If you have your information posted/synced with Ancestry.com you may be able to use their app (http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry-app#iPad) to view your ancestral lines on Iphone, Ipad and Android. I haven't used it but the advertisement sounds like it is practical. Roy -----Original Message----- From: orforum-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:orforum-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of MarcelleA@aol.com Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 2:10 PM To: ORFORUM@rootsweb.com Subject: [GFO] IPhone genealogy app Does anyone know of a good genealogy app to use on my Iphone? I have a PC with roots magic and Family Tree Maker and would like to put the data on my Iphone so that I always have it with me. MarcelleA@aol.com marcellea@aol.com

Does anyone know of a good genealogy app to use on my Iphone? I have a PC with roots magic and Family Tree Maker and would like to put the data on my Iphone so that I always have it with me. MarcelleA@aol.com marcellea@aol.com

The Android phone seems to offer more genealogy software options. Here's a couple of websites to explore: http://www.mobilegenealogy.com/iphone-genealogy-software/ http://genealogy.about.com/b/2009/06/22/genealogy-apps-for-the-iphone-and-ip od-touch.htm Personally, I am not using any of these software suggestions. I'm waiting for RootsMagic reader for the iPhone an iPad, which is slated to come out before the end of the year. Peggy Peggy Baldwin, MLS Family Passages LLC www.familypassages.com 503-916-9410 Pacific Northwest & Oregon Trail -----Original Message----- From: orforum-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:orforum-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of MarcelleA@aol.com Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 2:10 PM To: ORFORUM@rootsweb.com Subject: [GFO] IPhone genealogy app Does anyone know of a good genealogy app to use on my Iphone? I have a PC with roots magic and Family Tree Maker and would like to put the data on my Iphone so that I always have it with me. MarcelleA@aol.com marcellea@aol.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

According to the 1940 Census Indexing stats there are ten more states avaialble for search by index: Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin. That leaves five to come: Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Greetings, The monthly PAPAFUG meeting occurs this coming Saturday morning (8/18/12) at 9am at the LDS Chapel. John Rudnick is presenting "Organizing Genealogy Files" and Richard Halliday is presenting "Using PAF Gedcom Files" For all the information go to the PAPAFUG web page by a Google search on "PAPAFUG" and don't forget to print the class notes. John's class notes are not there yet so check on Friday. Art Henderson

I have a CanoScan LiDE scanner that I have had for more about 7 years. It's still works like a charm. It will scan a page a bit bigger than a 8 1/2 x 11 inch sheet of paper. It's only 1 inch thick. It weighs less than 3 pounds. It gets its power from my PC via a USB cable. The cost was $85, and you can buy newer models for about the same price. Peggy Peggy Baldwin, MLS Family Passages LLC www.familypassages.com 503-916-9410 Pacific Northwest & Oregon Trail -----Original Message----- From: orforum-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:orforum-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carole Gibson Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 3:15 PM To: orforum@rootsweb.com Subject: [GFO] portable scanners Woot.com is advertising the Flip-Pal 100C Mobile Scanner with Digital Creativity Suite 3.0 DVD for $129.99. Some really good discussion about the pros and cons. What is your favorite portable scanner and why? Thanks, Carole ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Peggy, and others I know that ancestry.com is worth it to many to pay for it. But not for me. Guess I am not serious researcher. I have a couple of brick walls that will likely stay that way. I tried pretty hard for 10 years or so. I sort of got back to it cause of family gathering in Madras. Trying to help my newly met cousin who seems quite interested. will pas your thoughts on to her. She may be willing to join -----Original Message----- From: Peggy Baldwin at Family Passages <peggy.baldwin@family-passages.com> To: orforum <orforum@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, Aug 15, 2012 8:08 am Subject: Re: [GFO] Census info Phil, I can't even imagine how much it costs Ancestry to put all of the records they put online. They have many employees doing this work. They also have the most amazing collection of records, well beyond what any other service has -- passenger list images (not found on the Ellis Island web site), city directories, etc. As a professional genealogist, Ancestry.com is my number one go to place for genealogical records. The free services just don't have the breadth and depth of information, although, I also use them. You are not paying for public records, you are paying for the effort that goes into making them available, in an easy to search interface. Peggy Peggy Baldwin, MLS Family Passages LLC www.familypassages.com 503-916-9410 Pacific Northwest & Oregon Trail -----Original Message----- From: orforum-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:orforum-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of phirl@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 1:18 PM To: DSLeBlanc@aol.com; orforum@rootsweb.com Subject: [GFO] Census info Yesterday, we had a small family gathering in Madras. My 2nd cousin Doris and her daughter were there. Had not seen Doris since we were teens. Anyway her daughter says she wants to search her grandfather Delbert's family. I came home and found Doris in 1940 census Her grandfather Alex was in house. So then I started searching for other census info.. I found Alex in 1930 and 1910 in Oreg, but when i clicked to see it, had to pay. Seems like everywhere I went there was Ancestry.com with their fees. Rootsweb was free site I used 2 or 3 years ago, but now they seem to be controlled by ancestry.com. So how can she search 1930 and prior census on line without paying. Surely ancestry.com can not keep us from public records. I did most of my census searching on film at LDS -----Original Message----- From: DSLeBlanc <DSLeBlanc@aol.com> To: orforum <orforum@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:23 am Subject: [GFO] 1940 Census Update Six more states are available at FamilySearch for the 1940 Census Indexing Project, for a total of thirty seven. They are Washington DC, Arkansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and West Virginia. That leaves fourteen still to come. While FS is behind Ancestry.com, which has all the states up, people are finding better indexing quality on FS. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Woot.com is advertising the Flip-Pal 100C Mobile Scanner with Digital Creativity Suite 3.0 DVD for $129.99. Some really good discussion about the pros and cons. What is your favorite portable scanner and why? Thanks, Carole

Every body has to make a buck and that is how Ancestry runs their business. They provide a service that is well worth the fees for many. There are alternative resources that can be accessed for free but they are not particularly efficient or user friendly. I personally love Ancestry because I don't have to leave my house and can do research at all hours of the day and night. Patti ----- Original Message ----- From: phirl@aol.com To: DSLeBlanc@aol.com ; orforum@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 1:17 PM Subject: [GFO] Census info Yesterday, we had a small family gathering in Madras. My 2nd cousin Doris and her daughter were there. Had not seen Doris since we were teens. Anyway her daughter says she wants to search her grandfather Delbert's family. I came home and found Doris in 1940 census Her grandfather Alex was in house. So then I started searching for other census info.. I found Alex in 1930 and 1910 in Oreg, but when i clicked to see it, had to pay. Seems like everywhere I went there was Ancestry.com with their fees. Rootsweb was free site I used 2 or 3 years ago, but now they seem to be controlled by ancestry.com. So how can she search 1930 and prior census on line without paying. Surely ancestry.com can not keep us from public records. I did most of my census searching on film at LDS -----Original Message----- From: DSLeBlanc <DSLeBlanc@aol.com> To: orforum <orforum@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:23 am Subject: [GFO] 1940 Census Update Six more states are available at FamilySearch for the 1940 Census Indexing Project, for a total of thirty seven. They are Washington DC, Arkansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and West Virginia. That leaves fourteen still to come. While FS is behind Ancestry.com, which has all the states up, people are finding better indexing quality on FS. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Phil, I can't even imagine how much it costs Ancestry to put all of the records they put online. They have many employees doing this work. They also have the most amazing collection of records, well beyond what any other service has -- passenger list images (not found on the Ellis Island web site), city directories, etc. As a professional genealogist, Ancestry.com is my number one go to place for genealogical records. The free services just don't have the breadth and depth of information, although, I also use them. You are not paying for public records, you are paying for the effort that goes into making them available, in an easy to search interface. Peggy Peggy Baldwin, MLS Family Passages LLC www.familypassages.com 503-916-9410 Pacific Northwest & Oregon Trail -----Original Message----- From: orforum-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:orforum-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of phirl@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 1:18 PM To: DSLeBlanc@aol.com; orforum@rootsweb.com Subject: [GFO] Census info Yesterday, we had a small family gathering in Madras. My 2nd cousin Doris and her daughter were there. Had not seen Doris since we were teens. Anyway her daughter says she wants to search her grandfather Delbert's family. I came home and found Doris in 1940 census Her grandfather Alex was in house. So then I started searching for other census info.. I found Alex in 1930 and 1910 in Oreg, but when i clicked to see it, had to pay. Seems like everywhere I went there was Ancestry.com with their fees. Rootsweb was free site I used 2 or 3 years ago, but now they seem to be controlled by ancestry.com. So how can she search 1930 and prior census on line without paying. Surely ancestry.com can not keep us from public records. I did most of my census searching on film at LDS -----Original Message----- From: DSLeBlanc <DSLeBlanc@aol.com> To: orforum <orforum@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:23 am Subject: [GFO] 1940 Census Update Six more states are available at FamilySearch for the 1940 Census Indexing Project, for a total of thirty seven. They are Washington DC, Arkansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and West Virginia. That leaves fourteen still to come. While FS is behind Ancestry.com, which has all the states up, people are finding better indexing quality on FS. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Do you love to plan parties? If so, the GFO has a job for you. Each Fall, the genealogy library has an "Open House" and we invite the public to visit our facility to see what we as a society have to offer in the way of genealogical research. It gives us a chance to showcase our excellent collection of books, give a few tours, have a few computer demonstrations, and maybe even sell a few books to them. In fact, we hope to sell LOTS of books. But this won't happen unless we have someone who will be the "Open House Chairman." Usually we have a few cookies, snacks, punch, coffee and tea set up in the Common Area outside the library. Of course, we also like to welcome our visitors with some nice simple table decorations. This does not require anything elaborate and the number of hours involved would be minimal. If this sounds like something you would like to do, please leave a message for Sandi or Laurel at GFO - (503) 963-1932. Cathy Lauer Volunteer Coordinator

You are right, Phil. Ancestry cannot keep public records from you. However, they can charge you to use the index of those records that they made. You can go to Family Search where you may find the FS version of indexed records or you can find their copies of the original census records that you can read through until you find the people you are looking for. I'd recommend going to a public library that has an Ancestry subscription which means you can use their index of the various census records for free. Kristy On 8/14/12 3:17 PM, "phirl@aol.com" <phirl@aol.com> wrote: > > Yesterday, we had a small family gathering in Madras. My 2nd cousin Doris and > her daughter were there. Had not seen Doris since we were teens. Anyway her > daughter says she wants to search her grandfather Delbert's family. I came > home and found Doris in 1940 census Her grandfather Alex was in house. So > then I started searching for other census info.. I found Alex in 1930 and > 1910 in Oreg, but when i clicked to see it, had to pay. Seems like everywhere > I went there was Ancestry.com with their fees. > > Rootsweb was free site I used 2 or 3 years ago, but now they seem to be > controlled by ancestry.com. So how can she search 1930 and prior census on > line without paying. Surely ancestry.com can not keep us from public records. > I did most of my census searching on film at LDS > > > -----Original Message----- > From: DSLeBlanc <DSLeBlanc@aol.com> > To: orforum <orforum@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:23 am > Subject: [GFO] 1940 Census Update > > > Six more states are available at FamilySearch for the 1940 Census Indexing > Project, for a total of thirty seven. They are Washington DC, Arkansas, > Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and West Virginia. That leaves fourteen > still to come. While FS is behind Ancestry.com, which has all the states > up, people are finding better indexing quality on FS. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Yesterday, we had a small family gathering in Madras. My 2nd cousin Doris and her daughter were there. Had not seen Doris since we were teens. Anyway her daughter says she wants to search her grandfather Delbert's family. I came home and found Doris in 1940 census Her grandfather Alex was in house. So then I started searching for other census info.. I found Alex in 1930 and 1910 in Oreg, but when i clicked to see it, had to pay. Seems like everywhere I went there was Ancestry.com with their fees. Rootsweb was free site I used 2 or 3 years ago, but now they seem to be controlled by ancestry.com. So how can she search 1930 and prior census on line without paying. Surely ancestry.com can not keep us from public records. I did most of my census searching on film at LDS -----Original Message----- From: DSLeBlanc <DSLeBlanc@aol.com> To: orforum <orforum@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:23 am Subject: [GFO] 1940 Census Update Six more states are available at FamilySearch for the 1940 Census Indexing Project, for a total of thirty seven. They are Washington DC, Arkansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and West Virginia. That leaves fourteen still to come. While FS is behind Ancestry.com, which has all the states up, people are finding better indexing quality on FS. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Once you find them at FamilySearch.org you have the exact spelling of the name and where to find them. If you have a Multnomah County Library Card go the the library website and open the databases section. Go to the H section and open Heritage Quest (you will be asked for you library card number and password). You can then search the census and view them. Not all of the records are indexed there but by using the browse section you can narrow your search down (1930, 1850 as examples). Also, a trip to a branch library you can use their computers and search the Library Edition of Ancestry.com for free. Happy hunting! I use these resources daily. Stanley R. Clarke -----Original Message----- >From: phirl@aol.com >Sent: Aug 14, 2012 1:17 PM >To: DSLeBlanc@aol.com, orforum@rootsweb.com >Subject: [GFO] Census info > > >Yesterday, we had a small family gathering in Madras. My 2nd cousin Doris and her daughter were there. Had not seen Doris since we were teens. Anyway her daughter says she wants to search her grandfather Delbert's family. I came home and found Doris in 1940 census Her grandfather Alex was in house. So then I started searching for other census info.. I found Alex in 1930 and 1910 in Oreg, but when i clicked to see it, had to pay. Seems like everywhere I went there was Ancestry.com with their fees. > >Rootsweb was free site I used 2 or 3 years ago, but now they seem to be controlled by ancestry.com. So how can she search 1930 and prior census on line without paying. Surely ancestry.com can not keep us from public records. I did most of my census searching on film at LDS > > >-----Original Message----- >From: DSLeBlanc <DSLeBlanc@aol.com> >To: orforum <orforum@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thu, Aug 9, 2012 7:23 am >Subject: [GFO] 1940 Census Update > > >Six more states are available at FamilySearch for the 1940 Census Indexing >Project, for a total of thirty seven. They are Washington DC, Arkansas, >Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and West Virginia. That leaves fourteen >still to come. While FS is behind Ancestry.com, which has all the states >up, people are finding better indexing quality on FS. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com >with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of >the message > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

FamilySearch has recently announced: They have so far published *six hundred million images* from 1,225 archives. They have published nearly 3 billion searchable names. *They are adding about 1.1 million records a day* with 1.7 million names. Also they have signed an agreement with the Italian government to digitize**all their civil registration records. Best of all the price is right, FREE!

Next Saturday, August 18th, the Computer Special Interest Group will be having our bi-monthly meeting from 9:30 to 11:30 AM in the rear area of the library. In accord with our objective to investigate genealogical programs, a presentation will be made by Daphne Garrison of RootsMagic. You can download a free version of RootsMagic (http://www.rootsmagic.com/Essentials/) to bring to the meeting on your laptop if you'd like. I will be going over how to begin a tree in RootsMagic (or import an existing GEDCOM), search functionality, reports, and adding people, facts, notes, media, and sources. There should be plenty of time to answer any questions. If there is interest (and time), I can also go over creating shareable CDs, the website generator, and RootsMagic To-Go. After a lunch break, the Master Genealogist Software Users Group meeting will start at Noon and go til 2 PM. No specific topic was decided at the last meeting, so this one will be discussion time for problem solving and new discoveries sharing. Please come and add to the discussion! Daphne Garrison & Roger Ostrom, coordinators; Computer SIG Roger Ostrom, coordinator, TMG-SUG

Six more states are available at FamilySearch for the 1940 Census Indexing Project, for a total of thirty seven. They are Washington DC, Arkansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and West Virginia. That leaves fourteen still to come. While FS is behind Ancestry.com, which has all the states up, people are finding better indexing quality on FS.

I received a little more specific information about this job requirement. This is a once monthly commitment that requires only about 3-5 hours of your time. The BULLETIN is printed 4 times per year and the INSIDER is printed 8 times per year. The actual printing of the publications is done by the Printing staff. When the BULLETIN is ready to process for distribution, the pre-printed labels are attached to the back cover, they are bundled by zip code, and ready to mail. Maximum time for this phase is about 2-3 hours. Ray Ashmun then delivers the bundles to the post office. After the INSIDER is printed, the mail person folds the 6-7 pages in half and tapes the open ends together with one piece of scotch tape. The mail person then delivers the copies to Metropolitan Presort where the addresses are added to each piece by Metro. Metro then delivers the copies to the post office. This is about a 4 hour job, but can be done by two persons to cut the time in half if preferred. The time frame for doing this is from about the 15th - 30th day of each month. Whatever fits into your schedule. Jim Morrow will provide back-up help if needed, but he would like the pass this job on to someone who can commit to this monthly obligation. If interested, please call GFO - (503) 963-1932 and leave a message.

Please...we need several people to volunteer. There are many chairs to be picked up. If available to help, please leave your name at the GFO desk, (503) 963-1932 or respond to Laurel at the above address. [If you received two copies of this, I'm sorry. I sent this previously, but there was an attachment and I don't believe the maillist allows attachments. The email doesn't appear to have been delivered.]] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurel Smith" < bearpair@comcast.net > To: "Cathy Lauer" < catlauer@comcast.net > Sent: Wednesday, August 8, 2012 10:40:31 AM Subject: Volunteer request Hi Cathy, I have a two specific volunteer opportunities and need all the volunteers you can enlist. 1. Next Wednesday, August 15 th , at 9:00 am. As many people as possible to help move (donated) chairs like the one pictured from a business located between 1 st and 2 nd on SW Pine in downtown Portland. This will involve getting them down a flight of stairs and out a long corridor to waiting vehicles, then delivering them to the GFO. If we have enough hands on deck we can form a bit of a fire line to avoid having to go up and down the stairs carrying them. Please, please, if you can spare an hour or so your help is very much needed. The chairs are a little heavy and are VERY dirty, which leads me to the second volunteer opportunity. 2. After the chairs are delivered to the GFO, volunteers who are not afraid of getting dirty are needed to help wash these chairs. The surfaces are textured, so it takes a bit of effort, so again, the more the merrier! Many hands make light work. Laurel Smith President Genealogical Forum of Oregon

This is just a last minute reminder that there will be a book mending workshop Wednesday morning, August 8th, starting at 10:30 AM. The focus of the workshop is to train volunteers to assist in maintaining the integrity of the printed materials in our impressive and large library. The scope if mending can extend from simple to complex. However, many tasks can be accomplished with simple techniques at our library. That is what we will learn about on Wednesday. This meeting will be an exploratory experience. Where we will go next will depend on the participation in the workshop. There is a lot of work that needs to be done. I can't keep up! Roger Ostrom Library Assistant for repair