​​​​​1939-[ongoing]

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 Property Data Online (PDO) application GIS maps include aerial photographs. ​The University of Oregon Aerial Photograph Collection includes aerial photographs from most Oregon counties. 

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse, Assessor's Office Room 300:

[Aerial Photography Flight Line Indexes], 1951 (1 map); 1960 (1 map); 1969 (1 map); 1973 (1 map); 1978 (1 map); 1991 (1 map).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse, Planning Division Office Room 105:

[Aerial Photographic Negatives-78A.39; 81A.2; 81A.72 81A.129], 1960-1962, 1969-1970 (ca.49 rolls of photographic negatives);

[Aerial Photographs], 1952 (ca.700 photographs);

[Aerial Photographs-mylar], 1960 (ca.900 photographs); 1962 (ca.1200 photographs); 1978 (ca.100 photographs); 1979 (ca.50 photographs);

[Aerial Photographs-mylar-1"=100'], 1991 (ca.500 photographs);

[Aerial Photographs-mylar-1"=400'], 1991 (ca.2500 photographs);

[Aerial Photographs-mylar-Bear Creek Valley], 1998 (ca.50 photographs);

[Aerial Photographs-on cardboard], 1939-1940 (ca.75 photographs);

JAL [Aerial Photographs-1"=100'-with index], 1969 (ca.600 photographs);

JAL [Aerial Photographs-1"=200'-with index], 1969 (ca.600 photographs).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse, Planning Division Office Room 106:

[Aerial Photographs-paper-1"=100'], 1991 (ca.300 photographs);

[Aerial Photographs-paper-1"=400'], 1991 (ca.1400 photographs);

Aerial Photos, 1960 (ca.300 photographs); 1962 (ca.500 photographs);

Aerial Survey [Boxed Aerial Photographs-with index], 1957 (ca.500 photographs); 1960 (ca.1250 photographs); 1962 (ca.900 photographs);

Air Photos [with index], 1965 (ca.60 photographs); 1969-1970 (ca.150 photographs);

BLM Photomaps [Bureau of Land Management-includes aerial photographs with map overlay], 1971-1972 (1 volume);

JAL [Aerial Photographs], no. 1-42, 1969 (ca.1500 photographs);

JAS [Aerial Photographs], no. 1-42, 1969 (ca.1500 photographs);

JAS [Aerial Photographs], no. 1-48, 1991 (ca.2000 photographs).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, Surveyor's Basement Records Storage Room 6A:

Aerial Photos Index [Flight Line], 1991 (1 volume).

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 Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

Bounty [Animal Scalp-Record-80A.4], 1953-1958 (1 volume); 

[Bounty Record-Animal Scalp-80A.4], 1958-1968 (1 volume);

Bounty Warrants [Animal Scalp-Record-80A.4], 1945-1953 (1 volume); 

Scalp Bounty Warrants [Record-Stubs-80A.4], 1901-1903 (1 volume). 

Bounty Record [Animal-MS 955], 1885-1889 (1 volume).

​​​​​1853-[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."

The Property Data Online (PDO)​ application GIS database includes assessment and taxation information.

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

Assessment Rolls, 1858 (2 volumes); 1875, 1885 (.10 cu.ft.);

[Assessment Rolls], 1853-1857, 1859, 1865 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

Assessment and Tax Roll, 1910-1915, 1921-1933, 1938-1955 (268 volumes);

Assessment Roll, 1856, 1870-1909, 1917-1920 (149 volumes);

Assessor's Personal Tax Roll [82A.24], 1918, 1922, 1926-1931 (5 volumes);

Deed Record [includes summary of assessment roll-80A.4], 1853-1855 (1 volume);

[Delinquent Tax List-87A.145, Box 8983], 1870-1871, 1873-1880, 1883-1886 (22 volumes);

Delinquent Tax Roll [80A.4], 1888 (1 volume); vol. 1-2, 1913 (2 volumes);

[Delinquent Tax Roll Index-87A.145, Box 8983], 1907-1911 (1 volume);

Indexes to Assessment & Tax Rolls [fire damaged], 1900-1901 (.15 cu.ft.); 1904-1905 (.15 cu.ft.); 1908 (.25 cu.ft.);

Index to Assessment and Tax Rolls [itemizes general content of volumes], 1870-1955 (1 binder);

Index to Tax Roll [title varies], 1900-1955 (44 volumes);

Jackson County Yield Tax Roll [79A.129], ca.1958-ca.1976 (1 volume);

Ledger [Tax Collection-with index-80A.58, Box 8271], 1917-1929 (7 volumes);

Poll Tax List [80A.4], 1894-1895 (1 volume);

Reforestation Lands [Tax Roll-79A.129], ca.1950-ca.1955 (1 volume);

Summary of Assessment Roll Totals [contained in volume with Deed Record vol. A-80A.4], 1888-1897 (1 volume);

Tax & Levy Summaries [90A.76], 1939-1963 (3 volumes);

[Tax Ledger-78A.52, Box 7033], 1893-1896 (1 volume); Tax Roll, 1935-1940 (40 volumes).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse, Assessor's Office Room 300:

Assessment Tax Roll [includes some duplicates-title varies], 1974-2006 (5 feet of microfiche);

Tax Roll, 1972-1980 (1 binder of microfiche).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, Taxation Office Room 111, Vault:

Microfilm [Continuing Tax Roll], 1955-1972 (128 reels of microfilm);

[Tax Roll], 1972-1977 (151 reels of microfilm); 1975-2006 (60 inches of microfiche).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Office Room 114:

[Land Claims and Assessments-includes assessment roll and delinquent tax roll], 1888-1896 (1 reel microfilm).

Records at the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Research Library:

Assessment Roll, 1868, 1872 (1 reel of microfilm);

Assessment Roll of School District No. 1 [District-location M34E, Box 1], 1891 (1 volume);

Assessment Roll School Dist. 19 [location M34E, Box 1], 1887-1891 (1 volume);

Early Assessment Rolls [Assessment Roll-location M30D, Box 2], 1856-1859 (4 volumes);

Early Assessment Rolls [Tax Duplicate Roll-location M30D, Box 2], 1865 (1 volume);

Early Assessment Rolls [Tax Receipt Book-location M30D, Box 2], 1886-1888 (1 volume);

Jackson County Assessment Roll [MS 936-937], 1889-1890 (2 volumes);

Ledger [Tax Assessment-MS 934], 1855 (1 volume);

Tax Assessment Roll [MS 935], 1875 (1 volume);

Tax Receipts [MS 177], 1872-1884 (.10 cu.ft.);

Tax Roll [MS 503], 1854 (1 volume);

Tax Roll [MS 520], 1857 (1 volume);

[Tax Roll-MS 545] ca.1854 (1 volume).

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​:

Assessment Roll [Jackson County-photocopies], 1856 (1 volume); 1858 (1 volume); 1859 (1 volume); 1890 (1 volume);

Poll Tax List [Jackson County-photocopies], 1894-1895 (1 volume);

Tax Book [Roll], 1863-1864 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Library, Medford Branch:

Assessment Roll [Transcript], 1856 (1 volume); 1890 (1 volume);

Jackson County Poll Tax List [Abstract], 1894-1895 (1 volume).

Records at the University of Oregon, Knight Library, Special Collections:

[Assessment and Tax Roll-1869 to 1870 assessment only], 1868-1873 (5 volumes);

Delinquent Tax Lists, 1880, 1887 (2 volumes);

Return of Delinquent Taxes, 1873 (1 volume).

Records at the Oregon Historical Society:

Mss. 1264B Jackson County [Assessment Roll], 1862 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Website:

Summary of Assessments & Levies, 2007-present.

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 Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

[Assumed Business Name Certificates-79A.32], 1949-1964 (6 cu.ft.); 

Assumed Business Names [Index], vol. 7-11, 1949-1952 (4 volumes); 

Assumed Business Names [Record-with index], vol. 5-6, 1948-1949 (2 volumes); 

Assumed Bus. Names [Business-Index to vol. 12 to 18-80A-76], 1952-1964 (1 volume);

Record of Assumed Business Names [title varies-with index-80A.4], vol. 1-4, 1913-1947 (4 volumes).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Office Room 114: 

Assumed Business Names [Record], vol. 5-18, 1948-1964 (14 reels of microfilm). 

Assumed Business Names [Record], vol. 5-18, 1948-1964 (14 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 Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

[Certificates of Attachment-80A.106, Box 7391], 1866-1920 (.30 cu.ft.); 

[Certificates of Levy-80A.106, Box 7392], ca.1908-ca.1920 (.15 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Jackson County Justice Building Basement, Court Archives:

[Record of Attachments-with index], vol. 1-3, 1871-1923 (2 reels of microfilm). 

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​:

Record of Attachments [with index], vol. 1-2, 1871-1903 (2 volumes).

Records at the University of Oregon, Knight Library, Special Collections:

Sheriff's Service Records [includes attachment and foreclosure records], 1914-1916 (.65 cu.ft.).

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. Records may also include delayed birth filings that record birth dates preceding 1903. 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:

Birth Record, 1906-1915 (1 volume); 

Record of Births and Deaths, 1915-1929 (3 volumes).

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 Oregon State Archives: 

[Census Rolls], 1855-1856 (1 reel of microfilm); 

Marks and Brands [Jackson County Census Record-shares volume with marks and brands register], 1853-1854 (1 volume). 

Records at the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Research Library:

Census [Census Book-location M30D, box 2], 1856 (1 volume); 

Censuses [MS1015], 1855-1857 (3 volume); 

Census Rolls, 1855-1856 (1 reel of microfilm); 

Jackson County Census [Roll], 1854 (1 reel of microfilm); 

Jacksonville Census Roll [photocopy], 1857 (.10 cu.ft.).

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​

Jackson Co., Oregon Census [Abstracts], 1854-1857 (1 volume); 

Jackson County, Or Census [Abstracts], 1853 (1 volume); 1860 (1 volume); 1870 (1 volume); 1880 (1 volume); 1900 (1 volume); 1910 (1 volume); 1920 (1 volume); 

Jackson County, Or Census Index, 1900 (1 volume); 1930 (1 volume). 

Records at the Jackson County Library, Medford Branch: 

Census of Jackson County, Oregon [Abstracts], 1860 (1 volume); 1870 (1 volume); 1880 (1 volume); 1900 (1 volume); 1910 (1 volume);

Jackson County Oregon 1930 Census Index, 1930 (2 volumes); 

Jackson County School District Census [Abstract-Rogue Valley Genealogical Society], 1893 (1 volume).

Records at the University of Oregon, Knight Library, Special Collections: 

[Census Roll], 1854, 1859 (3 volumes). 

Records at the Oregon Historical Society: 

Mss. 1 [Census Roll], 1854-1855, 1858 (3 volumes).

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. Circuit Court Case Files created since 1983 have been indexed on the Oregon Judicial Information Network (OJIN). 

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

[Circuit Court Case Files-Civil], 1856-1914 (50 cu.ft.);

[Circuit Court Case Files-Criminal], 1860-1912 (3.25 cu.ft.); 

[De Autremont Brothers Circuit Court Case Files], no. 628-632, ca.1923-ca.1957 (.80 cu.ft.); 

Divorce [Vital Records Return Receipt], 1927-1929 (2 volumes);

[Fehl and Good Government Congress Circuit Court Case Records], ca.1930-ca.1935 (2 cu.ft.);

[Russell Obrenski Circuit Court Case File], no. 69.187C, 1969 (.40 cu.ft.);

U.S. District Court Case Files [Isaac Tubbs case file], 1857 (.15 cu.ft.); 

Search for 1856-1914 Jackson County circuit court divorce case files in Oregon Historical Records Index. 

Records at the Jackson County Justice Building Basement, Court Archives:

[Circuit Court Case Files], no. 80.0001-83.4693, 1980-1983 (304 cu.ft.); 

[Circuit Court Index Defendant], 1862-1911 (1 reel of microfilm); 

[Circuit Court Judgement Roll], no. 46.0001-47.0376, 47.0418-79.0289, 1946-1979 (418 reels of microfilm); 

[Circuit Court Judgement Rolls-Dismissed], no. 1D-4992D, 1910-1956 (36 reels of microfilm);

[Circuit Court Judgement Rolls], no. 1-11300, 1914-1954 (112 reels of microfilm); 

[Divorce Index-Circuit Court Case Files], vol. 1-2, n.d.-1978 (1 reel of microfilm); 

Index to Judgment Rolls, ca.1856-n.d. (1 volume); 

[Index to Law, Equity, and Criminal Cases-Circuit Court], 1926-1946 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Index to State vs. Criminal-Cases], 1862-1912 (1 reel of microfilm);

Microfiche Index [Circuit Court Case File Index], 1980-1983 (22 sheets of microfiche); 

Microfiche Index [Index to Divorce-Circuit Court Case Files], vol. 1-2, ca.1856-1978 (.50 inch of microfiche); 

Microfiche Index [Old Circuit Court Indices-Case Files-arranged by plaintiff and defendant], 1862-1980 (4 inches of microfiche);

[Old Criminal Records-Circuit Court Case File Index], 1909-1946 (1 reel of microfilm); 

Vault Index Circuit Court, vol. 1, ca.1860-ca.1914 (1 volume). 

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​

Circuit Court Cases Indices Direct and Indirect [Abstract], 1856-1914 (1 binder); 

Index to Cases as to Judgement Roll # [Circuit Court Case File], 1914-1954 (1 volume);

Index to Circuit Court Cases Direct, 1886-1946 (1 volume); 1946-1965 (1 volume); 

Index to Circuit Court Cases Indirect, 1862-1911 (1 volume); 1946-1965 (1 volume);

Jackson Co., Or Divorce Index [County-Circuit Court Case File Abstracts], 1856-1949 (3 volumes); 

Old Equity Index [Circuit Court Case File], n.d.-ca.1949 (1 volume);

Old Law Index [Circuit Court Case File], n.d.-1949 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Library, Medford Branch:

Jackson County Divorce Index [Abstract-by Lida Childers and Ruby Lacy], 1856-1949 (3 volumes). 

Records at the University of Oregon, Knight Library, Special Collections: 

District and Circuit Court Papers, 1858-1918 (5.50 cu.ft.).

Records at a Related Website:

Jackson County Divorce Record Index​, 1856-1949 (Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​).

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.

Records at the Jackson County Justice Building Basement, Court Archives:

[Bar Docket-Circuit Court], 1881-1886 (1 reel of microfilm); 1888-1894 (1 reel of microfilm); vol. 4-7, 1901-1910 (1 reel of microfilm); 

[Bar Docket-U.S. District Court], 1854-1856 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Circuit Court Docket], no. 46.1-76.2944, 1946-1976 (16 reels of microfilm);

[Circuit Court Dockets], 1979-1983 (49 binders);

[Circuit Court Fee Book-and Register], 1859-1862 (1 reel of microfilm); 1863-1873 (1 reel of microfilm); 

[Circuit Court Record Minutes Book], 1925-1934 (2 reels of microfilm); 

Clerk's Docket [Circuit Court], vol. 1, 1900-1904 (1 volume); 

[Finished Criminal Cases-Circuit Court Docket], vol. 1-2, 1909-1946 (2 reels of microfilm); 

[Finished Equity Cases-Circuit Court Docket], vol. 1-14, 1910-1946 (3 reels of microfilm); 

[Finished Law Cases-Circuit Court Docket], vol. 1-6, 1910-1946 (2 reels of microfilm); 

Index to Register of Actions, 1887-1903 (1 volume); 

Judges Docket Circuit Court, 1881-1886 (1 reel of microfilm); 

[Law Docket-Circuit Court], vol. 3, 1898 (1 reel of microfilm); 

[Ledger Docket-Circuit Court-includes execution information], 1863-1879 (1 reel of microfilm); 

[Register and Circuit Court Docket], no. 1-2152, 1977-1979 (7 volumes);

[Register of Actions-serves as index], n.d. (1 reel of microfilm); 

Register of Actions, vol. 1-2, 1887-1911 (2 volumes).  

Records at the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Research Library:

Criminal Docket [probably circuit court-includes civil cases-with index-MS 923], 1864-1869 (1 volume).

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​:
Bar Docket [Circuit Court], 1881-1886 (1 volume); 

Bar Docket Circuit Court, 1888-1894 (1 volume);

Bar Docket [U.S. District Court], 1854-1856 (1 volume);

Circuit Court Fee Book [and Register-with index], 1859-1862 (1 volume); 1863-1873 (1 volume);

Judge's Docket Circuit Court, 1881-1886 (1 volume); 

Law Docket [Circuit Court], vol. 3, 1898-1900 (1 volume).

Records at the University of Oregon, Knight Library, Special Collections:

Attorney's Docket, 1861-1870 (2 volumes);

Bar Docket [title varies], 1854-1856, 1859-1863, 1874-1880, 1895-1897, 1899 (8 volumes).

1853-1985

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 Oregon State Archives:

[Index to Circuit Court Journal, State Organization], n.d. (1 reel of microfilm);

[Index to Circuit Court Journal, Territorial Organization], n.d. (1 reel of microfilm);

[Index to Circuit Court Journal], vol. 1-3, 1853-1873 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Jackson County Justice Building Basement, Court Archives:

[Circuit Court Clerks Journal-to courts 1-3], 1979-1985 (4 reels of microfilm);

[Circuit Court Journal & Index], vol. 84-182, 1948-1964 (4 reels of microfilm);

Circuit Court Journal Index [to vol. 7-10], vol. 3, 1889-1898 (1 volume);

Circuit Court Journals [title varies], vol. 1-215, 1853-1967 (215 reels of microfilm); vol. 301-439, 1974-1980 (138 reels of microfilm);

Circuit Court Journal, vol. 4-16, 1873-1911 (13 volumes); vol. 29-30, 1919-1921 (2 volumes); vol. 39-50, 1925-1931 (12 volumes); vol. 53-58, 1932-1935 (6 volumes); vol. 68-70, 1939-1941 (3 volumes);

[Circuit Court Journal], vol. 216-300, 1967-1974 (85 reels of microfilm);

Index to Circuit Court Journal [to vol. 1], 1858-1860 (1 volume);

[Index to Circuit Court Journal-to vol. 1-3], 1853-1873 (1 volume);

Index to Circuit Court Journal State Organization, n.d. (1 volume);

[Index to Circuit Court Journal, State Organization], n.d. (1 reel of microfilm);

Index to Circuit Court Journals [to vol. 1-3], 1853-1873 (1 volume);

[Index to Circuit Court Journals-to vol. 7-19], 1889-ca.1913 (1 reel of microfilm);

Index to Circuit Court Journal Territorial Organization, n.d. (1 volume);

[Index to Circuit Court Journal, Territorial Organization], n.d. (1 reel of microfilm);

[Index to Circuit Journal], vol. 1, n.d. (1 reel of microfilm);

Journal [Circuit Court], vol. 3, 1853-1873 (1 volume);

Records [Circuit Court Journal], vol. 2, 1861-1864 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Justice Building Main Floor Lobby, Exhibit Case:

Journal of the Circuit Court [with index], vol. 1, 1858-1861 (1 volume).

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 often 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, name 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 Oregon State Archives: 

Assessor [Chinese and Japanese List-Property Owners], 1923-1941 (.05.cu.ft.). 

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Office Room 114: 

Index to Miscellaneous Record, vol. 1-4, 1890-1928 (4 volumes); vol. 6-8, 1950-1965 (3 volumes); 

Misc Index [Miscellaneous-Direct and Indirect], vol. 5-8, 1927-1965 (1 reel of microfilm).

Index to Miscellaneous Record, vol. 5, 1929-1949 (1 volume);

Misc [Miscellaneous Records], vol. A-Z, 27-76, 1890-1965 (76 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility: 

[Miscellaneous Records-81A-7, Box 7370], vol. 31-33, 1945-1949 (3 volumes);

Miscellaneous Records, vol. 1, 1867-1884 (1 volume); 

Miscellaneous Record, vol. A-Z, 27-30, 1890-1947 (30 volumes);

Miscellaneous Record [with index], vol. 2-3, 1883-1905 (2 volumes).

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.

Since 1966 deeds, mortgages, mining claims, water rights, and military discharges have been recorded in the clerk's Official Records. Official Records generated since 1985 have been indexed on computers available in the clerk's recording division office. The Property Data Online (PDO)​ includes deed records from 2002-present. 

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Office Room 114: 

Official Records Index Direct, vol. 1-26, 1966-1979 (26 volumes); Official Records Index Indirect, vol. 1-26, 1966-1979 (26 volumes);

Official Records, no. 66.0001-01.42478, 1966-2001 (1445 reels of microfilm);

[Official Records Noted, Released, and Recorded Documents-Index], 1979-1994 (6 inches of microfiche). 

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Basement Vault:

Official Records [Clerk's-security copy], ca.1983-2014 (ca.12 cu.ft. of reels of microfilm);

Official Records [Clerk's-title varies], no. 99.00771-02.21707, 1999-2002 (ca.290 reels of microfilm).

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 Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Office Room 114: 

Commissioners Journal, vol. 1-200, 1853-2001 (195 reels of microfilm); 

[Road Record-includes commissioners journal in first 105 pages], vol. 1, 1856-1859 (1 reel of microfilm). 

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Basement Vault: 

Commissioners Journal, vol. 1-200, 1853-2001 (195 reels of microfilm); 

County Commissioners Record, vol. 4, 1875-1879 (1 volume); 

Records [Commissioners Journal], vol. 1, 1861-1866 (1 volume); 

Road Record [includes commissioners journal in first 105 pages], vol. 1, 1856-1859 (1 volume). 

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse, County Commission/Administrator's Office Room 214: 

Journals [Commissioners], 2010-present (16 cu.ft.); 

Minutes [Commissioners], 2006-present (3.50 cu.ft.).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse, County Commission/Administrator's Records Storage Room:

BOC Minutes [Board of Commissioners], 1998-2005 (2 cu.ft.); 

Commissioners Journals, 2008-2009 (6 cu.ft.); 

Journal Indexes [Commissioners], 1978-2005 (1 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility: 

[Commissioners Journal-includes orders, ordinances, resolutions, and related records-from multiple accessions], 1985-2004 (ca.32 cu.ft.); 

[Commissioners Journal Index-multiple accessions], 1955-1987 (ca.10 volumes); 

Commissioners Journal [with index], vol. 11-38, 1896-1955 (28 volumes); 

[Commissioners Minutes-multiple accessions], 1971-1989 (13.40 cu.ft.);

Commissioners Record Book, vol. 6, 1884-1886 (1 volume); 

County Clerk's Memorandum of Commissioners Court [includes minutes-title varies-80A.4], 1894-1899 (3 volumes); 

County Commissioners Journal, vol. 8-10, 1888-1896 (3 volumes);

County Commissioners Record, vol. 3, 1871-1875 (1 volume); vol. 5, 1879-1884 (1 volume); 

County Commissioners Record [with index], vol. 7, 1886-1888 (1 volume);

Index to Commissioners Record [to vol. 6-16], vol. 1, 1884-1918 (1 volume);

Journal Jackson County Financial Record [includes semi-annual reports and commissioners proceedings], 1887-1914 (1 volume); 

Orders [Commissioners'-includes journal information], 1859-1861 (1 volume); 

Records [Commissioners Journal], vol. 2, 1866-1871 (1 volume). 

Records at the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Research Library:

Jackson County Court Proceedings [Journals], 1851-1910 (9 reels of microfilm). 

Records at the University of Oregon, Knight Library, Special Collections:

[Commissioners Journal], 1891-1893 (1 volume); 

County Clerk's Blotter for Commissioner's Court [title varies], 1907-1908, 1910-1912 (7 volumes); 

County Court Record, 1855-1920 (3.25 cu.ft.); 

Miscellaneous [includes county court administrative records], 1870-1894 (.60 cu.ft.);

[Records-includes county court administrative records], 1856-1875 (.25 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Oregon Historical Society: 

Mss. 1264 Jackson County [County Court Administrative Record], 1855-1882 (4 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Jackson County Web Site: 

BoC Meetings Archives​ [Board of Commissioners Minutes and Agendas], 2009-present.

​​​​1858-[ongoing]

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.

Orders, ordinances, and resolutions are recorded in the Commissioners' Journal (County Commissioners Administrative Journals). The Jackson County website​ provides access to comprehensive plan, zoning, land division, and other ordinance documents from circa 1959-present.

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse, County Commission/Administrator's Office Room 214:

BoC Orders Ordinances [Board of Commissioners], 2006-present (14 binders).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse, County Commission/Administrator's Records Storage Room:

Ordinances [County], 1981-2000 (4 cu.ft.).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse, Planning Division Office Room 106:

Land Development Ordinance [with amendments-includes subdivision and partition information-title varies], 1980-2005 (13 binders);

Land Use Maps [related to the comprehensive plan and zoning ordinances-rolled], 1977 (3 cu.ft.);

OA [Ordinance Amendment Case Files-includes comprehensive plan, zoning, and land division information], 1992-1998 (10 cu.ft.);

Zoning Ordinance, 1973 (1 binder); 1980-1982 (1 binder).

Records at the Jackson County Roads and Parks Engineering and Administration Office:

Engineers Records [includes road vacation orders], no. 1-368, ca.1858-ca.2000 (7 cu.ft.);

[Individual Road Records-includes orders, resolutions, and petitions related to road establishment and vacation-also includes road survey information and maps], ca.1858-present (39 cu.ft.).

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

[Commissioners Journal-includes orders, ordinances, resolutions, and related records-from multiple accessions], 1985-2004 (ca.32 cu.ft.);

[Comprehensive Land Use Plan Amendment Case Files-also includes land division and zoning ordinance amendments-multiple accessions], 1972-1990 (ca.16 cu.ft.);

[Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance Records-includes background material, drafts, elements, studies, and related records such as the 1972 comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance-03A.15], ca.1958-ca.1992 (17 cu.ft.);

Orders [Commissioners'-includes journal information], 1859-1861 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Library, Medford Branch:

Codified Ordinances of Jackson County, 1985-n.d. (1 volume);

Land Development Ordinance Jackson County, Oregon, 1980 (1 volume); 1980-1982 (1 volume); 1982-1984 (1 volume); 1989 (1 volume); 1989-1999 (1 volume); 2000 (1 volume); 2004 (1 volume);

Land Development Ordinance​ Jackson County, Oregon [Draft], 2003 (1 volume);

Subdivision Ordinance Jackson County, 1959-1972 (1 volume); 1959-1975 (1 volume);

Zoning Ordinance Jackson County, 1973 (1 volume); 1973-1978 (1 volume); 1980 (1 volume); 1980-1982 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Website:

​​1854-[ongoing]

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.

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, Surveyor's Office Room 318:

City of Ashland [Survey Field Book Photocopies-includes corner survey information], 1876-1911 (20 volumes);

Government Notes [Bureau of Land Management Field Notes-includes corner remonumentation information], ca.1917-ca.1995 (39 volumes).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, Surveyor's Basement Records Storage Room 6A:

Certified Copy of Field Notes of Exterior and Subdivisional Lines [Survey-includes corner survey information-mimeographs], 1854-ca.1937 (19 volumes);

[Corner Reports-Visit Report Cards-includes corners visited but not reestablished], 1973-ca.1988 (1 cu.ft.);

[Corner Survey Field Books], ca.1929-ca.1969 (.30 cu.ft.);

Field Notes [Survey-includes corner information], 1980-1996 (1 cu.ft.);

Jackson County Surveyors Office [Original Government Survey Field Notes-includes corner survey information], 1854-ca.1937 (12 volumes);

Microfilm [Intermediate Re-Establishments-Corner Record], ca.1930-ca.1990 (1 reel of microfilm);

Microfilm [Re-Establishments-Government Corners Record], ca.1926-ca.1990 (2 reels of microfilm);

Re-Established Government Corners [Record-title varies], ca.1913-ca.1995 (21 volumes);

Reestabs [Reestablishment-Record of U.S. Corners], 1885-1888 (1 volume);

Report Notes [includes corners visited but not reestablished], ca.1934-ca.1980 (.25 cu.ft.);

[Survey Field Notes-includes corner information-mostly in 3-ring binders], 1973-2013 (1.50 cu.ft.).

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

[Bearing Trees of U.S. Surveys-Reestablished Corners-91A.44, Box 54], 1913-1929 (1 volume);

[Field Notes of Claims-Donation Land Claims-includes corner survey information-with index-91A.44, Box 53], 1855-ca.1859 (1 volume);

[Government Field Notes Donation Land Claims-includes corner survey information-typescript-with index-91A.44, Box 53], 1855-1917 (1 volume);

[Original Notes Reestablished Government Corners-89A.85, Box 6238], 1929-1949, 1971 (.25 cu.ft.);

[Record of U.S. Surveys-Corner-with index-91A.44, Box 53], 1885-1888 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Website:

Public Land Survey Corners ​[Restoration Description Sheets], n.d.-present.

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, race, 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. 

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

[Coroner's Inquests and Reports], 1859-1930 (1.35 cu.ft.); 

[Death Scene Photographs-mounted in advertising campaign binding], ca.1932 (.10 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​: 

Coroner's Inquest Records [Jackson County Abstracts], 1859-1930 (1 volume).

Records at the University of Oregon, Knight Library, Special Collections: 

[Report of Coroner], 1859 (.05 cu.ft.).

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.

Older county budgets may also be found in the Commissioners Journal (County Commissioners Administrative Journals). 

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Office Room 114: 

Adopted Budget Jackson County, 2005-present (10 volumes). 

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse, County Commission/Administrator's Records Storage Room: 

Budget [County-title varies], 1985-2005 (21 volumes); 2005-present (10 binders). 

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

Budget [County-80A.111], 1968-1972 (4 volumes);

Co. Budgets [County-80A.111], 1946-1957 (.20 cu.ft.); 1957-1958 (.35 cu.ft.); 

[Jackson County Budget-93A.33, Box 6299], 1980-1984 (1 cu.ft.);

Jackson County Or. Budget [82A-91], 1977-1980 (3 volumes); 

Master Copy Jackson County Budget [81A-16], 1972-1977 (7 volumes).

Records at the Jackson County Library, Medford Branch: 

Budget Jackson County [includes executive summaries-title varies], 1981-present (41 volumes). 

Records at the Jackson County Website:

​​​1954-[ongoing]

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.

The Property Data Online (PDO) application GIS maps include layers based on urban growth boundaries and other comprehensive plan components. The Jackson County website​ provides access to comprehensive plan, zoning, land division, and other ordinance documents from circa 1959-present.

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Office Room 114:

Commissioners Journal [includes county comprehensive plan], 1980-1981 (2 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Basement Vault:

Commissioners Journal [includes county comprehensive plan], 1980-1981 (2 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse, Planning Division Office Room 106:

Comprehensive Plan, 1972 (1 binder); 1989 (1 binder);

CPA [Comprehensive Plan Amendment Case Files, 1992-present (40 cu.ft.);

Goal 5 Goal 8 [Comprehensive Plan Maps-rolled], ca.1977-ca.1982 (3 cu.ft.);

Land Use Maps [related to the comprehensive plan and zoning ordinances-rolled], 1977 (3 cu.ft.);

OA [Ordinance Amendment Case Files-includes comprehensive plan, zoning, and land division information], 1992-1998 (10 cu.ft.).

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

[Comprehensive Land Use Plan Amendment Case Files-also includes land division and zoning ordinance amendments-multiple accessions], 1972-1990 (ca.16 cu.ft.);

[Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance Records-includes background material, drafts, elements, studies, and related records such as the 1972 comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance-03A.15], ca.1958-ca.1992 (17 cu.ft.);

[Jackson County Comprehensive Plan Development Maps, Bar codes 83952-83978], 1954-1982 (28 cu.ft.);

[Miscellaneous Planning Department Cartographic Records-in wooden cabinets and alpha cabinets A to J-includes maps related to the comprehensive plan, zoning, and general land use topics-00A.46], ca.1968-ca.1992 (ca.20 cu.ft.).

Records at the Jackson County Library, Medford Branch:

Comprehensive Plan Jackson County Oregon, 1972 (1 volume); 1980 (1 volume);

Jackson County City Limits and Urban Growth Boundary Map, 1999 (1 map).

Records at the Jackson County Website:

Series documents the actions of the county court in civil and some criminal cases. Records include complaints, judgments, decrees, summonses, warrants, affidavits, writs, and an index. County court cases include spousal support, employment compensation, satisfaction of judgments, and divorce. Information includes judge, plaintiff, defendant, and attorney names; case type; and filing dates of actions and decrees. 

[Miscellaneous County Court Judicial Case Files], ca.1923-ca.1932 (.40 cu.ft.).

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 Oregon State Archives:

County Court Civil Business [Docket-includes mental commitment and naturalization entries-with index], vol. 3, 1873-1896 (1 volume). 

Records at the Jackson County Justice Building Basement, Court Archives:

Civil Business [County Court-includes mental commitments], vol. 9, 1957-1958 (1 volume);

County Court Civil Business [Docket-includes mental commitment entries-with index], vol. 5-8, 1919-1957 (4 volumes); 

[County Court Civil Business-Docket-includes mental commitment and naturalization entries-with index], vol. 1, 1859-1873 (1 reel of microfilm); vol. 4, 1896-1919 (1 reel of microfilm);

[County Court Docket], 1923-1946 (1 reel of microfilm); 

[County Court Fee Book-and Register-with index], vol. 1-3, 1859-1890 (1 reel of microfilm); 

[Judge's Docket County Court], 1862-1882 (1 reel of microfilm). 

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Basement Vault: 

[Civil Business Court Records-County Court-includes mental commitments], vol. 9, 1957-1958 (1 reel of microfilm). 

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​:

County Court Civil Business [Docket-includes mental commitment and naturalization entries-with index], vol. 1, 1859-1873 (1 volume);

County Court Fee Book [and Register], vol. O, 1856-1858 (1 volume); vol. 1-3, 1859-1890 (3 volumes);

Judge's Docket County Court, 1862-1882 (1 volume). 

Records at the University of Oregon, Knight Library, Special Collections: 

Bar Docket [County Court], 1856-1861 (1 volume); 

Clerk's Docket [County Court], 1867-1871 (1 volume). 

Records at the Oregon Historical Society:

Mss. 1264B Jackson County [Judge's Docket County Court], 1859-1862 (1 volume).

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 photographs. 

[Fair Board Minutes-92A.6, Box 3040, 3046], 1986-1987 (2 binders);

[Fair Board Minutes-92A.6, Box 6668], 1921-1924 (.15 cu.ft.); 1963-1981 (.80 cu.ft.);

[Fair Board Minutes-includes related records-80A.51, Box 6869], 1982-1985 (.80 cu.ft.);

[Fair Board Minutes-includes related records-99A.29, Box 6111], 1988-1995 (1 cu.ft.); 

[Premium and Fair Entry Book-93A.31, Box 7105], 1989 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Fairgrounds and Exposition Park, Seven Feathers Arena Building, County Fair Office: 

Fair Board Minutes [includes some duplicates-title varies], 2008-present (7 binders). 

Fair Board Minutes [title varies], 1996-2008 (6 binders).

County Fair Premium List, 1894, 1896-1897, 1924, 1929 (5 volumes); 

Jackson County Fair Guide, 1978-1980 (3 volumes).

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.

Journal Jackson County Financial Record [includes semi-annual reports and commissioners proceedings], 1887-1914 (1 volume);

[Sheriff's Reports-79A.86. Box 7407], 1923-1929 (.10 cu.ft.). 

[Road Petitions-also includes road supervisor and surveyor reports], 1856-1911 (1.40 cu.ft.).

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 Oregon State Archives:

Record of Births and Deaths, 1915-1929 (3 volumes);

Record of Deaths, 1906-1915 (2 volumes).

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library:

Death Certificates Jackson Co. Or [County-photocopies], 1904-1920 (17 volumes); 

Death Records Jackson Co. Oregon [Abstracts], 1906-1926 (1 volume).

Records at a Related Website:

Jackson County Death Certificate Index, 1904-1958 (Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​).

​​​1853-1966

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 1966 deed records have been recorded in the clerk's Official Records (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings). The Property Data Online (PDO) application​ includes deed records from 2002-present.

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Office Room 114:

Index to Deeds Direct, vol. 1-19, 1853-1966 (19 volumes);

Index to Deeds Indirect, vol. 1-19, 1853-1966 (19 volumes);

Official Documents [Deed Record], vol. 1-601, 1853-1966 (300 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Basement Vault:

Deeds [Record], vol. 1-601, 1853-1966 (300 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

Deed Record [includes summary of assessment roll-80A.4], 1853-1855 (1 volume);

Deed Record, vol. 1-288, 1853-1947 (288 volumes);

General Index to Deed Records [80A.4], 1853-1883 (1 volume);

General Index to Deeds Direct [title varies], vol. 1-6, 1853-1909 (6 volumes);

General Index to Deeds Reverse [title varies], vol. 1-6, 1853-1909 (6 volumes);

Index to Deeds [80A.4], vol. 1, 1853-1883 (1 volume);

[Record of Deeds-81A.7, Boxes 7359-7369], vol. 289-320, 1947-1949 (31 volumes).

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library:

Abstracts from Jackson Co. Or Deed Books, 1853-1861 (1 volume);

Jackson County Court Abstracts [includes deed and mortgage information-with index], vol. 1-30, 1886-1945 (30 volumes).

Records at the Jackson County Library, Medford Branch:

Jackson County Deed Book [Abstracts], vol. 1-2, 1853-1861 (2 volumes).

Records at a Related Website:

Jackson County Deed Index [Grantor and Grantee] 1853-1899 (Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​).

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:

Delayed Birth Cert. [Certificates-includes petitions-documents births from ca.1860 to ca.1940], no. 1-10466, 1943-1964 (3 cu.ft.); 

Delayed Certificates of Birth [documents births from ca.1863 to ca.1923-with index], vol. 1, 1939-1941 (1 volume);

Index Cards to Delayed Birth Certs. [Certificates], 1943-1964 (.50 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library: 

Birth Records Jackson Co. Oregon [Delayed Birth Abstracts], 1863-1910 (1 volume). 

Records at the Jackson County Library, Medford Branch:

Jackson County Oregon Births [Delayed Birth Abstracts], 1863-1910 (1 volume).

Records at a Related Website:

Delayed Birth Record Index, 1863-1910 (Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​). ​

Series documents the registration of voters and the compilation of election results. Records may include the 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. 

Records at the Oregon State Archives: 

Index to Register of Voters [80A.4], vol. 2, ca.1924-ca.1927 (1 volume); 

Official Register of Electors [80A.4], 1902 (1 volume); 1904 (1 volume); 1906 (1 volume); 1908 (1 volume); 1910 (1 volume); 1912 (1 volume); 1914 (1 volume); 

Poll Tax List [Voter Register-80A.4], 1894-1895 (1 volume); 

Register of Voters, 1928 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Clerk's Elections Division Office: 

Poll Book Film [Election], 1958-1960 (8 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Research Library:

Jackson County Docs. [Documents-Voter Registration Cards-location M36D], ca.1916-ca.1932 (.10 cu.ft.); 

[J-Ville Election-Jacksonville Poll Book Pages-location M30D, Box 2], 1860 (.05 cu.ft.);

Official Register of Electors [MS 519], 1900 (1 volume); 

Record of Elections Precinct [describes election precinct boundaries-MS 908-with index], 1872-1892 (1 volume). 

Records at the Jackson County Library, Medford Branch:

Jackson County Poll Tax List [Voter Register Abstract], 1894-1895 (1 volume). 

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​:

Jackson County Electors [Official Register of Electors-photocopies], 1902 (1 volume); 

Poll Tax List [Jackson County Voter Register-photocopies], 1894-1895 (1 volume). 

Records at the University of Oregon, Knight Library, Special Collections: 

[Oregon Registration Blanks-Voter], 1900, 1908-1912 (7 volumes);

Poll Books, 1910-1913 (.25 cu.ft.); 

Precinct Registration Books, 1902-1911 (51 volumes).

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. 

Record of Elections [title varies], 1908-1965 (5 volumes).

[J-Ville Election-Jacksonville Voting Tally Sheets-location M30D, Box 2], 1860 (.05 cu.ft.).

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. 

[Farm Name Registration Certificate Stubs-80A.4], vol. 1-4, 1911-1963 (4 volumes);

Register of Farm Names [80A.4], vol. 1, 1911-1963 (1 volume); 

[Registration of Farm Name-80A.106, Box 7393], 1911-1963 (.35 cu.ft.).

​1853-1957

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.

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

[Donation Land Claim Book A-R-surnames], 1862-1882 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Donation Land Claim Book S-Z-surnames-with Abstract of Land Owned in Jackson County], 1862-1882 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Map Book of Original Homestead Entries], 1872-1883 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, Surveyor's Office Room 318:

Book Owned by Gottlieb Elksnat Handwritten Copies of D.L.C. Notes [Donation Land Claim-in display case], n.d. (1 volume);

Original County Donation Land Claim and Partial Township Book [in display case], 1855-1859 (1 volume);

Sewall Truax [Survey Field Books-includes donation land claim information-photocopy], 1855-1889 (7 volumes).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, Surveyor's Basement Records Storage Room 6A:

[DLC-Donation Land Claim Survey Records-includes introductions and certificates], ca.1853-ca.1857 (1 inch of microfiche);

Microfilm [Original DLC Notes-Government Field Notes Donation Land Claims-with index], 1854-1917 (1 reel of microfilm);

Original DLC Notes [Donation Land Claim Survey Field Notes], ca.1855-ca.1859 (2 reels of microfilm);

Original Gov't Notes [Survey Field Notes-includes land claim information], ca.1855-ca.1859 (5 reels of microfilm);

Sewall Truax [Survey Field Books-includes donation land claim information], 1855-1889 (7 volumes).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Office Room 114:

[Land Claims and Assessments], 1853-ca.1897 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Record of Land Claim-includes Donation Land Claims], vol. A, 1853-1857 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

Deed Record [Record of Land Claims-Bar code 66809], 1853-1857 (1 volume);

[Field Notes of Claims-Donation Land Claims-includes corner survey information-with index-91A.44, Box 53], 1855-ca.1859 (1 volume);

[Government Field Notes Donation Land Claims-includes corner survey information-typescript-with index-91A.44, Box 53], 1855-1917 (1 volume);

[Government Field Notes-Donation Land Claim-manuscript copy-91A.44, Box 54], vol. 1, 1855-ca.1859 (1 volume);

Land Matters [Homestead Register-80A-4], 1877-1885 (1 volume).

Records at the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Research Library:

Donation Land Claim Book A-R [surnames], 1862-1882 (1 reel of microfilm);

Donation Land Claim Records [MS 132], 1862-1882 (1 volume);

Map Book of Original Homestead Entries, 1872-1883 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​:

Jackson County DLC Maps [Donation Land Claim-General Land Office/Bureau of Land Management], ca.1853-n.d. (46 sheets of microfiche).

Records at the University of Oregon, Knight Library, Special Collections:

Miscellaneous [U.S. Land Patents], ca.1865-ca.1887 (.05 cu.ft.).

Records at a Related Web Site:

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

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. 

Delinquent Certificate Record [Tax Sales], vol. 1, 1909-1920 (1 volume);

Delinquent Tax Sale Record [78A.138], vol. 1, 1894-1900 (1 volume);

[Foreclosure Sale Records-includes executions-81A-137, Box 7349], 1854-1930 (1 cu.ft.); 

Register of Delinquent Receipts [Register of Certificates of Delinquency-80A.58], vol. 1, 1908-1915 (1 volume);

[Register of Moneys Held in Trust-Received for Redemption of Certificates of Delinquency and Held in Trust for Holders Thereof-78A.62, Box 7033], 1908-1916 (1 volume);

[Register of Redemption Monies-78A.62, Box 7033], 1917-1931 (1 volume);

[Sheriff's Sale Record-78A.62, Box 7033], 1901 (1 volume). 

Record of Sales of Delinquent Tax Property Acquired by Jackson County, 1895-1901 (1 volume); 

Sheriff's Service Records [includes attachment and foreclosure records], 1914-1916 (.65 cu.ft.).

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 files created since 2011 are maintained electronically by the circuit court.

Records at the Oregon State Archives: 

County Court Civil Business [Docket-includes mental commitment and naturalization entries-with index], vol. 3, 1873-1896 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Justice Building Basement, Court Archives: 

Active Account Feeble-Minded and Insane [Payment Record], ca.1904-1934 (1 volume);

Civil Business [County Court-includes mental commitments], vol. 9, 1957-1958 (1 volume);

County Court Civil Business [Docket-includes mental commitment entries-with index], vol. 5-8, 1919-1957 (4 volumes);

[County Court Civil Business-Docket-includes mental commitment and naturalization entries-with index], vol. 1, 1859-1873 (1 reel of microfilm); vol. 4, 1896-1919 (1 reel of microfilm); 

[Mental Commitment Case Files], no. 1-6096, 84.6101M-11.634MD, 1904-2011 (88 cu.ft.); 

Old Index Cards for Mentals [Commitment Case Files], ca.1904-1988 (1.20 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Basement Vault:

[Civil Business Court Records-County Court-includes mental commitments], vol. 9, 1957-1958 (1 reel of microfilm). 

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​: 

County Court Civil Business [Docket-includes mental commitment and naturalization entries-with index], vol. 1, 1859-1873 (1 volume).

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:

[Foreclosure Sale Records-includes executions], 1854-1930 (1 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Jackson County Justice Building Basement, Court Archives: 

Execution Docket [with index], vol. 4, 1879-1916 (1 volume); 

Index to Circuit Judgment Docket [to vol. 1-2], n.d. (1 volume);

[Index to Execution Docket], ca. 1897 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Index to Judgment Lien Docket], 1875-1889 (1 reel of microfilm);

Judgement Lien Docket [County Court], 1854-1901 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Judgment Lien Docket], 1902 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Ledger Docket-Circuit Court-includes execution information], 1863-1879 (1 reel of microfilm). 

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility: 

[Foreclosure Sale Records-includes executions-81A.137, Box 7349], 1854-1930 (1 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​: 

Index to Judgment Lien Docket, ca.1875-1906 (1 volume);

Judgment Lien Docket [Circuit Court-with index], 1854-1901 (1 volume);

Ledger [Judgment and Execution Docket-includes circuit, county, and justice courts-with index], 1863-1879 (1 volume).

Records at the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Research Library: 

Execution Docket [MS 952], 1853-1859 (1 volume); 

Execution Docket [MS 954], 1861-1863 (1 volume).

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. 

In 1853 disputes over land and water rights in the Jacksonville area of Jackson County led to the election of alcaldes (an office of Spanish origin) with unlimited jurisdiction. Questions arose about the legality of decisions rendered by the alcaldes. To settle the issue, the Legislative Assembly passed an act in 1853 legalizing the actions of the alcaldes and authorizing them to act as bona fide justices of the peace. 

[Index to Transcripts and Depositions-Justice Court], 1919-1927 (1 reel of microfilm). 

Justice Court Papers, 1858-1916 (.50 cu.ft.).

Mss. 1264 Jackson County [Justice Court Transcripts], 1902-1907, 1914-1915 (.50 cu.ft.); 

Mss. 1264 Jackson County Justice of the Peace Case Files, 1858-1870 (1.50 cu.ft.).

​1857-1972

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.

In 1853 disputes over land and water rights in the Jacksonville area of Jackson County led to the election of alcaldes (an office of Spanish origin) with unlimited jurisdiction. Questions arose about the legality of decisions rendered by the alcaldes. To settle the issue, the Legislative Assembly passed an act in 1853 legalizing the actions of the alcaldes and authorizing them to act as bona fide justices of the peace.

Records at the Jackson County Justice Building Basement, Court Archives:

[Civil Docket Books-Medford Justice Court-with index], vol. 1-41, 1913-1942 (5 reels of microfilm);

[Criminal Docket Books-Ashland Justice Court], vol. 14-22, 1937-1945 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Criminal Docket Books-Medford Justice Court], vol. 1-69, 1913-1941 (8 reels of microfilm);

[Justice Court Eden/Phoenix-Docket], 1891-1903 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Justice Court Phoenix-Docket-actually Table Rock], ca.1879-ca.1909 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Medford Justice Court-Criminal Docket], vol. 1A-3A, 1911-1913 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Medford Record Book-Justice Court], 1931-1932 (1 reel of microfilm);

Medford Small Claims Dockets [Justice Court], vol. 4A, 1918-1937 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Phoenix Justice Court Docket-includes Eden], ca.1879-ca.1890 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Small Claims Docket Ashland-Justice Court Precinct-with index], 1929-1951 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

Justice Court Docket [91A,60], 1927-1939 (6 volumes);

Small Claims Docket [Justice Court-Gold Hill District-with index], 1927-1972 (1 volume).

Records at the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Research Library:

J. C. [Justice Court Docket-MS 910], 1909-1916 (1 volume);

JP [Jackson County Criminal Docket-Jacksonville District Justice Court-MS 924], 1867-1868 (1 volume);

Justice Court Docket Jacksonville District [MS 948-with index], 1881-1884 (1 volume); 1886-1892 (1 volume); 1892-1897 (1 volume); 1911-1921 (1 volume); 1921-1925 (1 volume); 1925-1927 (1 volume); 1928-1942 (4 volumes);

Justice of the Peace Docket Jacksonville District [MS 919-with index], 1884-1886 (1 volume);

Justice of the Peace Phoenix District [MS 907], 1861-1862 (1 volume).

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​:

Justice Court Eden [Docket], 1891-1899 (1 volume);

Justice Court Eden/Phoenix [Docket], 1878-1890 (1 volume);

Justice Court Phoenix [Docket], 1900-1903 (1 volume);

Justice Court Sam's Valley [Docket], 1906-1918 (1 volume);

Justice Court Table Rock [Docket], 1879-1906 (1 volume).

Records at the University of Oregon, Knight Library, Special Collections:

[Justice Peace Docket], 1858-1867 (1 volume).

Records at the Oregon Historical Society:

Mss. 1264 Jackson County [Justice Docket], 1857-1861 (4 volumes);

Mss. 1264B Jackson County [Justice Docket], 1858-1860, 1864, 1872-1875 (5 volumes).

​​​1852-[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.

Early subdivision plats dating back to 1852 were recorded in the deed record, commissioners journal, and road record. See the combination plat index in the county clerk's recording office for specific references. The Jackson County website​ ​provides access to comprehensive plan, zoning, land division, and other ordinance documents from circa 1959-present.

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Office Room 114:

Combination Plat Index [Subdivision, Partition, and Condominium], 1852-2001 (1 volume);

Partition Plats [hanging], vol. 16-26, 2005-present (538 plats);

Road Records [includes road establishment, road survey, and subdivision information], vol. 1-4, 1856-1935 (2 reels of microfilm);

Subdivision Plats [hanging], vol. 31-41, 2004-present (427 plats);

Subdivision Plats [Minor Land Partition Plat Maps], vol. 1-6, 1974-1984 (1 reel of microfilm);

Subdivision Plats [Partition Plats], vol. 5-9, 1994-1998 (1 reel of microfilm);

Subdivision Plats, vol. 1-15, ca.1888-1988 (3 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Basement Vault:

Major Land Partitions [Plats-hanging], 1974-1990 (ca.250 plats);

Minor Land Partitions [Plats-hanging], 1974-1990 (ca.975 plats);

Partition Plats [hanging], vol. 1-16, 1990-2005 (ca.2000 plats);

Plats [Major Land Partition], vol. 1-3, ca.1974-n.d. (1 reel of microfilm);

Plats [Minor Land Partition], vol. 1-9, ca.1974-n.d. (2 reels of microfilm);

Plats [Partition], 1990-1991 (1 reel of microfilm);

Plats [Subdivision], vol. 1-14, ca.1888-ca.1984 (3 reels of microfilm);

Road Record [includes road and subdivision plats, descriptions, and surveyor and road viewer reports], vol. 2, 1878-1890 (1 volume);

Road Record [includes road establishment, road survey, and subdivision information], vol. 1, 1852-1878 (1 volume);

Road Records [includes road establishment, road survey, and subdivision information], vol. 1-4, 1856-1935 (2 reels of microfilm);

Subdivision Plats [hanging-title varies], vol. 1-30, ca.1888-2004 (ca.2000 plats).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse, Planning Division Office Room 106:

Land Development Ordinance [with amendments-includes subdivision and partition information-title varies], 1980-2005 (13 binders);

OA [Ordinance Amendment Case Files-includes comprehensive plan, zoning, and land division information], 1992-1998 (10 cu.ft.);

[Subdivision and Partition Case Files, 1984-1997 (ca.25 cu.ft.).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse, Planning Division Basement Vault:

[Planning Division Case Files-includes subdivision and partition cases], 1998-2002 (100 cu.ft.);

SUB [Subdivision and Partition Case Files], 2003-present (50 cu.ft.).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, Surveyor's Office Room 318:

Subdivision Plats, vol. 12-20, 1997-2012 (9 volumes).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, Surveyor's Basement Records Storage Room 6A:

Partitions Index [Plats-includes major and minor partitions], ca.1974-2000 (1 binder);

Subdivisions [Plats], Drawers 11-16, 1994-present (ca.1200 plats).

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

[Comprehensive Land Use Plan Amendment Case Files-also includes land division and zoning ordinance amendments-multiple accessions], 1972-1992 (ca.16 cu.ft.);

[Partition Case Files-multiple accessions], 1995-1997 (ca.5 cu.ft.);

Record of Town Plats [bar code C000332091], vol. 3, ca.1910-ca.1915 (1 volume);

Record of Town Plats Tracings [bar code C00032090], vol. 2, ca.1909-ca.1910 (1 volume);

Record of Town Plats Tracings [bar code C00032092], vol. 1, ca.1906-ca.1910 (1 volume);

[Subdivision Case Files-multiple accessions], 1957-1983 (ca.4 cu.ft.);

Subdivisions Index Plats [includes partitions], ca.1867-1986 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Library, Medford Branch:

Subdivision Ordinance Jackson County, 1959-1972 (1 volume); 1959-1975 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Website:

Assessment Maps Search [includes assessor's maps and subdivision and partition plats] ca.1871-present;

Search Codified Ordinances of Jackson County​, [includes comprehensive plan, zoning ordinance, and land division information] n.d.-present;
Historic Land Development​

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. 

Certificate of Titles, vol. 1-12, 1907-1970 (12 reels of microfilm);

[Index to Memorial of Estates, Mortgages, Registers of Title], vol. 1-3, n.d. (1 reel of microfilm);  

[Land Index Registration Docket], 1905-1916 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Torrens Reception Records of Land Titles], vol. 1-7, 1907-1971 (2 reels of microfilm). 

[Torrens Certificates Withdrawn, Canceled, and Undelivered-Transfer of Certificate of Title-with gaps], no. 92-7170, 1909-1971 (3 cu.ft.);

[Torrens Land Registration Documents], no. 1-22053, 1907-1971 (17.60 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Jackson County Justice Building Basement, Court Archives:

[Land Registration Docket], 1901-1919 (1 reel of microfilm). 

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility: 

[Assessors Field Books-includes maps and land ownership information-78A.20], ca.1910-ca.1955 (306 volumes); 

Certificate of Title Register, vol. 1-12, 1907-1971 (12 volumes); 

Index Certificates of Title Registers [to vol. 1-12], 1907-1971 (2 volumes); 

Index to Land Registration Docket, vol. 1, 1907-n.d. (1 volume);

Index to Memorial of Estates, Mortgages, Encumbrances & Charges of Land in Certificates of Title, vol. 1, ca.1907-ca.1924 (1 volume); 

Index to Memorial of Estates, Mortgages, Registered Titles, Etc., vol. 2-3, ca.1907-ca.1971 (2 volumes); 

Land Index, vol. 1, ca.1907-ca.1920 (1 volume); 

Land Registration Docket, vol. 1, 1905-1912 (1 volume); 

Plats [Township-78A.38], 1908 (1 volume); 

Present Owner's Book Lands [with index], vol. 1, ca.1887 (1 volume); 

Present Owner's Book Lots [80A.4], vol. 1, ca.1887 (1 volume);

Reception Record Land Titles, vol. 1, 1907-1915 (1 volume); vol. 2, 1915-1930 (1 volume); 

Torrens Reception Records, vol. 4-7, 1929-1971 (4 volumes);

Tract Index Lots [Registered Lands], vol. 1, n.d. (1 volume);

[Tract Index of Registered Lands], n.d. (1 volume). 

[Plat Book-Present Owner Book], ca.1867-ca.1892 (1 volume).

​​​​​ 1871-[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 Property Data Online (PDO) application GIS maps include layers based on air quality, city limits, railroads, fire districts, legislative districts, transit district, school districts, voter precincts, city hall, fire stations, hospitals, law enforcement, libraries, medical services, schools, flood plains, rivers, lakes, streams, soils, contours, relief, vernal pools, structures, wetlands, and zip codes.

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, Surveyor's Office Room 318:

Metsker's Atlas of Jackson County Oregon, 1932 (1 volume); 1955 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, Surveyor's Basement Records Storage Room 6A:

Camp White [Metsker's Atlas-shows proposed boundaries of Camp White-copy], 1932-ca.1942 (1 volume);

File X Railroad [Southern Pacific Railroad Maps], ca.1883-ca.1960 (ca.40 maps);

[Miscellaneous Rolled Maps-includes city, vicinity, etc.], ca.1937-ca.1994 (ca.100 maps);

Quads [USGS Quadrangle Maps], 1954 (1 volume);

USGS Quadrangle Maps [United States Geological Survey], 1983-1996 (ca.75 maps).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse, Planning Division Office Room 106:

BLM Photomaps [Bureau of Land Management-includes aerial photographs with map overlay], 1971-1972 (1 volume);

FIRM Panels [Flood Insurance Rate Maps-rolled], 1982 (3 cu.ft.);

Metsker's Atlas of Jackson County Oregon, 1970 (1 volume);

Sewer System Maps [Bear Valley Sanitation Authority], 1976 (2 volumes);

Wetland Prints [Maps-rolled], 1992 (3 cu.ft.).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse, Assessor's Office Room 300:

Maps [Tax Lot], ca.1872-ca.1883 (1 volume);

Official Map of the County of Jackson, Oregon [Wall Map], 1910 (1 map);

The County of Jackson [Wall Map], 2013 (1 map).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse, Assessor's Office Room 302:

[Assessor's Plat Maps-mylar], n.d. (2313 plats).

Records at the Jackson County Clerk's Elections Division Office, Storage Room:

Old Precinct Map Books [Election], ca.1974-1992 (1.20 cu.ft.);

[Precinct Boundaries-Maps], 1956-n.d. (2 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Jackson County Clerk's Elections Division Office, Lobby:

Official Map of the County of Jackson, Oregon [Wall Map], 1910 (1 map).

Records at the Jackson County Roads and Parks Engineering and Administration Office:

[Assessor's Maps-with road engineering notations], n.d.-present (15 volumes);

USGS Maps Old [Topographical], ca.1943-ca.1960 (1 volume).

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

[Assessors Field Books-includes maps and land ownership information-78A.20], ca.1910-ca.1955 (306 volumes);

[Assessor's Plats-maintained in large green cabinet-78A-35], drawers 1-40, ca.1953 (1 volume);

Metsker's Atlas of Jackson County, Oregon [92A.13], n.d. (1 volume);

Metsker's Atlas of Jackson County, Oregon [includes notations about district boundaries-80A.4], 1932 (1 volume); n.d. (1 volume);

[Miscellaneous Planning Department Cartographic Records-in wooden cabinets and alpha cabinets A to J-includes maps related to the comprehensive plan, zoning, and general land use topics-00A.46], ca.1968-ca.1992 (ca.20 cu.ft.);

Precinct Atlas [Election-with index-80A.4], ca.1942 (3 volumes);

Sanborn Maps [Ashland and Medford Fire Insurance Rate Setting-78A.56], 1927-1952 (2 volumes).

Records at the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Research Library:

Crater Classification Intensive [Crater National Forest Land Classification Plat Book-MS 940], 1912-1919 (2 volumes).

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​:

Metsker's Atlas of Jackson County Oregon, 1955 (1 volume); 1970 (1 volume);

Official Maps of Jackson County Oregon [photocopy], 1910 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Library, Medford Branch:

[Flood Insurance Rate Map-Federal Emergency Management Agency], 1979-1982 (.60 cu.ft.);

General Soil Map Jackson County, Oregon, 1974 (1 volume);

Jackson County City Limits and Urban Growth Boundary Map, 1999 (1 map);

Jackson County Fire Districts Map, 2000 (1 map);

Jackson County Floodplain Map, 1999 (1 map);

Jackson County Oregon School Districts Map, 2000 (1 map);

Jackson County Topographical Maps [United States Geological Survey], 1970-1997 (54 maps);

Medford 549C Schools Attendance Area Boundary Map, 2004 (1 map);

Metsker's Atlas of Jackson County, Oregon, 1932 (1 volume); 1955 (1 volume); 1970 (1 volume); 1999 (1 volume);

Official Map of the County of Jackson, Oregon, 1910 (1 map);

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps [includes Butte Falls, Central Point, Jacksonville, and Medford], 1884-1927 (3 reels of microfilm);

Soil Survey of Jackson County Area [Soil Conservation Service-includes maps], 1994 (2 volumes).

Records at the Jackson County Library, Ashland Branch:

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps [includes Ashland], 1884-1928 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Jackson County Website:

Assessment Maps Search [includes assessor's maps and subdivision and partition plats] ca.1871-present;

Jackson County GIS Map Gallery [includes county fact map, environmental boundaries, fire risk, service districts, voter information, city limits, greenway, irrigated soils, contours, and public lands.], ca.1910-present.

Records at a Related Webs​ite:

Tax Assessment GIS Maps​ [select county], n.d.-present.

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. 

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

Marks and Brands [Registration Record], 1854-1866 (1 volume). 

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

Certificate of Brands [with index-80A.4], 1915-1928 (1 volume); 

[Certificate of Registration of Marks and Brands-80A.4], ca.1940-ca.1947 (1 volume); 1948-1950 (1 volume); 

Certificates of Brands [80A.4], 1927-1939 (1 volume);

Record of Marks and Brands [with index-80A.4], vol. 1-2, 1893-1915 (2 volumes).

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​: 

Jackson County Brands and Marks [Abstracts-with symbols], ca.1854-ca.1937 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Library, Ashland Branch:

Brand Book [Jackson County Stockmen's Association], 1907 (1 volume); 1909 (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 Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Basement Vault:

Journal [Marriage Affidavit and Consent Record], 1879-1919 (1 volume); 

[Marriage Certificates-includes related records such as marriage applications and medical certificates-trifolded], ca.1891-1960 (35.10 cu.ft.); 

[Marriage Record], 1855-1863 (1 reel of microfilm); 

Marriage Record Jackson County [photocopies], 1855-1863 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Basement Storage Room: 

Marriage Record [with index], vol. 1-28, 1855-1964 (28 volumes). 

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

[Returns of Marriage-81A.86, Boxes 2416-2418], 1906-1953 (2.50 cu.ft.).

Records at the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Research Library: 

Marriage Certificates and Licenses [MS 271], 1854-1930 (3 cu.ft.);

Marriage Records [MS 1014], 1854-1862 (1 volume). 

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​: 

Jackson County, Oregon Marriages [Abstracts], 1889-1924 (3 volumes); 

Marriages of Jackson Co., Oregon [Abstracts], 1853-1924 (6 volumes). 

Records at the Jackson County Library, Medford Branch: 

Jackson County, Oregon Marriages [Abstracts-with index], vol. 1-6, 1853-1924 (6 volumes). 

Records at a Related Website:

Jackson County Marriage Record Index​, 1853-1970 (Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​).

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. 

Register of Married Women's Separate Property [with index], 1859-1902 (1 volume).

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 Access Contracted Records Storage Facility: 

Chiropodist Record [includes podiatrists and naturopaths-with index], 1927-1970 (1 volume);

Dentistry Record [Registration-80A.4], vol. 1, 1887-1899 (1 volume);

Hearing Aid Certificates [Registration-with index-80A.4], 1960-1968 (1 volume);

Optometry Record [Registration-with index-80A.4], 1905-1919 (1 volume);

Physicians & Surgeons Record [with index-80A.4], vol. 1, 1889-1937 (1 volume); 

Record of Dentist Certificates, 1895-1923 (1 volume); 

Record of Dentist Certificates [with index-80A.4], vol. 1, 1914-1964 (1 volume);

Record of Physicians & Surgeons [Registration-includes osteopaths, naturopaths, podiatrists, and massage therapists-with index-80A.4], vol. 2, 1920-1971 (1 volume); 

Record of Physicians and Surgeons [Registration-with index-80A.4], vol. 2, 1937-1971 (1 volume);

Register of Affidavits Pharmacists [80A.4], 1915-1917 (1 volume); 

Register of Nurses [with index-80A.4], vol. 1-2, 1911-1973 (2 volumes); 

Veterinary Record [Registration-with index-80A.4], 1927-1949 (1 volume).

1863-1900

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.

Before 1966 military discharges were recorded in the clerk's Miscellaneous Record (Clerk and Recorder Miscellaneous Recordings). Since 1966 military discharges have been recorded in the clerk's Official Records (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings).

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

[Military Rolls], 1868-1873 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Basement Vault:

Military List, 1875 (1 volume).

Records at the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Research Library:

Jackson County Military Lists [A List of Persons Liable to Do Military Duty-MS 1150], 1880 (1 volume);

Jackson County Military Lists [Military List for Jackson County-MS 1150], 1883 (1 volume); [no. 4359], 1887 (1 volume);

Jackson County Military Lists [Military List-MS 1150], 1869 (1 volume); 1870-1871 (1 volume); 1877 (1 volume); 1887 (1 volume);

Jackson County Military Lists [Military List of Jackson Co.-MS 1150], 1882 (1 volume);

Jackson County Military Lists [Military List of Jackson County Oregon-MS 1150], 1868 (1 volume); 1873 (1 volume);

Jackson County Military Lists [M List-Military List-MS 1150], 1875 (1 volume); 1878 (1 volume); 1879 (1 volume);

Military Rolls, 1868-1873 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Military Roll-title varies-MS 518], 1884 (1 volume); 1885 (1 volume); 1886 (1 volume); 1887 (1 volume); 1897 (1 volume); 1899 (1 volume); 1900 (1 volume).

Records at the University of Oregon, Knight Library, Special Collections:

List of Persons Liable to do Military Duty, 1864 (1 volume);

Military Roll 1874 (1 volume).

Mss. 1264B Jackson County [Military Roll-title varies], 1863, 1874-1875 (3 volumes).

1854-1965

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.

Since 1966 mining claim records have been recorded in the clerk's Official Records (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings).

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

Affidavits of Mining Property Not Subject to Liens [80A.4], 1908-1923 (1 volume);

Affidavits of Posting Notice That Mining Property is Not Subject to Liens [with index-80A.4], vol. 1, n.d.-1924 (1 volume); vol. 2, 1924-1929 (1 volume); vol. 3, 1929-1937 (1 volume);

Index Mining Record [80A.4], vol. 21, 1888-1890 (1 volume);

Mining & Water Rights Records [80A.4], vol. 18, 1882-1884 (1 volume);

Mining & Water Rights Records [with index-80A.4], vol. 14, 1875 (1 volume); vol. 16, 1876-1878 (1 volume); vol. 17, 1878-1882 (1 volume); vol. 19, 1884-1886 (1 volume);

Mining & Water Rights [Record-with index-80A.4], 1886-1888 (1 volume);

Mining Locations & Water Rights [Record-80A.4], vol. 1-11, 1858-1902 (11 volumes); vol. 13, 1902-1905 (1 volume); vol. 15, 1905-1908 (1 volume); vol. 21, 1888-1890 (1 volume);

Mining Record [80A.4], 1866-1869 (2 volumes); vol. 8, 1866 (1 volume); vol. 21, 1919-1921 (1 volume); vol. 27-28, 1929-1931 (2 volumes); vol. 39-40, 1939-1941 (2 volumes);

Mining Record Quartz [80A.4], vol. 12, 1899-1904 (1 volume); vol. 14, 1901-1910 (1 volume);

Mining Records [80A.4], vol. 6, 1866 (1 volume);

[Mining Records-81A.7, Boxes 7371-7372], vol. 48-51, 1947-1949 (4 volumes);

Mining Requests for Copies of Notices of Publication [Alphabetical Register-80A.4], n.d. (1 volume);

[Notice of Location of Quartz Claims-Mining-with index-80A.4], 1886-1888 (1 volume);

Proof of Work on Mining Claims [Index-80A.4], 1895-1899 (1 volume);

Record of Conveyances of Mining Claims and Water Ditches [with index-80A.4], vol. 1-2, 1854-1893 (2 volumes);

Record of Conveyances of Mining Claims and Water Rights [with index], vol. 3, 1893-1898 (1 volume);

Special Mining Record Affidavit of Publication [with index-80A.4], vol. A, 1929-1953 (1 volume);

Special Mining Record Certificates of Non-Payment for Assessment Work, vol. 2, 1917 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Office Room 114:

Index to Mining Claims and Water Rights, vol. 1-8, 1857-1965 (8 volumes);

Mining [and Water Rights-Record], 1884-1886 (1 reel of microfilm);

Mining [Claims and Water Rights Record], 1893-1901 (1 reel of microfilm);

Mining [Claims-includes water rights], vol. 1-78, 1857-1965 (77 reels of microfilm);

Mining [Index to Mining Claims-includes water rights], vol. 1-8, 1857-1965 (9 reels of microfilm);

Mining [Mining Claims Ditches-Record of Conveyance of Mining Claims and Water Ditches-with index], vol. 1-2, 1854-1893 (1 reel of microfilm);

Mining [Special Mining Claims-Record], vol. A, 1931-1953 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Basement Vault:

Mining [Claims and Water Rights Record], 1893-1901 (1 reel of microfilm);

Mining [Claims-includes water rights], vol. 1-78, 1857-1965 (77 reels of microfilm);

Mining [Index to Mining Claims-includes water rights], vol. 1-8, 1857-1965 (9 reels of microfilm);

Mining [Mining Claims Ditches-Record of Conveyance of Mining Claims and Water Ditches-with index], vol. 1-2, 1854-1893 (1 reel of microfilm);

Mining [Special Mining Claims-Record], vol. A, 1931-1953 (1 reel of microfilm).

[General Land Office/Bureau of Land Management Mineral Survey Records-with index], ca.1887-ca.1969 (1 inch of microfiche);

JS Howard [Survey Field Books-includes mineral surveys-title varies], ca.1896-ca.1897 (8 volumes);

Mining [Record-with gaps], vol. 1-47, ca.1866-ca.1947 (14 reels of microfilm).

Records at the University of Oregon, Knight Library, Special Collections:

[Record of Mining Claims, Water Rights, and Conveyances-some with index], 1860-1861, 1864-1866, 1872-1876 (5 volumes).

Records at the Oregon Historical Society:

Mss. 1264-1 Jackson County [Mining Claim Notices], 1861-1864, 1868-1869 (2 volumes).

Records at a Related Web Site:

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).

​​1855-1971

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 1966 mortgage records have been recorded in the clerk's Official Records (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Office Room 114:

[Index to Memorial of Estates, Mortgages, Registers of Title], vol. 1-3, n.d. (1 reel of microfilm);

Mortgage Index [General Index of Mortgages Direct], vol. 1-3, 1855-1927 (3 reels of microfilm);

Mortgage Index [General Index of Mortgages Indirect], vol. 1-3, 1855-1927 (3 reels of microfilm);

Mortgage [Record], vol. 1-497, 1856-1965 (497 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Basement Vault:

Direct Index to Mortgages, vol. 5-12, 1934-1965 (8 volumes);

Index to Mortgages Indirect, vol. 5, 1934-1945 (1 volume);

Mortgages [Record], vol. 1-497, 1856-1965 (497 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

Direct Index to Mortgages [title varies], vol. 1-4, 1856-1934 (4 volumes);

Federal Farm Loan Mortgage Record, vol. 44, 1917-1922 (1 volume);

General Index to Mortgages Reverse, vol. 1-2, 1856-1914 (2 volumes);

Index to Memorial of Estates, Mortgages, Encumbrances & Charges of Land in Certificates of Title, vol. 1, ca.1907-ca.1924 (1 volume);

Index to Memorial of Estates, Mortgages, Registered Titles, Etc., vol. 2-3, ca.1907-ca.1971 (2 volumes);

Indirect Index to Mortgages, vol. 3-4, 1914-1934 (2 volumes); vol. 6-12, 1945-1965 (7 volumes);

Issue of Mortgages [Record], vol. 2, 1861-1873 (1 volume);

Journal [Mortgage Record-78A.32], 1856-1861 (1 volume);

[Mortgage Record-84A.39, Box 7338-7347], vol. 168-194, 1947-1949 (27 volumes);

Mortgage Record [Federal Farm Loan Mortgage], vol. 57, 1922-1933 (1 volume);

Mortgage Record [title varies], vol. 1-18, 1856-1903 (18 volumes); vol. 24-27, 1909-1911 (4 volumes); vol. 48-51, 1919-1921 (4 volumes); vol. 89-92, 1929-1931 (4 volumes);

World War Veterans Loan Mortgage [Record], vol. 58, 1922-1925 (1 volume).

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​:

Jackson County Court Abstracts [includes deed and mortgage information-with index], vol. 1-30, 1886-1945 (30 volumes);

Jackson County Court Abstracts Index [of Title], 1868-ca.1945 (1 volume);

Jackson County Court Abstracts [of Title], vol. 1-30, 1868-ca.1945 (3 volumes).

Records at the University of Oregon, Knight Library, Special Collections:

[Mortgage Record Abstract of Unsatisfied Instruments of Writing-title varies], 1873-1886, 1889-1892 (4 volumes).

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.

Certificate of Naturalization [Stub Book], 1907-1929 (8 volumes).

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. 

Records at the Oregon State Archives: 

Naturalization Declarations of Intention, 1854-1913 (.50 cu.ft.); 1859-1975 (10 volumes); 

Naturalization Index Cards, 1886-1981 (1 cu.ft.); 

Search for 1859-1981 Jackson County naturalization records in Oregon Historical Records Index​.​

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​: 

Naturalizations Jackson Co., Or [Declaration of Intention-includes some declarations from other states-with index-photocopies], vol. 1-5, 1833-1929 (5 volumes).

Records at a Related Webs​ite:

Declarations of Intention [Index-includes some declarations from other states], 1833-1929 (Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library).

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 Oregon State Archives:

County Court Civil Business [Docket-includes mental commitment and naturalization entries-with index], vol. 3, 1873-1896 (1 volume);

[List of Petitions Granted-Naturalization], 1969-1980 (.05 cu.ft.); 

Naturalization Deposition Notices, 1946-1972 (.50 cu.ft.);

[Naturalization Papers Forwarded-List], 1969-1981 (.05 cu.ft.); 

Naturalization Petition Court Orders, 1942-1982 (1 volume);

Naturalization Petitions and Records, 1906-1929 (3 volumes);

Naturalization Petitions [with index], 1942-1981 (7 volumes); 

Naturalization Records, 1903-1906 (1 volume); 

Naturalization Transferred Petitions, 1958-1971 (.10 cu.ft.); 

Search for 1859-1981 Jackson County naturalization records in Oregon Historical Records Index​. 

Records at the Jackson County Justice Building Basement, Court Archives:

[County Court Civil Business-Docket-includes mental commitment and naturalization entries-with index], vol. 1, 1859-1873 (1 reel of microfilm); vol. 4, 1896-1919 (1 reel of microfilm). 

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​: 

County Court Civil Business [Docket-includes mental commitment and naturalization entries-with index], vol. 1, 1859-1873 (1 volume).

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 Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

[Application for County Aid-79A.31, Box 7418], 1928-1935 (1 volume);

[Application for Old Age Pension-79A.31, Box 7417], 1934-1935 (1 cu.ft.);

[Application for Widow's Pension-79A.31, Box 7418], 1928-1936 (.25 cu.ft.);

[Indigent Ledger Sheets-79A.31, Box 7418], 1922-1931 (.10 cu.ft.); 

[Indigents Deceased & Cancelled-Payment Sheets-79A.31, Box 7418], 1928-1935 (.10 cu.ft.); 

[Old Age Pension Commission Minute Book-79A.31, Box 7418], 1934-1936 (1 volume);

[Widows Pension Put Away File-Warrant Order Register-79A.31, Box 7418], 1919-1924 (1 volume);

Widow's Pension [Record-80A.4], vol. 1, 1933-1937 (1 volume); 

[Widows Pensions Cancelled-Order Sheets-79A.31, Box 7418], 1928-1933 (.05 cu.ft.);

Widows Pens. [Pension Record-80A.4], 1929-1937 (1 volume).

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​: 

Juvenile Court Record [includes widow's pension cases-with index], vol. 1, 1908-1926 (1 volume).

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. 

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

[Minutes and Staff Reports-Planning Commission-99A.82], 1956-1976 (3 reels of microfilm); 

Planning Commission Minutes [interfiled with related records], 1977-1997 (ca.8 cu.ft.);

[Planning Commission Minutes-interfiled with related records-92A,17, Boxes 8104-8106], 1956-1976 (3 cu.ft.); 

[Planning Commission Minutes-interfiled with related records-03A.70, Box 9487], 1998-2000 (1 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse, Planning Division Office Room 105: 

JCPC Meeting Files [Jackson County Planning Commission-includes minutes and related records], 2001-2007 (1.50 cu.ft.);

[JCPC-Jackson County Planning Commission Minutes], 2008-present (.60 cu.ft.).

​ Records at the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Research Library:

Jackson County Planning Commission [Minutes and Correspondence-MS 1169], 1957-1959 (1 volume). 

Records at the Jackson County Web Site: 

Planning Commission Minutes​, 2008-present.

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). 

Records at the Oregon State Archives: 

Lord Rochester Clothes [County Jail Inmate Mug Shots], ca.1934-n.d. (1 volume). 

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility: 

Deeds [serves as prisoner numerical register with mug shots-78A.60], vol. 64, ca.1920 (1 volume);

[Jail Registers-78A.17-Box 6828], 1960-1965 (.40 cu.ft.); 

Register of Prisoners [with index-78A.60], vol. 2, 1929-1934 (1 volume). 

Register of Prisoners [MS 906], vol. 1, 1886-1929 (1 volume).

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 created since 2002 are maintained electronically by the circuit court. 

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

[Probate Case File Index-Index to Estates], 1853-1977 (1 reel of microfilm);

Probate Case Files [case file numbers 2100 to 2999 and 3100 to 3999 were not created], no. 1-4775, 1853-1925 (51 cu.ft.); 

Search for 1853-1925 Jackson County probate case files in Oregon Historical Records Index. 

Records at the Jackson County Justice Building Basement, Court Archives: 

Index to Estate [Records], 1853-ca.1983 (2 reels of microfilm); 

Index to Estates [serves as index to probate case files], vol. 1-2, ca.1853-1988 (2 volumes);  

Microfiche Index [Index to Estates], ca.1853-1977 (.50 cu.ft.);  

[Probate Case Files-includes small estate case files beginning in 1995], no. P.0001.76-01.746P, 1976-2001 (241 cu.ft.); 

Probate [Case Files], no. 4776-11556, 1926-1962 (155 reels of microfilm); 

[Probate Case Files], no. P.0001.63-P.0206.75, 1963-1975 (50 reels of microfilm); 

Small Estate Affidavits [Index], 1973-1988 (1 volume); 

Small Estates [Case Files], 1973-1994 (13 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library: 

Wills Probates Estate Files Guardianships [Probate Case File Abstracts], vol. 1-4, 1855-1920 (4 volumes).

Records at a Related Website:

Jackson County Court Records ​[​Wills, Probates, Estate Files, and Guardianships], vol. 1-4, 1855-1920 (Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​).

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. 

Records at the Oregon State Archives: 

Inventory and Appraisement of Estates, 1865-1867 (1 volume); 

Probate Estate Records, 1903-1972 (7 volumes). 

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Office Room 114: 

[Index to Memorial of Estates, Mortgages, Registers of Title], vol. 1-3, n.d. (1 reel of microfilm). 

Records at the Jackson County Justice Building Basement, Court Archives: 

[Index to Settled Estates], vol. 1, 1871-1926 (1 reel of microfilm). 

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility: 

Index to Memorial of Estates, Mortgages, Encumbrances & Charges of Land in Certificates of Title, vol. 1, ca.1907-ca.1924 (1 volume);

Index to Memorial of Estates, Mortgages, Registered Titles, Etc., vol. 2-3, ca.1907-ca.1971 (2 volumes). 

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​:

Index to Settled Estates, vol. 1, 1871-1926 (1 volume).

​1853-1988

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 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. 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 two years. Contact the trial court administrator for access to OJIN. Portions of these records may be restricted.

Jackson County joined the Oregon Judicial Information Network (OJIN) in 1988.

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

[Index to Probate Journal, Direct and Reverse], vol. 1-44, 1856-1932 (1 reel of microfilm);

Index to Probate Record, vol. 1, 1853-1936 (1 volume);

Probate Court [Journal], vol. A, 1853-1854 (1 volume);

Probate Journal, 1873-1878 (.10 cu.ft.); 1878-1941 (23 volumes);

Probate Journal Index, 1854-1891 (.20 cu.ft.);

[Probate Journal], vol. C, 1854-1857 (1 volume);

Probate Records [Journal], vol. B, 1853-1855 (1 volume);

Probate Record, vol. D, 1857-1859 (1 volume);

Probate Register and Fee Book, 1859-1899 (.30 cu.ft.); 1889-1899 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Justice Building Basement, Court Archives:

[Direct and Reverse Index to Probate Records], vol. 1-44, 1856-1932 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Index to Probate Record-to vol. 1 to 44], vol. 1, 1853-1936 (1 reel of microfilm); Judge's Docket Probate Court, 1871-1890 (1 volume);

Probate Docket and Index, 1987-1988 (1 volume);

[Probate Docket], vol. 7, 1905-1915 (1 reel of microfilm);

Probate Docket [with index], vol. 2, 1890-1905 (1 volume);

Probate Journal Docket, vol. 2-4, 1890-1916 (3 reels of microfilm);

[Probate Journal-with index], vol. A-D, 1-262, 1853-1980 (263 reels of microfilm);

Probate Record [with index], vol. 2, 1866-1872 (1 volume);

[Probate Register Docket Book], no. 1-11384, P.1.63-P.220.86, 1913-1986 (8 reels of microfilm);

Record [Probate Journal-with index], vol. 1, 1859-1866 (1 volume).

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​:

Probate Docket [with index], vol. 3, 1905-1913 (1 volume).

​​​1852-[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.

The Property Data Online (PDO) application GIS maps include layers based on streets, roads, bicycle routes, bus routes, and railroads.

Records at the Jackson County Roads and Parks Engineering and Administration Office:

Bridges [Case Files-includes bridge reports], no. 1-818, ca.1937-present (22 cu.ft.);

Bridges [Index Cards], ca.1937-ca.1973 (.20 cu.ft.);

Engineers Records [includes road vacation orders, viewer reports, and related records], no. 1-368, ca.1858-ca.2000 (7 cu.ft.);

Field Notes [Road and Bridge Engineering], ca.1969-ca.1996 (3 cu.ft.);

[Individual Road Records-includes orders, resolutions, and petitions related to road establishment and vacation-also includes road survey information and maps], ca.1858-present (39 cu.ft.);

Petition Book [Road Maps-shows commissioners journals entries for road petitions], ca.1853-ca.1985 (1 volume);

Plat Records Log Book [Alphabetical Listing to Road and Bridge Engineering Maps and Plans], n.d.-present (1 binder);

[Road and Bridge Engineering Maps and Plans-in map drawers and rolled], n.d.-present (ca.30 cu.ft.);

Road Book [Map], ca.1997-ca.2009 (1 volume);

Road Records [includes road record and commissioners journal entries related to roads], 1856-present (5.50 cu.ft.).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, Surveyor's Office Room 318:

File "D" Jackson County Bridge Numbers from Bridge Surveys [Survey Field Book Index], ca.1935-ca.1965 (1 binder).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, Surveyor's Basement Records Storage Room 6A:

Bridge Field Notes and Books File "D", ca.1935-ca.1965 (1.20 cu.ft.);

[County Road Document Index Book-Visual Index to Road Locations-by township and range], n.d. (1 volume);

Jackson County Road System Maps, 1981-1991 (1 volume);

Road Records [includes road establishment and road survey information], vol. 1-4, 1856-1935 (3 reels of microfilm);

RR [Road Record-includes road establishment and road survey information], 1856-n.d. (14 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Office Room 114:

Road Records [includes road establishment, road survey, and subdivision information], vol. 1-4, 1856-1935 (2 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Basement Vault:

County Road Book [Market Roads], vol. 4, 1925-1935 (1 volume);

Road Record [includes petitions, surveys, and reports-with index], vol. 3, 1891-1910 (1 volume);

Road Record [includes road and subdivision plats, descriptions, and surveyor and road viewer reports], vol. 2, 1878-1890 (1 volume);

Road Record [includes road establishment, road survey, and subdivision information], vol. 1, 1852-1878 (1 volume);

Road Records [includes road establishment, road survey, and subdivision information], vol. 1-4, 1856-1935 (2 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse, Assessor's Office Room 300:

Index Map General Road System, ca.1994-ca.2006 (1 volume).

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

[Bridge Construction Records-Rogue River and Phoenix Bridges-79A.38, Box 7553], 1946-1951 (.10 cu.ft.);

Index to County Roads, vol. 1, 1906-1947 (1 volume);

Receipt of Road Supervisors [Road District Boundary Descriptions], vol. 2, 1892-1899 (1 volume);

[Road Case Files-includes maps-88A.30, Box 5144], ca.1858-1987 (30 inches of microfilm jackets);

[Road Files-includes creation, vacation and name change actions as well as road survey plats-80A.8, Boxes 1416-1420], 1958-1978 (4.70 cu.ft.);

[Road Petitions-81A.4, 79A.33, Boxes 3235-3238], 1858-1956 (4 cu.ft.).

Records at the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Research Library:

Record of Road Districts [includes petitions, boundaries, and road supervisor information-MS 521], ca.1871-ca.1892 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Library, Medford Branch:

A Comprehensive Bicycle Plan for Jackson County [includes maps], 1978 (1 volume);

Highway and Street Guide for Jackson County Oregon, 1991 (1 volume); 1996 (1 volume); 2000 (1 volume); 2003 (1 volume); 2005 (1 volume).

Records at the University of Oregon, Knight Library, Special Collections:

[Road Petitions-also includes road supervisor and surveyor reports], 1856-1911 (1.40 cu.ft.).

Records at the Oregon Historical Society:

Mss. 1264B Jackson County [Road Districts and Boundaries Record], 1856-1857 (2 volumes);

Mss. 1264 Jackson County [Road Petitions and Accounts], 1856-1875, 1889 (.10 cu.ft.).

Records at the Jackson County Website:

Jackson County Transportation System Plan, 2005-present.

​​1852-[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 Property Data Online (PDO) application GIS maps include layers based on streets, roads, bicycle routes, bus routes, and railroads.

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, Surveyor's Office Room 318:

1910 Road Survey Index, 1910 (1 binder);

Alphabetical Index County Roads A to Z & Market Road Index, n.d. (1 binder);

File "A" Index [Road Survey Field Book], ca.1933-ca.1966 (1 binder);

File "B" Alphabetical Road Notes Index [Road Survey Field Books], ca.1913-ca.1934 (1 binder);

File "C" & "B" Miscellaneous Surveys [Land and Road Survey Field Book Index], ca.1910-ca.1934 (1 binder);

Index to County Road Books [to Road Record vol. 1-3] 1856-1910 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, Surveyor's Basement Records Storage Room 6A:

County Road Map Index [to road maps held by surveyor and road department], ca.1900-1974 (2 volumes);

File "A" Field Notes [Road Survey], ca.1933-ca.1966 (1.50 cu.ft.);

File "B" Field Notes [Road Survey], vol. 1-75, ca.1913-ca.1934 (2 cu.ft.);

File "C" Field Notes [Road and Land Survey], vol. A-Z, ca.1910-ca.1920 (1 cu.ft.);

Road Notes Index by Township, Range, & Section [Survey Index Cards], ca.1952-ca.1978 (.15 cu.ft.);

Road Records [includes road establishment and road survey information], vol. 1-4, 1856-1935 (3 reels of microfilm);

Road Survey Books and Market Road Notes [Field], ca.1910-ca.1962 (1 cu.ft.);

RR [Road Record-includes road establishment and road survey information], 1856-n.d. (14 reels of microfilm);

Surveyor's Record [includes road surveys-with index], 1901-1907 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Office Room 114:

Road Record [includes road establishment, road survey, and subdivision information], vol. 1-4, 1856-1935 (2 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Basement Vault:

Maps Removed from Road Record Volume 2 [includes road survey plats], ca.1884-ca.1887 (.20 cu.ft.);

Road Record [includes road and subdivision plats, descriptions, and surveyor and road viewer reports], vol. 2, 1878-1890 (1 volume);

Road Record [includes road establishment, road survey, and subdivision information], vol. 1, 1852-1878 (1 volume);

Road Records [includes road establishment, road survey, and subdivision information], vol. 1-4, 1856-1935 (2 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Jackson County Roads and Parks Engineering and Administration Office:

[Assessor's Maps-with road engineering notations], n.d.-present (15 volumes);

Field Notes [Road and Bridge Engineering], ca.1969-ca.1996 (3 cu.ft.);

[Individual Road Records-includes orders, resolutions, and petitions related to road establishment and vacation-also includes road survey information and maps], ca.1858-present (39 cu.ft.);

Plat Records Log Book [Alphabetical Listing to Road and Bridge Engineering Maps and Plans], n.d.-present (1 binder);

[Road and Bridge Engineering Maps and Plans-in map drawers and rolled], n.d.-present (ca.30 cu.ft.).

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

[County Surveyor's Record-Road Surveys-91A.44, Box 54], vol. B, ca.1913-1926 (1 volume);

[Old Survey No. Index-Road Survey Numbers-91A.44, Box 54], ca.1931 (1 volume);

[Road Files-includes creation, vacation and name change actions as well as road survey plats-80A.8, Boxes 1416-1420], 1958-1978 (4.70 cu.ft.);

Road Record Visual Index [indexes road record-by township and range], ca.1856-1910 (1 volume).

​​​1854-1988

Series reports the general and financial statistics of each school district located in the county. Information includes school district number and clerk's name; number of individuals within the district between ages 4 and 20​; number of teachers employed; number of school houses (owned by the district); number of legal voters; number of libraries and books within each; number of private schools; cash on hand at last report; district tax received from county; state schools funds received; general value of school grounds and furnishings; property values; enrollment; number of students enrolled from outlying districts; school census; and board minutes. Series may also contain school attendance and grade reports and data on students and parents. Records may be titled School District Clerk Annual Report, District Clerk's Book of Records, District Clerk Record Book, or Oregon School Register and Record Book, which is the most comprehensive record of school district activities. School district records have been inventoried through 1965. Access to student records may be restricted by state or federal law.

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

[Minutes of School District No. 1], 1854-1887 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Southern Oregon Education Service District Administration Building, Third Floor Microfilm Room:

[Attendance Records-District No. 40-Applegate], 1915-1991 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Board Minutes-Pinehurst School District], 1962-1976 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Board Minutes-School-District No. 40-Applegate], 1955-1988 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Cum. Cards-Cumulative Student Record Cards-Crater High School], 1958-1973 (4 reels of microfilm);

[Elementary Student Records-Eagle Point-reel 11], 1956-1977 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Old School Registers-Eagle Point-reel 28], 1899-1920 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Oregon School Register and Record Book-Butte Falls School-reel 2], 1930-1931 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Oregon School Register and Record Book-Eagle Point Antelope School District-reel 6A], 1941-n.d. (1 reel of microfilm);

[Oregon School Register and Record Book-includes Ashland schools], ca.1928-ca.1966 (11 reels of microfilm);

[Oregon School Register and Record Book-Prospect Grade School-reel 5], 1948-ca.1970 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Oregon School Registers-Pinehurst Schools], 1939-1952 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Permanent Record Cards-Student-Eagle Point High School], 1932-1973 (4 reels of microfilm);

[Permanent Records-Student-Ashland Schools], 1940-1970 (5 reels of microfilm);

[Permanent Records-Student-Crater High School], 1913-1957 (1 reel of microfilm);

[School Attendance and Progress Records-District No. 5-Ashland-reel 1A], 1901-1931 (1 reel of microfilm);

[School Census Records-District No. 73-Ashland], 1909-1930 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Medford School District Administration Building, Records Storage Room 258 (Districts 1-3):

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Jacksonville], 1939-1958 (1.25 cu.ft.);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Jacksonville-Albert Joy], ca.1909-1912 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Jacksonville-E.E. Washburn], 1902-1905 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Jacksonville-Frances Barnes], 1901 (1 volume); 1902-1905 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Jacksonville-J.M. Horton], 1900-1901 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Jacksonville-Josephine Donegan], 1906-1908 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Jacksonville-Marian White], 1905-1908 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Jacksonville-Mary Peter], 1906-1910 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1-Jacksonville-S.P. Robbins-High School], 1905-1908 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 2-Griffin Creek], 1896-1897 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 2-Griffin Creek-Anna Jeffrey], 1902-1906 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 2-Griffin Creek-A.O. Freil], 1900 (1 volume); 1900-1901 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 2-Griffin Creek-Argella Titus], 1894-1896 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 2-Griffin Creek-Bernice Carder], 1910-1912 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 2-Griffin Creek-Blanche Darby], 1913-1917 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 2-Griffin Creek-Ella Tyrrell], 1917-1923 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 2-Griffin Creek-F.W. Talcott], 1898-1899 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 2-Griffin Creek-Georgiana Hussong], 1932-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 2-Griffin Creek-G.R. Carlock], 1902-1906 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 2-Griffin Creek-H.S. O'Hara], 1913-1917 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 2-Griffin Creek-H.T. Baughman], 1906-1913 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 2-Griffin Creek-I.B. Raymond], 1889-1891 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 2-Griffin Creek-J.R. Tyrrell], 1917-1924 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 2-Griffin Creek-Lucy Kent], 1906-1909 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 2-Griffin Creek-Margaret Sheets], 1923-1926 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 2-Griffin Creek-M.M. Colman], 1891-1895 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 2-Griffin Creek-Nina Carlon], 1928-1932 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 2-Griffin Creek-Ruth McCollum], 1927-1932 (2 volumes);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 3-Ruch], 1939-1952 (.35 cu.ft.);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 3-Ruch-Anna Boylan], 1912-1916 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 3-Ruch-Anna Jeffrey], 1897-1898 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 3-Ruch-Frances Donegan], 1900-1902 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 3-Ruch-Helen Wait], 1907-1912 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 3-Ruch-Marcella Rawe], 1938-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 3-Ruch-N.A. Frost], 1916-1917 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 3-Ruch-Nettie Armpriest], 1932-1938 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 3-Ruch-Robert Peachy], 1915-1920 (1 volume).

Records at the Medford School District Administration Building, Records Storage Room 258 (Districts 10-100):

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 10-Lone Pine], 1940-1952 (.45 cu.ft.);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 21-Missouri Flat], 1941-1944 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 27-Uniontown], 1939-1949 (.15 cu.ft.);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 31-Derby], 1945-1947 (.05 cu.ft.);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 33-Sterling-Edna Wisely], 1923-1932 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 33-Sterling-Grace Brownlee], 1933-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 34-Thompson Creek], 1945-1946 (1 volume) 1946-1947 (.05 cu.ft.);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 43-Forest Creek], 1939-1948 (.10 cu.ft.);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 43-Forest Creek-Ada East], 1917-1925 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 43-Forest Creek-Mary Davies], 1930-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 49-Medford-Lincoln School], 1939-1963 (28 volumes);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 59-Prospect], 1951-1952 (.05 cu.ft.);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 62-Wimer/Evans Valley], 1950-1952 (.05 cu.ft.);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 68-Watkins/Squaw Creek], 1939-1949 (.10 cu.ft.);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 68-Watkins/Squaw Lake-Bertha Skinner], 1925-1929 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 68-Watkins/Squaw Lake-Helen James], 1917-1924 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 69-Oak Grove], 1939-1952 (.60 cu.ft.);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 69-Oak Grove-Una Ink], 1928-1931 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 76-Liberty], 1939-1940 (.05 cu.ft.);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 82-Beaver Creek], 1939-1946 (.15 cu.ft.);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 82-Beaver Creek-Lois Fretwell], 1930-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 87-Little Applegate], 1939-1943 (.10 cu.ft.);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 94-Pinehurst], 1950-1951 (.05 cu.ft.);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 95-West Side], 1939-1951 (.30 cu.ft.);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 99-Fern Valley/Phoenix], 1945-1946 (.05 cu.ft.);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 100-Howard], 1943-1950 (.35 cu.ft.).

Records at the Medford School District Administration Building, Records Storage Room 258 (Miscellaneous Records):

Blotter Sheet Medford Elementary School Record-Lincoln School-includes census and grade information], 1930-1943 (1 volume); 1941-1948 (1 volume); 1944-1955 (1 volume);

Class Record [Teachers Handbooks-include weekly grades-District No. 49-Medford-title varies], ca.1918-ca.1958 (6 cu.ft.);

[Class Record-Teachers Handbooks-include weekly grades-District No. 49-Medford-title varies], 1954-1963 (28 volumes);

District # 10 Lone Pine Board Minutes Financial Rept. [Report-School Board], 1957-1959 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 1-Jacksonville], 1922-1923 (1 volume); 1925 (1 volume); 1925-1926 (1 volume); 1926-1927 (1 volume); 1927-1928 (1 volume); 1929-1930 (1 volume); 1930-1931 (1 volume); 1932-1933 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 2-Griffin Creek], 1889-1891 (1 volume); 1892-1893 (1 volume); 1894-1897 (1 volume); 1897-1899 (1 volume); 1900-1901 (1 volume); 1902-1906 (1 volume); 1903-1906 (1 volume); 1908-1912 (1 volume); 1912-1914 (1 volume); 1914-1917 (1 volume); 1917-1921 (1 volume); 1924-1928 (1 volume); 1928-1929 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 68-Watkins/Squaw Lake], 1915-1918 (1 volume); 1920-1924 (1 volume); 1925-1929 (1 volume); 1930-1934 (1 volume); 1935-1944 (1 volume);

Final Certificates [Penmanship Awards-alphabetical cards], ca.1929-ca.1955 (1 cu.ft.);

Final Record of Pupils of Jacksonville High School [District No. 1-with index], ca.1908-ca.1928 (1 volume);

[Grade Book Grammar Department-District No. 1-Jacksonville], 1911-1913 (1 volume);

Jacksonville Dist Board Mtg Minutes [District Board Meeting-includes related records], 1949-1959 (1 volume);

Journal [Intermediate Department Grade Book-District No. 1-Jacksonville], 1906 (1 volume);

[Medford Public Schools Record of Credits], 1915-1925 (9 volumes);

Minutes [School Board-District No. 49-Medford], 1899-1966 (29 volumes);

Pupils Record [Medford High School], ca.1901-ca.1910 (1 volume);

School Board Minutes [District No. 1-Jacksonville-loose], 1949-1951 (.05 cu.ft.).

Records at the Medford School District Administration Building, Records Storage Room 258, Microfilm Cabinet:

[Census Records-District No. 49-Medford], 1917-1974 (39 reels of microfilm);

[Elementary Report Cards-District No. 49-Medford], 1927-1969 (31 reels of microfilm);

[Elementary School Records-District No. 49-Medford], 1924-1927 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Junior High Records-District No. 49-Medford], 1926-1948 (9 reels of microfilm);

School Board Minutes [District No. 49-Medford], 1919-1967 (6 reels of microfilm);

[Senior High School Records-Enrollment Cards-District No. 49-Medford], 1925-1959 (9 reels of microfilm); 1964-1965 (4 reels of microfilm);

[Senior High School Records-includes graduates and drops-District No. 49-Medford], 1914-1973 (ca.20 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Research Library (Registers):

Forest Grove/Enterprise School District Register [District No. 2-location M34E, Box 1], 1888-1891 (1 volume);

Griffin Creek School District Register [location M34E, Box 1], 1886-1888 (1 volume);

Heber Grove School District Register [location M34E, Box 1], 1882-1885 (1 volume);

[Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 24-North Phoenix-Acc. no.1998.33.6.1-2], 1889-1891 (1 volume); 1894-1899 (1 volume);

[Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 27-location M30E, Box 1], 1894-1898 (1 volume);

School District No. 19 Register and Record Book [location M34E, Box 1], 1889-1900, 1904-1908, 1922-1930 (6 volumes);

School District No. 27 Register and Record Book, 1901-1907 (1 volume);

School District No. 42 Register and Record Book, 1904-1932 (4 volumes);

School District No. 69 Register and Record Book [Oak Grove-location M34E, Box 2], 1891-1922 (6 volumes);

School District No. 82 Register and Record Book, 1903-1908 (1 volume);

School Records [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 24-MS 941], 1897 (1 volume);

School Records [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 28-MS 941], 1917-1926 (1 volume);

School Records [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 59-Prospect-MS 941], 1905-1907 (1 volume); 1907-1908 (1 volume); 1914-1922 (1 volume); 1922-1929 (1 volume); 1924-1936 (1 volume); 1927-1931 (1 volume); 1929-1932 (1 volume); 1930-1938 (1 volume); 1932 (1 volume); 1932-1934 (1 volume); 1932-1935 (2 volumes);

School Records [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 91-Butte Falls High School-MS 941], 1931-1949 (.25 cu.ft.).

Records at the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Research Library (Other School Records):

Antioch School District Register [District No. 18-location M34E, Box 1], 1884-1887 (1 volume);

Assessment Roll of School District No. 1 [District-location M34E, Box 1], 1891 (1 volume);

Assessment Roll School Dist. 19 [location M34E, Box 1], 1887-1891 (1 volume);

Clerk's Annual Census Report [location M17], 1893-1916, 1919-1958, 1960-1966, 1968, 1970 (52 volumes);

[District Clerk Annual Report-District No. 24-North Phoenix-MS 776], 1885-1886 (.05 cu.ft.);

[District Clerk's Annual Report [District No. 2-location M34E, Box 1], 1881-1888 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Annual Report, vol. 1, 1908-1920 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Book of Records, 1891-1929 (11 volumes);

[District Clerks' Book of Records-District No. 24-North Phoenix-Acc. no. 1998.33.6.1-2], 1892-1903 (3 volumes);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 27], 1899-1905 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 47], 1896-1898 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 59-MS 941], 1907 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 69-Oak Grove-location M34E, Box 2], 1891-1929 (11 volumes);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 91-photocopy-MS 334], 1906-1907 (.10 cu.ft.);

Jacksonville School District [Minutes and Financial Reports-MS 945], 1903-1914 (1 volume);

Minutes of School District No. 1, 1854-1887 (1 reel of microfilm);

Record of Minutes and Warrant Register [Jacksonville School District-MS 946], 1915-1922 (1 volume);

[School District No. 1 Establishment Record and Minutes MS 933], 1854-1887 (1 volume);

School District No. 2 Records [related to the building of a school house-MS 281], 1871-1874 (.10 cu.ft.);

School District No. 18 Record Book [location M34E, Box 1], 1873-1889 (1 volume);

School District No. 19 Record Book [location M34E, Box 1], 1874-1929 (12 volumes);

School District [Record Book-District No. 1-MS 944], vol. 2, 1887-1903 (1 volume);

School Records [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 59-Prospect-MS 941], 1892 (1 volume); 1901-1902 (1 volume); 1907 (1 volume); 1910-1914 (1 volume); 1922 (1 volume); 1929-1931 (1 volume); 1931-1933 (1 volume);

School Records [District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 93-MS 941], 1922 (1 volume).

Records at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​:

Jackson County, Or School District Census [County-Abstracts], 1893 (1 volume).

Records at the University of Oregon, Knight Library, Special Collections:

[School District No. 5 Records-includes teachers reports, financial records, and student papers and compositions], 1857-1868 (.25 cu.ft.).

Records at the Oregon Historical Society:

Mss. 1504 Public School System [School District Attendance Reports-District No. 1], 1858, 1863 (.05 cu.ft.).

Records at a Related Website:

Jackson County School Record Indexes [indexes Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 56-Roosevelt Elementary School], 1889-1891, 1895-1897 (Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Library​).

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. 

[School District Boundary Book], 1851-1887 (1 reel of microfilm). 

Records at the Southern Oregon Education Service District Administration Building, Safe Room: 

Boundary Board Minutes [School District], 1908-1956 (1 reel of microfilm); 

Enrollment Cards [Jackson County Schools], 1895-1942 (14 reels of microfilm); ca.1942-ca.1965 (13 reels of microfilm); 

Jackson Co. Census [Records Jackson County Schools], 1892-1970 (17 reels of microfilm);  

Teachers Annual Reports, ca. 1908-ca.1968 (6 reels of microfilm). 

Primary Certificates to Teachers [MS 929], 1891-1910 (1 volume); 

Record of Fees Collected by County School Superintendent, [MS 930] 1908-1933 (1 volume);

Record of School District Boundaries [MS 932], 1892-1932 (3 volumes); 

Record of School Fund Apportionments [MS 927], vol. 1-2, 1907-1949 (2 volumes); 

[Record of Superintendent for Common Schools-includes school district boundary information], 1854-1887 (1 reel of microfilm); 

Record of Superintendent for Common Schools [includes school district boundary information], 1854-1887 (1 volume);

Register of School Officers, vol. 1, ca.1903-1909 (1 volume); 

Register of Teachers Certificates [MS 928], 1892-1909 (1 volume);

Register of Teachers Under Contract [MS 916], vol. 1-2, 1899-1917 (2 volumes);

Register of Uniform Eighth Grade Examinations [MS 912], 1908-1914 (1 volume); 

Superintendent's Annual Report [MS 925], 1908-1914 (1 volume); 

Supervisory Outlines [School Superintendent Guide to Teachers-location M34E, Box 1], 1919-ca.1932 (1 volume). 

Mss. 1504 Public School System [School Building Specifications], 1907 (.05 cu.ft.). 

Jackson County School District Census [Abstract-Rogue Valley Genealogical Society], 1893 (1 volume).

1853-[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.

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

Timber Cruise Plat Book, 1930-1931 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, Surveyor's Office Room 318:

[Boyden Survey Records Card Index-provides access to survey records stored in White City], ca.1920-ca.2009 (1 cu.ft.);

City of Ashland [Survey Field Book Photocopies-includes corner survey information], 1876-1911 (20 volumes);

County Surveyor's Record [photocopy], vol. 1, 1856-1913 (1 volume);

File "C" & "B" Miscellaneous Surveys [Land and Road Survey Field Book Index], ca.1910-ca.1934 (1 binder);

Filed Surveys [paper copy-includes hallway cabinets], no. 1-21760, 1947-present (21760 plats);

[Filed Survey Visual Reference Maps-on assessor's plat base], 1947-2012 (16 volumes);

Government Notes [Bureau of Land Management Field Notes-includes corner remonumentation information], ca.1917-ca.1995 (39 volumes);

Jackson County Surveyors Office [Original Government Survey Field Notes-includes corner survey information], 1854-ca.1937 (12 volumes);

Mineral Surveys, 1871-1989 (3 volumes);

Sewall Truax [Survey Field Books-includes donation land claim information-photocopy], 1855-1889 (7 volumes);

Survey Book [photocopy], vol. A, A2, 1912-1952 (2 volumes);

Surveys Prior to 1947 [Visual Reference Maps-on assessor's plat base], n.d.-1946 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, Surveyor's Basement Records Storage Room 6A:

1800s Field Books Misc. Surveys [Miscellaneous], ca.1872-ca.1900 (42 volumes);

Certified Copy of Field Notes of Exterior and Subdivisional Lines [Survey-includes corner survey information-mimeographs], 1854-ca.1937 (19 volumes);

[County Survey Description Book-mostly C.Z. Boyden], ca.1923-ca.1952 (1 volume);

County Surveyor's Record, vol. 1, 1856-1913 (1 volume);

Field Notes [Survey-includes corner information], 1980-1996 (1 cu.ft.);

File "C" Field Notes [Road and Land Survey], vol. A-Z, ca.1910-ca.1920 (1 cu.ft.);

[Filed Surveys], no. 1-21760, 1947-present (21760 plats);

[General Land Office/Bureau of Land Management Mineral Survey Records-with index], ca.1887-ca.1969 (1 inch of microfiche);

[General Land Office/Bureau of Land Management Survey Plats and Field Notes], ca.1853-ca.1997 (8 inches of microfiche); ca.1853-ca.1997 (6 inches of aperture cards);

Index by Location [Filed Surveys], ca.1947-2011 (1 volume of computer printouts);

Index by Surveyor [Filed Surveys], ca.1947-2011 (1 volume of computer printouts);

[Ives and Hyde Survey Field Books-with index], 1854 (12 volumes);

JS Howard [Survey Field Books-includes mineral surveys-title varies], ca.1896-ca.1897 (8 volumes);

Original Narratives [to Filed Surveys], no. 1-21743, 1947-present (14 cu.ft.);

[Recorded Surveys Indexed by Surveyor-Alphabetical Register], 1947-1974 (1 volume);

Sewall Truax [Survey Field Books-includes donation land claim information], 1855-1889 (7 volumes);

[Survey Field Notes-includes corner information-mostly in 3-ring binders], 1973-2013 (1.50 cu.ft.);

Surveyor's Record [includes road surveys-with index], 1901-1907 (1 volume).

Survey Plats, 1947-1954 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

[Ancient Survey-Record-with index-91A.44, Box 53], ca.1917-1951 (1 volume);

[County Surveyors Record-with index-91A.44, Box 53], vol. 1, 1856-1913 (1 volume);

[County Surveyors Record-with index-91A.44, Box 54], vol. A, ca.1913-ca.1923 (1 volume);

[Field Notes of Claims-Donation Land Claims-includes corner survey information-with index-91A.44, Box 53], 1855-ca.1859 (1 volume);

[Government Field Notes Donation Land Claims-includes corner survey information-typescript-with index-91A.44, Box 53], 1855-1917 (1 volume);

[Government Field Notes-Donation Land Claim-manuscript copy-with index-91A.44, Box 54], vol. 1, 1855-ca.1859 (1 volume);

[Index to Survey Record vol. 1 to 2-with index-91A.44, Box 54], ca.1856-n.d. (1 volume);

[Narratives [Surveyor Field Notes-with index-91A.44, Box 54], vol. 6A-6B, 1947-1954 (2 volumes);

[Park Surveys and Plats-89A.85, Boxes 6245-6246], 1964-1970 (1 cu.ft.).

Records at a Related Web Site:

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. 

The Property Data Online (PDO) ap​plication​ GIS maps include layers based on tax lots. 

Records at the Jackson County 724 Antelope Road Storage Building, Assessor's Records Storage Room: 

[Deed Record Cards-Official Record of Description of Real Properties], ca.1853-1999 (50 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse, Assessor's Office Room 300: 

Microfiche Cards [Deed Record Cards-Tax Lot Cards], ca.1853-1980 (12 inches of microfiche).

1857-1979

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.

Since 1966 water rights records have been recorded in the clerk's Official Records (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings).

[Decree Distribution of Water Little Butte Creek-Water Rights], no. 1203E, n.d. (1 reel of microfilm);

Index to Mining Claims and Water Rights, vol. 1-8, 1857-1965 (8 volumes);

Mining [and Water Rights-Record], 1884-1886 (1 reel of microfilm);

Mining [Claims and Water Rights Record], 1893-1901 (1 reel of microfilm);

Mining [Claims Ditches-Record of Conveyance of Mining Claims and Water Ditches-with index], vol. 1-2, 1854-1893 (1 reel of microfilm);

Mining [Claims-includes water rights], vol. 1-78, 1857-1965 (77 reels of microfilm);

Mining [Index to Mining Claims-includes water rights], vol. 1-8, 1857-1965 (9 reels of microfilm);

[Water Rights-Record], vol. 4-7, 1949-1972 (4 reels of microfilm).

[In Re Rogue River Contest Papers-Water Rights Adjudication Records], vol. 17-22, ca.1912-1916 (6 volumes);

[In Re Rogue River Contest Testimony Little Butte Creek-Water Rights Adjudication Records], vol. 4, 1910-1916 (1 volume);

[In Re Rogue River Contest Testimony-Water Rights Adjudication Records], vol. 1-3, 1913-1916 (3 volumes); vol. 5-17, 1913-1916 (13 volumes);

[In Re Rogue River Corrections-Water Rights Adjudication Records], vol. 25, 1915-1916 (1 volume);

[In Re Rogue River Jurisdictional and Miscellaneous-Water Rights Adjudication Records], vol. 26, 1909-1916 (1 volume);

[In Re Rogue River Misc. Claims Stipulations and Papers-Water Rights Adjudication Records], vol. 23, ca.1912-1916 (1 volume);

[In Re Rogue River Statements and Proofs-Water Rights Adjudication Records], vol. 1-11, 1911-1916 (11 volumes); vol. 13, 1911-1916 (1 volume); vol. 15, 1911-1916 (1 volume);

In Re Rogue River Statements and Proofs [Water Rights Adjudication Records], vol. 14, 1911-1916 (1 volume);

[In Re Rogue River Water Supply Report General Index-Water Rights Adjudication Records], vol. 24, 1916 (1 volume);

[Little Butte Creek-Evidence in Little Butte Creek Adjudication-Water Rights], vol. 16, 1911-1916 (1 volume);

[Water Rights-Record], vol. 4-7, 1949-1972 (4 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

[Cancellation of Water Rights-81A.75, Box 7354], 1961-1978 (.35 cu.ft.);

[Little Butte Creek Adjudication, Transcripts, Exhibits, and Supplemental Evidence-with indexes-81A.4, Boxes 7377-7379], 1926 (27 volumes);

Mining & Water Rights Records [80A.4], vol. 18, 1882-1884 (1 volume);

Mining & Water Rights [Record-with index-80A.4], 1886-1888 (1 volume);

Mining & Water Rights Records [with index-80A.4], vol. 14, 1875 (1 volume); vol. 16, 1876-1878 (1 volume); vol. 17, 1878-1882 (1 volume); vol. 19, 1884-1886 (1 volume);

Mining Locations & Water Rights [Record-80A.4], vol. 1-11, 1858-1902 (11 volumes); vol. 13, 1902-1905 (1 volume); vol. 15, 1905-1908 (1 volume); vol. 21, 1888-1890 (1 volume);

Record of Conveyances of Mining Claims and Water Ditches [with index-80A.4], vol. 1-2, 1854-1893 (2 volumes);

Record of Conveyances of Mining Claims and Water Rights [with index], vol. 3, 1893-1898 (1 volume);

Record of Notices of Locations & Appropriations of Water Etc. [80A.4], vol. 1, 1891-1909 (1 volume);

[Record of Water Rights Certificates-Index-81A.104, Box 417], vol. 4-7, 1949-1972 (1 volume);

Record of Water Rights Certificates [with index-81A.104], vol. 1-3, 1909-1949 (3 volumes);

[Rogue River Water Rights Transcripts, Testimony, Proof, and Evidence-with indexes-81A.4, Box 7374], 1937-1939 (8 volumes);

[Water Rights Case Files-Rogue River-81A.4, Boxes 7375-7376], 1916-1940 (1.50 cu.ft.).

Records at the Jackson County Justice Building Basement, Court Archives:

Water Rights [Case Files-includes decrees, petitions, and exhibits pertaining to the Rogue River], ca.1940-ca.1979 (1 cu.ft.).

Records at the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Research Library:

Waters of the Rogue River and its Tributaries Decree [printed-location M30F, Box 3], 1919 (1 volume).

In the Matter of the Determination of the Relative Rights to the Waters of the Rogue River and its Tributaries [Decree], ca.1919 (1 volume).

​​1958-[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. For best access to zoning records, contact the planning and development department office.

The Property Data Online (PDO) applicati​on​ GIS maps include layers based on city and county zoning. The Jackson County website​​ provides access to comprehensive plan, zoning, land division, and other ordinance documents from circa 1959-present.

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse, Planning Division Office Room 105:

ZON [Zoning Case Files], 2007-present (60 cu.ft.).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse, Planning Division Office Room 106:

Assessor Plat Books [includes zoning notations], ca.1979-ca.1999 (18 volumes);

Land Use Maps [related to the comprehensive plan and zoning ordinances-rolled], 1977 (3 cu.ft.);

OA [Ordinance Amendment Case Files-includes comprehensive plan, zoning, and land division information], 1992-1998 (10 cu.ft.);

Zone Maps [rolled], 1982-1992 (36 maps);

Zone Mylars [Maps-rolled], 1973 (18 maps);

Zoning Ordinance, 1973 (1 binder); 1980-1982 (1 binder).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Office Room 114:

Commissioners Journals [includes zoning maps], vol. 75A, 1973 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Jackson County Courthouse Annex, County Clerk's Recording Division Basement Vault:

Commissioners Journals [includes zoning maps], vol. 75A, 1973 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Access Contracted Records Storage Facility:

[Comprehensive Land Use Plan Amendment Case Files-also includes land division and zoning ordinance amendments-multiple accessions], 1972-1990 (ca.16 cu.ft.);

[Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance Records-includes background material, drafts, elements, studies, and related records such as the 1972 comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance-03A.15], ca.1958-ca.1992 (17 cu.ft.);

[Miscellaneous Planning Department Cartographic Records-in wooden cabinets and alpha cabinets A to J-includes maps related to the comprehensive plan, zoning, and general land use topics-00A.46], ca.1968-ca.1992 (ca.20 cu.ft.).

Records at the Jackson County Library, Medford Branch:

Land Development Ordinance Jackson County, Oregon, 1980 (1 volume); 1980-1982 (1 volume); 1982-1984 (1 volume); 1989 (1 volume); 1989-1999 (1 volume); 2000 (1 volume); 2004 (1 volume);

Zoning Ordinance Jackson County, 1973 (1 volume); 1973-1978 (1 volume); 1980 (1 volume); 1980-1982 (1 volume).

Records at the Jackson County Website: