1864-2015

Series documents the process by which a person(s) legally assumes the parenting of another person, most often a child, from that person's biological or legal parent(s). The process permanently transfers all parenting rights and responsibilities from the biological parent(s) to the adopting parent(s). Adoptions summaries from 1864 to 1918 were published in annual reports in the Oregon Laws. These reports included the date, present name, former name, by whom adopted and county of adoption. Historically, adoption information was recorded in various ways in Oregon and was sometimes recorded with other unrelated legal actions into circuit court, probate, or county court journals or case files. Beginning in the early 1900s, adoptions were often recorded as a distinct record series that included records such as adoption case files, journals, registers, dockets, and indexes. Adoptions are now determined exclusively by circuit courts. Access to adoption records is restricted. Adult adoptees must show personal identification to see court documents pertaining to their adoptions. With some exceptions, most other people must get a court order to gain access to adoption records.

The Lane County circuit court joined the Oregon eCourt Case Information Network (OECI) electronic records system in 2015. Adoption records created since 2015 are maintained electronically.

Adoption Case Files, 1905-1957 (25 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lane County Courthouse, Court Exhibit Room: 

[Adoption Case Files], 2010-2012 (13 cu.ft.);

Adoption Journal and Fee Book [actually register-with index], vol. 1, 1939-1952 (1 volume);

Adoption Journal [includes orders and decrees], vol. 1, 1939-1944 (1 volume);

Adoption [Journal-includes orders and decrees], vol. 2-5, 1944-1956 (4 volumes);

Adoption Register and Fee Book [with index], vol. 2-7, 1952-1977 (6 volumes);

Adoption Register [with index], vol. 8-9, 1977-1982 (2 volumes).

[Adoption Case Files-boxed], 1958-2009 (180 cu.ft.);

Adoptions [Case Files], 2014-2015 (7 cu.ft.);

Adoptions Index [indexes case files and registers], vol. 1, 1940-1979 (1 volume);

Index to Circuit Court Miscellaneous [to adoptions, mental commitments, name changes, juvenile, and some naturalizations-indexes case files and registers], ca.1864-1977 (1 volume).

​​​1944-2000

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 Lane County Maps​ tool on the Lane County Web site includes aerial photographs. The University of Oregon Aerial Photograph Collection includes aerial photographs from most Oregon counties. 

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 Lane County Historical Museum, Archives: 

Bounty Record [Animal Scalp-location: c5.s61], 1909-1928 (2 volumes).

Tax Reports​ [includes summary information], 2008-present.

​1882-1928

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: 

Record of Births and Deaths [Oregon Health Division], 1915-1928 (1 volume). 

Records at the Lane County Public Service Building, Deeds and Records Research Library:

Birth Abstracts, 1882-1915 (2 reels of microfilm). 

Records at the Lane County Historical Museum, Archives: 

City of Eugene Record of Deaths and Births [location: c2.s28], 1914-1915 (1 volume).

1854-1905 

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. 

Census and Military Enrollment, 1905 (1 reel of microfilm). 

Industrial Products [Census-location: c7-8.top], 1905 (1 volume);

Inhabitants and Military Enrollment [location: c3.s36], vol. 1-2, 1905 (2 volumes);

Misc. Xerox #3 [Lane County Census-partial copy-location: c8.s96], 1854 (.05 cu.ft.). 

1952-[ongoing]

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

Beginning in 1952 Microfilm Reels included deeds and mining claims. From circa 1956 to circa 1980 water rights were included. Beginning in 1966 Microfilm Reels also included mortgages and military discharges. These records are indexed on computer from 1972 to the present and imaged on computer from 1994 to the present. A public access terminal is located in the deeds and records research library. Security microfilm for the years 2004 to the present is held at the Oregon State Archives, Security Copy Depository.

1853-[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.

The "Surveyor's Images & Documents Online" database includes images of plats and notes related to government corners, county road maps, donation land claims, master road files, reestablishment records, road naming files, subdivisions, and vertical control dating from circa 1851 to the present.

1859-1964 

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. 

[Coroners Inquests-with index-location: 6.60.14], 1915-1942 (1 cu.ft.); 

[Coroner's Office First Call Report-with index-location: 4.37.4], 1945-1954 (1 cu.ft.); 

[Coroners Reports-Medical Investigation Files-with index-location: 6.60.28], 1931-1954 (1 cu.ft.); 

Medical Examiner Records [County Coroner Records-location: 4.37.36], 1955-1961 (1 cu.ft.);

Medical Investigator Records [County Coroner Records-location: 4.37.40; 4.37.42], 1962-1964 (2 cu.ft.).

Coroners Inquest [location: d.3.7], 1859-1914 (.80 cu.ft.).

1923-[ongoing]

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. 

Since circa 1920 county budgets have been included in the Commissioners Journal (County Commissioners Administrative Journals).

Records at the Lane County Archive and Records Center: 

[Adopted Budgets-includes Lane County, cities, districts, etc.-various locations], 1962-1989 (26 cu.ft.). 

Misc. #15 [County Budget-location: c6.d.2], 1923 (.05 cu.ft.).

Adopted Budget​ [County], 2015-present.

Orders, Ordinances and Minutes​ [County Commissioners], 1958-present.

Records at the Lane County Web Site:

Land Use Library [includes comprehensive plans, zoning ordinances, and land division ordinances], n.d.-present;

Lane Code​​ [County], ca.1972-present;​

Orders, Ordinances and Minutes [County Commissioners], 1958-present.

1905-1954 

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. 

Misc. #3 County Fair [Matters Pertaining to Lane County Fair-includes fair reports-location: c5.s65], 1911-1954 (.20 cu.ft.);

Judge Fisk Files [Summary of Semi-Annual Reports-Sheriff-location: c5.s65], 1935-1937 (.10 cu.ft.); 

Supervisors Reports [Road and Bridge Supervisors-title varies-location: c4.s53-55], vol. 1-3, 1905-1917 (3 volumes).

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.

1895-1914 

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. 

General Register [location c1.s12-13], vol. 1-2, 1914 (2 volumes);

Lane County Poll Book [Sheet-manuscript 466], 1872 (.05 cu.ft.); 

Official Register of Electors [location c1.s6-11], 1902-1912 (6 volumes); 

Poll and Road Taxes [Record-District 47-location: c5.s62], 1896 (1 volume);

Poll Book of Lost Valley Precinct [Sheet-manuscript 502], 1866 (.05 cu.ft.); 

Poll Taxes [Record-location c5.s62], 1902-1904 (1 volume); 

Road Book and Poll Tax [Record-District 27-location: c5.s62], 1895-1896 (1 volume); 

Road Book [and Poll Tax Record-location: c5.s62], 1895-1896 (1 volume).

1856-1960

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. 

Election Abstracts [of Vote], 1930-1960 (7 reels of microfilm). 

Records at the Lane County Historical Museum, Archives: 

Abstract of Votes [location: c1.s2], vol. 2, 1902-1906 (1 volume); 

Election Records [location: c5.s61], 1872-1890 (1 volume); 

Misc. #5 [Abstract of Votes-location: c6.d.2], 1872 (.05 cu.ft.); 

Poll Book of Lost Valley [Precinct-Voting Tally-manuscript 502], 1866 (.05 cu.ft.);

Record of Elections [title varies-location: c1.s2-3], 1856-1864 (1 volume), 1892-1900 (1 volume); 1908-1910 (1 volume); 1912-1917 (1 volume); 1918-1928 (1 volume).

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

1853-[ongoing]

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

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

The "Surveyor's Images & Documents Online​" database includes images of plats and notes related to government corners, county road maps, donation land claims, master road files, reestablishment records, road naming files, subdivisions, and vertical control dating from circa 1851 to the present.

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

1891-1915 

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.

Records at the Lane County Archive and Records Center: 

Deed Record [Tax Sales], vol. 45, 1897-1914 (1 volume);

Tax Deed Record [Tax Sales], vol. 40, 1892-1908 (1 volume). 

Certificates of Redemption [location: c5.s62], 1907-1909 (1 volume); 

Delinquent Tax Sale [title varies-location: c5.s62; c7.s62], 1891-1893 (3 volumes); 

Sale Record Sheriff [Foreclosure-location: c3.s38], 1891-1915 (1 volume);

Sheriffs Return on Warrant [Tax Sales-location: c7.s72-73], 1893-1913 (3 volumes); 

Tax Sale Redemption Certificates [location: c5.s62], 1893-1904 (3 volumes).

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. 

Justice Court Transcripts, ca.1855-ca.1929 (.20 cu.ft.).

​1856-[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 Lane County subdivision plats are recorded in the Deed Record (Deeds and Indexes). The "Surveyor's Images & Documents Online​" database on the Lane County Web site includes images of plats and notes related to government corners, county road maps, donation land claims, master road files, reestablishment records, road naming files, subdivisions, and vertical control dating from circa 1851 to the present. Partition plats are stored with filed land surveys in the Surveyor's Map Room. Deeds, mortgages, subdivisions, mining claims, military discharges, and other records created since circa 1972 are searchable on public access computers available in the Deeds and Records Research Library.

1903-1972 

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.

Records at the Lane County Public Service Building, Deeds and Records Research Library: 

Registered Title [Deeds], no. 1-69238, 1905-1972 (104 reels of microfilm). 

Application to Withdraw Certificates of Title, vol. 21, 1943-1945 (1 volume); 

Application to Withdraw [Certificates of Title], vol. 25, 1945-1949 (1 volume); vol. 28, 1949-1951 (1 volume);

Certificate of Title Register, vol. 1-20, 22-24, 26-27, 29, 1903-1971 (26 volumes); 

Index Land Registration Docket, 1903-1943 (1 volume); 

Index to Present Owners & Plats, vol. 1-2, n.d. (2 volumes); 

Land Index, 1903-1927 (1 volume); 

Land Registration Docket, vol. 1, 1903-1943 (1 volume); 

Metes and Bounds [Present Owners Register], vol. 1-7, ca.1908-ca.1941 (8 volumes);

[Present Owners-Acreage and Lots], ca.1913-1940 (65 volumes); 

Present Owners [Record], vol. 1-9, n.d. (14 volumes); 

Reception Record Land Titles [Torrens], vol. 1-6, 1905-1972 (6 volumes); 

Registration of Land Title, no. 1-199, 1903-1912 (3 cu.ft.); 

Tract Index Lands, vol. 1-8, n.d. (8 volumes); 

Tract Index Lots, vol. 1-4, n.d. (4 volumes).

Records at Related Website:

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

1853-1948 

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.

[Brand Record-with index-location: c2.s25], 1853-1893 (1 volume); 

Record of Brands [with index-location: c2.s25], 1893-1948 (1 volume).

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

Married Women-Registration of Separate Property [location: c6.s68], 1861-1889 (.10 cu.ft.); 

Register of Married Woman's Personal Estate [location: c6.s68], 1861-1889 (1 volume).

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​).

1853-1980 

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. 

Naturalization Record [Index-to petitions and certificates], ca.1853-1980 (1 volume);

Naturalization Records [Certificate Stubs-alphabetical], ca.1926-1980 (.25 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lane County Historical Museum, Archives: 

Certificate of Naturalization [Stub Books], 1908-1925 (8 volumes);

[Naturalization Lists-includes declaration of intention, petition, and certificate information], ca.1855-ca.1935 (.35 cu.ft.).

1853-1980

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. 

Declaration of Intention [Record], vol. 1, 1886-1906 (1 volume); 

Declarations of Intention [Record-with index], no. 677-799, 1929-1935 (1 volume); no. 800-1294, 1935-1974 (2 volumes); 

Record of Declaration of Intention [no. 1-676-with index], vol. I-V, 1906-1929 (5 volumes). 

Naturalization Records [includes declaration and petition information], 1853-1980 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Lane County Historical Museum, Archives: 

[Naturalization Lists-includes declaration of intention, petition, and certificate information], ca.1855-ca.1935 (.35 cu.ft.).

1853-1981 

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. 

[Application and Oath of Allegiance Form], 1954-1956 (1 volume);

Citizenship Record [with index], vol. 1, 1893-1903 (1 volume);

County Court Journal [includes insane cases until 1953 and naturalization cases until 1906], vol. 2-8, 1875-1953 (7 volumes);

[County Orders Citizenship Petitions Denied and Granted], 1930-1981 (2 volumes);

Naturalization Petitions [no. 424-2853-with index], vol. 1-24, 1930-1981 (24 volumes);

[Naturalization Petitions], vol. 1, 1954-1956 (1 volume); 

Naturalization Record [Cards-alphabetical], ca.1889-ca.1971 (1 cu.ft.); 

Naturalization Record [Index-to petitions and certificates], ca.1853-1980 (1 volume);

Naturalization Record [with index], vol. 2, 1903-1906 (1 volume); 

Petition and Record [Naturalization-no. 1 to 50-with index], vol. 1, 1906-1912 (1 volume);

Petition and Record [Naturalization-no. 51-423-with index], vol. II-V, 1912-1930 (4 volumes); 

[Transfers of Naturalization Petitions], 1953-1980 (1 volume).

[Commissioners Journals Index-includes naturalization and medical license entries], 1911-1936 (1 reel of of microfilm). 

 

Records at the Lane County Archive and Records Center, Microfilm Storage Room: 

Naturalization Records [includes declaration and petition information], 1853-1980 (1 reel of microfilm). 

Index to Circuit Court Miscellaneous [to adoptions, mental commitments, name changes, juvenile, and some naturalizations-indexes case files and registers], ca.1864-1977 (1 volume).

Records at the Lane County Historical Museum, Archives: 

[Naturalization Lists-includes declaration of intention, petition, and certificate information], ca.1855-ca.1935 (.35 cu.ft.);

Precinct Register [Naturalization Index-clerk's verification of voter's citizenship-location: c1.s14], vol. 1-2, 1915 (2 volumes).

1867-1937 

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. 

Judge Fisk Files [Lane County Poor Farm Reports-location: c5.s65], 1932 (.05 cu.ft.); 

Judge Fisk Files [Old Age Assistance List-location: c5.s65], 1936-1937 (.10 cu.ft.);

Judge Fisk Files [Pauper Records-location: c5.s65], 1867-1872, 1911-1914 (.10 cu.ft.); 

Record of Widow's Pensions [with index-location: c2.s26], vol. 1, 1915-1937 (1 volume).

Records at the Lane County Web Site:

Lane County Planning Commission Meeting Documents [includes minutes and agendas], 2012-present.

1902-1942

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).

For a number of years prior to 1973 the City of Eugene housed prisoners for Lane County.

Del. Taxes [serves as record of prisoners-location: c5.s62], 1929 (1 volume);

Jail Register City Jail Eugene [includes prisoners arrested in Lane County-location: c8.s86], ca.1930 (1 volume); 

Record Criminal Cases [includes prisoner information-location: c8.s87-88], vol. B-C, 1929-1942 (2 volumes); 

Register of Prisoners [location: c8.s85], 1902-1929 (2 volumes).

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 Lane County Courthouse, Court Exhibit Room:

Probate Accounting and Disbursement Record [with index], vol. 1, 1893-1894 (1 volume); 

[Record of Estates], vol. 1, 1903-1918 (1 volume);

Record of Estates, vol. 2, 1918-1926 (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 "Surveyor's Images & Documents Online" database on the Lane County Web site includes images of plats and notes related to government corners, county road maps, donation land claims, master road files, reestablishment records, road naming files, subdivisions, and vertical control dating from circa 1851 to the present. The Zone and Plan Map Viewer​ on the Lane County Web site includes comprehensive plan and zoning maps as well as GIS information about roads, political boundaries, tax lots, wetlands, and other subjects. The Lane County Maps​ GIS system on the Lane County Web site includes maps related to roads, streets, tax lots, political boundaries, soils, rivers, lakes, wetlands, and other subjects.

Records at the Lane County Web Site:

Historic Covered Bridges of Lane County [includes maps and photographs], n.d.;

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 "Surveyor's Images & Documents Online" database includes images of plats and notes related to government corners, county road maps, donation land claims, master road files, reestablishment records, road naming files, subdivisions, and vertical control dating from circa 1851 to the present.

​​1875-1966

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.

The Lane Education Service District Web site includes historic school district and superintendent of schools records such as 8th grade examination records, annual reports, registers of teachers, district reorganization records, district boundary records, school board minutes, and school census records.

​1866-1994

Series documents the official and financial affairs of the superintendent of schools concerning teachers, students, and schools located in the county. Records include annual statements on the condition of common (public) schools in the county, school district boundary records, school district accounts, and book purchases. Information includes financial information, school curricula, boundary descriptions, and enrollment and attendance data. Superintendent of schools records have been inventoried through 1965.

The Lane Education Service District Web site includes historic school district and superintendent of schools records such as 8th grade examination records, annual reports, registers of teachers, district reorganization records, district boundary records, school board minutes, and school census records.

1851-[ongoing]

Series documents surveys of county land by the county or licensed professional surveyors. Records include log books, field notes, and plats. An index may also be included. Information includes survey dates; who the survey was for; donation land claims; township, range, section, and survey numbers; a history of previous surveys made for the area; descriptions of land, vegetation, and soil; landmarks; metes and bounds of tracts surveyed; and surveyor's names. Plats also include corner restoration marks, scales, dates created and filed, and donation land claim owners.

The "Surveyor's Images & Documents Online​" database includes images of plats and notes related to government corners, county road maps, donation land claims, master road files, reestablishment records, road naming files, subdivisions, and vertical control dating from circa 1851 to the present.

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 Zone and Plan Map Viewer ​on the Lane County Web site includes comprehensive plan and zoning maps as well as GIS information about roads, political boundaries, tax lots, wetlands, and other subjects. The Lane County Maps​ GIS system on the Lane County Web site includes maps related to roads, streets, tax lots, political boundaries, soils, rivers, lakes, wetlands, and other subjects. The searchable Easy Property Information Lookup​ tool on the Lane County Web site includes tax appraisal, tax lot, tax maps, comprehensive plan maps, zoning maps, floodplain maps, wetlands maps, and related information.

​1949-[ongoing]

Series documents the development and implementation of codes and policies relating to the zoning of county lands and to illustrate and locate the various zoned areas within the county. Records include uniform zone codes and ordinances depicting various 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.

The Zone and Plan Map Viewer​ on the Lane County Web site includes comprehensive plan and zoning maps as well as GIS information about roads, political boundaries, tax lots, wetlands, and other subjects. The searchable Easy Property Information Lookup tool on the Lane County Web site includes tax appraisal, tax lot, tax maps, comprehensive plan maps, zoning maps, floodplain maps, wetlands maps, and related information.