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 Lake County Courthouse, Assessor's Office, Mapping Room: 

[Aerial Photographs-large format], 1952-1954 (ca.800 photographs); 

Slides [Aerial Photographs-National Resources Conservation Service], ca.1987 (ca.150 maps).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Assessor's Office:

Aerial Photos, 1952-1954 (ca.2000 photographs); 1969 (ca.150 photographs); 1974 (5 photographs); 

No. Lake Aerial Maps [North Lake County Aerial Photographs], 2000 (ca.75 photographs). 

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room, Surveyor's Records: 

[Aerial Photographs-large format-in map drawers], ca.1969 (ca.100 photographs). 

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Planning and Building Department Basement Storage Room: 

Aerial Photos Black/White, 2006 (ca.200 photographs).

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. 

Bounty Record Lake County [Animal Scalp], 1909-1922 (1 volume);

[Bounty Record Lake County-Animal Scalp], 1922-1923 (1 volume).

​1874-[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 Oregon Valley Land Company owned a large percent of taxable land in Lake County and therefore separate assessment and tax rolls were created for it.

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

Assessment and Tax Rolls, 1874-1875, 1879, 1881, 1883-1885, 1887-1900, 1903, 1905, 1910, 1915, 1920, 1925, 1930, 1935-1936, 1938-1939 (89 volumes);

O.V.L. Lots [Oregon Valley Land Company-also indexes assessment and tax rolls], 1930 (1 volume);

Search for 1875, 1890, and 1895 Lake County assessment records in Oregon Historical Records Index​.

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Assessor's Basement Storage Room:

[Assessment and Tax Roll Index], 1915 (1 volume); 1936-1949 (11 volumes); 1952 (1 volume);

Assessment and Tax Rolls, 1939-1955 (85 volumes);

Assessment Roll [title varies], 1982-1994 (18 cu.ft.);

Delinquent Tax [Roll], ca.1908-ca.1920 (1 volume);

O.V.L. Lots [Oregon Valley Land Company-also indexes assessment and tax rolls], 1941-1954 (15 volumes);

Tax Ledger, 1939-1954 (15 volumes);

Tax Roll, 1982-1997 (22 cu.ft.);

Tax Roll [Continuing Tax Roll Cards-includes assessment information], 1955-1981 (34 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Assessor's Basement Storage Room, Safe:

[Tax Roll], 1994-2010 (8 inches of microfiche).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Assessor's Office:

Tax Records on Microfilm [Tax Roll], 2003-2012 (6 inches of microfiche);

Tax Roll Summary, 1926-1991 (.40 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

[Assessment and Tax Roll], 1994-2006 (5 inches of microfiche).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room:

Index [Assessment and Tax Roll Plat Index Book], 1912 (1 volume);

Lands [Registration Record-includes assessment roll plat index information], 1908-1914 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Museum, Basement:

[Assessment and Tax Roll Plat Index Books], n.d. (3 volumes).

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​.

Before 1957 assumed business names were filed in the clerk's Miscellaneous Record (Clerk and Recorder Miscellaneous Recordings). 

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room: 

Assumed Business Name Record [with index], vol. 1, 1957-1964 (1 volume).

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. 

Record for Recording Attachments [with index], 1887-1925 (1 volume); 

Register Attachments, vol. 1, 1890-1896 (1 volume). 

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Circuit Court Basement West Storage Room: 

Albert Dent Miscellaneous Papers [includes executions and writs of attachment], 1908-1910 (.05 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Lake County Museum: 

Attachments [Record], 1880-1885 (1 volume).

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:

Census Record, 1875 (.10 cu.ft.); 

Search for 1875 Lake County census entries in Oregon Historical Records Index. 

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault: 

[1990 Pre-census Maps-with index], 1990 (36 maps); 

Boundary and Annexation Survey [Maps-U.S. Census Bureau], 2006 (54 maps); 2009 (54 maps); 2010 (54 maps).

Records at the Lake County Library: 

Lake County Census [Abstract], 1880 (1 volume). 

Records at the Schminck Memorial Museum:

Lake County Census [Abstract], 1880 (1 binder). 

Records at a Related Web Site:

Lake County Federal Census Surname List​, 1880 (US GenWeb Project).

1875-1983

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 Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room:

Box [Circuit Court Case Files], ca.1875-1916 (24 cu.ft.);

[Circuit Court Case Files-formerly in clerk's vault], ca.1875-1922 (16 cu.ft.);

Circuit [Court Case Files-water damaged-in boxes 42 to 44], no.7227-7678. 1970-1972 (6 cu.ft.);

Circuit Court Undertakings [includes justice court documents], 1928-1957 (.55 cu.ft.).

[Vault Index-indexes circuit court, probate, insane, and delayed birth boxes in the clerk's basement south storage room], 1875-ca.1977 (1 binder).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Circuit Court Basement West Storage Room:

Circuit Court Case Files [includes some older cases], no. 267-7226, 1913-1970 (82 cu.ft.); no. 7679-9763, 83.001-83.338, 1972-1983 (22 cu.ft.);

[Circuit Court Orders], 1959-1967 (.10 cu.ft.);

Circuit Ct. Orders [Court], 1972-1981 (.20 cu.ft.);

Invoices Circuit Court Undertakings [includes justice court documents], 1895-1927 (.40 cu.ft.);

Old Old [Circuit Court Orders], 1881-1902 (.35 cu.ft.);

Old Old [Miscellaneous Circuit Court Case Files and Documents], 1881-1928 (.70 cu.ft.);

Orders of Circuit Court, 1891-1893 (.10 cu.ft.);

Torrens Act Case of State of Oregon vs. Lake County Land and Livestock Company [with index], vol. 1-2, 1924 (2 volumes);

Transcript of Testimony State of Oregon vs. Chewaucan Land and Cattle Company [with index], vol. 1-3, 1924 (3 volumes);

Transcripts of Testimony [Circuit Court], 1902-1925 (1 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Circuit Court Basement East Storage Room:

Circuit Court Case Index Direct, 1875-1983 (2 volumes);

Circuit Court Case Index Indirect, 1875-1983 (2 volumes);

[General Index to Register and Circuit Court Docket-includes case file numbers], 1925-1967 (1 volume).

1875-1983

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.

Circuit Court Fee Book and Register, vol. 3, 1900-1910 (1 volume);

Circuit Court Register [title varies-with index], vol. 1-2, 1878-1920 (2 volumes);

Docket Circuit Court, 1875-1882 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Circuit Court Basement East Storage Room:

Circuit Court Docket [General Index to Register and Circuit Court Docket-Direct], 1967-1983 (1 volume);

Circuit Court Docket [with index], vol. 1-15, 1910-1983 (15 volumes);

[General Index to Register and Circuit Court Docket-includes case file numbers], 1925-1967 (1 volume);

Register of Actions [Criminal and Civil], 1983 (.10 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room:

Calendar [Circuit Court], 1885-1891 (1 volume); 1900-1910 (1 volume);

Marriage Returns [includes divorce returns], 1929-1941 (3 volumes);

Register County Court [Judicial-includes Circuit Court], 1886-1899 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Museum:

Calendar Circuit Court [Record], 1891-1899 (1 volume).

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. 

Circuit Court Journal, vol. 4-62, 1897-1982 (59 volumes); 

Index Circuit Court Journal, vol. 1, 1875-1886 (1 volume); 1886-1897 (1 volume); 

Journal Circ't. Court, vol. 1, 1875-1886 (1 volume);

Record of Circuit Court, vol. 2-3, 1886-1897 (2 volumes).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room:

County Court Journal [serves as Circuit Court Journal after 1957 and includes insane commitments-with index], vol. 3, 1920-1960 (1 volume).

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 to be 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 Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Office: 

Miscellaneous Record [includes assumed business names until ca.1957 and military discharge records until ca.1944-with index], vol. 2-4, 1911-1980 (3 volumes). 

Miscellaneous Instruments Filed, ca.1924-1927 (.25 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room, Surveyor's Records:

Miscellaneous Records [includes water rights, mining, and land patent information], vol 1-2, 1874-1912 (2 volumes).

1986-[ongoing]

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 1987 deeds, mortgages, mining claims, and military discharges have also been recorded in the clerk's Microfilm [Recorded Documents-also titled Deeds, Mtgs, Liens, Etc.]. These records are also indexed on computer in the clerk's office.

Microfilm [Recorded Documents-Deeds, Mtgs, Liens, Etc.-title varies], 1987-present (83 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

Direct Index Grantor [to Microfilm-Recorded Documents], vol. 20, 1999-2001 (1 volume of computer printouts);

Direct Index [to Microfilm-Recorded Documents, vol. 19, 1986-1999 (4 volumes of computer printouts);

Indexes [to Microfilm-Recorded Documents-title varies], 2003-2010 (5 binders of computer printouts);

Indirect Index Grantee [to Microfilm-Recorded Documents], vol. 20, 1999-2001 (1 volume of computer printouts);

Indirect Index [to Microfilm-Recorded Documents, vol. 19, 1986-1999 (5 volumes of computer printouts).

​1875-[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.

Since 1987 the Commissioners Journal has been indexed on computer located in the clerk's office.

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

Commissioner's Journal [unabridged-includes attachments and exhibits], vol. 17-25, 1985-1987 (9 volumes);

Commissioners Journal [with index], vol. 15-17, 1981-1999 (3 volumes);

Commissioners Record [with index], vol. 4-14, 1892-1980 (11 volumes);

County Commissioners Record, vol. 1-2, 1875-1886 (2 volumes);

Executive Session [Commissioner's Minutes], 1987-1998 (2 binders);

Comm. Records [Commissioners], 1987-present (37 reels of microfilm).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

Commissioners Records [includes attachments and exhibits], 1995-present (29 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Office, Elections Room:

Commissioners Minutes [title varies], 1961-present (55 binders).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room:

Commissioners Records [County Court Judicial and Administrative Case Files-includes road petitions and reports, county officials reports, insane commitment records, and naturalization declarations of intention, petitions, and certificates], ca.1875-ca.1940 (7.50 cu.ft.);

Commissioners Records [includes attachments and exhibits as well as orders, resolutions, and some minutes-title varies], 1933-1994 (30 cu.ft.);

Index to Commissioners Record, 1875-1886 (1 volume); vol. 2, 1886-1892 (1 volume); vol. 4, 1892 (1 volume).

Records at the Schminck Memorial Museum:

Lake County Early Records [County Court Judicial and Administrative Case Files-includes road petitions and reports, county officials reports, insane commitment records], ca.1875-ca.1940 (3 cu.ft.);

Lake County Early Records Surname Index [to County Court Judicial and Administrative Case Files-indexes road petitions and reports, county officials reports, insane commitment records], ca.1875-ca.1940 (1 binder).

Records at the Lake County Web Site:

Commissioners' Meeting Agendas, 2007-present;

Commissioners' Meeting Minutes [includes work, regular, and special sessions], 2005-present.

​1933-[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 1875 orders, ordinances, and resolutions have been filed in the Commissioners Journal (County Commissioners Administrative Journals).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

[Ordinances-includes subdivision, partition, zoning, and comprehensive plan changes], 1961-present (2 volumes).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room:

Commissioners Records [includes attachments and exhibits as well as orders and resolutions-title varies], 1933-1994 (30 cu.ft.);

Orders Old Resos [County Commission Orders and Resolutions], 1946-1948 (.10 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Planning and Building Department Office:

Lake County Comprehensive Plan [includes amendments and zoning and land development ordinances], 1980-1989 (1 binder);

[Lake County Land Development Ordinance-includes subdivision information], 1980-present (1 binder);

[Lake County Zoning Ordinance], 1980-present (1 binder).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Planning and Building Department Basement Storage Room:

Comp. Land Use Files and Periodic Review Files [Comprehensive Plan-includes 1980-1989 zoning ordinance], ca.1979-ca.1990 (2.50 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Webs​ite:

Lake County Land Development Ordinance [includes subdivision information], 1980-present;

Lake County Zoning Ordinance ​[includes table of contents, full ordinance, and index], 1980-present.

​1869-[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; date the new markers were set; and surveyor's signatures.

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Surveyor's Office Area:

[Corner Restoration Books-originals], 1972-present (6 volumes);

[General Land Office and Bureau of Land Management Surveys-includes corner survey and homestead surveys], ca.1869-ca.1998 (10 inches of microfiche and aperture cards);

Index for Corner Books, ca.1972-present (1 binder).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room, Surveyor's Records:

[Corner Survey Township and Range Visual Index-black cover], n.d. (1 volume);

Fremont Lumber Company Relocated Property Corners, vol. 1-2, 1957 (2 binders).

Records at the Lake County Webs​ite:

Certified Corner Monumentations ​[includes certified record of land corner monumentation-by township, range, and section number], n.d.-present.

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 Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room: 

Coroners Inquests, ca.1933-ca.1950 (.35 cu.ft.);

Inquests [Coroner's Transcripts and Evidence], ca.1902-ca.1950 (.60 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Circuit Court Basement West Storage Room: 

Old Old [Coroner's Inquest Records], 1881-1904 (.30 cu.ft.);

S.G. Reas Inquest [Coroner's], 1889 (.05 cu.ft.).

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. Beginning in circa 1920 county budgets were filed in the Commissioners Journal (County Commissioners Administrative Journals). 

Budget Committee Meetings Minutes & Resolutions, 1985-1989 (1 binder); 

Budget Meeting [Records-Lake County-title varies], 1989-1994 (5 binders);

Lake County Budget, 2006-present (10 volumes). 

[Budget Allowances and Expenditures-County], 1955-1972 (1 volume);

[Budget Estimate-County], 1923-1929 (1 volume);

Budgets [Lake County Budgeted Funds Record], 1986-1987 (1 volume); 1993-1999 (6 volumes).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Treasurer/Finance Records Storage Room 109: 

#14B Budgets & Audits [Lake County Budget], 1973-1974 (.25 cu.ft.); 

P101/P102 [Budget Final-Lake County], 1963-1983, 1986-2001 (1.50 cu.ft.).

​1961-[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 Lake County Courthouse, Planning and Building Department Office:

Lake County Comprehensive Plan Adopted Winter Range and Wetlands [Wall Map], 2009 (1 map);

Lake County Comprehensive Plan [includes amendments and zoning and land development ordinances], 1980-1989 (1 binder);

Lake County Comprehensive [Plan Map-Provisional], 2013 (1 map);

Lake County Plan/Zone Maps [includes land use designations], vol. 1-14, 1980-present (14 binders).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Planning and Building Department Basement Storage Room:

Comp. Land Use Files and Periodic Review Files [Comprehensive Plan-includes 1980-1989 zoning ordinance], ca.1979-ca.1990 (2.50 cu.ft.);

Comp. Land Use Files [Comprehensive Plan Development and Revision Records], ca.1977-ca.1987 (2.50 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

[Ordinances-includes subdivision, partition, zoning, and comprehensive plan changes], 1961-present (2 volumes).

Records at the Lake County Library:

Lake County Atlas Comprehensive Plan Supplement, 1979 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Website:

Comprehensive Plan​ [includes maps, guidelines, and appendices], 1980-present.

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 Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room: 

Commissioners Records [County Court Judicial and Administrative Case Files-includes road petitions and reports, county officials reports, insane commitment records, and naturalization declarations of intention, petitions, and certificates], ca.1875-ca.1940 (7.50 cu.ft.).

Series records the proceedings of the county court for civil and some criminal cases. Information includes judge, plaintiff, defendant, and attorney names; trial date; memorandum of subsequent proceedings; and fees charged. Cases include citizenship petitions, legal changes to name, commitments, and writs of habeas corpus. Portions of these records may be restricted. 

County Court Journal [serves as circuit court journal after 1957 and includes insane commitments-with index], vol. 3, 1920-1961 (1 volume); 

Index to County Court Journal, vol. 1, n.d. (1 volume);

Journal County Court [includes naturalization until 1906 and insane commitments], vol. 2, 1902-1919 (1 volume); 

Register County Court [Judicial-includes Circuit Court], 1886-1899 (1 volume). 

Records at the Lake County Museum: 

Journal County Court [includes naturalization and insane commitment information], vol. 1, 1875-1902 (1 volume).

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. 

County fair board minutes dating from 1971 to the present are available electronically in the fair office. 

Records at the Lake County Fairgrounds, Fair Office: 

Lake County Fair [Premium Book], 2015-present (1 volume). 

Premium Books Historical Books [includes county fair premium books and guides as well as related publications], 1940-1944 (5 volumes); 1951 (1 volume); 1953 (1 volume); 1962-1963 (1 volumes); 1966-1977 (12 volumes); 1982-2014 (33 volumes).

1875-1947

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.

Additional county officials reports were also included in the Commissioners Records (County Commissioners Administrative Journals).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room:

Reports of County Officers, ca.1909-ca.1927 (.35 cu.ft.);

Reports of Road Supervisors, 1914 (.05 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room:

Commissioners Records [County Court Judicial and Administrative Case Files-includes road petitions and reports, county officials reports, insane commitment records, and naturalization declarations of intention, petitions, and certificates], ca.1875-ca.1940 (7.50 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Assessor's Basement Storage Room:

[Monthly Statement of County Treasurer], 1937-1947 (1 volume).

Records at the Schminck Memorial Museum:

Lake County Early Records [County Court Judicial and Administrative Case Files-includes road petitions and reports, county officials reports, insane commitment records], ca.1875-ca.1940 (3 cu.ft.);

Lake County Early Records Surname Index [to County Court Judicial and Administrative Case Files-indexes road petitions and reports, county officials reports, insane commitment records], ca.1875-ca.1940 (1 binder).

1871-[ongoing]

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 1987 deeds have also been recorded in the clerk's Microfilm [Recorded Documents] (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings). Deeds have been indexed on computer back to 1970.

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

Deed Record [title varies], vol. 1-282, 1873-present (282 volumes);

Index to Deeds [Buyer & Seller], 2001-2002 (1 volume of computer printouts);

[Index to Deeds-Direct], 1875-1911 (1 volume);

Index to Deeds Grantee, vol. 1, 3-18, 1873-1985 (16 volumes);

Index to Deeds Grantor, vol. 1, 3-18, 1873-1985 (16 volumes).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room:

Bond for Deeds, vol. 1, 1875-1923 (1 volume);

Deeds [copies], vol. 1-9, 11-25, 1875-1895, 1895-1911 (24 volumes);

Deeds Transcript From Jackson County, 1871-1877 (1 volume);

[Index to Deeds-Indirect], 1875-1911 (1 volume);

Tract Index to Deed Records, 1879-1906 (1 volume);

Transcript of Deeds, 1871-1877 (1 volume).

Deeds, ca.1877-1945 (.35 cu.ft.);

Deeds Recorded, ca.1880-ca.1930 (1 cu.ft.);

Lake County Deeds, ca.1929-ca.1942 (.65 cu.ft.).

1855-1983

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. Access to birth records is restricted for 100 years following the date of birth by Oregon Administrative Rule 333-011-0096.

Also see Circuit Court Journals series for decrees for registration of birth from circa 1943 to circa 1976.

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Circuit Court Basement West Storage Room:

Circuit Court Case Files [includes case files with interfiled registration of birth petitions, evidences, and decrees documenting births from ca.1855-ca.1940], 1943-1976 (ca.4 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Circuit Court Basement East Storage Room:

Circuit Court Case Index Direct [indexes registration of birth records interfiled with circuit court case files documenting births from ca.1855-ca.1940], 1943-1976 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Circuit Court Office Storage Room:

Probate Index [indexes probate, insane commitment, delayed birth, and other cases], n.d.-1983 (1 binder).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

[Petitions for Registration of Birth], 1955-1962 (.10 cu.ft.);

[Vault Index-indexes circuit court, probate, insane, and delayed birth boxes in the clerk's basement south storage room], 1875-ca.1977 (1 binder).

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 List of Eligible Voters, 1887 (.10 cu.ft.); 

Search for 1887 Lake County eligible voters [electors] in Oregon Historical Records Index​. 

Records at the Lake County Museum: 

Official Register of Electors, 1908 (1 volume); 1910 (1 volume); 1912 (1 volume); 1914 (1 volume);

Registration Blanks "A" [Voter Registration Records], 1906 (1 volume).

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: 

Election Abstract of Votes, 1888-1918 (1 cu.ft.). 

Election Record, vol. 3, 1960-1978 (1 volume); 

Record of Elections, vol. 1-2, 1908-1958 (2 volumes). 

Records at the Lake County Museum: 

Certificate of Elections, vol. 1, 1875-1943 (1 volume).

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.

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room: 

Register of Farm Names, vol. 1, 1911-1917 (1 volume). 

Records at the Lake County Museum:

[Certificate of Farm Name-Stubs], 1911-1920 (1 volume).

1864-1998

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.

Deeds Patents [Land-volume part of deed record series], vol. 11, 1883-1909 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room:

Patents [Land Grant], ca.1880-ca.1919 (.35 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Surveyor's Office Area:

[General Land Office and Bureau of Land Management Surveys- includes corner restoration and homestead surveys], ca.1869-ca.1998 (10 inches of microfiche and aperture cards).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room, Surveyor's Records:

Miscellaneous Records [includes water rights, mining, and land patent information], vol 1-2, 1874-1912 (2 volumes).

Records at a Related Web Site:

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

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 Oregon State Archives: 

Certificate of Delinquency, 1910-1913 (1 volume). 

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Assessor's Basement Storage Room: 

Delinquency Certificates [title varies], 1914-1921 (10 volumes). 

Records at the Schminck Memorial Museum:

Certificates of Redemption, 1916-1918 (2 volumes).

1875-[ongoing]

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.

Mental commitment case files have been indexed on the Oregon Judicial Information Network (OJIN) since 1988.

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Circuit Court Basement East Storage Room:

Adoption/Juvenile/Mental [Case Files-includes interfiled mental commitment case files], 1997-2002 (ca.10 cu.ft.);

Juvenile [Case Files-includes interfiled mental commitment case files], 1988-1996 (ca.16 cu.ft.);

Mental [Commitment Case Files], 1965-1988 (1 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Circuit Court Basement West Storage Room:

Old Old [Insane Commitment Records], 1890-1898 (.15 cu.ft.);

Record of Mentally Ill, vol. 4, 1962-1965 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Circuit Court Office Storage Room:

Adoption/Juvenile/Mental [Case Files-includes interfiled mental commitment case files], 2003-present (14 cu.ft.);

Probate Index [indexes probate, insane commitment, delayed birth, and other cases], n.d.-1983 (1 binder).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room:

Commissioners Records [County Court Judicial and Administrative Case Files-includes road petitions and reports, county officials reports, insane commitment records, and naturalization declarations of intention, petitions, and certificates], ca.1875-ca.1940 (7.50 cu.ft.);

County Court Journal [serves as circuit court journal after 1957 and includes insane commitments-with index], vol. 3, 1920-1961 (1 volume);

Journal County Court [includes naturalization until 1906 and insane commitments], vol. 2, 1902-1919 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room:

Commitment of Insane and Incompetent Persons, ca.1898-ca.1923 (.65 cu.ft.).

[Vault Index-indexes circuit court, probate, insane, and delayed birth boxes in the clerk's basement south storage room], 1875-ca.1977 (1 binder).

Records at the Lake County Museum:

Journal County Court [includes naturalization and insane commitment information], vol. 1, 1875-1902 (1 volume).

Records at the Schminck Memorial Museum:

Lake County Early Records [County Court Judicial and Administrative Case Files-includes road petitions and reports, county officials reports, insane commitment records], ca.1875-ca.1940 (3 cu.ft.);

Lake County Early Records Surname Index [to County Court Judicial and Administrative Case Files-indexes road petitions and reports, county officials reports, insane commitment records], ca.1875-ca.1940 (1 binder).

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 Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room:

Judgment Lien Docket, vol. 3, 1901-1939 (1 volume). 

Albert Dent Miscellaneous Papers [includes executions and writs of attachment], 1908-1910 (.05 cu.ft.); 

Execution Docket [with index], vol. 1, 1877-1923 (1 volume); 

Judgment Lien Docket, vol. 2, 1875-1902 (1 volume). 

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Planning and Building Department Basement Storage Room:

Judgment Lien Docket [actually includes mostly livestock brand information], vol. 1, 1901-1907 (1 volume). 

Co. Court Register [County Judgment Lien Docket-with index], 1875-1914 (1 volume).

1895-1941

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.

Case Completed State [South Lakeview District Justice Court Case Files], 1928-1929 (.15 cu.ft.);

Criminal Cases [South Lakeview District Justice Court Case Files], 1929-1930 (.15 cu.ft.);

Invoices Circuit Court Undertakings [includes justice court documents], 1895-1927 (.40 cu.ft.);

Invoices [Justice Court Transcripts], 1924-1928 (.15 cu.ft.);

[Justice Court Case Files-South Lakeview District], 1931-1940 (1 cu.ft.).

Circuit Court Undertakings [includes justice court documents], 1928-1940 (.35 cu.ft.);

Transcripts Justice Court, ca.1909-ca.1923 (.60 cu.ft.).

Justice Ct. Papers Silver Lake [Miscellaneous Justice Court Documents], ca.1931-ca.1941 (.50 cu.ft.).

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.

Justice Docket [Lakeview Precinct], 1909-1914 (1 volume);

Record [Silver Lake Recorders Court Docket], 1930-1942 (1 volume). 

Justice Docket Criminal [Lakeview Recorders Court], 1927-1931 (1 volume). 

Justice Docket South Lakeview District, 1936-1941 (2 volumes); 

[South Lakeview District Justice Court Docket], 1932-1936 (2 volumes).

​1875-[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.

Also see the Surveyor's Field Notes and Plats series for filed surveys and indexes that include some subdivision surveys.

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

[Ordinances-includes subdivision, partition, zoning, and comprehensive plan changes], 1961-present (2 volumes);

O.V.L. Co. Subdivisions [Oregon Valley Land Company Plats], 1909 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

Index to Town Plats [indexes some road surveys and partitions from 1990-present], vol. 1, ca.1875-present (1 volume);

Plat Cabinet A [Subdivision Plats-includes road surveys], ca.1875-present (ca.300 plats);

Plat Cabinet P/B [Partition Plats-with index], 1990-present (400 plats).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Planning and Building Department Office:

Lake County Comprehensive Plan [includes amendments and zoning and land development ordinances], 1980-1989 (1 binder);

[Lake County Land Development Ordinance-includes subdivision information], 1980-present (1 binder);

Land Use Files [Partition Case Files], 2015-present (.15 cu.ft.);

Partition [Case Files], no. 1463-1495, 2008-2011 (.60 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Planning and Building Department Basement Storage Room:

Land Use [Case Files-includes zoning permits and partition case files], 2012-2013 (2 cu.ft.);

Partition Applications, 1980-1989 (.50 cu.ft.);

Partitions [Case Files-includes some subdivisions], no. 1075-1471, 1986-2008 (6 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Surveyor's Office Area:

All Record of Surveys By RS Number [Index-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys-by record of survey number], ca.1920-present (1 binder);

All Record of Surveys By TRS Number [Index-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys-by township, range, and section number], ca.1920-present (1 binder);

[Record of Survey Visual Reference Atlas-includes some subdivision and road survey references-on assessor's map base with overlays], ca.1920-ca.2006 (1 volume);

Subdivision Plats, ca.1891-present (2.50 cu.ft.);

Subdivisions & Additions [Register of Filed Subdivisions], 1891-present (1 binder);

Subdivisions [Card Index], 1891-1995 (.25 cu.ft.);

Survey Copies [Record of Surveys-includes surveys, field notes, narratives, and related records-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys], no. 1-6446, ca.1920-present (6446 plats);

Township and Range [Record of Survey Index-also indexes some subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys], ca.1920-present (1 binder).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room, Surveyor's Records:

[Record of Surveys-includes surveys, field notes, and related records-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys], no. 1-6446, ca.1920-present (6446 plats).

Records at the Lake County Museum:

Book #1 [Town Lots Land Register], 1910-1913 (1 volume);

Journal [County Property Additions to Lakeview-Subdivision Register], 1912 (1 volume);

Town Lots [Plat Map and Legal Description Register], 1876-1914 (2 volumes).

Records at the Lake County Website:

All Record Surveys By TRSection [Register and Index-includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys-by township, range, and section number], ca.1920-present;

Lake County Land Development Ordinance​ [includes subdivision information], 1980-present;

Record of Surveys [includes survey plats, field notes, narratives, and related records-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys], no. 1-6448, ca.1920-present;

Record of Surveys [Register and Index-includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys-by survey number], 2009-2014;

Subdivisions​ [Plats], ca.1875-present.

1883-1924

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 Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room:

Book #2 [Land Registration Record], 1910-1913 (1 volume); 

[Land Registration Book-by township and range], ca.1884-ca.1913 (2 volumes);

Lands [Registration Record-includes assessment roll plat index information], 1908-1914 (1 volume);

Township Plat Book, n.d. (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Assessor's Basement Storage Room:

Record of Townships and Plats, vol. 3, n.d. (1 volume).

[Plat Map Register], n.d. (1 volume);

Record of Townships Plats, vol. 1-2, n.d. (2 volumes).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Circuit Court Basement West Storage Room:

Torrens Act Case of State of Oregon vs. Lake County Land and Livestock Company [with index], vol. 1-2, 1924 (2 volumes).

​​1884-[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 Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

Metsker's Atlas of Lake County Oregon, 1958 (1 volume); n.d. (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

[1990 Pre-census Maps-with index], 1990 (36 maps);

Boundary and Annexation Survey [Maps-U.S. Census Bureau], 2006 (54 maps); 2009 (54 maps); 2010 (54 maps);

Christmas Valley Properties [Maps], ca.1961 (10 maps);

Christmas Valley Townsite [Plan}, n.d. (1 drawing);

[County Courthouse Plans], 1953 (47 drawings);

[Fremont National Forest Maps-with index], 1964-1966 (3 maps);

Lake County Code Map [Assessment], 1998 (1 map);

Lake County Fairgrounds [Grandstands Plans], 1993 (2 drawings);

Lake County Industrial Park [Plans], 1992 (19 drawings);

Lake County Rural Addressing Map, 2002 (2 maps);

[Lakeview District Recreation Maps-Bureau of Land Management], 1991 (3 maps);

Map of Lakeview, 1931 (1 map);

North Warner Administrative Unit [Bureau of Land Management Map], 1960 (1 map);

Southern Pacific Right-of-Way and Track Map, ca.1970 (26 maps);

Sunset Cemetery [Plot Map], n.d. (1 map).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room:

Lake County [Inventory of Timber and Timber Lands-includes maps], vol. I-II, 1945-1947 (2 volumes);

Record of Voting Precincts [Boundary Descriptions], vol. 1, 1884-1935 (1 volume);

Timber Cruise Record, vol. 3, 5, 1917-1918 (2 volumes).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room, Surveyor's Records:

[Assessor's Plat Maps-colored], 1932-1933 (1 volume);

Extra Maps Lake Co. A-D [USGS Topographical Maps-Lake County-in map drawer], 1964-1980 (ca.200 maps);

[Right of Way and Track Map Southern Pacific Railroad-filed in 2013-in map drawer], ca.1985 (ca.50 maps).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Assessor's Mapping Room:

[Assessor's Plat Maps], n.d.-present (9 volumes);

North/South [Topographic Maps], 1963-1985 (ca.200 maps);

Topos [Topographic Maps], 1964-1968 (ca.100 maps).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Planning and Building Department Office:

Flood Insurance Rate Map, 1989 (.30 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Planning and Building Department Basement Storage Room:

Maps Flood [Flood Insurance Rate Map], 1989 (1 cu.ft.);

[Superseded Assessor's Plat Maps], ca.1975-1978 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Road Department Office Lobby:

BLM & Forest Service Maps [includes transportation plan maps], ca.1958-ca.2003 (ca.30 maps);

[Miscellaneous Maps-includes national forest, noxious weeds, Silver Lake, storm sewer, and road network], 1976-1988 (ca.50 maps);

Misc. Maps & Etc. [Miscellaneous Maps-includes highway, road alignment, and buried cable], 1936-2005 (ca.75 maps);

Misc. Surveys & Etc. [Miscellaneous Maps and Plans-includes county roads, road alignment, bridges, shops], 1955-2003 (ca.30 maps and plans).

Records at the Lake County Museum:

Timber Cruise Record, vol. 1-2, 4, 6, 1917-1918 (4 volumes).

Records at a Related Web Site:

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. 

Records at the Oregon State Archives: 

Marks & Brands [Record-with index], vol. 1, 1875-1906 (1 volume); 

Record of Marks and Brands [also indexes other volume 4], vol. 4, 1913-1915 (1 volume); 

Record of Marks and Brands, vol. 4, 1913-1915 (1 volume); 

Record of Marks and Brands [with index], vol. 3, 1901-1913 (1 volume); 

Stock Inspector's Record [Description of Marks and Brands-with index], vol. 2, ca.1875-1901 (1 volume);

Stock Inspectors' Record [of Stock Removed-includes brand information], vol. 1, 1905-1906 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room: 

Certificate of Marks and Brands, 1875-ca.1915 (.35 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Planning and Building Department Basement Storage Room:

Lake County Brands [Livestock-volume spine is labeled judgment lien docket], n.d. (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Museum: 

The Right to the Use of a Brand [Cattle and Horse Record-Abstract], 1927-1935 (1 volume).

1875-1972

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 Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

Marriage Records [Printed Abstracts], vol. 1-6, 1875-1968 (6 volumes);

Marriage Record [with index], vol. 1-6, 1875-1968 (6 volumes);

Record of Affidavits for Marriage Licenses, 1909-1920 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

Marriage Certificates [includes some licenses-trifolded], 1876-1960 (2 cu.ft.).

Marriage [Application for Marriage License], 1953-1960 (1 volume);

Marriage Returns [includes marriage applications], 1960-1972 (1 volume);

Marriage Returns [Return of Marriage Booklets], 1912-1953 (17 volumes).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room:

Marriage Licenses, ca.1928-ca.1937 (.30 cu.ft.);

Medical Certs. for Marriage Licenses [Certificates], ca.1930-ca.1960 (.25 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Library:

Marriage Records [Printed Abstracts], 1875-1950 (5 volumes).

Records at the Schminck Memorial Museum:

Marriage Records [Printed Abstracts], 1875-1968 (6 volumes).

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 Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room: 

Register Separate Property of Married Women, vol. 1, 1876-1879 (1 volume).

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. 

​1888-[ongoing]

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 1944 military discharges were recorded in the Clerk's Miscellaneous Record (Clerk and Recorder Miscellaneous Recordings). Since 1987 military discharges have also been recorded in the clerk's Microfilm [Recorded Documents] (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings). Military discharges have been indexed on computer back to 1970.

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

List of Persons Liable for Military Service, 1888 (.05 cu.ft.);

Military List [Eligibility], 1889-1894 (1 volume);

Military Record [Eligibility], 1900-1901 (1 volume);

Military Roll, 1896 (.05 cu.ft.);

Search for 1900-1901 Lake County military listings in Oregon Historical Records Index​.

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

Index Service Discharge [Military], 1944-ca.2002 (1 volume of computer printouts).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

Index to U.S. Service Discharge Record, vol. 1, 1944-present (1 volume);

U.S. Service Discharges [Record], vol. 1-7, 1944-present (7 volumes).

​1870-[ongoing]

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 1987 mining claims have also been recorded in the clerk's Microfilm [Recorded Documents] (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings). Mining claims have been indexed on computer back to 1970. Also see the Surveyor's Field Notes and Plats series for filed surveys and indexes that include some mining-related surveys.

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

Index to Mining Claims [indexes volumes 4-5], 1909-1941 (1 volume);

Index to Mining Claims, vol. 2-3, 1941-1989 (2 volumes);

Index to Mining [Record], 2001-2002 (1 volume of computer printouts);

Index to Mining Records [indexes volumes 2-4], vol. 1, 1901-1917 (1 volume);

Mining Record, vol. 14-35, 1959-present (22 volumes);

Transcript of Water Rights and Mining Claims [with index], 1870-1877 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Surveyor's Office Area:

All Record of Surveys By RS Number [Index-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys-by record of survey number], ca.1920-present (1 binder);

All Record of Surveys By TRS Number [Index-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys-by township, range, and section number], ca.1920-present (1 binder);

Survey Copies [Record of Surveys-includes surveys, field notes, narratives, and related records-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys], no. 1-6446, ca.1920-present (6446 plats);

Township and Range [Record of Survey Index-also indexes some subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys], ca.1920-present (1 binder).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room:

Dormant Mineral Interest Record, vol. 1, 1985-1991 (1 volume);

Record of Mining Claims, vol. 2-13, 1901-1959 (12 volumes);

Records [Mining Locations], 1890-1901 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room:

Mining Claims, ca.1890-ca.1909 (.85 cu.ft.);

Mining Claims [Placer Location], 1898-1901 (.20 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room, Surveyor's Records:

Miscellaneous Records [includes water rights, mining, and land patent information], vol 1-2, 1874-1912 (2 volumes);

[Record of Surveys-includes surveys, field notes, and related records-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys], no. 1-6446, ca.1920-present (6446 plats).

Records at the Lake County Website:

All Record Surveys By TRSection [Register and Index-includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys-by township, range, and section number], ca.1920-present;

Record of Surveys [includes survey plats, field notes, narratives, and related records-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys], no. 1-6448, ca.1920-present;

Record of Surveys​ [Register and Index-includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys-by survey number], 2009-2014.

Records at a Related Website:

Online Land Records [includes 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​​).

1873-[ongoing]

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 1987 mortgages have also been recorded in the clerk's Microfilm [Recorded Documents] (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings). Mortgages have been indexed on computer back to 1970.

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

Index to Mortgages, 2001-2002 (1 volume of computer printouts);

Mortgage Record, vol. 57-176, 1966-present (120 volumes).

Index to Mortgages Mortgagee, vol. 7-10, 1919-1985 (4 volumes);

Index to Mortgages Mortgagor, vol. 7-10, 1919-1985 (4 volumes);

Mortgage Record [title varies], vol. 10-56, 1908-1966 (47 volumes).

Index to Mortgages Direct, vol. 6, 1905-1920 (1 volume);

Index to Mortgages [Indirect], vol. 6, 1905-1920 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room:

Index to Mortgages [includes volume 6 direct index and volume 6 indirect index], vol. 1, 4-6, 1875-1920 (5 volumes);

Mortgages, vol. 1-9, 1875-1908 (9 volumes);

MTGS [Mortgage Record copy], 1875-1910 (10 volumes);

Transcript of Mortgages, 1873-1878 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room:

Release and Assignment of Mortgages, ca.1885-ca.1927 (.30 cu.ft.).

1875-1972

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.

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

Certificate of Naturalization, 1909-1927 (11 volumes);

Immigration & Naturalization [Naturalization Petition Stubs-Naturalization Certificate], 1956-1972 (.05 cu.ft.);

Immigration & Naturalization [Persons Naturalized Over-Seas-includes petitions and certificate stubs], 1954-1955 (.05 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room:

Commissioners Records [County Court Judicial and Administrative Case Files-includes road petitions and reports, county officials reports, insane commitment records, and naturalization declarations of intention, petitions, and certificates], ca.1875-ca.1940 (7.50 cu.ft.);

County Court Journal [includes naturalization until 1906 and insane commitments], vol. 2, 1902-1919 (1 volume).

Naturalization Papers [Miscellaneous-includes declarations of intention, petitions, and certificates], ca.1882-ca.1957 (.75 cu.ft.).

1875-1970

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.

Declaration of Intention [with index], vol. 1, 1889-1906 (1 volume); vol. 5, 1929-1952 (1 volume);

Immigration & Naturalization [Declaration of Intention], 1952-1970 (1 volume);

Record of Declaration of Intention [no. 1 to 590-with index], vol. 2-5, 1907-1929 (4 volumes).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room:

Commissioners Records [County Court Judicial and Administrative Case Files-includes road petitions and reports, county officials reports, insane commitment records, and naturalization declarations of intention, petitions, and certificates], ca.1875-ca.1940 (7.50 cu.ft.);

County Court Journal [includes naturalization until 1906 and insane commitments], vol. 2, 1902-1919 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room:

Naturalization Papers [Miscellaneous-includes declarations of intention, petitions, and certificates], ca.1882-ca.1957 (.75 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Museum:

Journal County Court [includes naturalization and insane commitment information], vol. 1, 1875-1902 (1 volume).

1875-1974

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, birthplace, 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.

Immigration & Naturalization [Notice of Denial and Admission-Orders], 1930-1974 (1 volume);

Immigration & Naturalization [Persons Naturalized Over Seas-includes petitions and certificate stubs], 1954-1955 (.05 cu.ft.);

Petition and Record [no. 1 to 328-with index], vol. 1-4, 1909-1929 (4 volumes);

Petitions For Naturalization [no. 329-519], vol. 5-7, 1930-1972 (3 volumes).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room:

Commissioners Records [County Court Judicial and Administrative Case Files-includes road petitions and reports, county officials reports, insane commitment records, and naturalization declarations of intention, petitions, and certificates], ca.1875-ca.1940 (7.50 cu.ft.);

Journal County Court [includes naturalization until 1906 and insane commitments], vol. 2, 1902-1919 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room:

Naturalization Papers [Miscellaneous-includes declarations of intention, petitions, and certificates], ca.1882-ca.1957 (.75 cu.ft.).

Journal County Court [includes naturalization and insane commitment information], vol. 1, 1875-1902 (1 volume).

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. 

Records at the Oregon State Archives: 

Old Age Pension Applications, 1933-1935 (.20 cu.ft.); 

Widows Pension Record [with index], 1914-1915 (1 volume); 

Search for 1933-1935 Lake County old age pensions in Oregon Historical Records Index​. 

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room: 

County Aid Applications and Orders, ca.1930-ca.1936 (.20 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 Lake County Courthouse, Planning and Building Department Office:

Land Use Files [Planning Commission Minutes], 2011-present (.10 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Planning and Building Department Basement Storage Room:

PC Minutes [Planning Commission Minutes], 1969-1989 (9 binders);

Planning Commission Minutes, 1994-2010 (1.25 cu.ft.); 

Planning Comm. Minutes [Planning Commission Minutes], 1990-1993 (.20 cu.ft.). 

Records at the Lake County Website: 

Planning Commission Agendas and Meeting Minutes​, 2008-2014.

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). 

Records at the Oregon State Archives:

Jail Register, 1894-1952 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Sheriff's Department Office: 

Register of Prisoners, 1952-1991 (1 volume).

1875-[ongoing]

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.

Lake County joined the Oregon Judicial Information Network (OJIN) in 1988.

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room:

Probate [Case Files], 1875-1927 (29.65 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

[Vault Index-indexes circuit court, probate, insane, and delayed birth boxes in the clerk's basement south storage room], 1875-ca.1977 (1 binder).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Circuit Court Basement West Storage Room:

CV [Circuit Court Civil Case Files-includes interfiled probate and small estate case files], 1984 (6 cu.ft.);

CV [Probate Case Files-includes small estate cases], no. 2028-2585, 1972-1983 (10 cu.ft.);

Probate [Case Files], no. 1-2027, 1925-1972 (36 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Circuit Court Basement East Storage Room:

CV [Circuit Court Civil Case Files-includes interfiled probate and small estate case files-with gaps 1991 to 1995], 1985-2003 (125 cu.ft.);

[Probate Case Files-includes small estate cases], no. 2028-2585, PR84.1-SE88.45, 1972-1988 (17 cu.ft.).

CV [Circuit Court Civil Case Files-includes interfiled probate and small estate case files], 2004-2011 (63 cu.ft.);

Probate [Card Index], 1983-1988 (.10 cu.ft.);

Probate Index [indexes probate, insane commitment, delayed birth, and other cases], n.d.-1983 (1 binder).

CV [Circuit Court Civil Case Files-includes interfiled probate case files], 2012-present (20 cu.ft.).

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 Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room:

Record of Accounting and Distribution [Probate Estate-with index], vol. 2-12, ca.1909-1949 (11 volumes); 

Record of Estates, 1903-1948 (1 volume). 

Records at the Lake County Museum: 

Record of Accounting and Distribution [Probate Estate-with index], 1886-1909 (1 volume).

1875-1988

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. Contact the trial court administrator for access to OJIN. Portions of these records may be restricted.

Lake County joined the Oregon Judicial Information Network (OJIN) in 1988.

Probate Court Order Book [with index], vol. 2, 1901-1908 (1 volume);

Probate Journal, vol. 4-15, 1954-1981, (12 volumes);

Probate Register [with index], vol. 2, 1917-1947 (1 volume).

Calendar Probate Court, 1884-1894 (1 volume);

Probate Court Order Book, vol. 1, 1887-1901 (1 volume); vol. 3-5, 1908-1949 (3 volumes);

Probate Journal, vol. 1-3, 1949-1954 (3 volumes); vol. 16, 1981-1982 (1 volume);

Record Probate Court [with index], vol. 2, 1887-1903 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Circuit Court Basement East Storage Room:

Probate Docket [with index], vol. 4-6, 1932-1983 (3 volumes);

Probate Register [with index], 1900-1917 (1 volume); vol. 3, 1925-1932 (1 volume);

Record Prob. Court, vol. 1, [Probate-with index], 1875-1887 (1 volume);

Register of Actions Probate, 1983-1988 (.15 cu.ft.).

1875-[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.

Additional road and bridge records are contained in the Commissioners Records (County Commissioners Administrative Journals).

Commissioners Records [County Court Judicial and Administrative Case Files-includes road petitions and reports, county officials reports, insane commitment records, and naturalization declarations of intention, petitions, and certificates], ca.1875-ca.1940 (7.50 cu.ft.);

County Road Right-of-Way Deeds [includes petitions and vacations], ca.1929-ca.1942 (2 cu.ft.);

Road Districts [Record], 1875-1910 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room:

Miscellaneous Papers From Vault [Road Petitions], 1918-1922 (.10 cu.ft.);

Reports of Road Supervisors, 1914 (.05 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

Index to County Roads, n.d. (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Surveyor's Office Area:

Road Vacations [Record], 1977-present (1 binder).

Lake County Road Maps [Drawer 4-with index], 1919-1991 (28 maps);

Lakeview to Cal. Line Oregon State Highway Maps [Drawer 3-with index], 1928-1970 (11 maps);

Road Plats [Record-includes establishment and survey information], 1875-1880 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Road Department Office:

Bridge Files [Case], ca.1996-present (2 cu.ft.);

Road Files [Case-includes some older records], ca.1979-present (2.50 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Road Department Office Lobby:

BLM & Forest Service Maps [includes transportation plan maps], ca.1958-ca.2003 (ca.30 maps);

Lake County Road Maps, 1974-ca.2004 (ca.50 maps);

[Miscellaneous Maps-includes national forest, noxious weeds, Silver Lake, storm sewer, and road network], 1976-1988 (ca.50 maps);

Misc. Maps & Etc. [Miscellaneous Maps-includes highway, road alignment, and buried cable], 1936-2005 (ca.75 maps);

Misc. Surveys & Etc. [Miscellaneous Maps and Plans-includes county roads, road alignment, bridges, shops], 1955-2003 (ca.30 maps and plans).

Records at the Schminck Memorial Museum:

Lake County Early Records [County Court Judicial and Administrative Case Files-includes road petitions and reports, county officials reports, insane commitment records], ca.1875-ca.1940 (3 cu.ft.);

Lake County Early Records Surname Index [to County Court Judicial and Administrative Case Files-indexes road petitions and reports, county officials reports, insane commitment records], ca.1875-ca.1940 (1 binder).

​1875-[ongoing]

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.

Also see the Surveyor's Field Notes and Plats series for recorded surveys and indexes that include some road surveys. Recorded surveys (including some road surveys) have been scanned on computer.

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

Index to County Roads, n.d. (1 volume);

Index to Town Plats [indexes some road surveys], vol. 1, ca.1875-present (1 volume);

Plat Cabinet A [Subdivision Plats-includes some road surveys], ca.1875-present (ca.300 plats).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Surveyor's Office Area:

All Record of Surveys By RS Number [Index-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys-by record of survey number], ca.1920-present (1 binder);

All Record of Surveys By TRS Number [Index-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys-by township, range, and section number], ca.1920-present (1 binder);

Oregon State Highway Maps [Beige Cabinet-with index], 1919-present (ca.60 maps);

Oregon State Highway Maps [Gray Cabinet-with index], 1919-present (ca.60 maps);

[Record of Survey Visual Reference Atlas-includes some subdivision and road survey references-on assessor's map base with overlays], ca.1920-ca.2006 (1 volume);

Survey Copies [Record of Surveys-includes surveys, field notes, narratives, and related records-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys], no. 1-6446, ca.1920-present (6446 plats);

Township and Range [Record of Survey Index-also indexes some subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys], ca.1920-present (1 binder).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room, Surveyor's Records:

County Surveyor's Records Lands, Roads & Ditches, 1879-1906 (1 volume);

[Record of Surveys-includes surveys, field notes, and related records-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys], no. 1-6446, ca.1920-present (6446 plats);

Road Plats [Record-includes establishment and survey information], 1875-1880 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Road Department Office Lobby:

Misc. Maps & Etc. [Miscellaneous Maps-includes highway, road alignment, and buried cable], 1936-2005 (ca.75 maps);

Misc. Surveys & Etc. [Miscellaneous Maps and Plans-includes county roads, road alignment, bridges, shops], 1955-2003 (ca.30 maps and plans).

Records at the Lake County Website:

All Record Surveys By TRSection [Register and Index-includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys-by township, range, and section number], ca.1920-present;

Record of Surveys [includes survey plats, field notes, narratives, and related records-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys], no. 1-6448, ca.1920-present;

Record of Surveys ​[Register and Index-includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys-by survey number], 2009-2014.

1883-1966

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.

[School District Budgets-various districts-in oak cabinet-trifolded], 1920-1933 (.50 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Education Service District Office, Vault:

Annual Reports Clerks Teachers [various districts], 1917-1958 (2.25 cu.ft.);

Census Reports [Clerk's Annual], 1919-1966 (2 cu.ft.);

[Clerk's Annual Reports-District], 1958-1959 (.05 cu.ft.);

Cumulative Record Cards [includes Enrollment by Grades Record], 1929-1956 (1 volume);

Cumulative Record Cards [includes Oregon School Register and Record Book-District No. 38-New Idaho], 1954-1955 (1 volume);

[Final Record of Standings for High Schools-Silver Lake-with index], 1913-1923 (1 volume);

Journal [Record of Credits of Silver Lake High School Pupils-with index], 1913-1923 (1 volume);

[Lake County Cumulative Record-Student-various districts], ca.1950-ca.1958 (1.75 cu.ft.);

[Laurel Loan Record of Text Books Issued-Silver Lake School], 1932-1935 (1 volume);

Minutes Non High School District, vol. 1, 1933-1960 (1 volume);

Minutes Rural School District 1, 1947-1965 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 14-Silver Lake], 1926-1934 (1 volume); 1927-1939 (1 volume); 1929-1934 (1 volume); 1934-1939 (.05 cu.ft.); 1934-1939 (1 volume); 1935-1939 (1 volume); 1943-1958 (.20 cu.ft.); 1944-1945 (1 volume); 1962-1963 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 14-Silver Lake-High School], 1922-1929 (1 volume); 1929-1934 (1 volume); 1934-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 14-Silver Lake-Mary Emery-teacher], 1951-1952 (.05 cu.ft.);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 16], 1920-1927 (1 volume); 1927-1933 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 21], 1923-1932 (1 volume); 1933-1939 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 38-New Idaho], 1935-1947 (1 volume); 1936-1939 (1 volume); 1938-1939 (1 volume); 1947-1948 (1 volume);

[Oregon School Register and Record Book-various districts], 1939-1940 (1 volume);

[Pupils in School-various districts], 1917-1920 (3 volumes);

Riggs Class Record [Student Achievement-small green volumes], 1938-1942 (6 volumes);

[School District Budgets-various districts], 1919-1962 (2 cu.ft.);

The Spiral Composition Book [Silver Lake School Board Minutes], 1936-1942 (1 volume).

District Clerk's Record Book [District No. 20-Clover Flat], 1896-1898 (1 volume); 1904-1908 (1 volume); 1910-1912 (1 volume); 1916-1918 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 20-Clover Flat], 1899-1900 (1 volume); 1903-1907 (1 volume); 1909-1915 (1 volume);

Oregon School Register and Record Book [District No. 27], 1900-1903 (1 volume);

Record [Student Examination Record], 1900-1902 (1 volume);

Teacher's Pocket Record [includes student attendance, deportment, and scholarship], 1883-1886 (1 volume).

1883-1978

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 Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement North Storage Room:

County School Superintendent Record of Apportionments, vol. 1, 1908-1910 (1 volume);

Record of Teachers Examined, vol. 1, 1908-1936 (1 volume);

School District Record [boundary maps of districts], vol. 1, 1893-1908 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Assessor's Basement Storage Room:

School District Boundaries [Legal Description of School District Boundaries], 1940 (.05 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Education Service District Office, Vault:

[Boundary Board-Records], 1913-1924 (.05 cu.ft.);

[Boundary Changes Annexation and Abandonment-Records-trifolded], 1929-1938 (.10 cu.ft.);

[County School Superintendent's Annual Reports], 1919-1929 (.05 cu.ft.);

County School Superintendent's Record of Apportionments, vol. 2, 1921-1964 (1 volume);

Meetings of the District Boundary Board [School Record], 1913-1939 (1 volume);

Minutes of District Boundary Board, 1929-1965 (1 volume);

[Minutes of Intermediate Education District Board], 1964-1978 (1 volume);

[Miscellaneous School Records-includes teacher reports and test records], ca.1929-1957 (.40 cu.ft.);

Monthly Report of Public School, vol. 1, 1910-1942 (1 volume);

Plat Book of Lake County School District Maps & Descriptions, 1960 (1 volume);

Record of Eighth Grade Examinations, vol. 1, 1911-1945 (1 volume);

Record of School Dist. Boundaries [District], vol. 1, 1913-1919, 1940 (1 volume);

Record of Teachers Employed [with index], vol. 1, 1910-1942 (1 volume);

Register of Teachers Employed [with index], 1942-1967 (1 volume);

[School District Consolidation Records-trifolded], 1930-1943 (.10 cu.ft.);

School Superintendent's Record of Annual Reports, 1929-1966 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Museum:

[County School District Boundary Book], 1884-1891 (1 volume);

County School Superintendent's Register and Record Book, 1883-1885, 1891 (5 volumes);

Record of District Clerks Annual Reports [includes many districts], vol. 1, 1908-1928 (1 volume);

Record of School Books Purchased, vol. 1, 1909-1922 (1 volume);

Register of Teachers in Commission, vol. 1, 1909-1922 (1 volume).

Records at the Oregon Historical Society:

Mss.1504 Public School System [Catalogue of the Lakeview Graded Schools], 1893-1894 (1 volume).

​1869-[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 Lake County Courthouse, Surveyor's Office Area:

All Record of Surveys By RS Number [Index-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys-by record of survey number], ca.1920-present (1 binder);

All Record of Surveys By TRS Number [Index-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys-by township, range, and section number], ca.1920-present (1 binder);

[General Land Office and Bureau of Land Management Surveys- includes corner restoration and homestead surveys], ca.1869-ca.1998 (10 inches of microfiche and aperture cards);

OVL [Oregon Valley Lands Company Record of Survey Visual Reference Atlas-on assessor map base], n.d. (1 volume);

[Record of Survey Alphabetical Card Index], ca.1920-1995 (.50 cu.ft.);

[Record of Survey Township and Range Card Index], ca. 1920-1995 (.50 cu.ft.);

[Record of Survey Visual Reference Atlas-includes some subdivision and road survey references-on assessor's map base with overlays], ca.1920-ca.2006 (1 volume);

Survey Copies [Record of Surveys-includes surveys, field notes, narratives, and related records-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys], no. 1-6446, ca.1920-present (6446 plats);

Township and Range [Record of Survey Index-also indexes some subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys], ca.1920-present (1 binder).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room, Surveyor's Records:

County Surveyor's Records Lands, Roads & Ditches, 1879-1906 (1 volume);

GLO/BLM Plats [General Land Office/Bureau of Land Management-Survey], ca.1869-ca.1998 (ca.100 maps);

[Record of Surveys-includes surveys, field notes, and related records-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys], no. 1-6446, ca.1920-present (6446 plats).

Records at the Lake County Website:

All Record Surveys By TRSection [Register and Index-includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys-by township, range, and section number], ca.1920-present;

Record of Surveys [includes survey plats, field notes, narratives, and related records-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys], no. 1-6448, ca.1920-present;

Record of Surveys [Register and Index-includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys-by survey number], 2009-2014.

Records at a Related Website:

Online Land Records [includes 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.

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Assessor's Office:

[Deed Reference Books-Official Record of Description of Real Property], 1971-present (45 volumes).

​1870-[ongoing]

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.

Also see the Surveyor's Field Notes and Plats series for recorded surveys and indexes that include some water-related surveys.

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

Index to Water Contracts, 1910 (1 volume);

Record of Water Contracts [one entry only], vol. 2, 1911-1924 (1 volume);

Record of Water Contracts, vol. 1, 1910 (1 volume);

Record of Water Rights [with index], vol. 1-4, 1875-1979 (4 volumes);

Transcript of Water Rights and Mining Claims [with index], 1870-1877 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Vault:

[Lakeview Water Users Incorporated Water Adjudication Survey], 1959 (9 maps).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room:

Water Rights [Certificates], ca.1875-ca.1932 (.35 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Circuit Court Basement West Storage Room:

Contest Testimony [Transcript of Testimony and Record of Proceedings Re Chewaucan River-with index], vol. 3-5, 1915-1916 (3 volumes);

Transcripts of Testimony [Re Chewaucan River], vol. 1-7, 1916-1917 (7 volumes);

[Re Warner Lake-with index], 1924 (2 volumes); [Re Buck Creek], 1924 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Watermaster's Office:

Adjudication Survey of Bridge Creek [Water Rights Map], 1960 (4 maps);

Adjudication [Water Rights Circuit Court Records-Buck Creek, Crane Creek, Kelly Creek, Goose Lake, Sprague River, Chewaucan River, Warner Lakes, and tributaries], ca.1916-ca.1930 (8 cu.ft.);

[Bridge Creek Adjudication-Water Rights Record], 1967 (1 volume);

[Findings of Fact and Order of Determination-Bridge Creek Water Rights], 1970 (1 volume);

Statement and Proof of Claims [Water Rights-Drew Creek, Antelope Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Thomas Creek, and Cogswell Creek], vol. II, 1960 (1 volume);

[Supplemental Findings of Fact and Order of Determination-Goose Lake Water Rights], 1960 (1 volume).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Surveyor's Office Area:

All Record of Surveys By RS Number [Index-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys-by record of survey number], ca.1920-present (1 binder);

All Record of Surveys By TRS Number [Index-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys-by township, range, and section number], ca.1920-present (1 binder);

Survey Copies [Record of Surveys-includes surveys, field notes, narratives, and related records-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys], no. 1-6446, ca.1920-present (6446 plats);

Township and Range [Record of Survey Index-also indexes some subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys], ca.1920-present (1 binder).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Basement South Storage Room, Surveyor's Records:

County Surveyor's Records Lands, Roads & Ditches, 1879-1906 (1 volume);

Miscellaneous Records [includes water rights, mining, and land patent information], vol 1-2, 1874-1912 (2 volumes);

[Record of Surveys-includes surveys, field notes, and related records-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys], no. 1-6446, ca.1920-present (6446 plats).

Records at the Lake County Museum, Basement:

Adjudication Survey Lakeview Water Users Incorporated [Maps], 1959 (9 maps);

Goose Lake Valley Water Right [Records], 1916 (.35 cu.ft.);

Lakeview Irrigation and Power Company Water Contracts, 1910 (1 cu.ft.);

Water Contracts, Agreements, and Mortgages-Goose Lake Valley Irrigation Company], ca.1916-ca.1923 (.35 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Website:

All Record Surveys By TRSection [Register and Index-includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys-by township, range, and section number], ca.1920-present;

Record of Surveys [includes survey plats, field notes, narratives, and related records-also includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys], no. 1-6448, ca.1920-present;

Record of Surveys​ [Register and Index-includes subdivision, water, mining claim, and road surveys-by survey number], 2009-2014.

​1961-[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 Lake County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:

[Ordinances-includes subdivision, partition, zoning, and comprehensive plan changes], 1961-present (2 volumes).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Planning and Building Department Office:

Lake County Comprehensive Plan [includes amendments and zoning and land development ordinances], 1980-1989 (1 binder);

Lake County Plan/Zone Maps [includes land use designations], vol. 1-14, 1980-present (14 binders);

Lake County Zoning [Map-Provisional], 2013 (1 map);

[Lake County Zoning Ordinance], 1980-present (1 binder);

Land Use [Case Files-includes zoning permits and partition case files], 2012-2013 (2 cu.ft.);

Land Use Files [Zoning Permits], 2015-present (.25 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Courthouse, Planning and Building Department Basement Storage Room:

Comp. Land Use Files and Periodic Review Files [Comprehensive Plan-includes 1980-1989 zoning ordinance], ca.1979-ca.1990 (2.50 cu.ft.);

Planning Commission Applications [includes zoning actions], 1972-1989 (1 cu.ft.);

Zoning Permits, 1990-1993 (.25 cu.ft.); 1994-2005 (1 cu.ft.); 2009-2011 (.50 cu.ft.).

Records at the Lake County Website:

Lake County Zoning Ordinance​ [includes table of contents, full ordinance, and index], 1980-1989;

Zone Maps [includes Adel, Christmas Valley, Paisley, Fort Rock, New Pine Creek, Plush, Silver Lake, and Summer Lake-scroll down], 2007-present.