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Oregon biography index

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  • Oregon Biography Index is intended to serve primarily as a starting point in locating biographies of Oregonians. We have indexed 47 historical volumes which are either entirely devoted to biographies or have large self-contained biographical sections. The profiles in the books vary widely in accuracy and detail. Birth dates of biographees range from Revolutionary times to the first quarter of the 20th century. Not all important or famous Oregonians are included, yet there are many lesser known persons. Most of the articles also include information on parents and other ancestors, children, relatives of a spouse or sometimes even friends and colleagues. Rather than trying to decide how fully to index a biographical sketch, we have chosen to include only the name given at the head of each article. All biographies in each volume have been indexed, including those of non-Oregonians. As a result, there are scores of Washingtonians listed, along with some citizens of Idaho, Montana and the mountain states. Arrangement of the index is alphabetical by name of person. Ordinarily, spelling has been accepted as found, and names are as complete as possible within space limitations. Every effort has been made to compare similar names and bring together all biographies of an individual. In spite of our efforts, a few people may be listed in more than one place. If differences in spelling a name have been found, we have used the form which appears to be most widely accepted and have made cross references from variant forms. Consequently, spelling of some names in the index may differ slightly from those in the volumes indexed. Birth dates'have been added, if available, to differentiate between people with the same name. Other birth dates are included if we happened to note them. Beneath the names are a series of symbols representing authors or titles of books. Complete information about the books will be found in the Bibliography of Books Indexed on pages v-vi. After the symbol is the volume number, if applicable, followed by the page numbers on which the biography appears. The abbreviation port. indicates the presence in the volume of a portrait of of the biographee. Whenever possible we indexed from illustration lists in the books because of the possibility of lost plates. Page numbers for portraits are not given, but they are usually close to the biography.
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