Marshall, You might try this entry. Have found nothing for George Forman, so I tried Sarah Webster. It would be about the right timeframe, and since they were both British subjects, Canada is logical. WEBSTER, SARAH Year of Record: 1872 Source Reference: page 390 Comments: Victoria County - marriage Event Description: Marriage Registrations; Office of the Registrar General; (RG 80-5); Archives of Ontario, Toronto: microfilm group MS932, reel 7, unit 80-5-0-24, volume 23 "M. Forman" <mforman@ozemail.com.au> wrote: >George Forman, born 1841, left Lincolnshire, England in 1862 and died in >Oregon in 1906. He passed through New Zealand where he was last sighted in >1871 on an electoral roll. We can find no record of a marriage for him in >NZ. The first spotting we have of him in the USA is 1874 when his wife gave >birth to a daughter, Jennie E Forman, in Boring, Oregon. Two years ago, in >response to an earlier request, I received a wealth of information about >George and his family based on burial records from Damascus Cemetery. Now >that I can narrow down the likely time of his marriage, I wonder if anyone >is able to look for a marriage of a George FORMAN to a Sarah WEBSTER, >roughly 1871 - 1874 in or near the town of Boring, Oregon? Or can anyone >point me to some on-line source where I can check this myself? And is there >an on-line site for checking passenger lists of ships arriving in Oregon, >presumably Portland? -- Loretta "Loni" Parrett Welsh Boring, Oregon, USA Researching: ASHPOLE, AUSTEN, COLE, EVEREST, MILLS, PARRO(E)TT, SQUIRES, SWAN, WALLS, & WICKENDEN from England HAGEY, LIVENGOOD, & SHUCK from Germany & Switzerland I use Archive CD Books in my research. http://archivecdbooks.org __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

I subscribed to the list with one specific question in mind about George Forman and can hardly believe the amount of information I have received from Loretta Welsh, Jacqueline, and Janet "the former Oregonian", so much more than I had dared to hope for. Pity all my genealogical problems are not related to the Oregon area; with this sort of help I would soon run out of questions. As it is, I am now off to Minnesota and Ontario. So thank you, and goodbye. Marshall Forman Adelaide South Australia