The Umatilla County Historical Society does not currently offer visitors the ability to walk in to do research.
If you have a specific request please use the contact us form to submit the details and if we have information on that topic/person/place our volunteers will send you what we have.
Below are local, state, and other resources that can help you in your research project.
LOCAL RESOURCES
Main Records Office Pendleton
Records Department
216 SE 4th St.
Room #106
Pendleton, OR 97801
Phone: 541-278-6236
Fax: 541-278-6345
records@umatillacounty.gov
Birth, death, marriage, and property records.
502 SW Dorion Ave
Pendleton, Or 97801
(541) 966-0380
Newspapers on Microfilm, genealogy section, directories, and more.
Blue Mountain Genealogy Society
P.O. Box 1801
Pendleton, Oregon 97801
*Meetings on First Tuesday of month.
Community Room of City Hall. Use the Emigrant Street Entrance.
STATE & OTHER RESOURCES
Pre-1923 Newspapers with some modern selections.
Heritage Photos from around the state of Oregon
National Register of Historic Places
If a building has been registered it can be found here.
Free online ancestry tool/database
Searchable cemetery database with user added photos and information.
Oregon Historic Sites Database
Searchable database for all Oregon historic sites
National database of historical markers, these include plaques on buildings.