The Lafayette Research Library is now closed. The new research library will open in March 2022 as part of the Yamhill Valley Heritage Center

Researching your ancestors, your home, or just curious about local history? Researching your ancestors, your home, or just curious about local history?  Plan to visit our research library at the Yamhill Valley Heritage Center when it reopens. We have a variety of  books and documents with family, city and county history, plus photographs of historic Yamhill County.

Library Resources

Yamhill County Oregon Research Material

Yamhill County Genealogical Society Research Library 

Located within the Miller Cabin, the Yamhill County Genealogical Society Research Library contains genealogical materials available for public research. Most materials cover Oregon, but there are other national, and even some international materials available.

www.ycgsociety.org

Other Yamhill County History Resources
Yamhill County Surveyor Online Resources
Yamhill County Records 1857-1963 (Family Search)
Yamhill County Historical Records Index (State Archives)

Oregon Historic Sites Database
Yamhill County Cemeteries (Find A Grave)
Historic Aerials (Aerial photos from 1950s to present)

Sanborn Maps of Yamhill County Towns Pre-1900

Vintage Aerial (Aerial Photos of Farms 1960s-1980s)
Oregon Pioneers

Newspapers
Yamhill County Newspapers on microfilm (University of Oregon)

Historic Oregon Newspapers (Yamhill County Titles)

News Register Archives 1999-present
Newberg Graphic
Dayton Tribune (Misc years)
Dayton Tribune (1970 – 1973, 1975 – 1976, 1979, and 2003 – 2006)
Dayton Tribune (1963)
Dayton Herald (June 3, 1904)
Sheridan Sun (Misc years)
Salem Newspapers (often include Yamhill Co. Stories)
George Fox University: The Crescent newspaper (1891 to present)

Yamhill County Historical Society • McMinnville, Oregon