Leslie Lawson wrote: > While reading one of the many emails I receive, I received this link > for haunted places in Oregon. I never knew there were so many! > Enjoy! > Leslie Lawson > http://www.juiceenewsdaily.com/0105/news/haunted_oregon.html > > >

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon (JGSO) invites you, your family, and friends to our February meeting. Decoding Jewish Matzevot (Gravestones) presented by Dr. Ronald D. Doctor Date: MONDAY, February 21, 2005 Time: 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm Place: Neveh Shalom Congregation 2900 Peaceful Lane Portland, Oregon (Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway/North on Dosch Rd/Right on Peaceful Lane) Jewish matzevot can provide valuable genealogical information and can help link one generation to another. At this meeting, you will learn how to decode the matzevot inscriptions even if you can't speak Hebrew. We'll talk about standard elements on Jewish gravestones, including old stones from past centuries. We'll learn how to interpret Jewish calendar dates that appear on the stones and how to recognize names and titles. And, we'll discuss ways that you can obtain images of your ancestors gravestones. Ron has been involved in Jewish family research since 1992. A past president of JGSO, he currently serves on the Advisory Board of JewishGen’s Ukraine Special Interest Group, and is Co-coordinator for three international projects: the Kremenets Shtetl CO-OP (which is translating 15,000 vital records from the 19th century); the Kremenets Yizkor Book Translation Project (which is translating 2,500 pages of Yizkor Books and Booklets from the Ukrainian shtetls of Kremenets and Vishnevets), and the Kremenets Jewish Cemetery Restoration and Documentation Project (for Kremenets and Vishnevets). Ron has made two trips to the Ukraine in the past 3 years. He is the author of Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy: A Handbook for Beginners, with Supplementary Information for Advanced Research. Ron holds a Ph.D. in engineering, a MLS in library and information science, and has been retired since 1997 from the faculty of the University of Alabama. This event is FREE to JGSO members. Contributions at the door of $2 door are requested from non-members to help us defray the meeting cost. Contribution can be deducted from new membership if you join that evening. It is time to renew your annual membership in JGSO. If you have not already done so, please send your membership dues renewal check to JGSO, PO Box 19736, Portland, Oregon 97280. Annual dues are $30 for Family Membership, $23 for Individual Membership, and $10 for Student Membership. If you are not yet a member of JGSO, won't you consider joining us? The 170 page third edition of "Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy: A Handbook for Beginners with Supplementary Information for Advanced Research" will be for sale at the meeting. It is free to new members with paid membership, $12 to members in good standing, and $18 to non-members. Also available for sale are copies of "The JGSO CD-Rom". It is packed with useful information to help you develop your family history. Cost is $15 for JGSO members and $25 for non-members. To be placed on JGS of Oregon's e-mail distribution list, send an e-mail message to [email protected] Once you are on the list, you will receive periodic messages concerning Jewish genealogy. Your name and e-mail address will not be distributed outside of JGS of Oregon. For more information about JGSO and its activities, visit the JGSO web site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~orjgs or call Sandra Shapiro at 503-694-5646. The JGSO is affiliated with the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies.

The person in question died on February 1, 1916 in Portland. dw says: One way to get an Oregon obituary is to have your local library order the appropriate newspaper, on microfilm, thru interlibrary loan from Knight Library at the University of Oregon. Be forewarned, though - not everyone had an obituary and you may only find a death & funeral notice at the beginning of the classified section of the Oregonian. Also, many people died in Portland who didn't live there. In that case, the obituary is more apt to be in the local newspaper with no mention in the Portland paper. Daraleen

Can any tell me where I can ask for someone to look up an obituary. The person in question died on February 1, 1916 in Portland. Thank you Fern Stewart

February's Computer Interest Group Meeting date falls on Monday, President's day. There will be no meeting this month on account of the holiday. NEXT MONTH we are looking at a demonstration of Gen Smarts using the Forum's new DSL line. Marty Krauter

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I was thinking just the other day that the GFO had some divorces on a set of microfiche...fairly modern ones. Do we still have those? Kristy > > Types of Oregon Records are explained at > http://www.gfo.org/torrec.htm#divorce > This is what it says about Divorce. > DIVORCE RECORDS > The Oregon Territorial Legislature granted divorces through 1859, and these > records are in the > custody of the Oregon State Archives. Divorces after 1859 are generally in the > Circuit Court of each > county. Since 1925, divorces have been recorded with the Oregon Health > Division, PO Box 14050, > Portland, OR 97214-0050. > > Maggie > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carole Hammond" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 1:15 PM > Subject: [GFO] Marriage and Divorce records > > >> Does GFO have Multnomah County's marriage and divorce records or do I have to >> go downtown to the >> library? The time period I'm interested in would be from 1890 to 1940. >> >> Thanks, Carole >> >> >> ==== 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 > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >

Thanks, Daraleen! I just found out from Doneva that they are up the street and around the corner from me at the LDS library. If I don't find what I need there then I'll start working my way west. Thanks, Carole

Hi Carole, <<Does GFO have Multnomah County's marriage and divorce records or do I have to go downtown to the library?>> dw says: Why would you go to the downtown library? They aren't any more apt to have marriage records than the Forum. GFO has published some marriage records and have some of the original marriage books from the courthouse. As for divorces, you will have to go to the courthouse for those and they are probably stored somewhere else <sigh> but the indexes will be at the courthouse. Daraleen

The Marriage and Divorce records are also available at my local LDS Family History Center, the one on SE 181st between Division and Powell, across from Centennial High school. Doneva Maggie <[email protected]> wrote: Types of Oregon Records are explained at http://www.gfo.org/torrec.htm#divorce This is what it says about Divorce. DIVORCE RECORDS The Oregon Territorial Legislature granted divorces through 1859, and these records are in the custody of the Oregon State Archives. Divorces after 1859 are generally in the Circuit Court of each county. Since 1925, divorces have been recorded with the Oregon Health Division, PO Box 14050, Portland, OR 97214-0050. Maggie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole Hammond" To: Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 1:15 PM Subject: [GFO] Marriage and Divorce records > Does GFO have Multnomah County's marriage and divorce records or do I have to go downtown to the > library? The time period I'm interested in would be from 1890 to 1940. > > Thanks, Carole > > > ==== 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 ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx my entire genealogy database, 61,000+ names http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=donevanell (be sure entire URL fits in your Address bar) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Types of Oregon Records are explained at http://www.gfo.org/torrec.htm#divorce This is what it says about Divorce. DIVORCE RECORDS The Oregon Territorial Legislature granted divorces through 1859, and these records are in the custody of the Oregon State Archives. Divorces after 1859 are generally in the Circuit Court of each county. Since 1925, divorces have been recorded with the Oregon Health Division, PO Box 14050, Portland, OR 97214-0050. Maggie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole Hammond" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 1:15 PM Subject: [GFO] Marriage and Divorce records > Does GFO have Multnomah County's marriage and divorce records or do I have to go downtown to the > library? The time period I'm interested in would be from 1890 to 1940. > > Thanks, Carole > > > ==== 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 >

Does GFO have Multnomah County's marriage and divorce records or do I have to go downtown to the library? The time period I'm interested in would be from 1890 to 1940. Thanks, Carole

Diana & Sheri: It appears whichever link you use the database search is the same. In any event note that the records in the register for the Oregon State Hospital are only for deaths. Two relatives were admitted to the hospital, one of which died. This database shows only the one who died at the hospital, and I would believe the register is probably fairly complete in this respect for the years covered. However, trying to find the remains of someone is a whole new problem, and for me as yet unsolved. Ben Tabler

O.K. I found two of the three by putting in the last name a comma a space and first intial. I.E. (Thomas, P) thank you for the extra help. Sheri

Sheri, Start with this link. I just tried it and it seems to work now. Be sure to leave one space after the comma. example Smith, John not Smith,John Diana http://genealogy.state.or.us/start.lasso?location=search ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Thomas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 10:43 AM Subject: [GFO] State Hospital Question >I have tried to access the death list for the Oregon State Hospital using >the direction provided by Diana, and I am still unable to locate my >relatives. I have seen the books at the archives on one of my relatives so >I know he should be on the list. I even tried Diana's Johnson, Nancy, and >got "no records found". Has any one else tried it, and have you been >successful? > Thank you > Sheri

I have tried to access the death list for the Oregon State Hospital using the direction provided by Diana, and I am still unable to locate my relatives. I have seen the books at the archives on one of my relatives so I know he should be on the list. I even tried Diana's Johnson, Nancy, and got "no records found". Has any one else tried it, and have you been successful? Thank you Sheri

>Is there an online index for Riverview Cemetery and Greenwood >Cemetery, both on Taylor's Ferry Rd? > >Thanks, Carole Not on either to the best of my knowledge but on Riverview cemetery the Forum did two books on and they should be in the library, if not e-mail me who you need as I have them. Or if you live to far away to come to the library e-mail me. On Greenwood ask Stan Clarke as he is acting as sexton still. Good luck on your digging, 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: NGS Conference 1-4 June 2005, Nashville Tennessee FGS Conference 9-10 Sept 2005, Salt Lake City Public service site http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ancestors.html

In a message dated 2/12/2005 10:29:46 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Is there an online index for Riverview Cemetery and Greenwood Cemetery, > both > on Taylor's Ferry Rd? > > Thanks, Carole Carole - There is a listing for Greenwood (I believe it's just done from the tombstones, though - so would miss a lot.) in the Multnomah County GenWeb archives, at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/or/multnoma/cemetery/greenwood.txt River View Cemetery (2 words, and different from Riverview Abbey, which is across the street), was published (and for sale) by the Forum, but is not online. If you just need info on a burial, you can try emailing the cemetery. Their webpage is at: http://www.riverviewcemetery.org/ Julie Kidd

Nathan and Ben, There is an index on line at the Oregon State Archives. There are 8,102 names of persons that died at the state hospital from 1883-1936. (this is what it says about these records) The registers document the deaths of Oregon State Hospital patients. Information includes date of death, patient name, age, nativity, county from which the patient was committed, month and year of commitment, cause of death, grave number, and remarks. The remarks focus on the city and/or county to which the remains were sent. My relative was not claimed at her death so there is no county named with her indexing. That may be a way to distinguish them apart, who was claimed and who was not. Try entering Johnson, Nancy. It will show her State Hospital record just for an example. http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/banners/genlist.htm Scroll down to "Hospital, Oregon State" in the idexing list. On the actual search page, there is no choice for this option, so you just need to enter at least a last name or partial last name. I also read the current article in the Oregonian about the latest plans to find a final resting place for all of the mishandled remains at the state hospital, so yesterday I emailed a letter to Senator Laurie Monnes Anderson expressing my thoughts on the subject. I too had requested the remains of my 3rd great grandmother over a year ago, filled out their form and paid $15.00 for a certified death cert (a copy would not do) and sent it all down to them only to hear back (3 months later) that they couldn't find any record of her. I'll post again if I get a reply from her. Hope this helps. Diana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Haines Sr." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 3:06 PM Subject: [GFO] State Hospital question > Hi all, > Does anyone know if there is an index somewhere to > all those cremanes that are at the State Hospital in > Salem? There was another story about them in the > Oregonian Friday and they are going to have meetings > on what to do with all these old containers soon. It > seems to me that somebody mentioned quite some time > ago that there was an on-line index somewhere for all > those people but I can't find it. Maybe I am wrong. > Maybe you have to go there or call them to have them > look in their index? > Thanks, > Nathan

Hi, I am thinking that the person of interest to me probably did not die there. I believe they may have just been admitted there for a period of time and then released after threatment. I don't reckon I will find anything any other way but going down there in person in a case like that to see if anything is in their records on a situation like that. This was around 1910ish. This individual does not show up in the OR State Archives records. He was listed in the OR State Hospital as an inmate on 1910 census though. Nathan --- Chantilly <[email protected]> wrote: > At 03:06 PM 2/12/05, you wrote: > Hi Nathan, > > I don't think there is an online index. When > searching for the lady that > went missing there, I had to apply with a registered > death certificate, to > get access to the medical records. This was last > summer. I found her in > the cemetery book, Oregon State Asylum, which is at > the Forum. That listed > all who were taken from the cemetery, and cremated. > It does not tell of > the ones that were taken at that time by their > families. I never have > found the cremains of this woman. The hospital said > they had poor records > back then, and a family member could have picked up > her remains after she > was exhumed and cremated, but they have no record of > this. The family > denies taking her, so I asked for a search. The > lady who does this went > into the basement and looked at each individual urn, > not finding her. I am > still feeling that there is margin for error with > that method. To bad > there wasn't a better system of identification done. > I have been in > contact with the hospital on numerous occasions, and > still no luck. > > You can always call them. If you want a contact > number, let me know. > > Cheers, > Karla Mattila > > Hi all, > > Does anyone know if there is an index > somewhere to > >all those cremanes that are at the State Hospital > in > >Salem? There was another story about them in the > >Oregonian Friday and they are going to have > meetings > >on what to do with all these old containers soon. > It > >seems to me that somebody mentioned quite some time > >ago that there was an on-line index somewhere for > all > >those people but I can't find it. Maybe I am wrong. > >Maybe you have to go there or call them to have > them > >look in their index? > > Thanks, > > Nathan > > > > > >==== 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 > >