Genealogy   Tags: ancestry, family_history, genealogy, heritage_quest  

[my tree at dusk by joiseyshowaa on flickr]

Genealogy (from Greek: γενεά, genea, "descent"; and λόγος, logos, "knowledge") is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. Genealogists use oral traditions, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members. The results are often displayed in charts or written as narratives. [from Wikipedia]

(Ancestry is only available in the library)

• Ancestry User Guide [PDF]
• Ancestry Database Guide [PDF]

Our Local History page

Information on Corvallis, Benton County, Willamette Valley, Oregon

Although we no longer have our subscription to HeritageQuest, we continue to subscribe to Ancestry.

If you are looking for Census records, Family Search has added records for the 1850-1930 Federal Population Census (many with full-image) as well as many state census records.

In addition Census record images are available through Internet Archive. You have to search for indexes separately.