NEHGS newsletter this week contains this info about Oregon archives online. I did not check out all the databases offered but in the records index, 23 Bunkers are listed. Oregon State Archives http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/banners/genealogy.htm In the genealogy section of the Oregon State Archives' website you will find the Oregon Historical Records index that provides access to a variety of records from throughout the state. The records are organized by county or other governmental units, such as the Oregon Health Division, Oregon State Hospital, and the Oregon State Penitentiary. To access a complete list of these entities, click on the "selected list" link on the main genealogy page. Clicking on the county, agency, or institution name will bring up a list of related databases. Click on the database title link to access a generic description of the database and the type of information that may be found in the records. The Death Registers for the Oregon State Hospital, for instance, include the date of death, patient name, age, nativity, county from which the patient was committed, month and year of commitment, cause of death, grave number, and remarks, which focus on the city and/or county to which the remains were sent The following is a sampling of the available databases. Clackamas County Coroner's Reports, 1860-1883 Deaths, 1915-1948 Delayed Births, 1869-1901 Divorces, 1852-1920 Insane Commitments, 1854-1889 Marriages, 1848-1893, 1910-1921 Naturalizations, 1887-1931 Probates, 1844-1928 Widow's Pensions, 1913-1930 Women's Property Register, 1859-1909 Institutions Oregon State Hospital Death Register, 1883-1936 Hawthorne Asylum Register (statewide), 1863-1894 Oregon State Penitentiary Inmate Registers, 1854-1932 Provisional and Territorial Government Census, 1845-1859 Divorces, 1844-1859 Tax Rolls, 1846-1859 The nearly 570,000 records can be searched via the site's global search feature. This can be accessed from the Oregon Historical Records Index link on the main genealogy page or from the Index Search Page link on the About the Oregon Historical Records Index page. The Archives' online resources also include a number of useful research guides. Consult these guides for background information related to county history and government, Oregon maps and county boundary changes and a glossary of terms, as well as an overview of all of the records available at the Oregon State Archives. Check out the online resources of the Oregon State Archives at http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/banners/genealogy.htm. ____________________________________________ Check out the Bunker Family Association. http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. If your name is Bunker and you are a male, consider joining our surname DNA project.