Seeking records of Phillip Condit

Dear Mr. Grout,

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We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the Population Schedules for the 1850 Census, the Population Schedules for the 1860 Census, the Population Schedules for the 1870 Census, the Population Schedules for the 1880 Census, the Population Schedules for the 1890 Census; the Population Schedules for the 1900 Census, and the Population Schedules for the 1910 Census, in the Records of the Bureau of the Census (Record Group 29) that may include the Condit family in Oregon. Some of these schedules have been digitized in part.

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We also located a series titled Records of Notifications Presented to the Surveyor General or Registers and Receivers in Oregon Territory with Proof of Residence and Cultivation, ca. 1854 - ca. 1854 in the Records of the Bureau of Land Management ( Record Group 49) that may contain information about the Condit family.  For access to these records and the non-digitized census records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT1) via email at archives1reference@nara.gov.

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Hi Elwin,

Welcome to History Hub,

I googled Peter Condit and found this...http://www.oregonpioneers.com/Condit_Diary.htm Philip Condit Trail Diary of 1854

In the early spring of 1854 we find Rev. Phillip Condit, his wife, with their two eldest sons, already married, four minor children and an adopted daughter, Nancy, and three young, unmarried hired men to attend to their stock, headed for the Oregon country.

Best Wishes,

Alice Lane

Volunteer Researcher