Found the following GEORGE names in Columbia Co. Washington, Waitsburg, Touchet, Huntsville. Looking for links! PLEASE SIGN UP FOR COLUMBIA CO, WALLA WALLA CO, OR OTHER MAILING LISTS FOR DISCUSSIONS AND LIST OF ANCESTRY, GREAT ADDRESSES AND LINKS. USE THIS WEBSITE TO FIND THE LISTS http://lists.rootsweb.com/ GREAT OREGON TRAIL LISTS TOO WITH GREAT STORIES Laura in Seattle 1880 GEORGE LOTTIE Columbia County WA 118 Dayton 1880 GEORGE MARY E. Columbia County WA 092 1st District 1880 GEORGE MORTICA Columbia County WA 092 1st District 1880 GEORGE PRUDENCE Columbia County WA 118 Dayton 1880 GEORGE W. A. Columbia County WA 118 Dayton Federal 1880 GEORGE WYATT JR. Columbia County WA 092 1st 1880 ST GEORGE HENRY Columbia County WA 115 Dayton -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 7:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WAWALLAW-L] John Harris/Yellow Hawk river Can anyone help me? My Great Grandfather John Harris/wife Emily George, drowned in the Yellow Hawk river near his house in the 1920's. They lived at Pepper's crossing. I need info on his death, and info about where he came from. I know he crossed the plain at age 18 in 1863. Married Emily George in Walla Walla county, 1868 and raised his family there. thanks Linda

Listers Found the following in the census. Hope to find some links!! Laura 1890 ASHLEY MILTON M. Baker County OR 001 Baker City E. 1880 ASHLEY JOHN Clatsop County OR 261 Knappa Pct Federal 1860 ASHLEY GEORGE Jackson County OR 177 Eden Precinct 1880 ASHLEY ELLA Lane County OR 248 North Eugene Pct 1870 ASHLEY SAMUEL Lane County OR 466 Eugene City 1880 ASHLEY SAMUEL Lane County OR 306 Hazel Dell Pct -----Original Message----- From: svonhitrit [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 4:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Hello Hi Teresa: Yep, I am. Descended from Alfred Smith and Sarah Denton Miller, pioneers of McMinnville, Yamhill Co., OR. I haven't seen any activity either. Steve von Hitritz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Teresa Neill" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 17:28 Subject: Hello > Is anyone subscribed on this list? I have been subscribed for awhile, and have > seen > no posts! Teresa Neill > > > > > > > > > > > -- > GENEALOGY: Searching for- HARTMAN, CUNNINGHAM, ASHLEY, PETERS, McNULTY, GRADY, > STANLEY, STRATTON, MOUNTCASTLE, and NEILL. > >

Does anyone know anything about the Gibson Train, Pike Co. Ill. and/or MO to the Wilamette Valley, Oregon, of 1852? What sorts of books might mention this train? All I know about it is that they had a cholera outbreak near Ft. Kearney, Neb. Lester Powers [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Listers, here is the searchable database for the Methodist and United Brethren data. Listers, I have found other ONLINE searchable database!! http://www.gcah.org/inv_srch.htm Regarding the Methodists and United Brethren. Put in your SURNAMES. I got this by just putting in a year. Many came west to start these churches. This has many biographies of ministers and I found one from Oregon. Any relationship to him let me know!! Biographical/History Note Orrie Orlando Arnold (1884-1959) was a minister and editor who also had a long, prolific speaking and writing career. On July 24th, 1884 he was born in Darke County, Ohio, but his family soon moved to Oregon. There he received his call to ministry, and was licensed by the Oregon Conference of the United Brethren Church in 1906. IN 1909 he was received into the Ohio Miami Conference, in which he served several pastorates, remaining in Ohio for the rest of his life. From 1917 through 1957, in became an associate editor of his denomination's Sunday School press, and was subsequently elected editor of the Evangelical United Brethren Sunday school publications at the time of church union in November, 1946. He retired from this position on December 31, 1958, only a few days before his death. Arnold also served his denomination as chairman of the Rural Life Commission, a member of the General Board of Christian Education, the Commission on Christian Social Action, the Inter-Board Education Committee, and the General Board of Evangelism. He was active interdenominationally as a Committee on Uniform Lessons, and the Committee on the National Christian Teaching Mission of the National Council of Churches. He participated avidly in community organizations, helped to organize the Community Chest in Germantown, Ohio, and also was an active member of the Rotary Clubs in Germantown and Greenville. He was thrilled when the Germantown Press named him "Father of the Year" in 1956. Arnold married his wife, Bessie, in 1911. They had three sons and three daughters. Arnold died on January 2, 1959, after a short period of ill health. Laura Searching for Methodist Lee A. Johnson from Walla Walla, WA in 1906. The FUDGES started a UB church in Columbia Co. WA. FUDGE, GALLOWAY, HALES, FINE, JOHNSON, GIBSON, TURNER, PORTER.

Ken and Carroll, There is an article in the May 19, 2000 The Dalles Chronicle written by Dan Spatz. I looked to see if it was listed on their website www.gorgenews.com but it is not. "The Legislature establised an Oregon militia, and some of the first members were posted to an abandoned Methodist mission compound in The Dalles in 1847-1848. The mission was located just east of the present-day tennis courts at The Dalles High School (200 East 10th Street) and south of the Methodist Church" according to historian Paula Kuttner, director of the Fort Dalles Museum (15th and Garrison Street). Paula would be a good resource to make inquiries of as she is very knowledgeable. Today the Fort Dalles Museum is celebrating a 150 years anniversary. Earline Fort Dalles Museum mailing address is: West 15th Street and Garrison, The Dalles, Oregon 97058 and the telephone number is: 541-296-4547. Hope this information helps you both in your research.

Carroll - are you offended? Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: Carroll H Clark <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 12:21 PM Subject: Methodists' background FYI: > Laura, I would like to compare notes with your GIBSON Line. I have > considerable from > Massachusetts, etc. > Laura, Kathy, et al - I, too, had circuit riding Methodist minister in > my gen. > My Archibald Clark was such a minister, b. in CT. but spread the gospel > among > Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and possibly Iowa. > He had a very large family, a son of which was Jason S. Clark, who with > his family > from Indiana (he was b. in Switzerland Co., IN. 1819) travelled the OR > TRAIL 1847 > & lived at Brownsville, Harrisburg, and Wilbur OR, Umpqua River area near > Roseburg. > He & his family were members of Father Wilbur's Umpqua Academy, a > Methodist Academy from about 1855 - 1865, when the family migrated north > to White River, WA Territory in 1865, now known as Kent, WA just S. of > Seattle. > At White River Valley this family, with others, established the Methodist > Church of White River Valley, WA. Terr. - later known as the Methodist > Episcopal Church of Kent, WA > where I was baptised in 1924. > The above were my Grt Grt Grt and Grt Grt Grandfathers & their > families, respectively. > > I have heard that the center for Methodist Mission was at The Dalles, > Oregon on the Columbia River. That is another possible source for early > Methodist information and > archives for you and others interested. > I say this, when I should be doing that myself - so I guess I don't > practice what I > "preach", but it is something that I should do. I have been to The > Dalles several times but never to do research that I would like to do. > I hope this provides another source for Methodist, or Methodist > Episcopal information. > Please let me know if this proves to be a good source. > I am sorry that I don't have an address for the site at The Dalles, but > perhaps there are > those who might have that information. > > Sincerely, > Carroll Clark (male) of Snohomish, WA > W7IML ham radio opr. since 1940 > [email protected] > > CLARK, GIBSON, TUTTLE, LATHROP(& VARAINTS)all from the 1630s; MICHAEL > (German Palatine anc.), > ATKINSON, etc. desc., ancestry. > > * * * 30 * * * > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. >

Yes Cheri, Thanks so much for your time invested. I traveled to Hood River and Heppner, OR last summer searching the canyons for Butter Creek and Pine City just west of Echo, and my John Jackson GALLOWAY sheep ranch. He was a circuit riding Methodist Minister. I always wondered why he settled in that area. At the wonderful new Native American Cultural Center near Wildhorse Casino outside of Pendleton, OR, I saw the maps with Ft. Henrietta which was a Jason Lee and Methodist site. The Galloways and Hales married into the FUDGE line in Waitsburg where the Fudges started a United Brethren church and school. I have learned from the great websites people have sent that is associated with the Methodists too. I believe that 100 people came west to start the new UB churches. My trip included the gorgeous museum with surround sound, huge rock walls that felt like you were in a canoe on the Gorge. It is located just off the freeway past Pendleton, Oregon. At Tamastslikt Cultural Institute, discover the story of the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla Tribes – three distinct peoples melded together over the past 150 years in an alliance now called the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. http://www.easy-finder.com/brochures/wildhorse/cultural.htm Wildhorse (motel next door to Tamastslikt) http://www.ohwy.com/or/w/wildhogr.htm Laura in Seattle -----Original Message----- From: Cheri [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 10:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Methodist Mission & Ft. Henrietta I'll try this again. I finally found the article I was talking about, with reference to the Methodists and their influence on the early days of Wasco Co. If this was Ft. Henrietta, I don't remember ever reading that. This article also doesn't mention it by that name, but maybe it was. This is a pretty good article about what I think is a pretty interesting tidbit of history -- both Methodist history and Wasco Co. Here's the URL. Go down the page to the second article. Enjoy... http://www.historysavers.com/orwasco/stories4.htm -- Cheri [email protected] --->>>^<<<--- Wasco Co., OR GenWeb site--> http://www.historysavers.com/orwasco/

Thank you, Cheri. Great stories on that site. Lois in CA

I'll try this again. I finally found the article I was talking about, with reference to the Methodists and their influence on the early days of Wasco Co. If this was Ft. Henrietta, I don't remember ever reading that. This article also doesn't mention it by that name, but maybe it was. This is a pretty good article about what I think is a pretty interesting tidbit of history -- both Methodist history and Wasco Co. Here's the URL. Go down the page to the second article. Enjoy... http://www.historysavers.com/orwasco/stories4.htm -- Cheri [email protected] --->>>^<<<--- Wasco Co., OR GenWeb site--> http://www.historysavers.com/orwasco/

It's my recollection that I read on the 'net that Ft. Hen. was a little west of T.D. It was apparently teensy and The Dalles won. Ft. Henrietta - it even sounds a little woosy, doesn't it? No wonder it lost! Ken [email protected] no offense about not being PC

Oregon Geographic Names by L. McArthur: Fort Henrietta, Umatilla County. Fort Henrietta was built by a detachment of the First ORegon Mounted Rifles under the command of Major Mark A. Chinn in November, 1855, in the Yakima War. Chinn named the fortified post Fort Henrietta, in compliment to the wife of Major Granville O. Haller of the U nited States Army. The fort was a stockade one hundred feet square, built of large split timbers, with two bastians of round logs, and an outside stock corral enclosed with rails found on the ground. See Victor's EArly Indian Wars of Oregon, page 439. Forst Henrietta was near the west bank of the Umatilla River not far from the present [1942] site of the Catholic Church in the town of Echo. Statements that the fort was near Well Spring do not seem to be substantiated by the records. ----- Original Message ----- From: ken robinson <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 5:42 PM Subject: Ft. Henrietta and The Dalles > It's my recollection that I read on the 'net that Ft. Hen. was a little west of T.D. > It was apparently teensy and The Dalles won. > Ft. Henrietta - it even sounds a little woosy, doesn't it? No wonder it lost! > > Ken [email protected] no offense about not being PC > >

Hello Fellow Genealogists Heritage Quest Research Library is very pleased to announce that our fellow member and syndicated genealogical columnist, Donna Potter Phillips will be speaking at our Library on 20 May, from 9:00 - 11:00 AM. Donna's topic will be Military Research. The cost is $10.00 per person. If you haven't heard Donna speak before, you are in for a real treat. She is very knowledgeable and an excellent speaker. We hope to see you Saturday, 20 May, at Heritage Quest Research Library, 909 Main Street, #5, Sumner, WA (next to KC's Caboose). Call today to make reservations -- 253-863-1806. NOTE: Donna will be at the Library after the class to answer your questions, and assist you. See you Saturday, Gail Edwards-Petersen

Have a Jim CLARKE that was born 9 June 1860 Sonoma CO. California, died 17 Oct 1903 Lebanon, OR, buried Lacomb Cemetery, Lacomb, Linn Co., Oregon; married to Hannah Armilda FOREN [Millie]. If this is a connection to anyone's Clark's family, I have a picture of him, also photo of their two little girls, who died 1902 &1903. Jim and girls died of typhoid fever. Judy G. --- [email protected] wrote: > ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 > > OREGON-TRAIL-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 32 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: A TRAGEDY OF THE OREGON TRAIL [George > Patterson <[email protected]] > #2 Re: A TRAGEDY OF THE OREGON TRAIL [Jeff Hix > <[email protected]] > #3 Methodists' background FYI: [Carroll H > Clark <[email protected]>] > #4 Re: Methodists' background FYI: [Cheri > <[email protected]>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from OREGON-TRAIL-D, send a message > to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, > but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, > too. > > To contact the OREGON-TRAIL-D list administrator, > send mail to > [email protected] > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 > Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 19:35:02 -0700 > From: George Patterson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: A TRAGEDY OF THE OREGON TRAIL > > Gail, > > Here is the URL for the Nebraska State Historical > Society. > > http://www.nebraskahistory.org/ > > Your cousin, > > George > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 > Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 20:38:12 -0700 (PDT) > From: Jeff Hix <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: A TRAGEDY OF THE OREGON TRAIL > > Nebraska State Historical Society > P.O. Box 82554 > 1500 R Street > Lincoln, NE 68501 > > See their staff web page: > http://www.nebraskahistory.org/oversite/staff/lib-arch.htm > > See also: > http://www.nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/services/refrence/index.htm > > --- "G. Darling" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Extreamly interesting. Does anyone know the email > > address for the Nebraska > > State Historical > > Society? > > Thanks > > Gail Darling > > Bakersfield, CA > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Jeff Hix <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 6:48 AM > > Subject: A TRAGEDY OF THE OREGON TRAIL > > > > > > > I thought the following may be of interest to > this > > > list especial since the info is on line and > nobody > > has > > > to chase the interlibrary loan: > > > > > > Papers read at the annual meeting of the > Nebraska > > > State Historical Society, January, 1912.] > include > > > chapters on the Oregon trail...from a Book on > line > > in > > > Nebraska: > > > > > > Over 20 pages: > > > > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/collections/vol17/contents.htm > > > > > > > > > Chapter titled: A TRAGEDY OF THE OREGON TRAIL > > > By George W. Hansen . . . . . . . . . . 110 > > > > > > is available on line: > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/collections/vol17/v17p110.htm > > > > > > Chapter titled: THE OREGON RECRUIT EXPEDITION > > > By Albert Watkins . . . . . . . . . . 127 > > > is available on line: > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/collections/vol17/v17p127.htm > > > > > > INFLUENCE OF OVERLAND TRAVEL ON THE EARLY > > SETTLEMENT > > > OF NEBRASKA > > > By H. G. Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . 146 > > > is available on line: > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/collections/vol17/v17p146.htm > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Send instant messages & get email alerts with > > Yahoo! Messenger. > > > http://im.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! > Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com/ > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822 > Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 09:21:47 -0700 > From: Carroll H Clark <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected] > Subject: Methodists' background FYI: > > Laura, I would like to compare notes with your > GIBSON Line. I have > considerable from > Massachusetts, etc. > Laura, Kathy, et al - I, too, had circuit riding > Methodist minister in > my gen. > My Archibald Clark was such a minister, b. in CT. > but spread the gospel > among > Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and possibly Iowa. > He had a very large family, a son of which was Jason > S. Clark, who with > his family > from Indiana (he was b. in Switzerland Co., IN. > 1819) travelled the OR > TRAIL 1847 > & lived at Brownsville, Harrisburg, and Wilbur OR, > Umpqua River area near > Roseburg. > He & his family were members of Father Wilbur's > Umpqua Academy, a > Methodist Academy from about 1855 - 1865, when the > family migrated north > to White River, WA Territory in 1865, now known as > Kent, WA just S. of > Seattle. > At White River Valley this family, with others, > established the Methodist > Church of White River Valley, WA. Terr. - later > known as the Methodist > Episcopal Church of Kent, WA > where I was baptised in 1924. > The above were my Grt Grt Grt and Grt Grt > Grandfathers & their > families, respectively. > > I have heard that the center for Methodist Mission > was at The Dalles, > Oregon on the Columbia River. That is another > possible source for early > Methodist information and > archives for you and others interested. > I say this, when I should be doing that myself - so > I guess I don't > practice what I > "preach", but it is something that I should do. I > have been to The > Dalles several times but never to do research that I > would like to do. > I hope this provides another source for Methodist, > or Methodist > Episcopal information. > Please let me know if this proves to be a good > source. > I am sorry that I don't have an address for the > site at The Dalles, but > perhaps there are > those who might have that information. > > Sincerely, > Carroll Clark (male) of Snohomish, WA > W7IML ham radio opr. since 1940 > [email protected] > > CLARK, GIBSON, TUTTLE, LATHROP(& VARAINTS)all from > the 1630s; MICHAEL > (German Palatine anc.), > ATKINSON, etc. desc., ancestry. > > * * * 30 * * * > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE > software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 5 message/rfc822 > Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 13:27:30 -0700 > From: Cheri <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Methodists' background FYI: > > Yup, you're right about the Methodist Mission and > much M.E. Church info being > located in Wasco Co. There are several references to > church goings-on at the > GenWeb site (URL in my signature, below) and we have > tons of new stuff yet to > add. New data is being transcribed constantly for > the Wasco Co site, and now > we're getting a good indexing system in place to > make it easier to find exactly > who you're looking for. > > Right now, the best way to check out the site is to > just go there & browse > according to category indicated by each link. > There's a main menu at the bottom > of every page, with links going to areas of interest > that are then segmented > further by specifics. One of the "areas of interest" > links is to the "Archives" > -- those are the archives we're building at this > site -- in other words, don't > assume you've already seen the archives if you've > only been to the main GenWeb > archives for Wasco Co., because there's a bunch of > stuff at the site itself that > isn't in the main GenWeb archives. Be sure to check > both sets of archives. > > Keep checking back. We have some very neat stuff yet > to be uploaded, and I'll be > making a research run to The Dalles very soon to > gather more... > > -- > Cheri -- Wasco Co. GenWeb County Coordinator & List > Mom > [email protected] > --->>>^<<<--- > Wasco Co., OR GenWeb site--> > http://www.historysavers.com/orwasco/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/

The United Methodist Archives for information on fully-ordained ministers is at http://www.gcah.org/minister.htm Any request costs $25, and is for obituaries only....... Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: Laura C <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 2:43 PM Subject: METHODISTS TO OREGON AND WASHINGTON > For Methodists > > Try contacting - General Commission on Archives and > History, The United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 127, Madison, New Jersey > 07940. Fax 973-408-3909. > > If anyone finds a website for the METHODIST archives, please post anything! > > Or information on FORTS that were METHODISTS. > > > Thanks > Laura > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Carolyn & Dick Blount [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 2:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OREGON-TRAIL-D Digest V00 #36 > > > I don't know for which church Bonny was a Circuit minister, but I have > several licenses for my own GG grandfather, Jesse Ward, who came from > Arkansas on parts of the Santa Fe Trail, and then the Oregon Trail to > Waldo Hills near Salem in 1853. His were issued by the Methodist > church. > > [email protected] wrote: > > > Part 1.1Type: message/rfc822 > > > > Part 1.2Type: message/rfc822 > > > > Part 1.3Type: message/rfc822 > > > > Part 1.4Type: message/rfc822 > >

Hi Cheri I heard the Morrow co. museum is in financial trouble. They have a huge collection of ancestry. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/MCMuseum/ They have a website. I visited last summer. They have volunteers but will lose their real help. Do you know about the new museum near Pendleton? Oregon Trail and Native American history? a must see. If you have certain interests in that area I'd write the Morrow Co Museum as soon as you can, with a self-addressed envelope. Ask for any SURNAME file folders they might have, etc. Laura Galloways and Hales near Heppner -----Original Message----- From: Cheri [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2000 4:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Fort Henrietta LOL...oops, I think I was misleading in my previous post. I didn't even see the part about Fort Henrietta, and frankly I have absolutely no idea where it was. :-) I was strictly speaking of the Methodist Missionaries who showed up at an early date at Ft Dalles (The Dalles) and were the basis of not only much of the early religious activity in Wasco Co., but also many other transactions that essentially contributed a tremendous amount to the settlement of that area. It is one of the subjects that I plan to research further on my next trip to The Dalles, because the Methodists are frequently mentioned in a pretty wide array of writeups about the formation of the Wasco Co. area. I would guess that Judy is probably quite right about Ft. Henrietta, since she was raised in that area and has obviously studied the history there, so I don't dispute that at all. However, I might add that in the earliest years of Wasco County, it did include all of what is east of the Cascade Mountains and west of the Rockies, as far north as Montana -- so it's also possible that Ft. Henrietta did once actually fall within the confines of the mega-Wasco Co., even if it now is in Umatilla or Morrow Co. I do apologize for misleading anyone. I'm rather one-tracked when it comes to the mention of Wasco Co., so I spouted off before fully digesting the post to which I was responding. -- Cheri [email protected] --->>>^<<<--- Wasco Co., OR GenWeb site--> http://www.historysavers.com/orwasco/

For Methodists Try contacting - General Commission on Archives and History, The United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 127, Madison, New Jersey 07940. Fax 973-408-3909. If anyone finds a website for the METHODIST archives, please post anything! Or information on FORTS that were METHODISTS. Thanks Laura -----Original Message----- From: Carolyn & Dick Blount [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 2:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OREGON-TRAIL-D Digest V00 #36 I don't know for which church Bonny was a Circuit minister, but I have several licenses for my own GG grandfather, Jesse Ward, who came from Arkansas on parts of the Santa Fe Trail, and then the Oregon Trail to Waldo Hills near Salem in 1853. His were issued by the Methodist church. [email protected] wrote: > Part 1.1Type: message/rfc822 > > Part 1.2Type: message/rfc822 > > Part 1.3Type: message/rfc822 > > Part 1.4Type: message/rfc822

I don't know for which church Bonny was a Circuit minister, but I have several licenses for my own GG grandfather, Jesse Ward, who came from Arkansas on parts of the Santa Fe Trail, and then the Oregon Trail to Waldo Hills near Salem in 1853. His were issued by the Methodist church. [email protected] wrote: > Part 1.1Type: message/rfc822 > > Part 1.2Type: message/rfc822 > > Part 1.3Type: message/rfc822 > > Part 1.4Type: message/rfc822

Hi Laura... Now I get to send in one of my favorite URLs. It's got AUMSVILLE! You can research any town, county or state in the U.S. in 1895. It is a 1895 U.S. Atlas with maps, info on population (in 1895), whether town had post office, train station and/or freight depot. You can download maps and print them out for your records, also. This will enable you to find info without having to ask others for help. http://www.livgenmi.com/1895.htm When the home page is downloaded, click on the list of towns and cities in the state you are researching. This will take you to a site that lists them by beginning letter. Click on the approp. letter and a whole list will come up. After you find the town you want and get the info from the list, click back to the home page and click on the approp. map. The maps take about 5 minutes download, but are well worth the wait. Good luck and Happy Hunting! Lois in CA

Hi I am sending my list of handy Oregon and other websites. Check the USGS mapping, you can put in a school name, creek or anything. USGS*******MAPPING FOR ANYTHING, CHURCHES, CREEKS, BRIDGES, CEMETERIES. BE SURE TO PUT ALL YOUR SURNAMES IN THIS MAP SITE….GREAT FUN. http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html BEST RESEARCH SITE IN OREGON, OREGON STATE ARCHIVES IN SALEM, THEY ALSO HAVE A ONLINE DATABASE. http://159.121.115.13/databases/aboutlocator.html Libraries online and many other interesting types. http://www.libraryspot.com/ BLM LAND RECORDS http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ SEARCH FOR YOUR SURNAMES ON OREGON TRAIL LISTS http://www.teleport.com/~sflora/ortrail.htm Polk County, Oregon Created in 1845, and named for President James Knox Polk who was in office between 1845 - 1849. The county seat is Dallas. http://www.wou.edu/provost/library/archives/butler/places.htm TRIBAL EVENTS http://www.travel-in-wa.com/DISTINCTLY/tribal_events.html The OREGON-CALIFORNIA TRAILS ASSOCIATION inaugurated the Census of Overland Emigrant Documents (COED) as a major effort to further the association's objective of preserving physical remnants of the trails while advancing our knowledge of the emigrants who traveled overland in the migration that settled the western United States during the second half of the nineteenth century. http://www.calcite.rocky.edu/octa/coed.htm WHAT IS THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD? http://www.ancestry.com/columns/george/04-09-99.htm I'd put in ALL my SURNAMES, you'd be amazed at what you will find!! Laura in Seattle FUDGE, GALLOWAY, KIRBY, TEEL, HALES, GIBSON, TURNER, PORTER -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2000 3:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ORMARION-L] Aumsville, Oregon Dear Marion County Listers, Need some assistance. I have just got back a copy of the census from the Archives and they were showing that some of my ancestors (Weinrich's) were students, and one one laboror, in the town of Aumsville. I have lived in Oregon all of my life, and I yet this name barely rings a bell. My husband says that it is southeast of Salem in Marion county. Does anyone out there know of what might have been a school around the 1895 time? Are there any cemeteries in Aumsville or the immediate area? They listed their religion as Catholics, is their a Catholic church in Aumsville, or where would the nearest one be? Appreciate any information and enlightenment that someone out their might be able to share. Thanks! Laura Buffington-Oregon City [email protected] ==== ORMARION Mailing List ==== Listmom: Linda Nichols [email protected] Marion County, OrGenWeb Homepage http://www.rootsweb.com/~ormarion/

Those of you who have written asking about Clarks, I have a CYNTHIA CLARK who was born 1795 & died Feb 16, 1835. She m. Sept. 12, 1815 to Enoch FRUIT who was b. 1790 in N.C. & d. Mar. 6, 1848 in Missouri. Also, Enoch's father, James Samuel Fruit who was born Nov. 13, 1762 m. a Miss Clark in 1781. He d. 1834 in Illinois. She died before 1813, but I don't know where & don't know if she was related to Cynthia. Do these sound familiar to anyone? Enoch's daughter m. Daniel Stewart who came West to Oregon Territory & California with a wagon train in 1845. Carol Paul