Since this is an OREGON genealogy group, maybe I can get away with bragging just a bit! The day before christmas I made a posting about finding out when my Danish folks came over to America in a Danish genealogy forum. (1880, Jutland, Denmark to N.Y) On Christmas Day I started getting messages from some folks in Denmark. Thanks to them, a line that I have traced to Eugene, Oregon and then on to Silverton, Oregon is now a couple of generations back farther in Denmark.... It's been a brick wall for me since I was 16! I am 44 now!! This is my NELSON family. My Great Grandmother Emily Cecelia NELSON married Alfred B. Rowe in Eugene, Lane County, OREGON. They lived there, but also moved around some. For example, for some reason, my grandfather was born in Toledo, Oregon. They seemed to follow the Nelson family where ever they went. I am related to the NELSON's & ROWE's of Smith & Umpqua River area's(Gardiner, Oregon). Alfred B. Rowe, eventually left his wife and family and moved on to Douglas County where he became a gold miner. Supposedly, he was known as Black Jack Pete. If anyone knows of this name or history, I'd surely love to talk to YOU! On another branch, My great great grandfather, Charles C. Coop was a circuit preacher in Canyonville, Oregon for many years. He also preached in Bonanza. I believe he worked for the Methodist Church. This was in the late 1800's. If you have any information on ANY Coop's (as they might be related), I'd love to talk to you too!!!! Since my mother's and father's family all came from Oregon for several generations before me.... I have history of many more surnames I could share: HALL, VAN ATTA, MC CLASKEY, PEPIOT, BOVEE. And I'm always looking to know my family better! :0)If you have information please let me know. Thanks, Peggy Rowe-Snyder (pegrowe62@Gmail.com) Eslum M. Hall & Mary Van ATTA (Illinois to Oregon, via Oregon Trail, 1848) Gearshum Van ATTA & Family (Illinois to Oregon, via Oregon Trail, 1852, Macy Train) Robert John McClaskey & Family (Missouri - Kansas-Oregon) Alden B. Rowe & wife, Vesta Victoria Williams ( Maine - Gold fields of CA - To Eugene, OREGON by 1890)