1892-2016

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 Umatilla County circuit court joined the Oregon Judicial Information Network (OJIN) in 1987 and joined the Oregon eCourt Case Information Network (OECI) electronic records system in 2016. Adoption records created since 2016 are maintained electronically.

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

Adoption Case Files [includes petitions, reports, decrees, and related records-alphabetical], ca.1943-ca.1986 (34 cu.ft.);

Adoption Case Files [Miscellaneous-removed from probate case files-trifolded], ca.1892-ca.1924 (.25 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Research Room 106:

[County Court Judicial and Administrative Journal-includes mostly adoption and juvenile cases with a few naturalization cases], vol. 1, 1900-1922 (1 volume);

County Judge's Journal [includes adoption and juvenile cases-with index], vol. 2-3, 1921-1949 (2 volumes);

[County Judge's Journal-volumes 1 to 3 include adoptions], vol. 1-4, 1900-1956 (3 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Circuit Court Civil Office:

A [Adoption Case Files], 2005-2016 (10 cu.ft.);

Adoption Journal Index & Fee Book [with index], vol. 1-2, 1939-1955 (2 volumes).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

Adoptions Record [Alphabetical Register], n.d. (1 volume).

Adoptions [Case Files], 1986-2005 (20 cu.ft.);

Adoption Journal Index & Fee Book [with index], 1955-1961 (1 volume);

Adoption Journal Index to Fee Book [with index], vol. 4-7, 1961-1984 (4 volumes).

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, Circuit Court Back Room:

Filmed Adoptions [Microfilm Register], n.d.-2005 (1 binder).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office Vault, Records Office Security Microfilm Cabinet:

[County Judge's Journal-volumes 1 to 3 include adoptions-with index], vol. 1-6, 1900-1961 (4 reels of microfilm).

​​​​1939-2003

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

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Research Room 106:

Photo Indexes [Aerial Photograph Flight Line Indexes], n.d. (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Planning Department Old Basement Office Archives:

[Aerial Photographs-in Kodak boxes], 1977 (ca.950 photographs);

[Aerial Photographs-U.S. Dept. of Agriculture modified-with index], ca.1977-1980 (ca.200 photographs);

[Aerial Photographs-with index], 1977 (ca.950 photographs);

Aerial Photos, 1939 (ca.400 photographs); 1998 (ca.1000 photographs);

[Aerial Photos-with index], 1998 (ca.1000 photographs).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, GIS Office Basement "Round Room" 20:

[Aerial Photographic Negatives, 1961 (7 film canisters);

[Aerial Photographs], 1956 (ca.1000 photographs); 1961 (ca.1000 photographs);

Aerial Photos [paper copies], 1977 (ca.1000 photographs).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office Vault:

[Aerial Photographs], 1949 (ca.30 photographs); 1964 ( 723 photographs).

Records at the Umatilla County Website:

Aerial Photos 19​49​ - 2003​​

1899-1923

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 Oregon State Archives:

Bounty Record Umatilla County [Animal Scalp], 1909-1923 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

Animal Bounty Records [trifolded], 1899-1902 (.05 cu.ft.);

Register of Scalp Bounty Claims, vol. 1, 1899-1901 (1 volume);

Register of Scalp Bounty Warrants, vol. 1, 1903-1904 (1 volume).

​1862-[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 Assessment and Taxation Department has maintained assessment and tax rolls electronically since 2008.

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

Abatement of Taxes [Register], 1901-1903 (1 volume);

Abstract Book [Assessment Roll], 1878 (1 volume);

Assessment Roll, 1871 (1 volume);

Assessment Rolls, 1864-1871 (1 volume); 1873-1875 (5 volumes); 1877-1900 (51 volumes); 1903 (3 volumes); 1905 (2 volumes); 1910 (5 volumes); 1915 (5 volumes); 1920 (5 volumes); 1925 (5 volumes);

Assessment Rolls Abatement of Taxes, 1894 (1 volume);

Assessment Roll Umatilla City [includes other areas], 1862-1863 (1 volume);

Delinquent Tax Roll, 1875 (1 volume); 1888-1889 (4 volumes);

Delinquent Tax [Rolls], 1890-1900 (24 volumes); 1903-1906 (1 volume); 1915 (1 volume); 1920 (1 volume);

Index to Tax Rolls, 1902 (1 volume); 1910-1912 (3 volumes); 1916 (1 volume); 1919-1922 (4 volumes);

Misc. [Delinquent Lists for School Districts], 1873-1888 (.15 cu.ft.);

Misc. [Delinquent School Taxes], 1884-1885 (.05 cu.ft.);

Misc. [Delinquent Tax Roll], 1878 (.05 cu.ft.);

Sheriff's Book [Tax Roll], 1877-1878, 1883-1884, 1886 (5 volumes);

Tax Collection Register, 1894 (1 volume);

Tax Roll, 1893 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Assessment and Taxation Department Basement Room 38:

Assessment Roll, 1920 (1 volume);

City and Town and Acreage Tax Roll, 1949-1950 (5 volumes); 1950-1951 (6 volumes); 1954-1955 (6 volumes); 1955-1956 (6 volumes); 1959-1960 (6 volumes);

City & Town Assessment Roll, 1930 (4 volumes); 1935 (4 volumes);

City & Town Tax Roll, 1940 (4 volumes); 1944-1945 (4 volumes); 1945-1946 (4 volumes);

Delinquent Tax Index, vol. 1, 1894-1902 (1 volume);

Delinquent Tax Roll, 1920 (1 volume); 1925 (1 volume); 1930 (1 volume);

Index [Assessment Roll], vol. A-C, ca.1869-ca.1887 (1 volume);

Index to Assessment Roll, 1920 (1 volume); 1925 (1 volume); 1930 (1 volume);

Index to Tax Records [to vol. 1-5], ca.1892-ca.1899 (1 volume);

Personal Property Tax Roll, 1930 (1 volume); 1935 (1 volume); 1940 (1 volume); 1944-1945 (1 volume); 1945-1946 (1 volume); 1949-1950 (1 volume); 1954-1955 (1 volume); 1955-1956 (1 volume);

Record of Delinquent Taxes, vol. 2, 1912-1913 (1 volume);

Tax Record, vol. A-C, 1-5, ca.1869-ca.1887, ca.1892-ca.1899 (8 volumes);

Tax Roll Index, 1940 (1 volume); 1944-1945 (1 volume); 1945-1946 (1 volume); 1949-1950 (1 volume); 1950-1951 (1 volume); 1954-1955 (2 volumes); 1955-1956 (2 volumes); 1959-1960 (2 volumes); 1960-1961 (2 volumes);

[Tax Roll-pressboard covers], 1960-1961 (7 volumes).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, GIS Office Basement "Round Room" 20:

Continuing Real Property Assessment Roll, 1973-1981 (36 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Research Room 106:

Tax & Assessment Roll [title varies], 1981-2005 (24 volumes of microfiche); 2005-2007 (3 inches of microfiche).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Basement Storage Room 23:

Irrigation Districts Assessment Rolls [Hermiston], 1963-1964 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

Assessment & Tax Delinquents [Tax List], 1876-1909 (.10 cu.ft.);

[List of Sheriff's Assessments-Tax Lists], 1886-1889 (.15 cu.ft.);

Sch. Dist. 29 Assessment Roll [School District], 1888 (1 volume); 1889 (1 volume);

Tax List, 1886-1889 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office Vault, Records Office Security Microfilm Cabinet:

[Delinquent Tax Roll], 1947-1948 (1 reel of microfilm); 1951-1952 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Tax Roll], 1947-1952 (16 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office Vault, Assessment and Taxation Department Security Microfiche:

A & T Tax Records [Assessment & Taxation-includes assessment and tax rolls-title varies], 1989-2006 (4 feet of microfiche).

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, County Records Back Room Pallets:

Real Property Assessment Roll [Continuing Cards-title varies], 1963-1972 (20 cu.ft.);

Tax Roll [Continuing], 1963-1981 (80 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, Circuit Court Back Room:

Delinquent Roll [Tax-film no. 425], 1951-1952 (1 reel of microfilm).

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

Assessment Roll, 1884, 1886-1889, 1891-1892 (10 volumes);

Tax Roll [contains only assessment information], 1883 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Webs​ite:

Assessment and Taxation Property Lookup​ [Database-includes assessed value, real market value, and tax amount], n.d.-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 Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Research Room 106:

Assumed Business Names [Record-title varies-with index], vol. 1-3, 1913-1950 (3 volumes); vol. 5-6, 1957-1965 (2 volumes).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault: 

Assumed Business Names [Original Filings], 1947-1964 (3 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office Vault, Records Office Security Microfilm Cabinet:
[Assumed Business Names Books-with index], vol. 1-3, 1913-1950 (1 reel of microfilm); 

[Assumed Business Names-with index], vol. 4, 1950-1957 (1 reel 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.

Attachment Register [with index], 1893-1909 (1 volume);

Certificate of Attachments [with index], vol. A-B, 1866-1904 (2 volumes);

Certificates of Attachments [with index], vol. C, 1904-1956 (1 volume); 

Record Attachment Register, 1880-1893 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Criminal Justice Center, Sheriff's Complete Records Room:

Return Book [Attachments], vol. 1-13, 1896-1921 (13 volumes). 

[Certificates of Attachment-with index], vol. C, 1904-ca.1950 (1 reel of microfilm).

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

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

Birth Records [Certificates], 1913-1914 (.15 cu.ft.); 1919 (.05 cu.ft.); 

Birth Register, 1906-1925 (7 volumes); 

Record of Births and Deaths, 1915-1926 (2 volumes);

Record of Births [includes only 2 entries from 1890-1891], 1890-1891, 1914-1915 (1 volume); 

Register of Births City of Pendleton [with index], 1892-1897 (1 volume);

Search for 1892-1897 Umatilla County (City of Pendleton) births in Oregon Historical Records Index​.​​

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: 

Abstract of Assessment and Census, 1865 (1 volume);

[Agricultural Products Census, Cayuse Post Office], 1870 (1 volume); 

Census Records, 1865, 1875, 1885 (3 volumes); 

Search for 1865, 1875, and 1885 Umatilla County state census entries in Oregon Historical Records Index​.

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Research Room 106:

List of Persons [Census Record], 1880 (1 volume); 

Umatilla County Census Information [Abstracts], 1865, 1870, 1875 (1 volume).

​1863-1997

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

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

CR [Circuit Court Case Files-title varies], ca.1863-ca.1930 (28 cu.ft.);

CV [Circuit Court Civil Case Files], ca.1868-ca.1930 (175 cu.ft.);

Divorces [Circuit Court Case Files], ca.1863-1942 (31 cu.ft.);

Misc. [Miscellaneous Circuit Court Interrogatories and Depositions], ca.1890-1924 (.25 cu.ft.);

Misc. [Miscellaneous Circuit Court Records-includes complaints, decrees, etc.], 1880-1932 (.25 cu.ft.);

Vault Index Circuit Court, n.d. (1 volume);

Vault Index Circuit Court Papers, vol. 1, 1863-ca.1864 (1 volume);

Search for 1863-1942 Umatilla County divorces in Oregon Historical Records Index​.

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Circuit Court Criminal Office, Public Area, Microfilm Cabinet:

[Court Microfilm Records-includes circuit court civil, criminal, and probate case files as well as district court case files-not comprehensive], ca.1863-ca.1997 (ca.600 reels of microfilm);

[Court Microfilm Records Indexes-to circuit court civil and criminal, probate, and district court case files-not comprehensive], ca.1863-ca.1997 (9 binders);

Vault Index to Criminal Actions, vol. 2, ca.1953-1985 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

Circuit Court Case Files & Misc. [Miscellaneous], 1872-1978 (1 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault, Circuit Court Area:

[Court Microfilm Records-includes circuit court civil, criminal, and probate case files as well as district court case files-not comprehensive], ca.1863-ca.1997 (ca.600 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, Circuit Court Front Room:

[Circuit Court Civil Case Files], ca.1930-ca.1951 (ca.138 cu.ft.);

Criminal [Circuit Court Case Files-title varies], ca.1930-ca.1955 (33 cu.ft.);

CV [Circuit Court Civil Case Files], 1980-1983 (120 cu.ft.);

Defendant's Index, vol. 1, ca.1915-1955 (1 volume);

Plaintiff's Index, vol. 1, ca.1915-1955 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, Circuit Court Back Room:

Index to Dismissals Civil Cases, vol. 2, 1954-1983 (1 volume);

Judgement Rolls [Circuit Court Case Files], 1863-1948 (63 reels of microfilm);

Vault Index to Circuit Court Cases [title varies], ca.1863-1984 (6 volumes);

Vault Index to Criminal Actions, vol. 2, ca.1953-1985 (1 volume).

1864-1984

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 Oregon State Archives:

Criminal Docket, 1886-1894 (1 volume);

Criminal Docket [Circuit Court], 1883-1885 (1 volume);

Equity Docket, 1884-1911 (9 volumes);

Equity Docket Circuit Court [with index], vol. 4-7, 1895-1920 (5 volumes);

Law Docket, 1884-1905 (8 volumes);

Law Docket Circuit Court, 1889-1894 (1 volume); 1904-1919 (2 volumes);

Law Docket Circuit Court [with index], vol. 4, 1904-1911 (1 volume);

Law Docket [Circuit Court-with index], vol. 5-6, 1911-1922 (2 volumes);

Trial Docket Circuit Court, 1883-1884 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

Circuit Court Motion Docket, 1941-1944 (1 volume);

Civil Docket Circuit Court, 1883-1884 (1 volume);

Court Proceedings [Circuit Court Docket], 1966 (1 volume);

Docket [Circuit Court], 1888-1889 (1 volume);

Equity Docket [Circuit Court], 1889-1895 (1 volume);

Record of Trials Circuit Court, vol. 1, 1890-1894 (1 volume);

Record of Trials [with index], vol. 3, 1897-1901 (1 volume);

Trial Fees [Register-with index], 1890-1915 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, Circuit Court Front Room:

[Circuit Court Civil Docket], ca.1911-ca.1915 (1 volume);

[Circuit Court Docket], 1917-1933 (3 volumes);

Circuit Court Docket [partial], 1937-1940 (.15 cu.ft.);

Index to Court Dockets [for Equity and Law Books A], 1896-1900 (1 volume);

Record of Trials Dept. 1, vol. 17-18, 1980-1984 (2 volumes);

Record of Trials Dept. 2, vol. 1-7, 1967-1983 (7 volumes);

Record of Trials, vol. 2-16, 1901-1980 (15 volumes).

Records at the Umatilla County Criminal Justice Center, Sheriff's Complete Records Room:

Bar Docket [Circuit Court], ca.1894 (1 volume);

Criminal Docket [Circuit Court], 1888 (1 volume);

Law Docket [Circuit Court], 1885-1887 (1 volume);

Records Fee Docket Circuit Court, 1864-1867 (1 volume).

1862-1960

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:

Circuit Court Journal, vol. B-Z, 1875-1914 (25 volumes); vol. AA, 1914-1916 (1 volume); vol. AB, 1916-1917 (1 volume); vol. 29-37, 1917-1931 (9 volumes);

General Index Defendant, vol. A-C, 1862-1924 (3 volumes);

General Index Plaintiff, vol. A-D, 1862-1945 (4 volumes);

General Index to Criminal Actions, vol. A, 1889-1924 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Research Room 106:

[Circuit Court Journals], vol. A-B, 1862-1882 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, Circuit Court Front Room:

Circuit Court Journal, vol. 37-66, 1931-1960 (27 volumes);

General Index Defendant, vol. D-F, 1924-1960 (3 volumes);

General Index Plaintiff, vol. E-F, 1862-1960 (2 volumes).

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, Circuit Court Back Room:

Circuit Court Journal, vol. 53-66, ca.1946-1960 (10 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Umatilla County Historical Society:

[Circuit Court Journal], 1862-1875 (1 volume).

1863-1970

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 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, type 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 Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

Index to Miscellaneous Record [labeled "now volume 3"], vol. C, 1884-1893 (1 volume);

Vault Index to Commissioners Papers, Inquests, Insane & Miscellaneous, vol. 1, 1863-1918 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Research Room 106:

Miscellaneous Record, vol. 1, 1864-1868 (1 volume); vol. 3, 1884-1893 (1 volume); vol. 4, 1893-1910 ( 1 volume);

Miscellaneous Record [with index], vol. B, 1868-1884 (1 volume); vol. 5-11, 1910-1970 (7 volumes).

Miscellaneous Index [Record], 1880-1882 (1 volume).

[Miscellaneous Record Book-includes only first part of volume 7], vol. 3-7, 1910-ca.1946 (3 reels of microfilm).

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 1976 deeds, mortgages, mining claims, and other records have been recorded in the Book of Records, formerly called the Deed Records Combined. Since 1987 the Book of Records has been imaged and indexed on a computer accessible in the Records Office Research Room. To index records prior to this date, see the individual records (e.g., deeds, mortgages, etc.). 

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Research Room 106:

Umatilla County Deed Records [Book of Records], 1976-present (657 reels of microfilm).

[Book of Records-Deed Records Combined-Security Rolls-title varies], 1976-present (657 reels of microfilm).

​​​1863-[ongoing]

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

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

County Court Petitions [Administrative Records], 1864-1925 (.80 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Research Room 106:

[Commissioners Journal], 1978-1982 (3 reels of microfilm); 1986-1994 (2 reels of microfilm);

County Court Journal, 1863-1866 (1 volume);

[County Court Journal], vol. B, 1866-1870 (1 reel of microfilm); vol. T-U, 1949-1956 (1 reel of microfilm);

County Court Journal, vol. C-Z, 1871-1974 (24 volumes); vol. 1, 1974-1976 (1 volume);

[County Court Judicial and Administrative Journal-includes mostly adoption and juvenile cases with a few naturalization cases], 1900-1922 (1 volume);

Index to Commissioners' Journal, vol. 2, 1977-1989 (1 volume);

Index to Commiss's Journal [County Court Administrative Journal], vol. 1, 1890-1915 (1 volume);

Records [County Court Journal], vol. B, 1866-1870 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

County Court Docket [includes administrative and judicial actions], vol. 1-9, 1889-1915 (9 volumes);

County Court Docket, vol. 14-15, 1937-1949 (2 volumes);

Record County Court Docket [includes administrative and judicial actions], 1883-1885 (1 volume);

Vault Index to Commissioners Papers, Inquests, Insane & Miscellaneous, vol. 1, 1863-1918 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Basement Storage Room 23:

Board of Commissioners Weekly & Administrative Meeting Minutes [includes related records], 1970-2011 (15 cu.ft.);

Umatilla County Commissioners Journals [includes related documents], 1885-present (42 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Commissioners' Office, Room 121:

Minutes [Board of Commissioners Weekly and Administrative Meetings], 2012-present (11 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Planning Department Old Basement Office Archives:

Board of Commissioners Minutes [title varies], 1972-2015 (37 binders);

[Planning Commission and Board of Commissioners Hearings Minutes and Transcripts], 1961-1974 (6 volumes).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office Vault, Records Office Security Microfilm Cabinet:

[Commissioners Journal], 1978-1994 (5 reels of microfilm);

[County Court Journal-with index], vol. B, 1866-1868; T-U, 1949-1956 (3 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, Circuit Court Back Room:

County Court Journal [with index], vol. V, 1956-1960 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Oregon Historical Society:

Mss. 1279 [First Commissioners Journal-transcript], 1863-1866 (.05 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Website:

Board of Commissioners Land Use Hearing Minutes​, 2012-2014.

​​​​​​​1866-[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.

Since 1866 orders, ordinances, and resolutions have also been included in the County Court Journal and Commissioners Journal (County Commissioners Administrative Journals).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Plat Room 106:

Code of Ordinances [includes comprehensive plan and zoning ordinances], ca.1978-ca.2014 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Planning Department Office, Room 104:

Code of Ordinances [includes comprehensive plan and zoning ordinances], ca.1978-present (1 volume);

Umatilla County Land Use Ordinances [includes comprehensive plan, zoning, and land division information], 1957-present (4 binders);

Umatilla County Zoning Ordinance, 1972-1984 (1 binder).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Planning Department Old Basement Office Archives:

Original Development Code [Land-includes zoning and land division information], 1983-2003 (1 binder);

[Umatilla County Development Ordinance-includes zoning and land division information], 1983-1994 (.20 cu.ft.); 1984-1990 (1 binder).

Records at the Umatilla County Website:

County Road Records​ [Case Files-includes petitions, orders, viewers reports, field notes, and survey plats], no. 500-1488, ca.1866-present;

Planning Ordinances [includes comprehensive plan and zoning information], 1983-present;

​Umatilla County Development Code [includes zoning and land division information], 2016-present;

​​​1880-[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; and date the new markers were set; and surveyor's signatures.

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office Vault:

Benchmarks, ca.1899-present (1 cu.ft.);

Horizontal Control Monuments, ca.1920-present (1 cu.ft.);

[Remonumentation Notes], ca.1975-present (15 binders).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office:

Land Corners [Description Records], ca.1948-present (8 binders);

[Visual Map of County Corners], ca.1940-present (1 map).

Records at the Umatilla County Website:

Corner Search Coordinates [Land Corner Remonumentation Spreadsheet Record], 1998-2004;

Corner Use Records [Land Corner Remonumentation Records], ca.1880-ca.2006;

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 Reports, 1902-1916 (.90 cu.ft.);

Search for 1902-1916 Umatilla County coroner's reports in Oregon Historical Records Index​. 

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

Coroner's Inquests [includes reports], 1865-1965 (3.35 cu.ft.);

Vault Index to Commissioners Papers, Inquests, Insane & Miscellaneous, vol. 1, 1863-1918 (1 volume).

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.

[Budget Allowance & Expenditures-County], 1951-1957 (1 volume); 

County Budget, 1923-1956 (1.50 cu.ft.); County Budget Estimates, 1923-1932 (1 volume). 

[Adopted Budgets-title varies], 1956-2016 (7 reels of microfilm); 

Umatilla County Adopted Budget, 2016-present (1 binder).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Plat Room 106: 

Umatilla County Adopted Budget, 2015-2016 (1 binder).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office Vault, Records Office Security Microfilm Cabinet:

[Budgets-County], 1956-1981 (8 reels of microfilm). 

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office:

Umatilla County Adopted Budget, 1984-1995 (12 binders).

​​​​​1957-[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.

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Plat Room 106:

Code of Ordinances [includes comprehensive plan and zoning ordinances], ca.1978-present (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Planning Department Office, Room 104:

Code of Ordinances [includes comprehensive plan and zoning ordinances], ca.1978-present (1 volume);

Periodic Review [Records], 2005-2009 (2 binders);

Umatilla County Comprehensive Plan, 1983-present (1 binder);

}Umatilla County Land Use Ordinances [includes comprehensive plan, zoning, and land division information], 1957-present (4 binders);

Umatilla County Periodic Review Summary [Comprehensive Plan], 1994-2006 (1 binder).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Planning Department Old Basement Office Archives:

Comp. Plan Master [Comprehensive], 1983 (.25 cu.ft.);

Comp. Plan Originals & Maps & Zoning [Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Records], ca.1983 (1 cu.ft.);

[Miscellaneous Planning Department Maps-includes vicinity, flood plain, wind farm, water pipeline, districts, comprehensive plan, and zoning-rolled], ca.1976-present (ca.100 maps);

Tech Report [Comprehensive Plan Technical Report], 1980-1984 (.40 cu.ft.);

Umatilla County Comprehensive Plan, 1983-1993 (1 binder).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Planning Department Basement Storage Room 34:

Comp/Zone [Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map Amendment Case Files], ca.1968-1977 (5.50 cu.ft.);

[Land Use Action Case Files-includes comprehensive plan and zoning amendments, subdivision records, conditional use records, variance records, and related documents-in brown document pouches], ca.1986-present (20 cu.ft.);

[Land Use Action Index Cards-indexes zone permits and amendments, comprehensive plan amendments, and related actions-alphabetical], ca.1970-ca.1998 (4 cu.ft.);

Periodic Review [Records-Comprehensive Plan], ca.1999-2004 (3 cu.ft.);

Zone Amendments/Requests [Records-includes comprehensive plan amendments], 1971-1977 (5 cu.ft.);

Zone Map Amendments & Plan Amendments & Text Amendments [Comprehensive Plan Map and Zoning Map Amendment Case Files-includes related land use actions], ca.1977-present (11 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Website:

Planning Ordinances [​comprehensive plan and zoning information], 1983-present;

Umatilla County Comprehensive Plan​, 1983-present;

Umatilla County Comprehensive Plan Maps and Technical Report​ [scroll down], 1980-2010.

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. 

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault: 

Vault Index County Court [Judicial Case File Index], ca.1863-ca.1889 (1 volume);

Vault Index County Court Papers & Transcripts Justice Court Civil Action, vol. 1, n.d. (1 volume). 

Depositions and Report of Referee Contestants Depositions [Watts vs. Warner], 1910 (1 volume);

Transcript of Testimony in County Court [Watts vs. Warner-#1989.018.039], vol. 2-3, 1910 (2 volumes).

1863-1965

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.

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

[County Court Judicial Journal-includes naturalization-with index], 1863-1890 (1 volume).

[County Court Judicial and Administrative Journal-includes mostly adoption and juvenile cases with a few naturalization cases], vol. 1, 1900-1922 (1 volume);

County Judge's Journal [includes adoption and juvenile cases-with index], vol. 2-3, 1921-1949 (2 volumes);

County Judge's Journal [includes juvenile cases-with index], vol. 4-6, 1949-1961 (3 volumes);

[County Judge's Journal-volumes 1 to 3 include adoptions], vol. 1-4, 1900-1956 (3 reels of microfilm); vol. 6, 1959-1961 (1 reel of microfilm);

Index to County Judge's Journal Direct and Reverse, vol. 1, 1900-1917 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

County Court Docket [includes administrative and judicial actions], vol. 1-9, 1889-1915 (9 volumes);

County Court Docket [Judicial-with index], 1918-1933 (1 volume); vol. 1, 1927-1965 (1 volume);

Record County Court Docket [includes administrative and judicial actions], 1883-1885 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Criminal Justice Center, Sheriff's Complete Records Room:

County Court Docket Civil Cases, 1884-1886 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, Circuit Court Back Room:

County Judge's Journal [with index], vol. 6, 1959-1961 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office Vault, Records Office Security Microfilm Cabinet:

[County Judge's Journal-volumes 1-3 include adoptions-with index], vol. 1-6, 1900-1961 (4 reels of microfilm).

1949-[ongoing]

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.

The paper fair board minutes listed at the EOTEC county fair office were not found during the 2017 inventory but were seen at the old county fair office during the 2010 inventory. Contact the county fair to determine if they were subsequently located.

Records at EOTEC, County Fair Office:

Exhibitors Guide Umatilla County Fair, 2015-present (3 volumes);

Minutes [Fair Board-includes related records], 1997-present (on computer);

Minutes [Fair Board-includes related records-title varies], 1955-1965 (1 binder); 1974-1989 (1 binder); 1992-1998 (1 binder); 1999-2000 (1 binder); 2000-2002 (1 binder); 2002-2004 (1 binder); 2005-2006 (1 binder); 2007-2008 (1 binder); 2009-present (1 binder).

Records at EOTEC, County Fair Second Floor Storage:

Fair Guide [Umatilla County-title varies], 1976 (1 volume) 1977 (1 volume); 1978 (1 volume); 1979 (1 volume); 1982 (1 volume); 1983 (1 volume); 1984 (1 volume); 1985 (1 volume); 1986 (1 volume); 1987 (1 volume); 1988 (1 volume); 1990 (1 volume); 1991 (1 volume); 1992 (1 volume); 1993 (1 volume); 1994 (1 volume); 1995 (1 volume); 1996 (1 volume); 1997 (1 volume); 1998 (1 volume); 1999 (1 volume); 2000 (1 volume); 2001 (1 volume); 2002 (1 volume); 2003 (1 volume); 2004 (1 volume); 2005 (1 volume); 2006 (1 volume); 2007 (1 volume); 2008 (1 volume); 2009 (1 volume); 2010 (1 volume); 2011 (1 volume); 2012 (1 volume); 2013 (1 volume); 2014 (1 volume);

Premium Book [Umatilla County Fair-title varies], 1949 (1 volume); 1950 (1 volume); 1951 (1 volume); 1952 (1 volume); 1954 (1 volume); 1955 (1 volume); 1956 (1 volume); 1957 (1 volume); 1958 (1 volume); 1959 (1 volume); 1960 (1 volume); 1961 (1 volume); 1962 (1 volume); 1963 (1 volume); 1964 (1 volume); 1965 (1 volume); 1966 (1 volume); 1967 (1 volume); 1968 (1 volume); 1969 (1 volume); 1970 (1 volume); 1972 (1 volume).

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

Records at the Oregon State Archives: 

County Hospital Reports, 1925-1931 (.25 cu.ft.);

County Nurse Reports, 1925 (.05 cu.ft.); 

County Treasurers Statements, 1892-1894 (.10 cu.ft.);

Misc. [County Hospital Infectious Disease Reports], 1906 (.10 cu.ft.);

Misc. [Watermaster's Reports], 1919 (.05 cu.ft.);

Poor Farm Reports, 1908-1924 (.50 cu.ft.); 

Road Master's Reports [and Ledger], 1910 (.10 cu.ft.); 

Treasurer's Reports, 1917-1926 (.25 cu.ft.). 

Co. Officials Reports, 1867-1909 (.35 cu.ft.);

Minute Book Old Age Pension Commission, 1934-1936 (1 volume).

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

Records at the Oregon State Archives: 

Death Records [Certificates], 1913-1914 (.15 cu.ft.);

Death Register, 1907-1929 (7 volumes); 

Record of Births and Deaths, 1915-1926 (1 volume);

Record of Deaths, 1914-1915 (1 volume); 

Register of Deaths City of Pendleton [with index], 1892-1897 (1 volume);

Search for 1892-1897 Umatilla County (City of Pendleton) deaths in Oregon Historical Records Index​.​​​

1861-1989

Series documents the ownership of land. Series includes deeds, land sales contracts, quitclaim 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 1976 deeds have been recorded in the Book of Records (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Research Room 106:

Deed Record [title varies], vol. A-Z, 1-355, 1862-1976 (381 volumes);

Index of Deeds, 1864-1880 (1 volume);

Index to Deeds [Direct and Indirect-most volumes through 17 labeled alphabetically, e.g., C to P-title varies], vol. 1-44, 1861-1989 (44 volumes);

Supplemental Index to Deeds [to volumes C and F], 1884-1886 (1 volume); 1892-1900 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Recorder's Basement Room 22:

Book A of Deeds, 1862-1870 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

Deed Index Grantor & Grantee, vol. 1, 1861-1886 (1 volume); vol. 3, 1887-1890 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office Vault, Records Office Security Microfilm Cabinet:

[Deed Books], vol. A-Z, 27-279, 1862-1965 (149 reels of microfilm);

[Index to Deeds], ca.1864-ca.1976 (3 reels of microfilm);

[Uma. Deed Books-Umatilla County], vol. 280-355, 1965-1976 (92 reels of microfilm).

1870-1985

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 Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

Delayed Birth [Petitions and Decrees-documents births from ca.1870-ca.1930-alphabetical arrangement], no. 1-1656, 1943-1963 (6.35 cu.ft.);

Register of Birth Certificates [refers to circuit court journal to document births from circa 1870 to circa 1945-with index], vol. 1-2, 1943-1985 (2 volumes).

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, Circuit Court Front Room:

Circuit Court Journal [includes delayed birth registrations], vol. 47-66, 1947-1960 (20 volumes).

1900-1922

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:

Election Register [Official Register of Electors], 1902 (1 volume); 1904 (1 volume); 1908 (1 volume); 1910 (1 volume); 1912 (1 volume); 1914 (1 volume);

Register of Electors, 1900 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Elections Division Office Back Room 18:

Official Register of Electors, 1906 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

Record of Registrations [Voter], 1920 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Historical Society:

Precinct & Election Records [Miscellaneous Election Tally Sheets and Poll Book-#2002.85], 1906-1918 (.50 cu.ft.);

Voters Lists and Poll Books [includes tally sheets-#2013.018], 1918-1922 (.50 cu.ft.).

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.​

Records at the Oregon State Archives: 

Abstracts of Votes [includes canvass of votes], 1866-1906 (.80 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Elections Division Office Back Room 18:

Record of Elections, vol. 1-3, 1908-1962 (3 volumes).​

Records at the Umatilla County Historical Society:

Precinct & Election Records [Miscellaneous Election Tally Sheets and Poll Book-#2002.85], 1906-1918 (.50 cu.ft.); 

Voters Lists and Poll Books [includes tally sheets-#2013.018], 1918-1922 (.50 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 [Applications], 1911-1913 (.05 cu.ft.). 

Register of Farm Names, vol. 1, 1911-1925 (1 volume).

​​​1859-1988

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:

Misc. [Land Grant Certificates], 1885-1889 (.05 cu.ft.);

Misc. [Land Pre-Emption & Homestead-Records], 1881-1894 (.10 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Research Room 106:

Deed Record C.C. Patent [Land Claim], vol. 83, 1913-1920 (1 volume);

Deed Record Homesteads, vol. Z, 1889-1900 (1 volume); vol. 64, 1910-1920 (1 volume); vol. 111, 1920-1942 (1 volume);

Deed Record [Land Claim], vol. 108, 1920-1952 (1 volume);

Deed Record Pre-Emption [Land Claim], vol. Y, 1889-1893 (1 volume); vol. 12, 1893-1896 (1 volume); vol. 17, 1896-1905 (1 volume); vol. 46, 1905-1909 (1 volume); vol. 66, 1909-1913 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Website:

Homestead Records​ [land ownership drawings and spreadsheet], ca.1859-ca.1988.

Records at a Related Website:

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

1891-1970

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 Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Research Room 106:

Deed Record Sheriff's Deed on Foreclosure of Mortgage, vol. 20, 1895-1903 (1 volume);

Deed Record Sheriff's Deed on Foreclosure [one entry only], vol. 32, 1903 (1 volume);

Deed Record [Sheriff's Deed], vol. 43, 1903-1927 (1 volume);

Deed Record Tax Deed, vol. 22, 1895-1909 (1 volume); vol. 65, 1909-1916 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Assessment and Taxation Department Basement Room 38:

Record of Delinquent Taxes Certificates Issued & Sales, vol. 1, 1910-1911 (1 volume);

Sheriff's Record of Sales for Taxes [with index], no. 1-3, 5-8, 1891-1900 (7 volumes);

Tax Sale Redemption Collection Register, no. 1, 1902-1924 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

Foreclosure Records Certificates of Sale for Taxes [alphabetical], 1893-ca.1970 (1.35 cu.ft.).

​1863-2016

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.

The Umatilla County circuit court joined the Oregon Judicial Information Network (OJIN) in 1987 and joined the Oregon eCourt Case Information Network (OECI) electronic records system in 2016. Mental commitment case files created since 2016 are maintained electronically.

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

Insane Commitments [Case Files], 1863-1929 (6 cu.ft.);

Journal of Insane Commitments, vol. 2, 1895-1901 (1 volume);

Record of Insane Commitments [with index], vol. 3-7, 1901-1945 (5 volumes);

Search for 1863-1929 Umatilla County insane commitments in Oregon Historical Records Index​.

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, Circuit Court Front Room:

Active Account Feeble Minded and Insane [Register-with index], vol. 2, 1952-1984 (1 volume);

Estates [Probate Case Files-includes some insane commitment and guardianship records], ca.1935-ca.1955 (ca.120 cu.ft.);

MC [Mental Commitment Case Files]. no. 83.1.1-11.0021, 1983-2011 (30 cu.ft.);

Mental [Commitment Case Files-alphabetical], 1976-1983 (3.50 cu.ft.);

Mental Commitments/MC [Mental Commitment Case Files-title varies-with gaps], no. 734-3887, 80.10.1-82.12.35, 1946-1982 (15 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Circuit Court Civil Office:

MC [Mental Commitment Case Files-includes some open cases dating to 1990], 2011-2016 (3 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

Vault Index to Commissioners Papers, Inquests, Insane & Miscellaneous, vol. 1, 1863-1918 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Historical Society:

Insane Commitments [Record-#1989.018.005], vol. 1, 1887-1895 (1 volume).

1887-1982

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

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

Execution Docket [title varies], vol. 2-4, 1892-1898 (3 volumes); vol 6, 1907-1915 (1 volume);

Judgment Docket, vol. D-F, 1889-1900 (3 volumes).

Deed Record Sheriff's Deed Execution, vol. 21, 1896-1917 (1 volume).

Attorney's Order Book for Executions, vol. 3, 1910-1929 (1 volume);

Execution Docket Umatilla County, 1887-1982 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Criminal Justice Center, Sheriff's Complete Records Room:

Sheriff's Execution Docket [with index], vol. 1-7, 1888-1924 (7 volumes).

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, Circuit Court Front Room:

Attorney's Order Book for Executions, 1892-1909 (1 volume);

Attorney's Order Book [for Executions], vol. 1, 1885-1894 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, Circuit Court Back Room:

Execution Docket, vol. 2-7, 1892-1923 (4 reels of microfilm).

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

Misc. [Justice Court Case Files-Freewater District], 1915, 1925 (.05 cu.ft.);

Misc. [Justice Court Case Files-Pendleton District], 1909-1920 (.05 cu.ft.); 

Misc. [Justice Court Case Files-Stanfield District], 1913-1914 (.05 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

Justice Court Case Files & Misc. [includes some miscellaneous related records], 1862-1940 (1.70 cu.ft.);

Vault Index County Court Papers & Transcripts Justice Court Civil Action, vol. 1, n.d. (1 volume). 

Records at the Umatilla County Criminal Justice Center, Sheriff's Complete Records Room: 

Letters [Justice Court Commitment After Conviction Records], ca.1923-1939 (.30 cu.ft.).

1882-1947

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.

Civil Docket [East Pendleton District], 1899-1906 (1 volume);

Criminal Docket East Pendleton District, 1899-1903 (1 volume);

Criminal Docket Pendleton District, 1906-1913 (2 volumes);

Justice Court Criminal Docket [North Pendleton Precinct], 1887-1889 (1 volume);

Justice Court Docket [Pendleton District-with index], 1902-1905 (1 volume);

Justice Docket Civil [South Pendleton District-with index], 1897-1900 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

Civil Docket Pendleton District [Justice Court-with index], 1906-1912 (1 volume); 1911-1916 (1 volume); 1916-1918 (1 volume); 1918-1921 (1 volume); 1921-1923 (1 volume); 1923-1924 (1 volume); 1930-1937 (1 volume);

Criminal Docket [Justice Court-Pendleton District], 1887-1890 (1 volume);

Fee Book Circuit Court [Justice Court Docket East Pendleton District-with index], vol. 1, 1894-1895 (1 volume);

[Justice Court Criminal Docket-Pendleton District], 1882-1887 (1 volume);

Justice Court Docket Civil, vol. 6, 1937-1941 (1 volume);

Justice Court Docket Criminal [with index], 1938-1946 (1 volume);

Justice Docket Criminal [Pendleton District-with index], vol. 2, 1903-1906 (1 volume);

Justice Docket [Hermiston District-with index], 1917-1924 (1 volume); 1924-1929 (1 volume); 1933-1938 (1 volume); 1940-1941 (1 volume);

Justice Docket Small Claims [Pendleton District-with index], 1929-1947 (1 volume);

Justice Docket Small Claims [with index], 1922-1941 (1 volume);

Justice Docket [Stanfield], 1933-1942 (2 volumes);

Ledger Justice Court [East Pendleton Precinct Docket], 1890-1894 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, Circuit Court Front Room:

Criminal Docket Pendleton District, 1913-1920, 1925-1927 (4 volumes);

Criminal Docket Pendleton District [with index], 1920-1924, 1930-1932 (5 volumes);

Justice Court Docket [Pendleton District-with index], 1933-1935 (1 volume); 1936-1938 (1 volume);

Justice Docket East Pendleton District [with index], 1895-1899 (1 volume).

Justice Docket [District No. 34-with index], 1940-1942 (1 volume).

​​​​​1863-[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.

Umatilla County town plats dating to 1863 were recorded in the Deed Record (Deeds and Indexes).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Plat Room 106:

Duplicate Town Plats, 1868-ca.1999 (1 volume);

Index to Town Plats, vol. 1, 1863-2004 (1 volume);

Partition Plat Originals, 1990-present (ca.835 plats);

Partition Plats [Working Copies], 1990-present (ca.1000 plats);

Plat Cabinet [Subdivision Plats], vol. 1-16, 1883-present (ca.1000 plats);

Town Plats [Working Copies], vol. 1-16, 1883-present (ca.1000 plats);

Umatilla County Town Plat Index, 1863-present (1 binder).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Planning Department Office, Room 104:

Land Divisions [Register], ca.1974-present (1 binder);

Umatilla County Land Use Ordinances [includes comprehensive plan, zoning, and land division information], 1957-present (4 binders).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Planning Department Old Basement Office Archives:

Original Development Code [Land-includes zoning and land division information], 1983-2003 (1 binder);

[Partition Case Files-by township and range], ca.1989-present (52 cu.ft.);

Subdivisions [Case Files], ca.1970-2007 (6 cu.ft.);

[Umatilla County Development Ordinance-includes zoning and land division information], 1983-1994 (.20 cu.ft.); 1984-1990 (1 binder).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Planning Department Basement Storage Room 34:

[Land Use Action Case Files-includes comprehensive plan and zoning amendments, subdivision records, conditional use records, variance records, and related documents-in brown document pouches], ca.1986-present (20 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

Subdivision Approval Orders [alphabetical], 1900-1981 (.70 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office Vault, Records Office Security Microfilm Cabinet:

[Plat Book-Town], vol. 1-6 ca.1883-ca.1945 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Subdivision Plats], vol. 1-12, ca.1883-ca.1997 (2 reels of microfilm);

[Umatilla County Plat Books-Town], vol. 1-8, ca.1883-ca.1956 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Umatilla County Website:

Partition an​d Subdivision Plats​, 1990-present;

​Umatilla County Development Code​ [includes zoning and land division information], 2016-present.

Zoning Maps​

​​1879-1963

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 Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

Book No. 1 [Township Map Book-shows land ownership-large scale], n.d. (1 volume);

Front [Township Map Book-shows land ownership], n.d. (1 volume);

Land Registration Docket [with index], vol. 1, 1902-1910 (1 volume);

Plats No. 2 [Land Ownership-large], n.d. (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, GIS Office Basement "Round Room" 20:

Ownership Record [Land-title varies], 1892-1963 (10 volumes).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Assessment and Taxation Department Basement Room 38:

Ownership Record [Land], vol. 1-4, 1879-1910 (4 volumes).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office:

Hartman Abstract Maps [shows land ownership], ca.1938 (ca.80 maps).

Records at the Umatilla County Website:

Hartman Abstract Title​ Company Plats​​ [shows land ownership], ca.1938.

​​​​​​​​​1880-[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.

Records at the Oregon State Archives:​

Fire Insurance Map of Milton Oregon, 1893 (.10 cu.ft.);

Plats Towns-Hermiston, Weston, Pendleton, 1890-1913 (.10 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Research Room 106:

[Maps of Umatilla County-by township and range], ca.1885 (1 volume);

Metsker's Atlas of Umatilla County Oregon, 1932 (1 volume);

Standard Atlas of Umatilla County Oregon, 1914 (1 volume);

Taxlot Maps [rolled], n.d. (5 maps).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Plat Room 106:

[Livestock District-Map-rolled], ca.2010 (1 map);

Misc. Maps [Miscellaneous City Maps-rolled-with index], ca.1886-1922 (11 maps);

Misc. Maps [Miscellaneous-includes irrigation, railroad right of way, water rights, highway, and courthouse-in flat file drawer], ca.1880-1968 (ca.1 cu.ft.);

Umatilla County Map [rolled], 1892 (1 map).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

Metsker's Atlas of Umatilla County Oregon, 1932 (1 volume);

Standard Atlas of Umatilla County Oregon, 1914 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Planning Department Office, Room 104:

FIRM Maps [Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Maps], 1999 (.50 cu.ft.); 2010 (.50 cu.ft.);

USGS Maps County [United States Geologic Survey Topographic Maps], 1962-1993 (ca.75 maps);

Wetlands Maps, ca.1991 (ca.100 maps).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Planning Department Old Basement Office Archives:

FEMA Flood Maps [Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Maps-with index], 1987-1988 (1 cu.ft.);

FIRM Maps [Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Maps], 1999 (.20 cu.ft.);

Flood Ins. Maps [Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Maps], 1987-1991 (.35 cu.ft.);

[Miscellaneous Planning Department Maps-includes vicinity, flood plain, wind farm, water pipeline, districts, comprehensive plan, and zoning-rolled], ca.1976-present (ca.100 maps).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Assessment and Taxation Department Office, Room 143:

[Assessor's Plats], n.d.-present (16 volumes).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Assessment and Taxation Department Basement Room 38:

[Assessment Plat Book], ca.1967-ca.1972 (1 volume); 1980 (2 volumes).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, GIS Office Basement "Round Room" 20:

[Soil Classification Maps], n.d. (1.25 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, GIS Office, Room 106:

[Miscellaneous Maps-includes code, forest boundary, school districts, roads, irrigation distribution, fires districts, railroad-rolled], ca.1938-ca.1976 (ca.200 maps);

N.P.R. [Northern Pacific Railroad Maps], ca.1888-ca.1960 (1 volume);

N.P.R.R. Plats [Northern Pacific Railroad], ca.1888-ca.1960 (1 volume);

Soil Sepia [Classification Maps], 1959-present (ca.500 maps);

Topographic Quadrangle Maps [United States Geologic Survey], 1962-1987 (ca.75 maps);

Tracings [Current Assessment Plats-in drawers], 1962-present (16 volumes);

Walla Walla Valley Ry Co. [Railway Maps], ca.1906-ca.1935 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Elections Division Office Back Room 18:

[Election Precinct Maps-rolled], n.d.-present (ca.40 maps).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office:

Hartman Abstract Maps [shows land ownership], ca.1938 (ca.80 maps);

[Miscellaneous Rolled Maps-includes state highways, county roads, and railroads], ca.1896-present (ca.200 maps);

Umatilla County Maps General Highway Vicinity Maps [flat], ca.1957-ca.1989 (ca.100 maps).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office Vault:

Standard Atlas of Umatilla County Oregon, 1914 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Historical Society:

Metsker's Atlas of Umatilla County Oregon, 1932 (1 volume);

Sanborn Map Pendleton [Atlas], 1922 (1 volume);

Standard Atlas of Umatilla County Oregon [#2016.041.001], 1914 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Webs​ite:

Assessor Maps, ca.2006-present;

Canal and Levee Maps, ca.1913-n.d.;

Flood Insurance Rate Maps [Federal Emergency Management Agency-scroll down], 1999-2015;

Metsker's Atlas of Umatilla County Oregon, 1932;

Miscellaneous Maps [includes livestock, school, fire, vector control, irrigation districts, county, groundwater​], ca.2013-present;

Railroad Maps, ca.1888-ca.1960;

​Standard Atlas of Umatilla County Oregon​, 1914;

Utility ROW Maps [Right of Way], ca.1920-ca.1950.

Records at a Related Website:

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. 

Horse Brands Umatilla County [Index-with mark symbols], ca.1885 (1 volume); 

Marks & Brands Records [with index], vol. A, 1867-1888 (1 volume); vol. B, 1888-1893 (1 volume); 

[Sheep Record-Marks and Brands-also includes horse, cattle, hogs, and mules], 1889-1892 (1 volume). 

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault: 

Marks and Brands [Certificates], 1940-1949 (1 volume);

Marks & Brands [Certificates-trifolded], 1882-1912 (.15 cu.ft.); 

Record of Marks and Brands [with index], vol. 3, 1914-1915 (1 volume).

1862-1962

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 Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Research Room 106:

Marriage Records [includes returns of marriage from ca.1920 to 1960-some include affidavits and medical certificates], no. 1862.0001-1960.0278, 1862-1960 (55 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Commissioners' Office, Room 121:

Marriage Record Book [with index], 1864-1869 (1 volume);

Marriage Record [with index], vol. D-Z, 27-28, 1881-1962 (28 volumes);

Marriages [Index-Blue Mountain Genealogical Society-printed], 1862-1894 (1 volume);

Record [Marriage-with index], 1869-1880 (1 volume).

Marriage Record, vol. W-X, 1949-1954 (1 reel of microfilm).

Marriage Records [with index], vol. X-Z, 27, 1951-1959 (3 reels of microfilm).

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.

Records at the Oregon State Archives: 

Women's Separate Property Records, 1871-1882 (.05 cu.ft.);

Search for 1871-1882 Umatilla County married women's property register entries in Oregon Historical Records Index​.

1887-1978

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 Oregon State Archives:

Medical Licenses Etc., 1893-1904 (.10 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

Chiropodist Register and Naturopathic Register Massage [with index], vol. 1, 1925-1978 (1 volume);

Chiropractic Register [with index], 1915-1970 (1 volume);

Medical Licenses [Registration], 1899-1958 (.15 cu.ft.);

Optometry Record [with index], vol. 1, 1905-1968 (1 volume);

Physicians and Dentists Register, 1887-1895 (1 volume);

Physicians & Surgeons Register & Record [also includes dentist, naturopath, and veterinarian entries-includes additional trifolded documents], vol. 1, 1889-1948 (1 volume);

Record of Dentists' Certificates [with index], vol. 1, 1903-1976 (1 volume);

Record of Physicians and Surgeons [with index], vol. 2, 1943-1969 (1 volume);

Registered Nurses [Record-alphabetical], vol. 1, ca.1916-1954 (1 volume);

Registered Nurses [Record-with index], vol. 2, ca.1955-1975 (1 volume);

Register of Affidavits Pharmacists, 1915-1917 (1 volume);

Register of Licenses to Sell Opium, Morphine..., 1887-1904 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office Vault, Records Office Security Microfilm Cabinet:

Chiropodist Register and Naturopathic Register Massage [with index], vol. 1, 1925-ca.1950 (1 reel of microfilm);

Registered Nurses [Record-alphabetical], vol. 1, ca.1916-ca.1950 (1 reel of microfilm).

1889-1976

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 1942 military discharges were recorded in the clerk's Miscellaneous Record (Clerk and Recorder Miscellaneous Recordings). Beginning in 1976 military discharges were recorded in the Book of Records (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings). Since 1987 military discharges have been indexed by computer.

Military Service Roster, 1918 (1 volume).

Index to Military Discharges, vol. A, ca.1910-1971 (1 volume);

Military Discharge Record [title varies-with index-vol. 13 indexes military discharges until 1992], vol. 1-13, 1942-1976 (13 volumes);

Military Record [List of Eligible Citizens], 1889-1902 (1 volume).

[Book Designated as Military Records-Military Service Eligibility List], 1889-1902 (1 reel of microfilm);

Master Index for Military Discharges, ca.1910-ca.1950 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Military Discharge], vol. 1-13, 1942-1976 (10 reels of microfilm).

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 1976 mining claims have been recorded in the Book of Records (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings). 

Mining Claims, 1863-1880 (.10 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Research Room 106: 

Mining Record [serves as index], vol. 4, n.d. (1 volume); 

Mining Record [with index], vol. 4-5, 1946-1976 (2 volumes);

Record of Mining and Water Claims, vol. A, 1866-1896 (1 volume);

Record of Mining Claims and Water Rights, vol. 2, 1892-1934 (1 volume);

Record of Notices of Suspension of Assessment Work on Mining Claims, vol. 1, 1936-1946 (1 volume). 

Records [Golconda Consolidated Gold Mines Company], 1902-1905 (1 volume). 

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office Vault, Records Office Security Microfilm Cabinet: 

[Mining Claims-Record], vol. 3, ca.1934-ca.1946 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Record of Mining and Water Claims], vol. A, 1866-1896 (1 reel of microfilm). 

Records at a Related Web Site: 

Online Land Records​ [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).

1863-1989

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 1976 mortgages have been recorded in the Book of Records (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Research Room 106:

Index to Mortgages Direct, vol. Q-W, 1968-1989 (7 volumes).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Recorder's Basement Room 22:

Direct Index to Mortgages, vol. M-O, 1949-1963 (3 volumes);

General Index to Mortgages [title varies], vol. A-L, 1863-1948 (12 volumes);

Index of Mortgages, 1864-1885 (1 volume);

Indirect Index to Mortgages, vol. M-W, 1949-1989 (11 volumes);

Mortgage Record [title varies], vol. A-Z, 1-276, 1863-1976 (302 volumes).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

Abstract of Mortgages, 1869-1887 (1 volume);

Abstract of Unsatisfied Instruments of Writing, 1876-1889 (1 volume);

Abstract of Unsatisfied Instruments of Writing Index [Index to Mortgagee], 1887 (1 volume);

Index Mortgagor, 1888 (1 volume);

Index to Mortgagor Abstract of Unsatisfied Instruments, 1887 (1 volume);

Mortgagee [Index], 1889 (1 volume);

[Mortgagor Index], n.d. (3 volumes).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office Vault, Records Office Security Microfilm Cabinet:

[Index to Mortgages], vol. A-L, 1863-1948 (3 reels of microfilm);

[Mortgage Book], vol. A-Z, 1-204, 1863-ca.1964 (111 reels of microfilm).

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.

Index to Naturalization Records [indexes boxed and volume records-printed], ca.1863-ca.1974 (.10 cu.ft.); 

Umatilla County Naturalization Records [includes certificates of arrival, declarations of intention, petitions, and certificates], ca.1863-ca.1974 (5.50 cu.ft.). 

Index to Naturalization Records [indexes boxed and volume records-printed], ca.1863-ca.1974 (1 binder).

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: 

Book A Declaration of Intentions [includes a small number of civil judgment cases-with index], 1864-1885 (1 volume); 

Index to Naturalization Records [indexes boxed and volume records-printed], ca.1863-ca.1974 (.10 cu.ft.); 

Record of Declaration of Intentions [no. 1-674-with index], vol. 1A, A-B, 1906-1929 (3 volumes);

Record of Declarations [with index], vol. 1, 1885-1906 (1 volume);

Umatilla County Naturalization Records [includes certificates of arrival, declarations of intention, petitions, and certificates], ca.1863-ca.1974 (5.50 cu.ft.). 

Index to Naturalization Records [indexes boxed and volume records-printed], ca.1863-ca.1974 (1 binder).

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, birthplaces, 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 Judicial Journal-includes naturalization-with index], 1863-1890 (1 volume);

Index to Naturalization Record, 1903-1906 (1 volume);

Index to Naturalization Records [indexes boxed and volume records-printed], ca.1863-ca.1974 (.10 cu.ft.); 

Naturalizations [mostly depositions], 1914 (.05 cu.ft.); 

Notice of Application for Admission to Citizenship [Register-unbound pages]. 1916-1924 (7 sheets);

Petition and Record [no. 1 to 381-with index], vol. 1B, 2A, 3-5, 1913-1921 (5 volumes);

Record of Naturalization, vol. 2, 1903-1906 (1 volume);

Umatilla County Naturalization Records [includes certificates of arrival, declarations of intention, petitions, and certificates], ca.1863-ca.1974 (5.50 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Research Room 106:

[County Court Judicial and Administrative Journal-includes mostly adoption and juvenile cases with a few naturalization cases], vol. 1, 1900-1922 (1 volume);

Index to Naturalization Records [indexes boxed and volume records-printed], ca.1863-ca.1974 (1 binder).

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. 

County Hospital Poor Farm Account Book, 1897-1900 (1 volume); 

Misc. [Indigent Soldiers-Application for Relief], 1901-1906 (.10 cu.ft.); 

Misc. [Old Soldiers Home-Application for Admission], 1898 (.05 cu.ft.); 

Poor Farm Reports, 1908-1924 (.50 cu.ft.); 

Relief Applications Pauper Hospital Applications, 1891-1907 (.30 cu.ft.). 

Minute Book Old Age Pension Commission, 1934-1936 (1 volume);

Old Age Pensioners Accounts [Record-with index], 1934-1936 (1 volume); 

Pauper Record [with index], vol. 1, 1900-1942 (1 volume); 

Pension/Relief Records [includes county farm and hospital], 1878-1947 (.35 cu.ft.); 

Transferred Old Age Pensioners Accounts [with index], 1934 (1 volume); 

Widow's Pension Accounts [Record], vol. 1, 1914-1937 (1 volume). 

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, Circuit Court Front Room: 

Certificate of Old Age Pension, 1933-1935 (.35 cu.ft.).

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 Umatilla County Courthouse, Planning Department Office, Room 104: 

Planning Commission Minutes, 2007-present (3 binders).

Minutes UCPC [Planning Commission Minutes], 1972-1973 (.20 cu.ft.);

[Planning Commission and Board of Commissioners Hearings Minutes and Transcripts], 1961-1974 (6 volumes); 

[Planning Commission Minutes-in yellow binder], 1957-1972 (1 binder); 

Planning Commission Minutes [title varies], 1975-2015 (40 binders).

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).

​1863-2016

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. 

The Umatilla County circuit court joined the Oregon Judicial Information Network (OJIN) in 1987 and joined the Oregon eCourt Case Information Network (OECI) electronic records system in 2016. Probate case files created since 2016 are maintained electronically.

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

Probate Case Files [title varies], 1864-ca.1935 (59.35 cu.ft.);

Search for 1864-1935 Umatilla County probate case files in Oregon Historical Records Index​.

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Circuit Court Civil Office:

PR [Open Probate Case Files], 1980-present (24 cu.ft.);

Probate Alphabetical List [includes case number and microfilm reel number], n.d. (1 binder);

Small Estates Docket [Probate-with index], vol. 1, 1973-1985 (1 volume);

Vault Index to Probate Papers, vol. 3, ca.1863-1963 (1 volume); vol. 4, ca.1863-1986 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Circuit Court Criminal Office:

[Court Microfilm Records-includes circuit court civil, criminal, and probate case files as well as district court case files-not comprehensive], ca.1863-ca.1997 (ca.600 reels of microfilm);

[Court Microfilm Records Indexes-to circuit court civil and criminal, probate, and district court case files-not comprehensive], ca.1863-ca.1997 (9 binders).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

Vault Index to Probate Papers, ca.1915-1940 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault, Circuit Court Area:

[Court Microfilm Records-includes circuit court civil, criminal, and probate case files as well as district court case files-not comprehensive], ca.1863-ca.1997 (ca.600 reels of microfilm);

PR [Probate Case Files], 2005-2016 (50 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, Circuit Court Back Room:

[Probate Case Files-includes closed cases], 1985-2004 (150 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, Circuit Court Front Room:

Estates [Probate Case Files-includes some insane commitment and guardianship records], ca.1935-ca.1955 (ca.120 cu.ft.);

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

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:

Misc. [Estate Papers-Miscellaneous], ca.1890-1899 (.20 cu.ft.); 

Record of Estates, 1903-1941 (2 volumes).

1864-1985

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. Portions of these records may be restricted.

Umatilla County joined the Oregon Judicial Information Network (OJIN) in 1987.

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

Probate Court Docket, vol. 1, 1901-1903 (1 volume);

Probate Court Docket [with index], vol. 3-5, 1906-1917 (3 volumes);

Probate Journal [with index], vol. N-O, 1905-1907 (2 volumes);

Probate Record, 1864-1875 (1 volume);

Probate Record [with index], vol. A-M, 1875-1905 (13 volumes);

Register in Probate [with index], 1878-1881 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Records Storage Building, Circuit Court Back Room:

Probate Journal, vol. I-Z, 27-37, 1875-1957 (16 reels of microfilm);

Probate Order Book, vol. 28-39, 1948-1961 (8 reels of microfilm).

[Probate Court Docket-with index], 1901-1906 (1 volume);

Probate Court Docket [with index], vol. 2, 1903-1906 (1 volume); vol. 6-29, 1917-1985 (24 volumes);

Probate Fee Book [includes case information-with index], vol. A-Z, 27-45, 1875-1957 (45 volumes);

Probate Journal [with index], vol. P-Z, 27-37, 1907-1957 (22 volumes);

Probate Order Book [title varies-with index], vol. A-Z, 27-39, 1905-1961 (39 volumes).

​​​​​​1864-[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.

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

Misc. [Construction Contracts on Public Structures/Bridges], 1883-1893 (.10 cu.ft.);

Proposed Highway Bridge [Records-Across the Columbia River at Umatilla], 1952 (1 volume);

Road District Petitions and Records, 1864-1930 (.20 cu.ft.);

Road Master's Reports [and Ledger], 1910 (.10 cu.ft.);

Roads and Streets [includes petitions], 1883-1929 (.20 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Research Room 106:

Right of Way Deed Record [Roads-partial volume], vol. 146, 1933-1935 (1 volume);

Right of Way Deed Record [Roads], vol. 120, 1922-1939 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

Bridges [Construction Records-includes plans and contracts], ca.1893-ca.1911 (.35 cu.ft.);

Deeds for County Roads, ca.1906-ca.1958 (.60 cu.ft.);

Denied Roads [County Road Records Petitions Denied], ca.1870-ca.1909 (1.50 cu.ft.);

District and Road Supervisor Appointments [includes drawings showing district boundaries], 1891-1898 (1 volume);

Misc. Road and Bridge [Miscellaneous Records-includes specifications, maps, contracts, petitions, and related records], ca.1920-ca.1953 (3 cu.ft.);

Misc. Roads [Records-includes petitions, denied roads, resolutions, and related records], ca.1879-ca.1960 (ca.35 cu.ft.);

[Road Case Files-includes petitions and road surveys], no. 1-930, 1866-1955 (15 cu.ft.);

Road Vacations, 1896-1962, (2.35 cu.ft.);

Special Road Districts [Records-includes minutes, petitions, field notes, and related documents], 1919-1931 (.35 cu.ft.);

Umatilla Bridge [Miscellaneous Construction Records], ca.1952-ca.1969 (2.50 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Basement Storage Room 23:

Umatilla County Road Maps [Atlas], 1997 (1 volume); 1999 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, GIS Office, Room 106:

Umatilla County Road Maps [Atlas], 1983 (1 volume); 1994 (1 volume); 1996 (1 volume); 1997 (1 volume); 1999 (1 volume); 2001 (1 volume); 2004 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office Vault:

County Bridges [Description Cards-numerical], ca.1923-ca.1953 (.25 cu.ft.);

County Roads and Field Notes [title varies], vol. A-C, ca.1866-1918 (3 volumes);

[Road Case Files-includes survey information, notes, permits, correspondence, memoranda, and related documents], no. 500-1488, ca.1866-present (55 cu.ft.);

Umatilla County Road Maps [Atlas], 1995 (1 volume); 1999 (1 volume); 2004 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office:

[Miscellaneous Rolled Maps-includes state highways, county roads, and railroads], ca.1896-present (ca.200 maps);

Umatilla County Maps General Highway Vicinity Maps [flat], ca.1957-ca.1989 (ca.100 maps);

Umatilla County Road Maps [Atlas], 1999 (1 volume); 2001 (1 volume); 2004 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Website:

City Streets [Maps-includes survey information], 1893-2011;

County Road Records [Case Files-includes petitions, orders, viewers reports, field notes, and survey plats], no. 500-1488, ca.1866-present;

Public Road Records [includes deed, establishment, legalization, and vacation records], ca.1887-present;

Umatilla County Transportation System Plan​, 2002-ca.2011.

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. 

Records at the Oregon State Archives: 

Road Survey [Records], 1887 (.10 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault: 

[Road Case Files-includes petitions and road surveys], no. 1-930, 1866-1955 (15 cu.ft.); 

Special Road Districts [Records-includes minutes, petitions, field notes, and related documents], 1919-1931 (.35 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, GIS Office, Room 106: 

Index to County Road Widths [Maps-includes classifications], n.d. (1 volume); 

[State Highway Roll Maps], ca.1920-n.d. (ca.100 maps). 

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Plat Room 106: 

Misc. Maps [Miscellaneous-includes irrigation, railroad right of way, water rights, highway, and courthouse-in flat file drawer], ca.1880-1968 (ca.1 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office Vault:

County Roads and Field Notes [title varies], vol. A-C, ca.1866-1918 (3 volumes); 

[Road Case Files-includes survey information, notes, permits, correspondence, memoranda, and related documents], no. 500-1488, ca.1866-present (55 cu.ft.);

Umatilla County Road Plats [Large Scale], n.d. (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office: 

[Miscellaneous Rolled Maps-includes state highways, county roads, and railroads], ca.1896-present (ca.200 maps). 

Records at the Umatilla County Website:

City Streets [Maps-includes survey information], 1893-2011; 

County Road Records [Case Files-includes petitions, orders, viewers reports, field notes, and survey plats], no. 500-1488, ca.1866-present; 

Road Plat Book, vol. 1-88, ca.1880-ca.1977; 

State Highway Maps [Survey Strip Maps], ca.1920-ca.1990.

1872-1963

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:

District Clerk's Book of Records [District No. 15], 1893-1897 (1 volume); 1897-1899 (1 volume); 1899-1901 (1 volume); 1902-1904 (1 volume); 1911-1915 (1 volume);

Lewis and Clark Exposition [Educational Exhibit Records-Athena Mathematics and English], 1905 (1 volume);

Lewis and Clark Exposition [Educational Exhibit Records-Milton Miscellaneous], 1905 (1 volume);

Lewis and Clark Exposition [Educational Exhibit Records-Pendleton Arithmatic-Grades 5-6], 1905 (1 volume);

Lewis and Clark Exposition [Educational Exhibit Records-Pendleton Arithmatic-Grades 7-8], 1905 (1 volume);

Lewis and Clark Exposition [Educational Exhibit Records-Pendleton Geography], 1905 (1 volume);

Lewis and Clark Exposition [Educational Exhibit Records-Pendleton Geography-Grades 5-6], 1905 (1 volume);

Lewis and Clark Exposition [Educational Exhibit Records-Pendleton Grammar-Grade 8], 1905 (1 volume);

Lewis and Clark Exposition [Educational Exhibit Records-Pendleton High School Algebra Grade 9 and Geometry Grades 11-12], 1905 (1 volume);

Lewis and Clark Exposition [Educational Exhibit Records-Pendleton High School Physics and English], 1905 (1 volume);

Lewis and Clark Exposition [Educational Exhibit Records-Pendleton History-Grades 4-6], 1905 (1 volume);

Lewis and Clark Exposition [Educational Exhibit Records-Pendleton History-Grades 7-8], 1905 (1 volume);

Lewis and Clark Exposition [Educational Exhibit Records-Pendleton History-Grade 8], 1905 (1 volume);

Lewis and Clark Exposition [Educational Exhibit Records-Pendleton Language-Grades 1-3], 1905 (1 volume);

Lewis and Clark Exposition [Educational Exhibit Records-Pendleton Language-Grades 3-5], 1905 (1 volume);

Lewis and Clark Exposition [Educational Exhibit Records-Pendleton Reading-Grades 6-8], 1905 (1 volume);

Lewis and Clark Exposition [Educational Exhibit Records-Pendleton Spelling-Grades 1-3], 1905 (1 volume);

Lewis and Clark Exposition [Educational Exhibit Records-Pendleton Spelling-Grades 3-7], 1905 (1 volume);

Lewis and Clark Exposition [Educational Exhibit Records-Pendleton Writing and Drawing-Grades 1-4], 1905 (1 volume);

Lewis and Clark Exposition [Educational Exhibit Records-Rural Miscellaneous], 1905 (1 volume);

Lewis and Clark Exposition [Educational Exhibit Records-Weston Arithmetic, Language, and History], 1905 (1 volume);

Lewis and Clark Exposition [Educational Exhibit Records-Weston Miscellaneous], 1905 (1 volume);

Oregon Educational Exhibit Universal Exposition Saint Louis [Adams School], 1904 (1 volume);

Oregon Educational Exhibit Universal Exposition Saint Louis [Athena School], 1904 (1 volume);

Oregon Educational Exhibit Universal Exposition Saint Louis [Milton School-Grades 2-8], 1904 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 15], 1895-1897 (1 volume); 1897-1898 (1 volume); 1900-1902 (1 volume); 1902-1906 (1 volume); 1906-1911 (1 volume); 1912-1914 (1 volume); 1915-1921 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Research Room 106:

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 67-Umatilla], 1901-1904 (1 volume);

Gill's School Register [Pendleton], 1887-1888 (3 volumes).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Main Basement Vault:

District Clerk's Annual Report, 1902-1915 (1 volume); 1916-1921 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 15], 1915-1921 (1 volume); 1921-1923 (1 volume); 1922-1925 (1 volume); 1925-1929 (1 volume); 1930 (1 volume).

Records at the Pendleton School District Barracks Building, Dead Records Room:

[Note: These records were seen in the 2010 inventory but were not located in the 2017 inventory. A school district official believes that they still hold these records. 

Contact the school district for more information.]

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 4-High School], 1924-1930 (1 volume); 1930-1933 (1 volume); 1933-1937 (1 volume); 1937-1938 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 16C-Hawthorne School], 1952-1953 (1 volume); 1953-1954 (1 volume); 1954-1955 (1 volume); 1956-1957 (1 volume); 1957-1958 (1 volume); 1958-1959 (1 volume); 1959-1960 (1 volume); 1960-1961 (1 volume); 1962-1963 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 16-Grade 7], 1936-1938 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 16-Grades 7-9], 1938 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 16-Grades 7-9 Boys], 1938-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 16-Grades 7-9 Girls], 1938-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 16-Grade 8], 1936-1938 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 16-Grade 9], 1936-1938 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 16-Junior High], 1939-1940 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 16-Junior High Boys], 1937 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 16-Junior High Girls], 1937 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 85], 1914-1922 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 85-Grades 1-2], 1916-1922 (1 volume); 1922-1929 (1 volume); 1929-1938 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 85-Grades 3-4], 1922-1929 (1 volume); 1929-1935 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 85-Grades 5-6], 1923-1929 (1 volume); 1936-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 85-Grades 7-8], 1915-1921 (1 volume); 1922-1929 (1 volume); 1934-1938 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 85-Grades 9-10], 1908-1916 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 85-High School], 1916-1922 (1 volume); 1922-1924 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Historical Society:

Alkali School District No. 81 Important Documents by Subject [includes photocopies of school documents], ca.1882-ca.1945 (1 volume);

Alkali School District No. 81 Records from 1882-1909 [includes photocopies of school documents], 1882-1909 (1 volume);

Alkali School District No. 81 Records from 1910-1945 [includes photocopies of school documents], 1910-1945 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Book of Records [District No. 84], 1891-1898 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 15], 1930-1933 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 53], 1930-1933 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 61], 1892-1894 (1 volume); 1895-1897 (1 volume); 1902-1904 (1 volume); 1916-1923 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 66], 1916-1921 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 81-Alkali], 1900-1904 (1 volume); 1906-1909 (1 volume); 1930-1934 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 84], 1900-1902 (1 volume);

[District Clerk's Record Book-District No. 105], 1933-1948 (1 volume);

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 113], 1916-1918 (1 volume); 1919-1921 (1 volume);

Grade School Register [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 61-Stanfield], 1939-1950 (1 volume);

High School Register [Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 61-Stanfield], 1939-1958 (1 volume); 1958-1963 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 1], 1892-1893 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 15], 1921-1931 (1 volume); 1932-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 26], 1894 (.05 cu.ft.); 1905-1909 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 43], 1900-1902 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 53], 1916-1923 (1 volume); 1934-1939 (1 volume); 1939-1940 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 58], 1912-1917 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 66], 1918-1924 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 81-Alkali], 1898-1899 (1 volume); 1918-1923 (1 volume); 1923-1930 (1 volume); 1930-1938 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 84], 1889-1896 (1 volume); 1893-1896 (1 volume); 1889-1902 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 91], 1900-1904 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 93], 1923-1930 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 99], 1902-1907 (1 volume); 1909-1913 (1 volume); 1930-1936 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 100], 1928-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 113], 1915-1920 (1 volume);

[School District Budget-District No. 66], 1921-1922 (.05 cu.ft.);

School Record, 1866-1883 (1 volume);

School Record [Pendleton High School], 1872-1880 (1 volume);

Teacher's Annual Report [District No. 66], 1918 (.05 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Historical Society (Accession 2003.61):

Gill's School Register [District No. 16-Pendleton], 1888 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 16-Pendleton], 1888-1904 (139 volumes).

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. 

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Research Room 106: 

School Districts [Superintendent's District Director and Finance Record], 1874-1887 (1 volume); 

School District [Superintendent's Boundary Record-with index], 1883-1888 (1 volume). 

Record of Certificates [Teachers'], vol. 1, 1896-1911 (1 volume); 

Record of School Boundaries and Maps, vol. 1, 1896-1938 (1 volume); 

[School District Boundary Board Records], ca.1925-ca.1929 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Historical Society:

Record of School Districts [Boundaries], vol. 1, 1889-1900 (1 volume); 

Register of State Certificates and Diplomas [with index], vol. 1, 1899-1924 (1 volume);

Register of Teachers Certificates & Contracts [with index], vol. 2, 1917-1947 (1 volume);

Register of Teachers Under Contract [with index], vol. 1, 1904-1917 (1 volume).​

​​1858-[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 Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Research Room 106:

[General Land Office and Bureau of Land Management Plats-negative prints], ca.1860-ca.1975 (1 volume);

G.L.O. Plats [General Land Office-includes Bureau of Land Management plats], ca.1860-ca.1987 (1 volume);

Record of Private Surveys, vol. 1-A, 1887-1891 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office Vault:

Field Notes [Survey-in gray card file boxes], n.d. (1 cu.ft.);

[Filed Surveys-mostly Mylar-arranged by size and date], ca.1916-present (ca.3000 plats);

[GLO Field Notes-General Land Office], ca.1864-ca.1930 (9 volumes);

Record [County Surveyor Field Notes-with index], ca.1858-ca.1887 (2 volumes);

Record of Private Surveys [title varies-with index], vol. 1-2, ca.1878-1941 (2 volumes);

[Survey Files-includes paper copies of land, road, and remonumentation surveys-by township and range], ca.1916-present (55 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office:

Assessors Plats [includes survey notations], n.d. (6 volumes).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office Vault, Records Office Security Microfilm Cabinet:

[Private Survey Book], vol. 1, ca.1878-1905 (2 reels of microfilm);

[Survey Book-Permanent Surveys], 1905-1941 (1 reel of microfilm);

[U.S. Government Field Notes & Survey for Umatilla County], n.d. (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Umatilla County Website:

GLO Plats & Original Field Notes [General Land Office Survey Notes and Plats], ca.1860-n.d.;

GLO Plats & Transcribed Field Notes​ [General Land Office Survey Notes and Plats], ca.1860-n.d.;

Old Private Surveys [Record of Private Surveys-with index], vol. 1-2, ca.1878-1941;

Redfield BIA Surveys [Bureau of Indian Affairs Survey Plats], 1917-ca.1976.

Records at a Related Webs​ite:

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

Tax lot cards, which contain official descriptions of real property, are used to track land ownership and lot size and also may serve as a deed reference. Records include tax lot number; the location of the land in reference to township, range, and section; and a description and record of changes to the property, acreage, and land owner.

Tax lot information is now maintained electronically in the Assessment and Taxation Department Office. 

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, GIS Office Basement "Round Room" 20: 

Ownership Record [Land-title varies], 1892-1963 (10 volumes);

[Tax Lot Cards-Official Record of Description of Real Property], 1962-2000 (33 cu.ft.).

Ownership Record [Land], vol. 1-4, 1879-1910 (4 volumes).

1866-1983

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.

Appeal [Walla Walla River-with index], 1905-1911 (2 volumes);

[A Report on the Pendleton Project Umatilla River Investigations], 1935 (1 volume);

Briefs [Walla Walla River-with index], vol. 21, 1928-1932 (1 volume);

Contests Numbers 1-215, 235-242 [Umatilla River], vol. 6-25, 28-29, 1910-1911, 1911-1915 (12 volumes);

[District Water Rights Index and Irrigation Use Survey-with index], 1932 (2 volumes);

Docket of Umatilla Contests [with index], 1910-1914 (1 volume);

Excerpts of Minutes of State Water Board and Orders of the State Engineer [Umatilla River], 1954 (1 volume);

Exhibits [Umatilla River], vol. 36-37, 41, 1899-1915 (3 volumes);

Exhibits [Walla Walla River-with index], vol. 17, 1896-1930 (1 volume);

Final Decree [Umatilla River], 1910-1916 (3 volumes);

Finding of Facts and Conclusion of Law, 1909-1910 (1 volume);

Index [Umatilla River-also contains Umatilla River Water Right Determination Brief], vol. 39, n.d. (1 volume);

In Re West Prong of Little Walla Walla River, 1915 (1 volume);

John Day and Hudson's Bay [Water Rights Records], ca.1909-ca.1975 (.40 cu.ft.);

Little Walla Walla Irrigation Company [Statistics], 1911 (1 volume);

Original Evidence and Record of Proceedings, 1910 (1 volume);

Pleadings [Walla Walla River-with index], 1905-1911 (2 volumes);

Post Office Registry, Extensions of Time, Proofs of Appropriation [Umatilla River], vol. 1, 1900-1916 (1 volume);

Record of Water Rights [Maps], 1948 (1 volume);

Record Paradise Irrigation District, 1912-1917 (1 volume);

Report Walla Walla River Adjudication, vol. 3, 1928 (1 volume);

Statement of Contest [Walla Walla River-with index], vol. 11, 1928-1930 (1 volume);

Statements and Proofs [Umatilla River], vol. 2-5, 1895-1915 (4 volumes);

Statements and Proofs [Walla Walla River-general index to all claims in first volume], no. 1-925, 1927-1932 (6 volumes);

Stipulations [Walla Walla River-with index], vol. 16, 1928-1932 (1 volume);

Supplemental Findings of State Engineer [Umatilla River], 1953 (1 volume);

Teel [Irrigation District Records-includes maps and related records], ca.1913 (.75 cu.ft.);

[Teel Irrigation District Records-includes maps and related records], ca.1913-ca.1920 (.75 cu.ft.);

Testimony [Umatilla River-Book A-F], vol. 30-35, 1912-1917 (6 volumes);

Transcript of Testimony [Walla Walla River], vol. 12-15, 1923-1932 (4 volumes);

Transcripts of Testimony [Walla Walla River-with index], 1908-1950 (8 volumes);

[Umatilla River Adjudication and Decrees for Water Division 2], 1914 (1 volume);

[Umatilla River Exhibits/Maps and Plats], n.d. (1 volume);

[Walla Walla River Adjudication and Decrees for Water Division 2], ca.1920-1934 (3 volumes);

Walla Walla River Decree [with index], 1932 (1 volume);

Water Measurements Walla Walla River Survey, 1906 (1 volume).

[Certificate of Water Rights], 1979-ca.1980 (1 reel of microfilm);

Deed Record U.R.W.U.A. [Umatilla River Water Users' Association-includes water rights information], vol. 70, 1910-1920 (1 volume); vol. 72, 1910-1911 (1 volume);

Record of Mining and Water Claims, vol. A, 1866-1896 (1 volume);

Record of Mining Claims and Water Rights, vol. 2, 1892-1934 (1 volume);

Water Control District Record, vol. 1, 1951-1968 (1 volume);

[Water Rights-Certificates], vol. 1, 1911-1926 (1 reel of microfilm);

Water Rights [title varies-with index], vol. 1-6, 1911-1983 (6 volumes);

Water Rights Index to Microfilm Records, 1978-1979 (1 volume).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Plat Room 106:

Misc. Maps [Miscellaneous-includes irrigation, railroad right of way, water rights, highway, and courthouse-in flat file drawer], ca.1880-1968 (ca.1 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office Vault, Records Office Security Microfilm Cabinet:

[Record of Mining and Water Claims], vol. A, 1866-1896 (1 reel of microfilm);

[Water Rights Adjudication Records], reel no. 311-335, 343-351, ca.1895-ca.1935 (35 reels of microfilm);

Water Rights [Record-with index], vol. 1-4, 1911-1954 (3 reels of microfilm).

​​​1957-[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.

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Records Office Plat Room 106:

Code of Ordinances [includes comprehensive plan and zoning ordinances], ca.1978-present (1 volume);

[Zoning Map-rolled], 1961 (ca.25 maps).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Planning Department Office, Room 104:

Code of Ordinances [includes comprehensive plan and zoning ordinances], ca.1978-present (1 volume);

Umatilla County Land Use Ordinances [includes comprehensive plan, zoning, and land division information], 1957-present (4 binders);

[Zoning Maps-Counter Copy], ca.1972-present (8 volumes);

Zoning Permits [Register], 1971-1981 (1 binder); 1992-2009 (1 binder); 2010-present (1 binder).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Planning Department Old Basement Office Archives:

Comp. Plan Originals & Maps & Zoning [Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Records], ca.1983 (1 cu.ft.);

[Miscellaneous Planning Department Maps-includes vicinity, flood plain, wind farm, water pipeline, districts, comprehensive plan, and zoning-rolled], ca.1976-present (ca.100 maps);

Original Development Code [Land-includes zoning and land division information], 1983-2003 (1 binder);

[Umatilla County Development Ordinance-includes zoning and land division information], 1983-1994 (.20 cu.ft.); 1984-1990 (1 binder);

[Zoning Maps-Mylar-by township and range], ca.1975-ca.2010 (ca.800 maps).

Records at the Umatilla County Courthouse, Planning Department Basement Storage Room 34:

[Land Use Action Case Files-includes comprehensive plan and zoning amendments, subdivision records, conditional use records, variance records, and related documents-in brown document pouches], ca.1986-present (20 cu.ft.);

[Land Use Action Index Cards-indexes zone permits and amendments, comprehensive plan amendments, and related actions-alphabetical], ca.1970-ca.1998 (4 cu.ft.);

Zone Amendments/Requests [Records-includes comprehensive plan amendments], 1971-1977 (5 cu.ft.);

Zone Map Amendments & Plan Amendments & Text Amendments [Comprehensive Plan Map and Zoning Map Amendment Case Files-includes related land use actions], ca.1977-present (11 cu.ft.).

Records at the Umatilla County Surveyor's Office Vault, Records Office Security Microfilm Cabinet:

[Zoning Maps Umatilla County Initial Set], 1972 (1 reel of microfilm).

Records at the Umatilla County Website:

Planning ​Ordinances​ [includes comprehensive plan and zoning information], 1983-present ;​

Zoning​ Maps, ca.2016-present.