I just did a Google search for FHC and up popped FamilySearch.org and then Family History Centers. FHC is not really another name for LDS! FHC stands for Family History Centers, which we old timers used to know as "branch libraries." When they renamed the library in Salt Lake City the Family History Library, they also renamed the branch libraries. LDS stands for Latter Day Saints, which is actually an abbreviation of their name. The correct name is "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" but, of course, with our propensity for acronyms, we had to shorten it! Mimi Stang

http://genealogypro.com/details/glossary.html Glossary of Genealogy Terms Penelope

Dear Mimi, It is very difficult to communicate precisely thru e-mail. I'm sorry I confused you. One person on this list used "FHC" so I wanted to make sure I understood the term. But, alas! If I found one explanation, I did not find the confirming one of "LDS". I thought they were connected, but... Thanks for your help. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 3:37 PM Subject: Re: [GFO] Acronyms, Abbreviations, Glossaries Yikes - of course, LDS and FHC are connected. They are just not one and the same. That's what I was trying to tell you because you seemed to be inferring that LDS and FHC are one and the same, and they are not. Sorry if I confused you. I won't send any more messages on this subject! And I'm not even a member of the church. MStang

Dear Mimi, Thank you. But I am looking for one list which has an excellent group of Acronyms, Abbreviations and a Glossary. It takes a long time to go to the great Google for each individual term. And, are you saying that the FHCs and the LDSs are not connected? I thought that some LDS locations have a FHC capability? I'm sorry if I mis-understood that there are FHC places that have no connections to the Church of LDS. Thanks again, Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 1:59 PM Subject: Re: [GFO] Acronyms, Abbreviations, Glossaries I just did a Google search for FHC and up popped FamilySearch.org and then Family History Centers. FHC is not really another name for LDS! FHC stands for Family History Centers, which we old timers used to know as "branch libraries." When they renamed the library in Salt Lake City the Family History Library, they also renamed the branch libraries. LDS stands for Latter Day Saints, which is actually an abbreviation of their name. The correct name is "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" but, of course, with our propensity for acronyms, we had to shorten it! Mimi Stang

Penelope, Thank you. But on which page do you find FHC? Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 1:52 PM Subject: [GFO] Glossary of Genealogy Terms http://genealogypro.com/details/glossary.html Glossary of Genealogy Terms Penelope

Dave, If you look in the Index, you can find this listing: http://www.eogen.com/FHC I didn't find "LDS" but they do have a listing for Latter-day Saints (http://www.eogen.com/Latter-daySaints) which then directs you here: http://www.eogen.com/ChurchOfJesusChristOfLatter-daySaints No, I don't think they interrogate your computer. I think that statement is referring to the EOGEN as "your site". Michael Dave Witthans wrote: > >Michael, Thank you. It looks like a good site. > >However, when I searched for "FHC" and "LDS", neither returned a hit. > >Also, do you think that they interrogate your PC, which seems to be against the law, with this statement? > >a.. "If your search term is found on 50% or more of your sites pages, it will be ignored." > >Hmmmm. > >Dave Witthans > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael Launder > To: Dave Witthans > Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 12:16 PM > Subject: Re: [GFO] Acronyms, Abbreviations, Glossaries > > > Try the Encyclopedia of Genealogy: http://www.eogen.com/ > > Michael Launder > > Dave Witthans wrote: > > > > >Nathan, Thank you for explaining what FHC stands for. > > > >I was exploring lists of acronyms, abbreviations and glossaries thru Google, but so far there are no hits for FHC. > > > >Those experienced know that it is another term for LDS. Of course, not everyone knows this term either. > > > >So, does anyone have an address for an excellent Genealogy glossary/abbreviation/acronym List? > > > >Thanks, Dave Witthans > > > >P.S. Not even Genealogy.com has FHC or LDS: > > > > http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/Glossary/NEWGLO_F.html > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Nathan Haines Sr. > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 11:06 AM > > Subject: Re: [GFO] Re: WA State Death Certificates > > > > > > Hi, > > The Gresham Family History Center on SE 182nd has > > all the WA death indexes and death certificate reels > > also and that is not as far to go. > > Nathan > > > > > > --- flomart <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Matthew, > > > The East Stake FHC in Vancouver, WA, has the > > > Washington Death Indexes and > > > Death Certificates. They are located at; 18206 NE > > > 18th St. > > > The phone #: 360-944-5773. > > > From: "MATTHEW PORTER" <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [GFO] Re: WA State Death Certificates > > > > > > > > > On page 8 of the latest Insider, it is mentioned > > > that copies of Washington > > > State Death Certificates prior to 1952 can be > > > obtained at your local FHC. > > > Do all centers have these films, or must you order > > > them? > > > > > > Matthew > > > > > >==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== > >To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] that > >contains (in the body of the message) only the single word: unsubscribe > > > >============================== > >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/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 > > > > >

Michael, Thank you. It looks like a good site. However, when I searched for "FHC" and "LDS", neither returned a hit. Also, do you think that they interrogate your PC, which seems to be against the law, with this statement? a.. "If your search term is found on 50% or more of your sites pages, it will be ignored." Hmmmm. Dave Witthans ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Launder To: Dave Witthans Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 12:16 PM Subject: Re: [GFO] Acronyms, Abbreviations, Glossaries Try the Encyclopedia of Genealogy: http://www.eogen.com/ Michael Launder Dave Witthans wrote: > >Nathan, Thank you for explaining what FHC stands for. > >I was exploring lists of acronyms, abbreviations and glossaries thru Google, but so far there are no hits for FHC. > >Those experienced know that it is another term for LDS. Of course, not everyone knows this term either. > >So, does anyone have an address for an excellent Genealogy glossary/abbreviation/acronym List? > >Thanks, Dave Witthans > >P.S. Not even Genealogy.com has FHC or LDS: > > http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/Glossary/NEWGLO_F.html > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Nathan Haines Sr. > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 11:06 AM > Subject: Re: [GFO] Re: WA State Death Certificates > > > Hi, > The Gresham Family History Center on SE 182nd has > all the WA death indexes and death certificate reels > also and that is not as far to go. > Nathan > > > --- flomart <[email protected]> wrote: > > Matthew, > > The East Stake FHC in Vancouver, WA, has the > > Washington Death Indexes and > > Death Certificates. They are located at; 18206 NE > > 18th St. > > The phone #: 360-944-5773. > > From: "MATTHEW PORTER" <[email protected]> > > Subject: [GFO] Re: WA State Death Certificates > > > > > > On page 8 of the latest Insider, it is mentioned > > that copies of Washington > > State Death Certificates prior to 1952 can be > > obtained at your local FHC. > > Do all centers have these films, or must you order > > them? > > > > Matthew > > >==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] that >contains (in the body of the message) only the single word: unsubscribe > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > >

Nathan, Thank you for explaining what FHC stands for. I was exploring lists of acronyms, abbreviations and glossaries thru Google, but so far there are no hits for FHC. Those experienced know that it is another term for LDS. Of course, not everyone knows this term either. So, does anyone have an address for an excellent Genealogy glossary/abbreviation/acronym List? Thanks, Dave Witthans P.S. Not even Genealogy.com has FHC or LDS: http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/Glossary/NEWGLO_F.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Nathan Haines Sr. To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 11:06 AM Subject: Re: [GFO] Re: WA State Death Certificates Hi, The Gresham Family History Center on SE 182nd has all the WA death indexes and death certificate reels also and that is not as far to go. Nathan --- flomart <[email protected]> wrote: > Matthew, > The East Stake FHC in Vancouver, WA, has the > Washington Death Indexes and > Death Certificates. They are located at; 18206 NE > 18th St. > The phone #: 360-944-5773. > From: "MATTHEW PORTER" <[email protected]> > Subject: [GFO] Re: WA State Death Certificates > > > On page 8 of the latest Insider, it is mentioned > that copies of Washington > State Death Certificates prior to 1952 can be > obtained at your local FHC. > Do all centers have these films, or must you order > them? > > Matthew

Hi, The Gresham Family History Center on SE 182nd has all the WA death indexes and death certificate reels also and that is not as far to go. Nathan --- flomart <[email protected]> wrote: > Matthew, > The East Stake FHC in Vancouver, WA, has the > Washington Death Indexes and > Death Certificates. They are located at; 18206 NE > 18th St. > The phone #: 360-944-5773. > From: "MATTHEW PORTER" <[email protected]> > Subject: [GFO] Re: WA State Death Certificates > > > On page 8 of the latest Insider, it is mentioned > that copies of Washington > State Death Certificates prior to 1952 can be > obtained at your local FHC. > Do all centers have these films, or must you order > them? > > Matthew > > > > > > > ==== 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 Family and Local Histories for stories about > your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the > last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Matthew, The East Stake FHC in Vancouver, WA, has the Washington Death Indexes and Death Certificates. They are located at; 18206 NE 18th St. The phone #: 360-944-5773. From: "MATTHEW PORTER" <[email protected]> Subject: [GFO] Re: WA State Death Certificates On page 8 of the latest Insider, it is mentioned that copies of Washington State Death Certificates prior to 1952 can be obtained at your local FHC. Do all centers have these films, or must you order them? Matthew

On page 8 of the latest Insider, it is mentioned that copies of Washington State Death Certificates prior to 1952 can be obtained at your local FHC. Do all centers have these films, or must you order them? Matthew

In a message dated 5/14/2005 12:15:46 AM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > > Do we have Cowlitz County, Washington, Cemetery Records Thru 1983, volume 1, > published by Lower Columbia Genealogical Society in our library? > > I'm interested in page 504 where Angeline and John G. Hawk appear and page > 69 where Swan Erickson appears. > > Thanks, Carole > Carole, Yes, the book is in the Forum Library. On this page: http://www.gfo.org/library/catalog/979-7.htm is a list of the Washington state holdings. You can either scroll down (the counties are alphabetical) or do a search on "Cowlitz" and it will take you to that section. Julie Kidd

Thanks, Julie! ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 12:57 AM Subject: Re: [GFO] Cowlitz County, Washington, Cemetery Records In a message dated 5/14/2005 12:15:46 AM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Do we have Cowlitz County, Washington, Cemetery Records Thru 1983, volume 1, published by Lower Columbia Genealogical Society in our library? I'm interested in page 504 where Angeline and John G. Hawk appear and page 69 where Swan Erickson appears. Thanks, Carole Carole, Yes, the book is in the Forum Library. On this page: http://www.gfo.org/library/catalog/979-7.htm is a list of the Washington state holdings. You can either scroll down (the counties are alphabetical) or do a search on "Cowlitz" and it will take you to that section. Julie Kidd

Do we have Cowlitz County, Washington, Cemetery Records Thru 1983, volume 1, published by Lower Columbia Genealogical Society in our library? I'm interested in page 504 where Angeline and John G. Hawk appear and page 69 where Swan Erickson appears. Thanks, Carole

Recently I was going through the Lane County Court House records looking for divorce records. I found some information but in both cases all I found was one side of the divorce story. The person requesting the divorce side. Q-1) How do I find the other side of the divorce story? Q-2) What happens to lawyer's records when they die? Eugene

Did you have relatives in England during WW2? Even if you didn't, take a look at a new exhibit called The Art of War, on the British National Archives website at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/theartofwar/ Even if it hadn't been produced by my recently-found cousin Jason Hargreaves, I'd urge you to visit the site. I find the images dramatic, compelling, poignant, and sometimes very funny. Go to the propaganda section and check out the one urging people to send their children out of London. Pat Baars

Clark, Multnomah, or Clackamas county. dw says: Divorces are part of the Circuit Court system but, as has been mentioned, they are also recorded with the State of Oregon. There are microfiche indexes to the later divorces, which may be what the Forum has. The indexes are at the Oregon State Archives and, of course, at Vital Stats in Portland. Daraleen

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Many divorces are also indexed on the Oregon State Archives website. Mimi Stang

Marjorie, they definitely are. In fact, I think the Forum has the index to some of them but I am not sure of the years. A form has to be filed in Oregon with any divorce that eventually gets sent to the State, just like birth and death records. Connie Jaynes -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 5:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [GFO] re: divorce records Are divorce records part of public record? I am trying to help a young woman in her 40's find out who her real father is. Any suggestions would be really appreciated. I am thinking of Clark, Multnomah, or Clackamas county. Thank you, Marjorie