Is anyone interested in manning a information table at the Division/Clinton Street Fair on Saturday, July 28th? The hours are from 10 a.m - 5 p.m. and the time could be broken up into smaller shifts? The tables will be located between SE 32nd and SE 37th. Please keep in mind that the GCO Conference will be taking place the same day in Eugene. If you are able to help, please respond to this list. Thanks, Cathy Lauer Volunteer Coordinator

Cathy, thank you for reminding folks of the GCO conference that date in Eugene. I'll be there. Gerry Gerald S. Lenzen 10411 SW 41st Ave. Portland, OR 97219-6984 Phone: 503-244-4357 Cell: 971-227-0087 “Grandparents are the keepers of the family history, often a source of wisdom and special treats for their grandchildren, and in many parts of the country they embody the new generation's only link to local folklore and oral tradition.” Susie Shy Thompson, University of Louisville, Intercultural Communication Studies X: 1. On 7/6/12 10:16 AM, Cathy wrote: > Is anyone interested in manning a information table at the Division/Clinton Street Fair on Saturday, July 28th? The hours are from 10 a.m - 5 p.m. and the time could be broken up into smaller shifts? The tables will be located between SE 32nd and SE 37th. > > Please keep in mind that the GCO Conference will be taking place the same day in Eugene. If you are able to help, please respond to this list. > > Thanks, > > Cathy Lauer > Volunteer Coordinator > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

The Library Director, Sandi Whiteman, is in need to someone to process the donations that come in to our library on a regular basis. You would need to be able to work on Wednesdays or Thursdays (at least for a while) for training. This would require some computer experience. If interested, please contact her at the GFO library or leave a message with the Research Assistant on duty - (503) 963-1932 Thanks! Cathy Lauer Volunteer Coordinator cvlauer2743@gmail.com

Greetings! Yahoo has changed its calendar and I cannot tell from the site if it will continue to send announcements to you. For this reason, I'm posting the following: GFO DNA Interest Group meeting on Phasing Tues, July 10, 2012 from 1-3 pm at the GFO Library (11th and Division in the Ford Building basement) Part 2 of 3 meetings on DNA Phasing. Those who attended the April meeting bring your handout and thumb drive or lap top. Have all your Family Finder and/or 23andMe data in an Excel file or something similar. NOTE: The third meeting time has been changed to Oct 23 (Tues) 1-3 pm. NOTE: The meetings in 2013 will be on Saturday, so watch for these changes in the bulletin and at the websie. Best wishes, Emily If you do not hear from me in a timely manner, just write again...I was buried in email. LOL http://writingyourmemories.blogspot.com/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgco2/speaker/EmilyAulicino.html http://genealem-geneticgenealogy.blogspot.com/ Northwest Regional Coordinator and Speaker for ISOGG (www.isogg.org <http://www.isogg.org/> ) Administrator for thirteen FTDNA DNA Projects

This was posted on the facebook page for the July 1-2 indexing marathon. If you have some time it is amazing thing to be a part of. They hope to complete five million names the 24 hour period from 5 PM today through 5 PM tomorrow, Monday June 2. Here is the facebook page if you are interested in following the progress. I will post tomorrow the results at the end. _https://www.facebook.com/events/156608427806812/_ (https://www.facebook.com/events/156608427806812/) Sue LeBlanc FamilySearch Indexing July 1-2, 2012 7:13 PM GOAL UPDATE Indexed Records: 1,090,475 Arbitrated Records: 338,459 TOTAL RECORDS: 1,428,934 Active Indexers/Arbitrators: 13,832 FamilySearch Indexing 6:18 We are roughly one hour in (MDT), and so far we have completed: 500,000 records and it's climbing fast! Way to go! Remember to not sacrifice quality for quantity. Let's keep up the good work. Check back for more updates.

Hello List, I tried again to find my mom and her brother, Claude, in the 1940 census for The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon. Their surname was CAMPBELL. Still no success using the surname index. I had found my grandma and she was where she should be. But my mom and her brother, Claude, were not with grandma. One of the GFO Research Assistants mentioned something she had read on the Stephen P. Morse web page about the 1940 census and the way the pages were numbered. The first time the census taker visited, he was to use pages numbered from 1A to 60B. The second visit, to get names of people missed the first time, he was to start the list on page 61A. The people he found in Hotels, flophouses and the transients, were to be listed on pages starting at number 81A. Since I still couldn't find mom and Claude using CAMPBELL, I went to Stephen Morse's web page and put in the E.D. number I had found for my grandma. I finally found mom and Claude on page 61B, the page numbering set up for the census taker's 2nd visit. But, when I found them, it looked like their surname was DEAN and not CAMPBELL. The person above them was an Anna DEAN, and my mom was listed as daughter and Claude was listed as son. All the other information given about mom and Claude fit. I wouldn't have thought these two were mine if they hadn't been listed together. Then I noticed the family number, on the left side of the census form, was #88, and this was the same number that my grandmother had on page 3B, at the census taker's first visit. The person below them was named Martha, and she was listed a niece with a family #65. At the bottom of this page, in the "Supplementary Questions," it showed Martha's surname as CALDWELL, not DEAN. When I went back to find who was listed for family #65, I found the same CALDWELL surname. This was just luck because a niece may not always have the same surname as the head of the house. I went back to the Family Search surname index and typed in the surname DEAN, using the first names of my mom and Claude. The indexer had used the surname DEAN instead of CAMPBELL. No wonder I hadn't been able to find them in the 1940 Oregon Index. I was looking for them under CAMPBELL, not DEAN. I'd still be looking and wondering where my mom and Claude could possibly be if I hadn't noticed that their family number was the same as the census taker used for grandma on the first visit. Bottom line.....we need to pay attention to the family numbers on any pages starting from 61A, for the census taker's second visits. Check these family numbers with those from the census taker's first visit. If surnames aren't given, and only family numbers are listed with each given name, I'm thinking surnames used indexing these 2nd visits will have to be redone, pages 61A forward. And, there still may not be anyway to make sure the surname is correct. This may be especially true if the person's relationship to head of house isn't a wife, son or single daughter. http://stevemorse.org/census/1940census.htm Getting Ready for the 1940 Census: Searching without a Name Index Stephen P. Morse In the section almost at the bottom of this web page article is the following section regarding: "The Numbering Gap (or why are so many pages missing?)"

Five more states now searchable by index in the 1940 Census making it a total of twenty-nine. They are Washington, California, Iowa, Nebraska and New Mexico. Finally I should be able to find my mother and her parents. The indexing is now 74.06% complete. Five more states should be up soon. That leaves seventeen states available for indexing. Sue

I have been trying to locate a person who was originally buried at St. Mary's Cemetery (now Central Catholic High School).  From my research (special thanks to Connie's book), it appears most were transferred to either Mt. Calvary or Lone Fir, however, the families may have moved them to another cemetery all together.   I have talked to Mt. Calvary but not much help there.   My question:  Does anyone know if anyone or any place kept track of who went where at the time?   Thanks! Janice Handsaker

We occasionally find members who would like to work on projects that can be done from their computers at home. But first we need to prepare copies for them to work with. Currently, Loretta has newspaper and scrapbook clippings that need to be scanned on the printer/scanner in the print shop and she would be happy to train someone to help her. If this sounds like something you would be interested in learning, contact her directly to set up a time schedule -- oregon1853@yahoo.com Thanks! Cathy Lauer

Five more states are now searchable in the 1940 Census. They are Alabama, North Dakota, South Dakota, Maine and Indiana. The indexing is now over 68% completed. Another seven states are at 100% and are in the process of being made available. Twenty states are left to work on. Still time to join in the fun of indexing. The Illinois Genealogical Society has posted a list of the completed states. They are also promoting a fund raiser with matching funds for doing the War of 1812 Pension Records. _http://ilgensoc.org_ (http://ilgensoc.org)

GFO Members, We will include this writeup on Agnes Nuttbrock in the next Bulletin (Sept). She was a quiet person who helped so much in past years with labels for the newsletters and Bulletin, as well as other volunteering tasks for GFO. I remember her from the 5th Avenue location as well as the Gideon location. LYLETH WINTHER, obit column/The Bulletin Agnes Ruth Nuttbrock November 3, 1929 - June 6, 2012 MILWAUKIE- Agnes Ruth (Snook) Nuttbrock, age 82, passed away peacefully on June 6, 2012 in Milwaukie, Oregon, after persevering without complaint through 5 years of cancer. She was born Nov 3, 1929, in Elm Creek, Nebraska, to Bernard and Olive Snook, the eldest of nine children. She attended school as a young girl in Nebraska and moved to Keizer, Oregon, when she was ten. She fell in love with her husband of 63 years while attending Salem Academy. She graduated in 1948 and was married later that year. While living in Keizer, she worked at the Murdoch Cannery and in the maternity ward at Salem General Hospital. She later attended the Bethesda Bible Institute in Portland, Oregon. In 1958, Agnes and Delbert moved to Milwaukie, where she created a loving home for her four children. She was a Sunday School Teacher at the Milwaukie First Church of The Nazarene and provided child care. She was a long time member and volunteer at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon. Agnes was a caring person, devoted wife and mother, always thinking of others first. Her focus in life was to provide a quality home for her husband and children. She was a skillful and organized homemaker. She sewed most of her young children's clothes, often making matching clothes for the entire family. She continued sewing throughout the years for her grandchildren. She prepared amazing holiday dinners, made the best pies and cookies, and shared her canning expertise. She devoted much of her time and energy caring for family members, from the newly born and their mothers to the ailing, including her father until he passed away. Beyond her immediate family, her passion was researching the extended family tree. She supported, encouraged, and helped organize Snook and Nuttbrock family reunions. She spent 50 plus years researching family history on microfiche and computers. Her research of the family lineage took her to libraries, city halls, and cemeteries across the country while gathering information and paying tribute to forgotten ancestors. The information and stories she gathered enrich the lives of her family with a better understanding of their ancestors and a pride in themselves and their heritage. The family history books she compiled and created are part of her legacy for future generations. Her other interests included crocheting, maintaining a meticulous garden, and participating in the many family adventures of hiking, biking, boating, camping, and riding motorcycles. Nothing deterred her resolve when she felt something needed to be done, especially when it came to her family. Her values and love of life provided inspiration and guidance for her children to follow throughout their lives. Her love and laughter lives on in the hearts of those who knew and loved her. Agnes is survived by her husband, Delbert Nuttbrock; children and their spouses, Dennis and Gail Nuttbrock, Jerry and Jill Nuttbrock, Wayne and Cindy Nuttbrock, and Charlene and Lon Paulson; 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and six brothers and sisters. She is proceeded in death by her infant daughter, parents and two siblings, Dorothy Hittle and Ted Snook. -Memorial service will be on June 16, 2012 at 2:00 held at City View Funeral Home in Salem, Oregon.

Thank you Kaleen Beall for spotting this in Thursdays Oreigonian. Before I forget it - Do you know if the remembrance service (Thursday's Oregonian) for the Agnes R. Nuttbrock is the same Agnes who typed address labels for the Bulletins, etc. at the Forum for so many years? Kind of suspect so, but the article is too brief to be certain. For you new folks Agnes was a very dedicated worker for many years at the Forum. While the library was up at the Neighbors of Woodcraft building is where I got to know her. She was always a great help to new members and did many things in the print shop and else where. She will be missed by all. Please see the Obit at: http://obits.oregonlive.com/obituaries/oregon/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=158029605 Agnes R. Nuttbrock Nuttbrock, Agnes R. 82 Nov. 03, 1929 June 06, 2012

Hello Forum members,   The data extraction group will be starting a new project for the State of Oregon Vital Records Division.  We will be extracting divorces from 1925 through 1945 for all of Oregon.  If you would like to assist with the project, please contact me.    We meet at the state office in Lloyd Center on Friday mornings from 9:00am to 12:00pm.  A laptop with Excel (any version) is a requirement for the project.    This will be the 5th project we have done for the Vital Records division (1925-1945 marriages, 1900-1903 deaths, 1900-1903 births, and 1864-1903 Portland births).  We have a lot of fun and learn quite a bit doing these projects.  We would love to have more members helping.   Thank you, Loretta Welsh Genealogical Forum of Oregon Data Extraction Chairman

Greetings, The monthly PAPAFUG genealogy meeting is this coming Saturday at 9am at the LDS Chapel at 1271 Overlook Dr., Lake Oswego across from Lakeridge High School. The two speakers are: *Sue LeBlanc* is presenting "The War of 1812, 200th Anniversary" and *Richard Halliday* is presenting two topics "Linking pictures in PAF and Using PAF Pal" After selecting the presentation you want to attend don't forget to print the class notes from the PAPAFUG web site which can be obtained by a Google search on "PAPAFUG". Art Henderson

This Saturday, June 16th, 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 Roger Ostrom of the Master Genealogist software program. Although the publisher has just recently issued a new upgrade, this presentation will not necessarily focus on that, but rather a broad overview of what the program has to offer. After a lunch break, the Master Genealogist Software Users Group meeting will start at Noon and go til 2 PM. This month's program will focus on chart making features of TMG and how to work with them. It has been several years since this topic has been looked at and it is time for a review. Please come and add to the discussion! Daphne Garrison, Roger Ostrom, coordinators; Computer SIG Roger Ostrom, coordinator, TMG-SUG

This is Leland's Blog about the possible sale of Ancstry.com http://www.genealogyblog.com/?p=19456 Leland's Blog led me to this web site. Both are pretty much the same but this has a bit more. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47726397/ns/business-motley_fool/#.T9IQSb8y05J

Janice, I agree with you great job, Sue, on updates. I have located most of the people I want thanks to indexes, and with updates I knew when I could go in. -----Original Message----- From: Janice M. Healy <jmhealy1@comcast.net> To: ORFORUM-D <ORFORUM-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, Jun 7, 2012 11:33 am Subject: Re: [GFO] 1940 Census Update Sue, Thank you so much for the infrequent up dates, these are wonderful. For those of us that are waiting patiently for Family Search to put up our state, it is a big help. It is so wonderful to see the speed the indexing is going. It looks like we have only a couple of more months to wait for it to be done. Thank you for a job well done at keeping us informed, Janice >1940 Census update. Added as states searchable by index are Hawaii, >Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, I went to download batches from >Minnesota and >Nebraska and there came up on the screen a notice that there are no more >available. We are now at 55.25%, with 21 at 100% and 9 at more than >90%. None of > those 30 states have batches available. That leaves 20 states that need >indexing. >Sue LeBlanc > >------------------------------- >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

Sue, Thank you so much for the infrequent up dates, these are wonderful. For those of us that are waiting patiently for Family Search to put up our state, it is a big help. It is so wonderful to see the speed the indexing is going. It looks like we have only a couple of more months to wait for it to be done. Thank you for a job well done at keeping us informed, Janice >1940 Census update. Added as states searchable by index are Hawaii, >Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, I went to download batches from >Minnesota and >Nebraska and there came up on the screen a notice that there are no more >available. We are now at 55.25%, with 21 at 100% and 9 at more than >90%. None of > those 30 states have batches available. That leaves 20 states that need >indexing. >Sue LeBlanc > >------------------------------- >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

I just found out that one of the reasons that they are looking for a buyer is they lost the TV show who do you think you are. At least that is what was in a memorandum sent out by one of the oldest Genealogical societies. What ever the real reason is it will be interesting to see just what happens. Janice

Hi, The link worked for me. I find that when I have a long link I usually cut and paste the link to a word file first. Make it whole and then use that to find the site. Eugene http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-05/ancestry-com-said-to-work-with-qata lyst-partners-to-find-buyers.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janice M. Healy" <jmhealy1@comcast.net> To: ORFORUM-D@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 8:24:11 AM Subject: [GFO] Ancestry selling out???? Hi Emily, I really have my doubts about it as they are now a publicly traded company and that changes things a lot. The URAL you had doesn't go to the article no mater how much cutting and pasting I did to reconnect the URAL. So I wasn't able to read it. Also my friend in Salt Lake who knows what is going on said he also doubted that story. Guess we will all have to wait and see. Janice   ------------------------------- 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