Source:Oregon, United States. Biographical and Other Index Card File, 1700s-1900s

From Ancestry's description:

This collection features record from five index card files containing biographical, pioneer, territorial, and other information from the state of Oregon. The five collections are:

Biography Index

These details on Oregon citizens were extracted from books, newspapers, scrapbooks, and other sources.

Pioneer Card File

This collection details early pioneers’ biographical information, including birth, marriage, death, ancestry, residence, when and how arrived in Oregon, occupation, politics, religious preference, and remarks. [NB: These cards include people who passed through what is now Oregon on their way to settle in what is now Washington.]

Provisional and Territorial Papers Index

This surname and topical index covers the Papers of the Oregon Provisional and Territorial Governments, spanning the years 1843 to 1859.

Matthew Deady Papers Index

Matthew Deady was U.S. District Judge for Oregon and an important figure in both the Oregon Territory and the early years of statehood.

Joseph Lane Papers Index

President James Polk appointed Joseph Lane as first governor of the Oregon Territory. Lane later served in both the U.S. Congress and Senate.

Subject matter on the cards varies, but they may include details such as these:

• name
• ethnicity
• occupation
• birth date and place
• spouse’s name
• marriage date and place

death date and place