><< Now, how in the world does one document their arrival? >> >Only if one can find an artical written by someone who new them or by looking >for a DLC to see if they took up a land or something of this nature. There >wasn't any offical way of documenting new arrivals. >Walt Davies > Not entirely true. There were several provisional government, county, territorial and US government censuses, county tax rolls, as well as provisional land grant claims and donation land claims. Very few people came to Oregon and literally fell out of sight. The first territory wide census was 1842. jim

The Donation Land Claims Books are on fiche at the FHC. If they don't have them you can order them. They are really worth it. Leta in CA ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Tompkins <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 8:41 PM Subject: Re: Foren on O.T. in 1851? > ><< Now, how in the world does one document their arrival? >> > > >Only if one can find an artical written by someone who new them or by looking > >for a DLC to see if they took up a land or something of this nature. There > >wasn't any offical way of documenting new arrivals. > >Walt Davies > > > Not entirely true. > > There were several provisional government, county, territorial and US > government censuses, county tax rolls, as well as provisional land grant > claims and donation land claims. Very few people came to Oregon and > literally fell out of sight. The first territory wide census was 1842. > > jim > >