Hello List... I need to ask for some help, I just recently discovered my paternal line has roots in Missouri too!! As anybody heard of Wm. ALDRIDGE who married Mary (Polly) ALLEN in 1846 or Martha ALDRIDGE who married Andrew WELCH in 1840? They left Missouri for Oregon (640acres of land per couple under the Dona Land Claim Act) and arrived in Oregon City in October 1847....including son-in-law A. Welch, and Martha & Wm.'s parents John & Mary Jane Greening Aldridge. Any help or leads GREATLY appreciated !! Shoni