Hello Linda, I see your message i told you to place on oOregon-Trail list and also that you have gotten some imfo from some of the great helpers on there. Thanks Jim and the others for helping Linda. A great number of helpers here. I was just going to go to the BLM records but i see that someone has. I also have family of Barnetts vcame over Oregon Trail to Wilamette valley to Araago. let me know how you make out. Glad I sent you to the Oregon trail site. Faster than I thought and great too. Maxine Wilton mmwaw@sprynet.com -----Original Message----- From: Jim Tompkins <tompkins@bctonline.com> To: OREGON-TRAIL-L@rootsweb.com <OREGON-TRAIL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, October 11, 2001 6:48 PM Subject: Re: Early Pioneers >Hello, > >I did a BLM search on Joseph Austin in Oregon and found the following: > >Joseph Austin was issued a land patent on July 27, 1897 Found Canary and it matches all aspects mentioned so far. It is on the coast 5 miles east of the Pacific Ocean inland from the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. It is on a creek that feeds the Siuslaw River and very close to Siltcoos Lake. 5.5 miles SE of Florence, 4.5 miles NE of Dunes City, and 3 miles due east of Honeyman State Park. Lat 43 degrees 52 minutes North Long 124 degrees 15 minutes West. It is marginal land well away from Donation claimed land. The 1897 claim of Joseph Austin fits perfectly with Canary. Township 19 South is as far south as Creswell and Range 11 West is as far west as Newport. A section map shows that the land claim appears to be on Canary Road about half way between Canary and Siltcoos. jim