Oregon State Archives http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/banners/genealogy.htm In the genealogy section of the Oregon State Archives' website you will find the Oregon Historical Records index that provides access to a variety of records from throughout the state. The records are organized by county or other governmental units, such as the Oregon Health Division, Oregon State Hospital, and the Oregon State Penitentiary. To access a complete list of these entities, click on the "selected list" link on the main genealogy page. Clicking on the county, agency, or institution name will bring up a list of related databases. Click on the database title link to access a generic description of the database and the type of information that may be found in the records. The Death Registers for the Oregon State Hospital, for instance, include the date of death, patient name, age, nativity, county from which the patient was committed, month and year of commitment, cause of death, grave number, and remarks, which focus on the city and/or county to which the remains were sent The following is a sampling of the available databases. Clackamas County Coroner's Reports, 1860-1883 Deaths, 1915-1948 Delayed Births, 1869-1901 Divorces, 1852-1920 Insane Commitments, 1854-1889 Marriages, 1848-1893, 1910-1921 Naturalizations, 1887-1931 Probates, 1844-1928 Widow's Pensions, 1913-1930 Women's Property Register, 1859-1909 Institutions Oregon State Hospital Death Register, 1883-1936 Hawthorne Asylum Register (statewide), 1863-1894 Oregon State Penitentiary Inmate Registers, 1854-1932 Provisional and Territorial Government Census, 1845-1859 Divorces, 1844-1859 Tax Rolls, 1846-1859 The nearly 570,000 records can be searched via the site's global search feature. This can be accessed from the Oregon Historical Records Index link on the main genealogy page or from the Index Search Page link on the About the Oregon Historical Records Index page. The Archives' online resources also include a number of useful research guides. Consult these guides for background information related to county history and government, Oregon maps and county boundary changes and a glossary of terms, as well as an overview of all of the records available at the Oregon State Archives.

Will start posting again tomorrow. Just back from Whittier, where I spent 5 days with my two sons, their girlfriends and one grandson. Weather was great and were able to wander around Huntington Beach, including the peer, several nights. Even managed to get in a movie. My sister, Linda from Texas, was able to get off work and come and stay with Mother while I was gone. Anyhow, back to reality and the computer. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "Peace begins when all the hungry are fed." List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

Will start posting again tomorrow. Just back from Whittier, where I spent 5 days with my two sons, their girlfriends and one grandson. Weather was great and were able to wander around Huntington Beach, including the peer, several nights. Even managed to get in a movie. My sister, Linda from Texas, was able to get off work and come and stay with Mother while I was gone. Anyhow, back to reality and the computer. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "Peace begins when all the hungry are fed." List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

http://www.michlist.com/oakco/ Oakland County, Michigan INDEX compiled by James N. Jackson (the "Jackson Index"), a cumulative full-name index of individuals that merges publications and manuscripts. =~=~=~= http://www.ipgs.org Home Page for the Imperial Polk Genealogical Society for Lakeland and all of Polk County, Florida. =~=~=~= http://mdvitalrec.net/cfm/index.cfm Maryland Vital Records Indexing Project The first phase of the Maryland State Archives Vital Records Indexing Project for death records. The indexes encompass all twenty-three counties for 1898-1951 and Baltimore City for 1875-1972. Glory Gospel Group http://glorygospelgroup.homestead.com/Welcome.html Cades Cove Preservation Site http://cadescovepreservationtn.homestead.com/welcome.html Cades Cove,TN Site http://cadescove.homestead.com/cadescove.html -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 1/16/2005

Good one Bunny! Glory Gospel Group http://glorygospelgroup.homestead.com/Welcome.html Cades Cove Preservation Site http://cadescovepreservationtn.homestead.com/welcome.html Cades Cove,TN Site http://cadescove.homestead.com/cadescove.html -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 1/16/2005

Here's a story about our weather now. This can help to make our genealogy story more colorful for this time in our lives... Bunny http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/10567808.htm SHARE...

http://www.wnyobits.novikgenealogy.com Western New York Obituaries This site contains scans of original obituaries and death notices from Western New York. The majority are from the "Southtowns"; primarily Hamburg and Eden. Also included are other notices, gossip pages, and articles. =~=~=~= http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/marriages/minnesota/minnesota.htm Minnesota Marriages This project will endeavor to provide actual transcriptions of Marriage Applications, and other Marriage Records, as found recorded in the county court house and state archives. =~=~=~= http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nekg3/files/church_middlebury.htm NEKG ~ Congregational Church, Middlebury, Vermont 1875 list of church members of the Congregational Church, Middlebury, Vermont. =~=~=~= http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cwolfram/wills/index.html Wills and Testaments DESCRIPTION: transcription of the last will and testaments of mostly those in southeast colonial Pennsylvania, along with others. Glory Gospel Group http://glorygospelgroup.homestead.com/Welcome.html Cades Cove Preservation Site http://cadescovepreservationtn.homestead.com/welcome.html Cades Cove,TN Site http://cadescove.homestead.com/cadescove.html -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 1/16/2005

Is there a site that helps you find the location of Civil War prison camps??? Am seeking the location of camp Campbell a Union Prison fuzzy-brandy-butter-elf Proud member of the IBSSG --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses.

Here's a page to keep you busy for a while...... Bunny http://www.progenealogists.com/genealogysleuthb.htm

http://home.earthlink.net/~cole.genealogy/id7.html Transcribed records are very important to genealogists. In this modern digital age, we have access to literally millions of images of records on-line. But we still depend on transcription to effectively share and search for records. However, when we transcribe it's helpful to do so with some uniformity and guidelines. Hence these templates and rules that I have developed for myself. =~=~=~= http://www.buffaloresearch.com/citydir.html City Directories in Buffalo and Erie County, NY A guide to the earliest known city directories and online directories for the city of Buffalo and the towns of Erie County, NY. Gloria Glory Gospel Group http://glorygospelgroup.homestead.com/Welcome.html Cades Cove Preservation Site http://cadescovepreservationtn.homestead.com/welcome.html Cades Cove,TN Site http://cadescove.homestead.com/cadescove.html -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.10 - Release Date: 1/10/2005

The old farmer meets cyberspace Remember your grandparent's faded yellow copy of the Old Farmer's Almanac? Grandpa would look up the best times to fish. Grandma would study the best times to plant. Well, it's now available online. Since 1792, the Almanac has recorded and predicted planetary events that affect tides and weather. More than that, it's an archive of food, gardening and outdoor advice. Who needs a thermometer? Convert cricket chirps into temperatures at Almanac.com. http://www.almanac.com Cades Cove Preservation Site http://cadescovepreservationtn.homestead.com/welcome.html Cades Cove,TN Site http://cadescove.homestead.com/cadescove.html -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.10 - Release Date: 1/10/2005

Hope this helps someone.... Bunny Hi Folks Just to keep you all up to date on the new data that I have put on line in the last few days. I have put a few more gravestone pics for Lakview Cemetery in Midland, Ontario Canada on Ancestors At Rest. If you care to take a look go to http://www.ancestorsatrest.com/ontario.shtml and pick Lakeview. I also put a new database for St Marys, Perth County Ontario online. This data is a scan of a 1916 article from the St Marys Journal. It gives the Chief Events of 1915 including some deaths that occured in the area. If you want to take a look go to http://www.ancestorsatrest.com/ontario.shtml and look in the obits section. And I have put a few more Coffin Plates for the U.S. and Canada on line in the last week at http://www.ancestorsatrest.com/coffin_plates/ I hope this post helps someone. Brian Ancestors At Rest PS Please feel free to pass this post on if you think it is of help.

Here's a good site with ship pictures.... All you need to know is the name of the ship your ancestor arrived on.... Bunny http://www.kinshipsprints.com/catalog/ships/a/a.htm You will be able to right click and save the thumbprint picture, but prints are available for a reasonable price.

If I could only remember to do this all the time. Sally ============================================== QUESTION: When citing a record from a reproduction (microfilm, microfiche, CD-Rom, web page) should I cite where the original record was kept at the time of reproduction or, should I cite where it is that I viewed the reproduction? [Paraphrased] ANSWER: I would strongly suggest citing the original record and then where it was that you viewed the reproduction. WHY? There are times when the original records have been lost or destroyed (floods, theft, fire, etc.) at the original location. Often, the only extant reproductions of the original records exist on microfilm within the Family History Library system or on other media at some other repository. I've had enough experience in the past 15 years working to get my hands on the 'original' old book, or old typed transcript, or deeds and probate record, only to find that they mysteriously vanished from the original local library and/or courthouse housing the original document/book. It is frustrating! Looking at the practical side, how much longer do we suspect a book published in 1846 might stay in its original form and housed in same local library? Hopefully as long as possible, but the reality is that it will not likely last another 100 years, especially if the book is well handled. Will the library microfilm the book? Will they invite another publishing group to come in and microfilm it? Often what happens to old typed transcripts and books is completely up to the discretion of an administrator and is based upon funding. Not all material survives. So, if you are looking at a micro-reproduction, cite it. It cannot be certain that the original still exists. Sometimes individual records discreetly disappear from a courthouse's holdings. I was recently called upon to photocopy original wills that had been microfilmed and housed in the Family History Library (FHL) collections to replace the original wills that had mysteriously vanished from the local courthouse! So, again, if you are looking at a micro-reproduction, cite it. The original may not exist. The best advice is to fully cite what you see (author/compiler/editor, title, publisher) AND where you see it. Cover as many bases as possible. If you saw the document other than in its original repository, in a micro-reproduction, on the Internet, etc., let us know. EXAMPLES: (Include the full citation, then where it was viewed, as well). Dorothy Harris Phifer, ed., "Samuel Thomas Bible," South Carolina Bible Records, (Pinkney District Chapter, South Carolina Genealogical Society: Spartanburg, 1994), page 114, Family History Library Book 975.929 V2s. George Harrison Sanford King, "The Registers of North Farnham Parish 1663-1814 and Lunenburg Parish 1783-1800," Richmond County, Virginia (by the author: Fredericksburg, VA, 1966), Family History Library Book 975.523 K2k. Thomas Scott, "The Charles Jacob McQuain Family Cemetery, Thomas C. Scott property, Big Cove Creek, Gilmer County [West Virginia]," Journal of the Allegheny Regional Ancestors, Volume 6, Issue 2 - Summer (1997): Allegheny Regional Family History Society, http://www.swcp.com/~dhickman/journals/V6I2/mcquaincem.html, accessed 23 December 2001. State of Maine. Division of Vital Statistics Index to Vital Records, 1908-1922, Morrowski - Mullen, (Salt Lake City: Microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1954), Family History Library Microfilm 010163. Embden Town Clerk, Embden, Somerset County, Maine, Town and Vital records, 1804-1892, p. 174, (Salt Lake City: Microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1953), Family History Library Microfilm 0010846. There are some citations that I was tired of typing over and over again, so I posted them here http://www.progenealogists.com/commoncitations.htm so that I could cut and paste them into reports quickly. Please feel free to use them if these cut and paste citations suit your needs. Natalie Cottrill, author C2002, All rights reserved http://shorl.com/hafafragobysti

http://www.genealogy-free.com/ TITLE: Genealogy Free Directory A free directory of genealogy sites sorted by category. All sites are reviewed before being added. =~=~=~= http://www.antiquusmorbus.com TITLE: Antiquus Morbus A Glossary of Archaic Medical Terms, Diseases and Causes of Death. The Genealogist's Resource for Interpreting Causes of Death. Antiquus Morbus is a collection of old medical terms and their modern definitions. The primary focus of this web site is to help decipher the Causes of Death found on Mortality Lists, Certificates of Death and Church Death Records from the 19th century and earlier. =~=~=~= http://www.egrave.com eGrave Virtual Memories Online World Wide Grave site for both geneaology rememberances and current deaths.Tombstone,background,portraiture,and flowers. =~=~=~= http://www.packrat-pro.com/shiplist.htm TITLE: PILGRIM SHIP LISTS Listings of both the ships and the passengers of the first settlers traveling from England to the MA area of New England in the early 1600's. The most complete cross reference on the web yet. Glory Gospel Group http://glorygospelgroup.homestead.com/Welcome.html Cades Cove Preservation Site http://cadescovepreservationtn.homestead.com/welcome.html Cades Cove,TN Site http://cadescove.homestead.com/cadescove.html -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.9 - Release Date: 1/6/2005

Your Family History could Land You on TV The following is an announcement from History Detectives: January 5 - Did your family make its mark on history? Your genealogy research could land you on History Detectives, the hit PBS program, produced by OPB TV, which returns for its third season this summer. Is your family history connected to a significant moment in America's history? Let History Detectives in on the story! If your genealogy research has turned up clues that your ancestors played a key role in a history-making event, History Detectives wants to help you piece the puzzle together. You and the ghosts of ancestors past could appear on PBS's hit series this summer! History Detectives will also feature a school-kid History Detective this summer along with their cool case. Kids are urged to ask relatives if there is a family mystery that needs solving, then grab a parent and go to the History Detectives Web site where you can submit it together. The detectives are looking for stories about old houses, family heirlooms, or local legends that might contain a fascinating mystery from our nation's past. If your story is chosen, you'll appear on the programs and solve your mystery right alongside our detectives on TV. Submit your mystery online at http://pbs.org/historydetectives <http://pbs.org/historydetectives> or by mail: History Detectives Oregon Public Broadcasting 7140 SW Macadam Ave. Portland, OR 97219

Lots & Lots of census indexes here http://www.us-census.org/inventory/ Gloria Glory Gospel Group http://glorygospelgroup.homestead.com/Welcome.html Cades Cove Preservation Site http://cadescovepreservationtn.homestead.com/welcome.html Cades Cove,TN Site http://cadescove.homestead.com/cadescove.html -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.9 - Release Date: 1/6/2005

SA family history on the Web by Sharon Marshall 28 June 2004 Not that long ago, Internet genealogy and family history research were separate entities, as US companies flooded the market with special offers ranging from census information on Ellis Island émigrés to links to royal icons and famous celebrities. But "vanity genealogy" has come a long way since then, and now there are few amateur ancestor seekers who don't use the virtual mode. Stuck in an exchange warp and blessed with in-bred ubuntu, South Africans are particularly conscious of keeping the flow of information as cheap, accurate and accessible as possible. For the rest of the article: www.southafrica.info/public_services/sa_abroad/sa_communities/genealogy.htm Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors." .. Carl Sagan List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

Surname Directory .. Index of independent surname websites & other surname resources. Surname origins, meanings & history around the world. http://www.surnamedirectory.com Vermont Marriages .. This site contains over 1800 marriage records from Montpelier, Berlin, and Burlington, Vermont ranging from 1790 - 1876. Also includes about 150 birthdates from the Berlin Town Clerks Marriage Records. http://www.vermontmarriages.novikgenealogy.com/ Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com "Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors." .. Carl Sagan List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

Detroit Free Press www.freep.com Talk with relatives about health history BY KAREN SHIDELER KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS December 7, 2004 While family members are visiting this holiday season, it's a good idea to ask some questions beyond "How were the roads?" and "What did you mean by that?" U.S. health officials suggest we use the holidays as an occasion to share not only fellowship but medical information. Thousands of diseases have a genetic component -- they "run in the family." Some of them, like Huntington's disease and sickle cell anemia, can't be influenced by behavior, but how you live can have an effect on others. If you have a family history of heart disease, for example, you can improve your chances of not getting it by keeping your blood pressure under control, exercising regularly, keeping your weight in check and not smoking. The U.S. Health and Human Services Department offers free information about putting together a family health tree. For remainder of article: www.freep.com/news/health/world7e_20041207.htm ************************************************************************* Beverly Citizen of www.townonline.com 100 Years Ago... Thursday, January 6, 2005 The following was from the Saturday, Jan. 7, 1905 edition of the Beverly Citizen. The Citizen was Beverly's first newspaper, established in 1851. Didn't like married life Dec. 29, Thomas Burns and Miss Mary Manning were married. They went home but the next night the bride concluded that she loved another man better and went to Lynn to meet Frank Warner, a man she claimed to love better than her husband whom she claimed her mother had forced her to marry. The police took Warner and Mrs. Burns into custody and they were held in $300 bonds. The reporters say Mary is a good looking blonde of 23 years. For additional sorties: http://www2.townonline.com/beverly/opinion/view.bg?articleid=159412&format= ************************************************************************* DuluthNewsTribuneIcom Marker sets family's history in stone On Veterans Day, 76 years after his death, local Civil War veteran Henry Theodore Johnson is getting the grave marker he deserves BY CHUCK FREDERICK NEWS TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER With a stack of papers tucked under her arm, some of them detailing ceremonies today for her great-grandfather, Barb Johnson couldn't help but grin and wonder as she stepped carefully through the graveyard. "Do you hear laughing down there?" she asked this week. "My dad always said he had a good sense of humor. He'd be tickled by all this. I mean, here he's been dead all these years and now suddenly all these people are coming to visit." Johnson's great-grandfather, Henry Theodore Johnson, died 76 years ago today. He and other Civil War veterans -- including Albert Woolson, the last surviving member of the Union Army -- were supposed to help dedicate the new Duluth City Hall. For the "rest of the story" .. http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/10152854.htm Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com <mailto:sallypavia2001@yahoo.com> "Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors." .. Carl Sagan List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com <mailto:GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com> Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"