WILLAMETTE VALLEY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.
RESEARCH POLICY
We are pleased to assist you with your research. Please enclose a letter providing all of the information you
already have about your person(s) of interest and any other information that may be helpful in our search.
Send a check payable to "WVGS" for the total amount (see pricing below) and a SASE to:
Willamette Valley Genealogical Society
Attn: Corresponding Secretary
P.O. Box 2083
Salem, OR 97308-2083
CATEGORY 1
The following Marion County, Oregon references will be checked for a fee of $10.00 to search the entire
collection; $5.00 per each name searched.
·Probate Records, Vols. 1-4, Abstracts of First 2,500 Probates of Marion County.
·Marriage Records, Vols. I-IX, 1849-1900.
·Marion County Censuses from1895 and 1905, including City of Salem.
·Cemetery records for many Oregon cities and counties.
·Other available records, as appropriate.
For each Oregon County published references, OTHER THAN MARION, we will search all published
references held by WVGS for a fee of $10.00 per county.
A search of all volumes of WVGS's quarterly, Beaver Briefs for a fee of $10.00.
CATEGORY 2
The following Oregon state-wide searches are $5.00 per each name searched.
·Oregon Death Index, beginning from 1903.
·Obituaries from the Salem Capital Journal, Oregon Statesman, Statesman Journal, Portland
Oregonian and other Oregon newspapers, as available BARGAIN: 3 FOR $10.00.
·Published biographical and historical volumes, including Family Histories and our Surname
File.
·Copy of Oregon Death Certificate (1906-1964).
CATEGORY 3
The fee for all other research projects is $10.00 per hour of a fraction, thereof.
For further information please use the Electronic Request Form or write to us, letting us know what you
hope to discover. We have the ability to send a copy of your information via e-mail, as well.
You will be notified, should any additional fees (such as copies or additional research time) apply beyond the
paid research fees.
PLEASE NOTE
Because of the nature of genealogical research, the Willamette Valley Genealogical Society, Inc.
cannot guarantee results. All applicable fees will apply, in any event, and are not refundable. Our
researcher will be very thorough in their in-depth research, but neither they, nor the WVGS can be held
liable for any errors which may be made.
11/18/2014