Election Poll Books have been inventoried through 1930 to eliminate conflicts with the relatively short retention periods of the more recent poll books. Election records between 1920 and 1930 are significant because they document the first decade of women's suffrage. Election Voting Abstracts have been inventoried through 1960. Records after 1960 are adequately documented by the Secretary of State, Elections Division. Justice Court Case Files and Dockets have been inventoried through 1940.
More recent records have marginal value because they document less significant misdemeanor cases.
Marriage Records have been inventoried through 1960. More recent records are adequately documented by the Health Division, State Registrar, Vital Statistics Section. Prisoner Registers have been inventoried through 1965 because more recent jail registers have limited informational value. Additional provisional and territorial government records have been arranged in a descriptive list or sequentially numbered calendar and are accessed by the Guide to Oregon Provisional and Territorial Government Records . The researcher is encouraged to refer to this publication or ask the reference staff at the Oregon State Archives for access to this collection of early county records.