Publications available for research in the Genealogy Room include:

Lebanon Genealogical Society's Shelf List, updated March 2015

Items are added to our collection from donations received often during the year.  We accept several types of print items  pertaining to research in family history and in the Lebanon area. 

Please note: Materials in the Genealogy Room of the Lebanon Public Library are available to be used in the Genealogy Room.  They cannot be checked out. 

LEBANON:
A Brief Historical Sketch of Lebanon, Oregon
Lebanon, Oregon Area Births 1907-1927, Deaths 1907-1927
Funeral Arrangement Records - Book #1, Howe's Funeral Home - 1927-1933
Funeral Arrangement Records - Book #2, Howe's Funeral Home - 1933-1938
Funeral Arrangement Records - Book #3, Howe's Funeral Home - 1941-1944
Funeral Arrangement Records - Book #4, Howe's Funeral Home - 1938-1941
Record of Funeral Book #1 - N.C. Lowe Funeral Home - 1915-1924
Record of Funeral Book #2 - N.C. Lowe Funeral Home - 1924-1930
Record of Funeral Book #3 - N.C. Lowe Funeral Home - 1930-1936
Record of Funeral Book #4 - N.C. Lowe Funeral Home - 1936-1942
"It Used To Be...But Now" Oral History of Lebanon
The Lebanon, Oregon Story
Berlin Bits
Lebanon Masonic and IOOF Cemeteries
Epperly Funeral Records - 1903-1913
Epperly Funeral Records - 1913-1920
Lebanon Area Business Directory - 1982
Lebanon City Directories, 1881 and Tax List - 1892
Lebanon Roundup and Strawberry Fair - 1959
Wood Shoe West by Scott Vandehey (Smith Family)
The Lebanon Story - 1977
The Ancestors and Descendants of Richmond Cheadle - Micheler, 1976
Lebanon, Oregon Resources for Growth - Sept. 1966
Empire of Cousins or The Gallaher Trail - Golding
Lebanon High School Yearbooks, 1924-1996 (some years missing)
Telephone Directories (Lebanon, Sweet Home, Brownsville) 1969-1996
The Dittmer Album (Karstens) - James
As Long As Life, Mary Canaga Rowland, 1873-1966 - F.A. Loomis
The Blackburn Family from Descendants of Thomas and Joseph Woodworth
Deadly Mischief: The Boy Killers of Twin Falls (unpub. manuscript)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Lebanon Ward, 1973-74
Lebanon Pioneer Cemetery - Book currently undergoing revision [May 24, 2006]

Newspapers: (some years and issues are missing)
Linn County Advocate Newspapers, Jan. 11, 1912-Nov. 28, 1912
Linn Criterion, June 23, 1910-July 31, 1924
Lebanon Express, March 5, 1887-Aug. 5, 1992

Microfilm:
Linn County, Oregon Cemeteries
Linn County, Oregon, Pioneer Interviews (also available in print), 2 rolls
Linn County, Oregon Census: 1900 (Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Malheur and Morrow Cos.)
1910 (Lane, Malheur, Tillamook, Linn and Wheeler Cos.)
1920 (Linn and part of Lane Co.)
Oregon Marriage Index, various dates (1906-1970)
Oregon Divorces Index, 1946-1970

We also have a wonderful collection of genealogical material from Winifred Saltmarsh Raines, which is available for viewing by appointment.

NOTE: We will only do lookups from the Lebanon resources listed above.

We currently have several volunteers who will do limited lookups at the library using the Lebanon resources listed above. Please list which reference book you would like us to look in, and which name to look for. Only one lookup per request. There is a copying cost of $2.00 per page; checks may be made out to the Lebanon Genealogical Society and mailed to the address below. If additional information is found, we will let you know what the additional costs will be. Please be patient and allow us several weeks for lookups.

Write to us at:

Lebanon Genealogical Society
55 Academy St.
Lebanon, Oregon 97355

For information about library hours

and the Genealogy Room contact the Lebanon Public Library at  541-258-4926.

The Lebanon library website: Lebanon Public Library | City of Lebanon Oregon