Microfilm and the reader are located on the second floor of the Brookwood Library.

• Local Papers
  • Hillsboro Argus: 1894–March 2012
  • Hillsboro Independent: 1891–1931
  • Forest Grove Independent: 1873–1874

• Selected photos 
  • “Indians”
  • Navy
  • Revolutionary War
  • Civil War selected photos

• Washington County Records
  • Jail Papers: 1853–1876
  • Court Minutes and Orders: 1852–1855
  • Indictments and Complaints: 1852, 1873–1891
  • Court Transcripts: 1852–1889
  • Judgements: 1851, 1861–1888
  • Justice Court: 1859–1870
  • Court Papers Misc.: 1843–1892
  • Sharp vs. Evans: 1847–1848
  • Tuality Court Records: 1845–1862
  • Liquor Licenses 1848–1862, 1875
  • Extradition: 1873
  • Inquests: 1852–1890
  • Marriage Records: May 1850–April 1875
  • Estates: 1844–1886

• Oregon Pioneer Association Transaction Indexes
• Oregon Historical Quarterly 1900–1960

Microfiche and the reader are located on the second floor of the Brookwood Library.

• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
  Hillsboro: 1884–1921; various dates for other cities/towns in Washington County.


• Index to the Oregonian: 1920–1979
  Note: Hillsboro Public Library does not have the microfilm for the Oregonian newspaper, but Beaverton City Library has February 4, 1861–December 9, 1873; March 8, 1892–December 25, 1895; and January 1, 1975–September 16, 2016. Multnomah County Library has the entire newspaper on microfilm and subscribes to the online edition of the historic Oregonian (use with a Multnomah County Library card, free to Washington County residents).


• Oregon Vital Records
  • Death: 1971–1998
  • Divorce: 1961–1998
  • Marriage: 1961–1998