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CLAIRE McGILL LUCE WESTERN HISTORY ROOM

INDIVIDUAL & FAMILY HISTORY INDEX
A THRU D

New! Search our DIGITAL ARCHIVES
A collection of individual and family histories including diaries, journals, personal life stories,
news articles, and genealogical information about residents of Harney County, past and present.
A - D
E - L
M - R
S- Z

A
Abasolo, Jose
Adams, Martha (Sowell) McLeod Mogan
Adams, Michael
Addington Family- see Thomas Williams
Alberson William Early
Allen, Loran H.
Altnow Family
Anderson, John Carl & Lena and descendants
Anderson, "Hank" Thor Henry
Anderson, Howard W.
Anderson, Marc F. "Sandy"
Anderson, Nolan “Andy” & June
Anderson, Walter S. & Martha
Andrews, Peter
Arnold, Harry
Ash, Fred
Ausmus Family
Austin, Mrs. A.
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B
Baber, William O.
Baker, Edmond, Emil, and Rollin
Baker, Thomas J.
Barnes, Joseph T.
Barney, Grant Edwin
  • Grant Edwin Barney and the Buck Creek Ranch
Baugh, John “Slim”
Beale, Charles William [Elliott Wagon Train of 1853]
  • BYOGOFY of C.W. Beale
Beckley, Charles A.
Bendire, Charles
Bennett, Carroll W.
Bennett, Cecil & Trilby
Bennett, Elsie
Bentz, Ken
Berdugo, Joaquin “Chino”
Bermudez, Rafael "Chappo"
Biddle Family
Black, Marguerite- 
  • "Overland Trail Diary"
Blackmer, Frank Pennell and descendants
Blaylock Family
  • "That You May Know"
Bogard, Roy
Bosenberg, Louis
Bowden Family
Braymen, Pauline
Brenton, Mart
Brittingham Family
Brown, Allie (Denney)-   
  • "Covered Wagon Days"
Brown, Armestead Ellsworth family
Brown, Claude and family
Brown, Harry C.
Brown, Martha Louise Williams- 
  • "Memories and Musings"
  • "The Life Story of Joseph Arthur Williams"
Brown, Nathan and descendants
Brown, Robert “Ham”
Brown, William Clari (Dentist)
Brown, W. H.
Brown, William W. "Bill"
Buchanan Family
Buckaroo Hall of Fame
Buckland Family
Buckmeyer, Thelma
Bunyard Family
Burchtorf, Dr. Henry
Bushnell Family- 
  • "Autobiography of James Addison Bushnell"
  • "Autobiography of John Corydon Bushnell"
Byrd, Julian C.
Byrd, William C. "Daddy"



C
Cagle Family
Cahill Family 
Cain, Roy H. Family
Calderwood, Stella (Huffman) McDade
Calderwood, Thomas Foster
  • "Interview With George Calderwood"
Caldwell Family
Caldwell, Colohill M. and descendants
Campbell, Myrta (Starks) and family
Capps Family
  • Family Genealogy: Isaac Capps; Jacob Scott, James Polk Gearhart, Archibald Davis, and descendants
Carpenter, Bob
Carpenter, Newell U.
Carroll, William "Billy"
Case, Walter & Viola
Catlow, John
Cawlfield Family
Cecil, William Carroll
Chambers, Thomas and James
Chapman, John W.
Church Family
Clark, Merle
Clark, Norman & Anne
Clark, Orah Wade
Clay, David Burbank
Clemens, Bessie (Vickers)
Clemens, Buck
Clemens, Peter & Jennie and descendants
Clemens, Rex
Cleveland, Victor
Clevenger, George W.
Cliff, Cameron
Coleman, W.J.
Colpitts, Marjorie Grant
  • Life on the Snow Mountain Lookout
Colvig, William M.
  • The Stolen Fiddle--or Music, As Evidence in Court
Comegys Family
Condon, Thomas
Congleton Family
Cook, J.S.
Copley, Rufus T. "Pike"
Corbett, Orville W.
Cowan, Dick & Helen
Cowing, Anthony A.
Cox, George
Cramer, William D.
Crane Elementary- 
  • "Portraits and  Family Histories, 2007"
Crawford, Medorem- 
  • "1842 Journal of Medorem Crawford"
Cronin, Joe & Emma
Cross, Albert & Ida
Crow, Georgia & John
  • "The Life of John Crow"
Crow, Rankin
Culp, Charles W., and descendants
  • Myrtle Mace (Culp) Christy diary 1938-1950
  • Mace/Culp Family History
Culp, John
Culp, Leslie & Wilma
Cummings, Sarah F.- 
  • "Autobiography and Reminiscences"
Curtis, Preston Peter 
Curtis, Warren
Cusick, William C.





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D
Dahle, Norman and Klara
  • "Twenty-five Years Under Western Skies"
Dalton Families
Darst, Oscar J.
Davidson, John
Davis and Sloan Families
  • Davis and Sloan Genealogy compiled by Ferne Thompson Jones
Davis, Alma (Biddle)- 
  • "My Memories"
Davis, Emma
Davis, Milt
Davis, Percy
Davis, Rosevelt "Roe"
Dean, Myrla & Bob
  • "The Mobile Ministry to Harney County; A Matter of Style"
Defenbaugh Families-
  • "History of Defenbaugh Families in Harney Co., OR and Humboldt Co., NV"
  • "Summary of Dieffenbach Genealogy, 1560-2006"
Denio, Aaron
  • A Sketch of the Life of Aaron Denio
(Denman) Curry, Eva- 
  • "Homesteading in 1909"
Denman, Dr. Homer
Denny Family
Denstedt, Frederik & Ida
  • "A Big Adventure"
Devine, John
Dickenson Families
Dickerson, Hank
Dixon, Clevon
Dixon, Harvey
Dixon, Tom
Dollarhide, Ross and Family
Donegan, James J.-
  • "Historical Sketch of Harney County, 1936"
  • "Historical Sketch of Harney County, 1937"
Dougal, Frankie
Drewsey, Town of
  • Drewsey Town Docket, 1900-1917
Drinkwater Family
(Duhaime) Shepard, Alice- 
  • "Duhaime Ramblings"
Dunbar, Edwin Adelbert
Dunn, Reatha
Dunn, William F.
Durkheimer, Julius
Dutcher Family






















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