I just called the library and they told me that if the card isn't used in three years it is cancelled. Mim

I have not checked anything out from a Multnomah County library in over three years. Tonight, I used the Multnomah County database Heritage Quest successfully. Explain it? I can't. Go figure . . . Maggie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rex Bosse" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 5:53 PM Subject: Re: [GFO] Multnomah Library > You should know that they now delete/deactivate/cancel cards not used within ONE year. Our while > family had our cards canceled just before they finished remodeling the Hillsdale library, and the > librarian said that any card not used within the prior year gets canceled even if the neighborhood > library is in small, temporary quarters while being rebuilt. > > Rex Bosse > > Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen wrote: > >> I use Heritage Quest many times a day so was very surprised when my card number stopped working. >> I had to go into the library to have it updated. I assumed that every time I typed in my number, >> it was being logged. Wrong- it is just a way for me to access and they don't have any idea how >> many people access their online services. I was amazed. >> Patti >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 7:52 PM >> Subject: Re: [GFO] Multnomah Library >> >> >>> In a message dated 7/5/2005 6:15:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, >>> [email protected] writes: >>> >>>> >>>> Thanks to those that replied....I finely got in guess there was just >>>> a back log of folks wanting to use it. I haven't been in for some >>>> time so thought my card had died maybe. >>>> >>>> All is well now. >>>> >>>> Thanks everyone >>> >>> >>> >>> Multnomah County cards do "die," though, as CR Hanna learned. >>> If there've been no books checked out on the card in 2 years, it is >>> purged from the system. They don't track internet use. (Something >>> I found comforting ... I keep wondering when they're going to come >>> after me for monopolizing their site!) >>> >>> The recommendation that was made to him was to go through the >>> checkout process, but return the item at the same time. This will >>> keep your card activated. >>> >>> Of course, we could always take them home and read them, too. >>> >>> Julie >>> >>> >>> ==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== >>> To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] that >>> contains (in the body of the message) only the single word: unsubscribe >>> >>> ============================== >>> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >>> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >>> http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== >> To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] that >> contains (in the body of the message) only the single word: unsubscribe >> >> ============================== >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> > > -- > "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a > pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly > used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming...'Wow! What a ride!'" > > > ==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] that > contains (in the body of the message) only the single word: unsubscribe > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share > your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >

You should know that they now delete/deactivate/cancel cards not used within ONE year. Our while family had our cards canceled just before they finished remodeling the Hillsdale library, and the librarian said that any card not used within the prior year gets canceled even if the neighborhood library is in small, temporary quarters while being rebuilt. Rex Bosse Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen wrote: > I use Heritage Quest many times a day so was very surprised when my > card number stopped working. I had to go into the library to have it > updated. I assumed that every time I typed in my number, it was being > logged. Wrong- it is just a way for me to access and they don't have > any idea how many people access their online services. I was amazed. > Patti > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 7:52 PM > Subject: Re: [GFO] Multnomah Library > > >> In a message dated 7/5/2005 6:15:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >>> >>> Thanks to those that replied....I finely got in guess there was just >>> a back log of folks wanting to use it. I haven't been in for some >>> time so thought my card had died maybe. >>> >>> All is well now. >>> >>> Thanks everyone >> >> >> >> Multnomah County cards do "die," though, as CR Hanna learned. >> If there've been no books checked out on the card in 2 years, it is >> purged from the system. They don't track internet use. (Something >> I found comforting ... I keep wondering when they're going to come >> after me for monopolizing their site!) >> >> The recommendation that was made to him was to go through the >> checkout process, but return the item at the same time. This will >> keep your card activated. >> >> Of course, we could always take them home and read them, too. >> >> Julie >> >> >> ==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== >> To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] that >> contains (in the body of the message) only the single word: unsubscribe >> >> ============================== >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> >> > > > > ==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] that > contains (in the body of the message) only the single word: unsubscribe > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > -- "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming...'Wow! What a ride!'"

In a message dated 7/5/2005 6:15:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > > Thanks to those that replied....I finely got in guess there was just > a back log of folks wanting to use it. I haven't been in for some > time so thought my card had died maybe. > > All is well now. > > Thanks everyone Multnomah County cards do "die," though, as CR Hanna learned. If there've been no books checked out on the card in 2 years, it is purged from the system. They don't track internet use. (Something I found comforting ... I keep wondering when they're going to come after me for monopolizing their site!) The recommendation that was made to him was to go through the checkout process, but return the item at the same time. This will keep your card activated. Of course, we could always take them home and read them, too. Julie

I use Heritage Quest many times a day so was very surprised when my card number stopped working. I had to go into the library to have it updated. I assumed that every time I typed in my number, it was being logged. Wrong- it is just a way for me to access and they don't have any idea how many people access their online services. I was amazed. Patti ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [GFO] Multnomah Library > In a message dated 7/5/2005 6:15:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: >> >> Thanks to those that replied....I finely got in guess there was just >> a back log of folks wanting to use it. I haven't been in for some >> time so thought my card had died maybe. >> >> All is well now. >> >> Thanks everyone > > > Multnomah County cards do "die," though, as CR Hanna learned. > If there've been no books checked out on the card in 2 years, it is > purged from the system. They don't track internet use. (Something > I found comforting ... I keep wondering when they're going to come > after me for monopolizing their site!) > > The recommendation that was made to him was to go through the > checkout process, but return the item at the same time. This will > keep your card activated. > > Of course, we could always take them home and read them, too. > > Julie > > > ==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] that > contains (in the body of the message) only the single word: unsubscribe > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

I have no trouble getting on in Bellingham WA so it is apparently not a Heritage Quest problem. Clyde Senger On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 16:06:19 -0700 "Janice M. Healy" <[email protected]> writes: > Is any one else having trouble getting on the HeritageQuest portion > of the site? I haven't been in for a while so don't know if my card > > has expired or what??? Each time I put in my number the site times > out and I can't get in. > > Thanks > > > Janice M. Healy > Co-compiler of "Oregon Burial Site Guide" > > Aloha, Oregon U.S.A. > Mailto:[email protected] > > "Oregon Burial Site Guide" > http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/obsg.html > Plan ahead for the following conferences: > FGS Conference 9-10 Sept 2005, Salt Lake City > > Public service site > http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ancestors.html > > > > > ==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] > that > contains (in the body of the message) only the single word: > unsubscribe > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > >

Thanks to those that replied....I finely got in guess there was just a back log of folks wanting to use it. I haven't been in for some time so thought my card had died maybe. All is well now. Thanks everyone Janice M. Healy Co-compiler of "Oregon Burial Site Guide" Aloha, Oregon U.S.A. Mailto:[email protected] "Oregon Burial Site Guide" http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/obsg.html Plan ahead for the following conferences: FGS Conference 9-10 Sept 2005, Salt Lake City Public service site http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ancestors.html

Is any one else having trouble getting on the HeritageQuest portion of the site? I haven't been in for a while so don't know if my card has expired or what??? Each time I put in my number the site times out and I can't get in. Thanks Janice M. Healy Co-compiler of "Oregon Burial Site Guide" Aloha, Oregon U.S.A. Mailto:[email protected] "Oregon Burial Site Guide" http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/obsg.html Plan ahead for the following conferences: FGS Conference 9-10 Sept 2005, Salt Lake City Public service site http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ancestors.html

Some of the other states seem to work OK. If you erase OR on the state line and add a county name, it does come up with answers. Anyone know how and who to contact about the problem? Clyde Senger On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:37:03 -0700 Clyde M Senger <[email protected]> writes: > Does anyone know what is going on with US GenWeb Archives? When I > try it > for Oregon, I get switched to RootsWeb Search Engine and get no > hits, > even with SMITH. Very frustrating. > > Clyde Senger > > > ==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] > that > contains (in the body of the message) only the single word: > unsubscribe > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > >

Does anyone know what is going on with US GenWeb Archives? When I try it for Oregon, I get switched to RootsWeb Search Engine and get no hits, even with SMITH. Very frustrating. Clyde Senger

From Ellen's daughter: >The following is the obit which we put into the Oregonian, Eugene Register >and the Burn, OR newspaper. >************************************* > Ellen Maring (nee Stephens) Benedict passed away June 26, 2005. Born in > Eugene, Oregon August 28, 1931, she married Benjamin Albert Benedict in > Eugene, Oregon, June 17 1951. They were married 54 years. Ellen obtained > her Ph. D. degree from Portland State University in 1978 in Environmental > Sciences and Resources - Biology. She taught biology at Portland State > University and Malheur Field Station, and served as an adjunct professor > of Biology at Pacific University. Her scientific research included the > systematics and biogeography of pseudoscorpions, and the ecology of > caves, with publications in the Journal of Arachnology as well as Caves > and Other Volcanic Landforms of Central Oregon, Guidebook NSS Geology & > Biology Fieldtrip 1982; A Self-Guided Auto Tour of Diamond Craters, > Oregon Geologic Gem; and other professional and popular articles. She has > edited: North American Biospeleology (four years), Oregon DAR Newsletter > (eight years) and The Forum Insider (four years). For most of 1980, she > had been employed by the Burns District of the Bureau of Land Management > in an on-site study of Diamond Craters that culminated in its > establishment as an Outstanding Natural Area (ONA). A fellow of the > National Speleological Society, she chaired the 1982 N.S.S. Convention in > Bend, Oregon, in keeping with her long and continuing interest in the > lava caves and flora and fauna of Eastern Oregon. Ellen is survived by > husband Benjamin, four sons and one daughter; Mark (Vancouver, WA), Earl > (Eugene, OR), Lyle (Chicago, IL), Alice Knapp (Apple Valley, CA), & Alan > (Tacoma, WA), and nine grandchildren. > A past officer of the Genealogical Forum of Oregon, Inc., she joined the > National Genealogical Society in 1990, and was the National Program > Chairman for the 1991 NGS Conference in the States. She received the > National Society Daughters of the American Revolution 1988 Continental > Congress Award as Outstanding State Lineage Research Chairman, and served > a three year term as National Chairman of Lineage Research. Ellen also > was an Honorary State Regent of the Oregon State Society Daughters of the > American Revolution. > Remembrances to The Ellen Benedict Fund, Malheur Field Station, 34848 > Sodhouse Lane, Princeton, OR 97721. A memorial service will be held at 11 > am at the summit of Mt Tabor Park, Portland, Oregon on July 23, 2005. >************************* > >Regarding the memorial service the gate is closed at the very top of Mt >Tabor Park to cars. We will have a gate key but only one car at a time >will be allowed to go to the top to drop off people and then to come back >down. If you can walk up please do so. We were told that we were only >allowed to have 12 chairs besides any wheelchairs, but I feel that if you >bring camping chairs to sit on this would be only. The memorial will be >very informal and we think only about 20 minutes at most. > >Thank you very much, >Alice Knapp

To help Alice not have to answer so many questions here is the info on when and what they are doing. From: "Alice Knapp" <[email protected]> To: "Janice M. Healy" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [GFO] Ellen Benedict Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 05:49:05 -0700 X-Priority: 3 Seal-Send-Time: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 05:49:05 -0700 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Jun 2005 12:49:10.0338 (UTC) FILETIME=[C768BA20:01C57BDF] Thank you very much for your email. Her memorial service will be held on the 23rd of July. Her obit will be in the Oregonian, The Eugene Resister and the Burns, OR paper sometime this week. Alice Janice M. Healy Co-compiler of "Oregon Burial Site Guide" Aloha, Oregon U.S.A. Mailto:[email protected] "Oregon Burial Site Guide" http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/obsg.html Plan ahead for the following conferences: FGS Conference 9-10 Sept 2005, Salt Lake City Public service site http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ancestors.html

Ellen Benedict passed away on Sunday. The following was sent from her daughter Alice who was in Oregon to attend the C.A.R. Conference with Ellen and was still in Portland with her parents: >On Saturday I visited with my brother, Mark. When I got home around 11 pm >mom was still up getting something to eat. We talked, laughed and one of >the last things we talked about was the OR Trail CAR newsletter, tatting, >and entering into the American Heritage Contest for this coming year. I >teased her some and then went to bed. Dad was not aware that I had come >home and was in bed. He found her in a doll like manner and called 911. I >had a dream that someone was telling me that mom had a stroke. I didn't >wake up until later (around 4 am) I walked downstairs and all of the >lights were on, and no one was home. I got a call that Mom was in the >hospital and my brother, Mark went to the hospital. Later that day my >brother Earl joined us. Mom died peacefully at 4:16 pm on the 26th of >June. She never woke up and her last words were those that she had spoken >to me. >Please do send replies to me at: [email protected]<mail to:[email protected]> I >have been printing these out and showing them to dad. It has been a >comfort for him. > >Thank you again, >Alice Knapp

To All of Addie's friends at the Forum: After a couple of days in the hospital, I found her at home when I visited on Monday. She was active and glad to tell everyone that she is doing quite well. It appears that there will be no serious aftereffects from the stroke suffered on Thursday. Judy Goldmann Judy Goldmann [email protected]

The Round Table will be meeting on Monday evening, June 27, at 6:30 pm. Bring your brick-wall problems, research questions, or your friendly advice and share them with others. Any questions, feel free to email me off-list. Julie Kidd <[email protected]>

If any one needs Addie Rickey's home address e-mail me off list. Several folks have which made me think others may need it also. I just don't want to post it to this list. Janice Janice M. Healy Co-compiler of "Oregon Burial Site Guide" Aloha, Oregon U.S.A. Mailto:[email protected] "Oregon Burial Site Guide" http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/obsg.html Plan ahead for the following conferences: FGS Conference 9-10 Sept 2005, Salt Lake City Public service site http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ancestors.html

Hi, Thanks from me too Janice. I have crossed paths with Addie myself. She is real nice. I am rooting for her too. she is a true Oregon Duck, she flies south for the winter. :-] Nathan --- "Janice M. Healy" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I just got a call from Dean Byrd tonight and Addie > is in the Salem > hospital. She is holding her own. She had a stroke > about 11 am this > morning how serious this is we don't yet know. She > is able to talk > and no paralysis seems to be present but it is to > soon yet to know > how she will do. > > Lets everyone that can send her a get well card and > let her know we > are all pulling for her. She has done so much for > the genealogy > community it is time we let her know we appreciate > all she has done > for us over the years. > > Janice > > > Janice M. Healy > Co-compiler of "Oregon Burial Site Guide" > > Aloha, Oregon U.S.A. > Mailto:[email protected] > > "Oregon Burial Site Guide" > http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/obsg.html > Plan ahead for the following conferences: > FGS Conference 9-10 Sept 2005, Salt Lake City > > Public service site > http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ancestors.html > > > > > ==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message to > [email protected] that > contains (in the body of the message) only the > single word: unsubscribe > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search > not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

Oh, my! Thanks so much for letting us know. Addie Dyal was my mentor when I first started in genealogy almost 40 years ago. My husband was going to school in CA and over the many months Addie and I would spend hours on the phone while she instructed me in the fine art of genealogical researching. I still have my little note books of addresses for obtaining vital records and dozens of suggestions. I was so happy for her when she found her soul-mate Stanton Rickey. A match made in heaven! Addie was an integral part of the Oregon Genealogical Society in Eugene for years and gave so much of her time and knowledge. Now the folks in Salem and Arizona benefit from her. She has an encyclopedia-like mind. We wish her a speedy and complete recovery! Carole Hammond

Dear all, I just got a call from Dean Byrd tonight and Addie is in the Salem hospital. She is holding her own. She had a stroke about 11 am this morning how serious this is we don't yet know. She is able to talk and no paralysis seems to be present but it is to soon yet to know how she will do. Lets everyone that can send her a get well card and let her know we are all pulling for her. She has done so much for the genealogy community it is time we let her know we appreciate all she has done for us over the years. Janice Janice M. Healy Co-compiler of "Oregon Burial Site Guide" Aloha, Oregon U.S.A. Mailto:[email protected] "Oregon Burial Site Guide" http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/obsg.html Plan ahead for the following conferences: FGS Conference 9-10 Sept 2005, Salt Lake City Public service site http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ancestors.html

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