.);

Old Road Records [includes maps, survey notes, petitions, viewers' reports], 1858-1891 (4 cu.ft.);

Pacific Hwy Road Districts Contracts [Highway-includes road district minutes], 1917-1928 (2.50 cu.ft.);

Road Contracts, 1964-1979 (2 cu.ft.);

Road Dockets [includes maps, reports, vacations, agreements, resolutions, orders], no. 1-1110, ca.1890-1980 (20 cu.ft.);

[Road Petition and Vacation Records], ca.1870-ca.1920 (1 cu.ft.).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115:

[Miscellaneous Maps and Plans-includes courthouse, courthouse additions, Douglas County Home, roads districts, bridges, subdivisions, Umpqua River-rolled], ca.1915-ca.1997 (ca.200 maps and drawings);

Road Records [includes survey notes, maps, viewers' reports, petitions], 1854-1870 (1 volume).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Genealogy Room:

General Highway Map Douglas County Oregon, 1979 (7 maps);

Index to Roads [Dockets], 1890-1980 (1 volume);

Index to Roads, vol. 1, 1872-n.d. (1 volume);

Road Record, vol. 2-11, 1872-1957 (10 volumes).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Assessor's Office Cartography Side Room:

Road District Boundaries [Record-Typescript], 1922-1932 (1 volume).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Public Works Engineering Office:

[Road Right-of-Way Records-includes county and private roads], ca.1850-present (32 cu.ft.);

Roads [Case Files-includes survey copies, resolutions, orders, correspondence, and related records], 1960-present (18 cu.ft.);

Roads Prior to 1960 [Case Files-includes survey copies, resolutions, orders, correspondence, and related records], ca.1925-1959 (13 cu.ft.).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Surveyor's Office, Room 105:

[General Highway Map Douglas County Oregon], 1958, 1967, 1979 (1 volume);

Misc. Maps [Miscellaneous-includes roads, highways, vicinity, quadrangle], ca.1910-ca.1979 (ca.75 maps);

Old OSHD Hardcopies [Oregon State Highway Department-includes road survey maps], ca.1936-ca.1966 (ca.80 maps);

OSHD [Oregon State Highway Department Maps-also includes miscellaneous county and vicinity maps], ca.1966-1980 (ca.100 maps).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning Department Office:

Deed Cards [County Road Reference Cards-by township and range], ca.1852-n.d. (1.50 cu.ft.).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning and Building Department Storage Room 119:

[Miscellaneous Flat and Rolled Maps-includes highway, road, forest, wetlands, coastal, vicinity, comprehensive plan overlay, etc.], ca.1960-present (ca.300 maps).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Land Department Office:

[General Highway Maps of Douglas County], 1958 (1 volume).

Records at the Douglas County Education Service District Office, Vault:

District Boundary Board School and Roads, 1913-1926 (1 volume).

Records at the Douglas County Website:

Douglas County Street Directory [Street and Road Maps and Aerial Photographs], n.d.-present.

​1853-[ongoing]

Series documents the surveying and mapping of county roads. Records include road surveyor notes, alignment, profile, and other survey maps, and road registers. Information includes legal descriptions of the roads; road names and numbers; plans and profiles; township, range, and section numbers; dates of activity; and scales. General road maps may be found in the series titled Road and Bridge Records.

The Survey Access & Retrieval System ​maintained by the Surveyor's Office includes assessor maps, city street maps, condominium plats, dedicated street maps, land partition plats, railroad right-of-way maps, subdivision plats, survey plats, county road maps, corner survey plats, GLO/BLM plats and notes, and Donation Land Claim notes dating from ca.1853 to the present.

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room: 

Old Road Records [includes maps, survey notes, petitions, viewers' reports], 1858-1891 (4 cu.ft.);

Road Dockets [includes maps, reports, vacations, agreements, resolutions, orders], no. 1-1110, ca.1890-1980 (20 cu.ft.);

Road Plat Book [with index], vol. 1-2, 1916-1950 (2 volumes);

Road Records [Market Roads], 1922-1943 (2 reels of microfilm);

Road Records [Records of Douglas County Road Surveys-with index], 1864-1975 (17 reels of microfilm);

Road Records [Records of Umpqua County Road Surveys], 1860-1863 (1 reel of microfilm);

Road Records [Road Plat], vol. 1-2, 1916-1950 (4 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Records Vault 115:

Records of Road Surveys Umpqua County, ca.1851-ca.1860 (1 volume);

Records of Road Surveys, vol. A, 1860-1863 (1 volume);

Road Records [includes survey notes, maps, viewers' reports, petitions], 1854-1870 (1 volume);

State Highway Blueprints for Lower Umpqua Highway, ca.1927-ca.1932 (ca.25 maps).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Surveyor's Office, Room 105:

County Road Index 1950 to Present [visually indexes survey maps], 1950-present (1 binder);

County Roads Index Prior to 1950 [visually indexes survey maps], ca.1912-ca.1949 (1 binder);

[County Road Surveys 1950-Present-Maps], ca.1950-present (ca.2000 maps);

County Road Surveys Prior to 1950 [Maps], ca.1912-ca.1949 (ca.600 maps);

Old OSHD Hardcopies [Oregon State Highway Department-includes road survey maps], ca.1936-ca.1966 (ca.80 maps);

State Hwys. [Highway Survey Maps], ca.1920-present (ca.190 maps);

TR [Survey Index Cards-includes entries for filed surveys, corner surveys, subdivisions, partitions, and road surveys-by township and range], ca.1860-present (5 cu.ft.).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Public Works Engineering Office:

Roads [Case Files-includes survey copies, resolutions, orders, correspondence, and related records], 1960-present (18 cu.ft.);

Roads Prior to 1960 [Case Files-includes survey copies, resolutions, orders, correspondence, and related records], ca.1925-1959 (13 cu.ft.).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Public Works Engineering Office, Back Room:

[County Road Plat Books], ca.1855-ca.1921 (2 volumes);

Plat Index County Roads, ca.1853-ca.1925 (1 volume);

[Road and Bridge Survey Notes-includes older records], 1975-present (15 cu.ft.);

[Road and Bridge Survey Notes-in trifolded record drawers], ca.1920-1974 (22 cu.ft.).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Assessor's Office Cartography Room:

Co.Rd. [County Road Survey Maps], ca.1900-ca.1978 (ca.500 maps);

County Roads [Survey Maps], ca.1968-ca.1985 (ca.75 maps);

Road Deeded to Public [Survey Maps], ca.1961-ca.1975 (ca.75 maps);

State Hwys. [Highway Maps-rolled-in map drawer], ca.1922-ca.1978 (ca.200 maps).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning and Building Department Storage Room 119:

State Highway Profiles [Survey Roll Maps], ca.1955-ca.1968 (10 maps).

1855-1991 

Series documents the official and financial affairs of the superintendent of schools concerning teachers, students, and schools located in the county. Records include annual statements on the condition of common (public) schools in the county, school district boundary records, school district accounts, and book purchases. Information includes financial information, school curricula, boundary descriptions, and enrollment and attendance data. Superintendent of schools records have been inventoried through 1965. 

The Douglas Education Service District (ESD) maintains microfilm that includes district boundary board minutes, teacher certificates, eighth grade examination records, and related documents dating back to the late-1800s. Contact the ESD for more information. 

8th Grade Exams [Record-shared with teacher record], 1903-1908 (1 volume);

Boundary Board Minutes [District], 1880-1895 (1 volume); 1890-1926 (1 volume); 1924-1941 (1 volume); 

Boundary Descriptions [and Plats], 1862-ca.1890 (1 volume);

Course of Study for Elementary Schools [Oregon Department of Education], 1927 (1 volume); 

Dist. Boundary Descriptions [District-Record], ca.1913-ca.1991 (1 volume); 

District Boundary Record School & Roads, 1913-1926 (1 volume);

Douglas County O.S.T.A. [Oregon State Teachers Association], 1924-1941 (1 volume);

Douglas County School Districts [Record-shows annexation information], ca.1921-ca.1964 (1 binder);

History of School Districts of Douglas County, Oregon [Chart-shows annexation information], ca.1921-ca.1951 (1 binder); 

Maps of School Districts [includes hand-colored maps], 1862-n.d. (1 volume);

Metsker's Atlas of Douglas County Oregon [modified to show school district boundaries], ca.1941-n.d. (3 volumes);

Minutes of C.E.B. [County Education Board], 1933-1934 (.05 cu.ft.);

Record Book of the District Boundary Board [includes descriptions], ca.1941-ca.1990 (1 volume);

Record of Apportionments, vol. 1, 1915-1932 (1 volume);

Record of School Districts [Plats and Boundary Descriptions], 1862-1900 (1 volume); 

Record of Superintendent of Common Schools of Douglas County [no cover], 1862-1871 (1 volume);  

Register of Teachers' Contracts, 1912-1921 (1 volume);

Register Teachers' Certificates, 1921-1926 (1 volume); 1927-1946 (1 volume);

Recorded Apportionments [Clerks Annual Reports-unbound], 1892-1898 (1 volume);

School Boundaries [Superintendent's Record], 1854-1862 (1 volume);

[School District Annexation and History Guide], ca.1920-1968 (1 volume);

School District Boundary Plat Book, 1862-1888 (1 reel of microfilm);

School Districts-Census [District Annexation Record], ca.1920-ca.1961 (1 volume);

School Districts in Alphabetical Order [Name-Number Key-with location maps], n.d. (.05 cu.ft.);

School Superintendent Records [Record Books], vol. 1-3, 1855-1871, 1881-1887 (1 reel of microfilm);

School Superintendent Records [Teacher's Institute Record Book], 1882-1904 (1 reel of microfilm);

Superintendent's Report of Schools [Clerk's Annual Report], vol. 1, 1891-1900 (1 volume);

Teacher Certificates [Record of Diplomas and Certificates], 1892-1909 (.05 cu.ft.); 

Teacher Certificates [Stubs], 1894-1905 (1 volume);

Teacher Contract [Record], 1912-1914 (1 volume);

Teacher Institute [Record], 1882-1904 (1 volume); 1906-1909 (1 volume); 

Teacher Record [Teachers Employed-shared with 8th grade exams], 1900-1912 (1 volume). 

School District Boundaries Port Boundaries [Record-typescript], ca.1919-ca.1980 (1 volume).

​1850-[ongoing]

Series documents surveys of county land by the county or licensed professional surveyors. Records include log books, field notes, and plats. An index may also be included. Information includes survey dates; who the survey was for; donation land claims; township, range, section, and survey numbers; a history of previous surveys made for the area; descriptions of land, vegetation, and soil; landmarks; metes and bounds of tracts surveyed; and surveyor's names. Plats also include corner restoration marks, scales, dates created and filed, and donation land claim owners.

The Survey Access & Retrieval System ​maintained by the Surveyor's Office includes assessor maps, city street maps, condominium plats, dedicated street maps, land partition plats, railroad right-of-way maps, subdivision plats, survey plats, county road maps, corner survey plats, GLO/BLM plats and notes, and Donation Land Claim notes dating from ca.1853 to present.

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Surveyor's Office, Room 105:

Alphabetical Index of Surveys, ca.1920-2000 (3 volumes);

[Assessor's Maps-modified to act as visual indexes to surveys], ca.1865-present (32 volumes);

B.L.M. Field Notes and Plats [Bureau of Land Management], 1857-1998 (5 binders of microfiche);

BLM/GLO Plats East Ranges [Bureau of Land Management/General Land Office Survey Record], ca.1899-present (1 volume);

County Surveyor Field Notes [Bureau of Land Management], vol. 1-56, 1857-present (56 volumes);

County Surveyor Record Field Notes Donation Land Claims [title varies], 1853-1889 (2 volumes);

County Surveyor's Record, [Original Record], vol. 2, 1916-n.d. (1 volume);

County Surveyor's Record, vol. 00, 1-5, 1868-1968 (6 volumes);

C.S. File Chronological Index [to filed surveys case files], ca.1916-present (1 volume);

DLC Notes [Donation Land Claim Field Notes], 1853-1889 (1 binder of microfiche);

FB [County Surveyor Field Books-photocopies], ca.1880-ca.1940 (vca.115 binders);

Field Books [County Surveyor], ca.1880-ca.1940 (ca.115 volumes);

[Filed Surveys-Case Files-includes plats and supporting documentation], 1916-present (ca.100 cu.ft.);

[Filed Surveys up to Drawer 172-some include field notes], 1917-present (ca.14000 plats);

Geodetic Control [Record-with geodetic control index map], 1927-present (12 binders);

[GLO/BLM Survey Plats-General Land Office/Bureau of Land Management], ca.1853-present (15 volumes);

Index Govt Field Notes [Government-serves as visual index], ca.1853-n.d. (1 binder);

Old Linen Ownership Maps [includes Oregon & California Railroad Lands, Homesteads, and Donation Land Claims], n.d. (1 volume);

Mineral Survey Info. [Information-Bureau of Land Management-with index], n.d.-1998 (1 binder of microfiche);

Roll Maps Series [Filed Surveys-large scale], 1955-present (250 maps);

[Subdivision Survey Sliding Card File Index-by subdivision name-in green metal cabinet], ca.1912-ca.1995 (4 cu.ft.);

TR [Survey Index Cards-includes entries for filed surveys, corner surveys, subdivisions, partitions, and road surveys-by township and range], ca.1860-present (5 cu.ft.);

Volume # 2 [County Surveyor's Record-photocopy], ca.1893-ca.1920 (1 volume);

Wilford Haines Books [Drain Area Survey Field Books-donated], ca.1954-ca.1990 (2.50 cu.ft.).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Assessor's Office Side Cartography Room:

Field Notes DLC [Donation Land Claim-Survey Field Notes-typescript], n.d. (1 volume).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Archives Storage Room:

Surveyor Records [Books], ca.1897-ca.1992 (7 reels of microfilm);

Surveyor Records [Surveyors Maps-includes corner renewals and boundary line adjustments], 1990-1992 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Genealogy Room:

Survey Records, vol. 3, 1920-1928 (1 volume).

Records at a Related Website:

Online Land Records [includes federal land survey records related to Oregon such as survey plats and field notes, mineral surveys, and historical indices], ca.1850-present (Bureau of Land Management).

Tax lot cards, which contain official descriptions of real property, are used to track land ownership and lot size and also may serve as a deed reference. Records include tax lot number; the location of the land in reference to township, range, and section; and a description and record of changes to the property, acreage, and land owner. 

[Tax Lot Books-Official Records of Descriptions of Real Properties], 1980-2003 (134 binders); 

[Tax Lot Cards], ca.1949-1985 (138 reels of microfilm).

[Deed Record-modified with tax lot and other notations], vol. 425-936, 1984-2003 (511 binders). 

[Deed Record-modified with tax lot and other notations-reduced size], vol. 225-236, ca.1952-1953 (46 binders); 

[Deed Record-modified with tax lot and other notations], vol. 1-424, 1954-1984 (424 binders).

Series documents the authorization by the state and local governments for the use of public waters. Series includes water rights, licenses, and certificates of water rights issued by the state and filed with the county. Records may include alphabetical indexes to the certificates, transcripts, statements, evidence, and other records specifically related to water rights cases heard by circuit and appellate courts. Information includes names of individuals proving water rights; locations of water rights including the township, range, and section number; descriptions of land under such rights; and limitations of appropriations of rights and use of rights (i.e., length of time, usage). Original water rights certificates are filed with the Oregon Water Resources Department.

Beginning in 1965 water rights were recorded in the clerk's Book of Records (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings). 

[Appropriation of Water-Record-with index], 1904-1914 (2 reels of microfilm);

[Land Patents-also includes water rights and mining notices], 1885-1910 (1 reel of microfilm); 

Water Rights/Appropriations Ditches/Canals [Records-trifolded], ca.1902-ca.1910 (.35 cu.ft.);

Water Rights by Township Range Section [Cards-includes description and priority and certificate dates], ca.1900-ca.1980 (.75 cu.ft.); 

Water Rights [Cancellation Records-trifolded], ca.1962-ca.1977 (.25 cu.ft.); 

[Water Rights-Certificates-with index], vol. 1-2, 1914-1964 (2 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Genealogy Room: 

Appropriation of Water [Record-with index], vol. 1, 1904-1914 (1 volume); 

Record Improvement of Streams [Water Rights], 1901-1903 (1 volume); 

Record Location of Irrigation Ditches [with index], 1901-1904 (1 volume). 

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Clerk's Library/Microfilm Room: 

Certificate of Water Rights [serves as index], vol. 2, 1970-1979 (1 volume); 

Certificate of Water Rights [with index], vol. 1, 1914-1957 (1 volume). 

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Surveyor's Office, Room 105: 

Water Rights Index [Partial], ca.1920-ca.1964 (1 binder);

Water Rights Permit Cert #s [Permit and Certificate Index], 1903-1991 (1 binder of computer printouts). 

Water Appropriation ​[Record-includes document images], vol. 1, 1904-1914 (familysearc​h.org).

​​ 1955-[ongoing]

Series documents the development and implementation of codes and policies relating to the zoning of county lands and to illustrate and locate zoned areas within the county. Records include uniform zone codes and ordinances depicting zoned lands in the county. Information in codes and ordinances includes definition, code/ordinance numbers, purposes, uses, conditions for use, and changes made to codes/ordinances. Maps include area and/or zone descriptions, dates created, scales, and commissioners' signatures. Areas are typically zoned for residential, industrial, commercial, flood plain, agricultural, timber, public and government, and mineral extraction uses.

Zoning actions from the 1980s to the present are included in the Commissioners Proceedings. See the County Commissioners Administrative Journals records series. Planning Department Application Land Use Action Case Files that include zoning, subdivision, and partition information from 1997 to 2005 are imaged on a DocuWare document management system maintained by the Planning Department.

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning Department Office:

[Planning Department Application Land Use Action Case Files Alphabetical Card Index-indexes subdivision, partition, and zoning information], ca.1981-present (1 cu.ft.);

[Planning Department Application Land Use Action Case Files-includes subdivision, partition, and zoning information], 2008-present (50 cu.ft.);

[Planning Department Application Land Use Action Case Files Township and Range Card Index-indexes subdivision, partition, and zoning information], ca.1981-present (1 cu.ft.);

LUDO [Land Use and Development Ordinances-includes subdivision, partition, and zoning information], 1955-present (8 cu.ft.).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning Department Office, Counter Area:

Front Counter Copy [Douglas County Zoning Atlas], 1999-present (1 volume);

Old Zoning [Map Atlas], 1963-1978 (1 volume);

[Zoning Maps-copies], n.d. (35 volumes);

Zoning Maps Prior to 1981 [List], ca.1969-1980 (2 volumes of computer printouts).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning Department Office, Conference Room:

[Planning Department Application Land Use Action Case Files-includes subdivision, partition, and zoning information], 2006-2007 (20 cu.ft.).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning Department Office, Scanning Area:

Old Zoning Files [Zoned Area Maps and Records], ca.1970-ca.1981 (404 sheets of microfilm jackets);

PD Files [Planning Department Application Land Use Action Case Files-includes subdivision, partition, and zoning information], 1981-1996 (20 inches of microfilm jackets);

Zoned Area [Card Index], ca.1971-ca.1996 (.20 cu.ft.).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning Department Office, Floodplain Area:

Early Land Use Zoning Ordinance [includes various ordinance versions], 1955-1980 (1 binder);

Original Zoning Map Orders [County Commission-with index], 1960-1975 (1 binder).

Records at the Douglas County Justice Building, Planning and Building Department Storage Room 119:

[Zoning Maps-by township and range-in map drawer], ca.1981-ca.2000 ca.500 maps).

Records at the Douglas County Courthouse, Assessor's Office Cartography Room:

Zoning Maps. n.d. (4 volumes).

Records at the Douglas County Website:

Douglas County Zoning Maps, ca.1999-present;

Land Use and Development Ordinances [includes subdivision, partition, and zoning information], 1960-present;

LUDO History [Land Use and Development Ordinances-Historical Versions-includes zoning and subdivision information], 1955-present;

Property Zoning and Overlay Information​ [Online Database], n.d.-present.