Hello List, Today I learned of a book called Ship Ablaze by Edward T. O'Donnell. It is about the Riverboat the General Slocum that caught fire in the East River in New York on June 15, 1904. Over one thousand people from the "Little Germany" neighborhood lost their lives, and many more subsequently committed suicide because of the overwhelming lost. Since this is the first time I had heard of this tragedy I thought I would share it with fellow researchers. I am unaware of any of my ancestors living in New York, but for someone who did have ancestors in New York around 1904 this might be of interest to you. Below are a few websites that have information about the tragedy including lists of the dead. The bottom site contains photos. The Ancesty.com Historical Newspapers also has information about the General Slocum. I hope someone finds this information useful. Sincerely Sheri http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Newspaper/Slocum/SlocumDead.17.html http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Newspaper/Slocum/23.Slocum.html http://www.general-slocum.com/0acc.htm http://www.geocities.com/general_slocum/generalslocum.html http://www.general-slocum.com/0docs.htm

Thank you: Kathy Cardoza, Jan Robinson and Kristy Gravlin. We are very impressed with your responses. (No more are needed, thanks.) Dave

Hi Dave Is this person saying that all they saw on the GFO website was about the Oregon resources at the Forum? It is true that we DO have a lot of information on Oregon as that is "our" State but the Forum has a lot more to offer researchers than just information and resources on Oregon. Please redirect your friend back to the website and to this page, in particular, where he/she can view the library catalog and get a feel for what they will find at the Forum. http://gfo.org/library/index.htm I do hope this person visits on Monday as we have a lot to offer them! Kathy Cardoza Webmaster http://www.gfo.org On 9/4/04 8:48 PM, "Dave Witthans" <[email protected]> wrote: > Message > Dear List, > > Would you help a potential member with some information. I forwarded the > e-mail about open house on Monday. > > This is the reply about wanting more than just Oregon's Genealogy: > > "Didn't even know there WERE such places as GFO (Geneological Forum > Libraries), Dave... amazing!! I went to their Web Site. It looks like they > just cover Oregon records and Oregon Census reports. Is it larger than just > Oregon? > > I don't have any relatives from Oregon, or even from the west coast area. But > if it reaches further than that, I may indeed go visit on Monday!!" > > > Thanks, Dave Witthans >

Message Dear List, Would you help a potential member with some information. I forwarded the e-mail about open house on Monday. This is the reply about wanting more than just Oregon's Genealogy: "Didn't even know there WERE such places as GFO (Geneological Forum Libraries), Dave... amazing!! I went to their Web Site. It looks like they just cover Oregon records and Oregon Census reports. Is it larger than just Oregon? I don't have any relatives from Oregon, or even from the west coast area. But if it reaches further than that, I may indeed go visit on Monday!!" Thanks, Dave Witthans

Hi Lorraine, I finally got a chance to stop by the Or Hist Soc on my way to work. They have the Corvallis newspapers on microfilm there. I looked and could not find an obit for Rosalind Wulzen in the Corvallis news sorry to say. Did you know that there are two stories from the 1940's about Rosalind in the Oregonian? One of them has a nice picture of her with the story. Nathan --- Lorraine <[email protected]> wrote: > I am looking for a obit for Rosalid Wulzen, > professor of Zoology at OSU > from 1928 - 1945. She passed away May 6, 1980 in > Corvallis, OR. If > anyone has OSU year books from that time period or > any other info about > her would be appreciated. I am helping someone in > California who has > helped me. > > Thank you > > Lorraine Works > [email protected] > > > ==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message to > [email protected] that > contains (in the body of the message) only the > single word: unsubscribe > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the > new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click > to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

I have gone one step further. I had gone thru tech support in February and stopped the attbi forward. After a while I started get a lot spam to my comcast domain. Now I screen all of my mail thru comcast before downloading to my inbox. Any spam messages I check and put in the report as spam file. It is an extra step but well worth the effort. I have gone from 5 or 6 a day to 2 or 3 a week. Hope this makes sense! Flo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole Hammond" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 9:21 PM Subject: [GFO] Comcast subscribers - FYI If any of you are Comcast.net subscribers who got switched over from attbi.com and have been getting messages forwarded then you are probably getting a lot of Spam. I think that I just got rid of the source of all of my spam. I cancelled the forwarding of my attbi.com email that was supposed to continue until the end of Dec. http://faq.comcast.net/faq/answer.jsp?name=17799&cat=Email&subcategory=1 Since then I have received only one spam in my mailbox and one was trapped by the online Spam-snagger. That's two instead of 65-80 per day. Carole

If any of you are Comcast.net subscribers who got switched over from attbi.com and have been getting messages forwarded then you are probably getting a lot of Spam. I think that I just got rid of the source of all of my spam. I cancelled the forwarding of my attbi.com email that was supposed to continue until the end of Dec. http://faq.comcast.net/faq/answer.jsp?name=17799&cat=Email&subcategory=1 Since then I have received only one spam in my mailbox and one was trapped by the online Spam-snagger. That's two instead of 65-80 per day. Carole

Hi All, The library will be open this coming Monday, Sept. 6, from 9:30-3. If you have a couple of hours and want to do a bit of research please feel free to stop by. This is also the first Monday of the month, and as such we will be waiving the visitor fee that day. So, bring a friend and stop in to research! Jan

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I am looking for a obit for Rosalid Wulzen, professor of Zoology at OSU from 1928 - 1945. She passed away May 6, 1980 in Corvallis, OR. If anyone has OSU year books from that time period or any other info about her would be appreciated. I am helping someone in California who has helped me. Thank you Lorraine Works [email protected]

I would like to thank all the list members who helped with finding information on Dr. Romig. I have forwarded the information I collected to the family. Thank you Sheri

Sheri, Edward A. Romig was a veteran, but probably not of the Civil War (although that's where it is listed). He was a surgeon and a major in the 40th US Volunteer Infantry. He filed for a pension on May 2, 1921. His application was #1,451,254, and his certificate was #1,232,260. He filed in Oregon. You should order a copy of his pension application from the military. Greg

>If someone died at the Veterans Administration Facility in Portland >does that mean they served in the military? Dr. Edward A. Romig of >Newberg, died at the Veterans Administration Facility in Portland >Or. on Jan. 26, 1939. His death certificate gives a birthdate of >Sept. 23, 1852 in Bristol Indiana (this information was giving by >him, in his medical records according to the dc). I am trying to >find out if he served in the military and where. His family would >like to know so they could put a plaque on his grave. >Thank You >Sheri Looks like he might have been in the civil war???? He would have been rather young though. More likely to have been in the Spanish american war, he doesn't show up in the WW1 records on line. I would take the info on the Doctor that I sent earlier and see if you can get his military records from the Veterans administration or the national Archives. Good luck Janice Database: Civil War Pension Index August 26, 2004 4:10 PM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Personal Information What to do next? Name: Edward A. Romig State Filed: Oregon Source Information: National Archives and Records Administration. Civil War Pension Index. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Data indexed and imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. T288, 544 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. 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 See the Oregon Burial Site Guide in Austin Texas at the FGS conference September 8-11, 2004. Booth #413 Public service site http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ancestors.html

>If someone died at the Veterans Administration Facility in Portland >does that mean they served in the military? Dr. Edward A. Romig of >Newberg, died at the Veterans Administration Facility in Portland >Or. on Jan. 26, 1939. His death certificate gives a birthdate of >Sept. 23, 1852 in Bristol Indiana (this information was giving by >him, in his medical records according to the dc). I am trying to >find out if he served in the military and where. His family would >like to know so they could put a plaque on his grave. >Thank You >Sheri Normally you have to have been a veteran to be in the Veterans Hospital. Ok ancestry shows two I think the first one is who you want. U.S. Army Historical Register, 1789-1903, Vol. 2 Viewing records 50,735-50,754 of 96,196 total records About this database Alphabetized list of 48,000 soldiers who served in the Army between 1789-1903 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Romig, Edward A., maj surg 40 U S inf. U.S. Army Historical Register, 1789-1903, Vol. 2 Viewing records 57,467-57,486 of 96,196 total records About this database Alphabetized list of 48,000 soldiers who served in the Army between 1789-1903 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Romig, Edward A. 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 See the Oregon Burial Site Guide in Austin Texas at the FGS conference September 8-11, 2004. Booth #413 Public service site http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ancestors.html

If someone died at the Veterans Administration Facility in Portland does that mean they served in the military? Dr. Edward A. Romig of Newberg, died at the Veterans Administration Facility in Portland Or. on Jan. 26, 1939. His death certificate gives a birthdate of Sept. 23, 1852 in Bristol Indiana (this information was giving by him, in his medical records according to the dc). I am trying to find out if he served in the military and where. His family would like to know so they could put a plaque on his grave. Thank You Sheri

For those living in Northeast Portland, Oregon Mt. Community at 29th and NE Sandy Blvd has a similar service. The "paper" is also waterproof. Roger On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 18:03:42 -0700 Carole Gibson <[email protected]> writes: > >Y'all may be aware of this: REI has a computer kiosk that will print a > >USGS map of anywhere in the US. And you get to center the map the way >you want, so it can overlap two quads. The cost is $7.95 for a >12"x17.5" color map. > >Cheers, >Carole ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

Y'all may be aware of this: REI has a computer kiosk that will print a USGS map of anywhere in the US. And you get to center the map the way you want, so it can overlap two quads. The cost is $7.95 for a 12"x17.5" color map. Cheers, Carole

The Master Genealogist (TMG) Interest group will meet at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon library on Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at 7:00 p.m. If you are already using the program and have questions or concerns, or if you're not using it and are just curious about its features you are all welcome. Wholly Genes, the company behind TMG has a new message board you might want to check out. You'll find it at http://www.whollygenes.com/forums/ See you Wednesday night (the 25th. of August). Julie Kidd TMG Interest Group

I learned my lesson last month, when RootsWeb decided not to deliver messages sent to this board for two weeks, that simply saying "this Wednesday" wasn't sufficient. So.... The GFO Round Table will meet at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon Library on Monday, August 23, 2004, at 6:30 p.m. The library is located at 1505 SE Gideon Street. Bring your questions, successes, brick-walls, and advice. Come, and share them with your fellow genealogists. Julie Kidd

The GRIO training scheduled for Saturday, August 14 at 10:30 AM has been cancelled. A new schedule will come out next week. I apologize for any inconvenience. If you have any questions, please contact me. Michele