Lisa Jones suggests.."find people on 1930 census, then cross lookup 1930 ED to find 1940 ED. Might help in places like Bridgeport"??? Lyleth

The GFO library will be open Friday evening, April 6th from 6:00 - 9:00 as we try to get the First Friday event on a regular schedule. This is a FREE evening, so invite your friends and family to come in and check us out. We'll give them a tour and let them use our computers to access Ancestry.  Or  if you were born before 1940, come in and find yourself on the new census. We hope to see you, Cathy & Harriet

FYI. We know that Ancestry.com, familysearch.org, and archives.com will be hosting the 1940 census digitalized records...so here are the links to archives.com to use. LYLETH WINTHER Hi Lyleth, Archives.com and U.S. National Archives make the 1940 census free to search. Family history research is now easier than ever! Archives.com partnered with the U.S. National Archives to bring the 1940 census online today for the first time. Archives.com has built the website http://1940census.archives.gov <blocked::http://1940census.archives.gov/?> allowing anyone to view and share 1940 census records for free! This is the only website where the entire collection of 1940 census images will be available April 2nd. The pages of the census will provide a never-before-seen look into the lives of Americans, at this watershed moment in our history. As the website that makes family history simple and affordable, Archives.com has built a unique set of tools to make finding your family in the census as simple as possible. Though the 1940 census is not yet searchable by-name, you can explore census maps, descriptions, and other finding-tools to help you locate your family. To make the records even easier to search, Archives.com has partnered with the U.S. National Archives, FamilySearch, and findmypast, to sponsor the 1940 U.S. Census Community Project. We invite you to join this national service effort to create a free, by-name index for the 1940 census! Once complete, you will be able to search the 1940 census by-name for free at Archives.com. Learn more at www.archives.com/1940census <blocked::http://www.archives.com/1940census?> . Don't wait to discover your family's history in the 1940 census! - Today, start your 1940 census search on 1940census.archives.gov <blocked::http://1940census.archives.gov/?> - For real-time updates about the 1940 census check out @1940censusnews - To volunteer with the U.S. Census Community Project go to the1940census.com <blocked::http://the1940census.com/> ** Make sure to share your 1940 census discoveries with us. Post census images to www.facebook.com/archivescom <blocked::http://www.facebook.com/archivescom> and be eligible to win prizes all this week! Enjoy the hunt! The Archives.com Team

The Virginia Interest Group will meet Saturday, April 7, at 10 am. Our topic is the Library of Virginia digital files. Peggy Baldwin will do a short presentation, and then each of us will share our findings from the digital files. If you haven't explored these files I encourage you to do so. It is a remarkale resource for Virginia research. Judi Scott judiscot@gmail.com "Puzzles of the Past" http://puzzlesofthepast.blogspot.com/

Greetings! Below is the announcement of the next meeting in the case you are not on my Northwest ISOGG email list or the GFO DNA Interest Group list. If you would like to be on the Interest Group email list, please contact me and request that I do so. GFO DNA Interest Group Meeting Date: Tuesday April 10, 2012 Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Author: genealem Type: Appointment Reminder: There are reminders set for 4 days and 13 days before this event. Location: Genealogical Forum of Oregon Library Street: 2505 SE 11th, Room B-18 (11th and Division) City/State/Zip: Portland OR Phone: 503-963-1932 Topic: Understanding the Advantages in Autosomal Testing: Your relatives hold the key by Emily Aulicino and Tim Janzen This is the first of a two-part series on using autosomal DNA in genealogy. This topic will be followed with an understanding and demonstration of phasing at the July 10th meeting. If you have tested with Family Finder or Relative Finder, bring your kit number, passwords, etc. to enter the site. Bring your laptop, if you have one, and a thumb drive/flash drive on which to store data you can download from your test results. If you have not tested your autosomal DNA, attend to learn more about its importance to genealogy. Website: www.gfo.org See you there..! 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

Great start to my day. The Oregonian newspaper published a great article on the 1940 Census. What a pleasure working with reporter David Stabler. Thank you to April Ober who played a part in the process. Be sure to read the article. Sue

We have located two family members of William "Billy" George Kennedy's wife's family. Still need his grand children from his first marriage or Great grand children. Please reply off list. Mailto:jmhealy1@comcast.net Thank you, Janice

Susan LaBlanc & I have been working on this. we have learned that he died in Bellingham Wash. 9 April 1925. He married Bridget Adelia Clohessy second. From first marriage there were three boys that came with Wm. Kennedy to Canada, all three boys married in Canada. Honor Clohessy was her sister and they were in business together in Bellingham WA. The Clohessy family was living in Portland up through at least 1973. Adelia remarried a Sean Judge in Ireland and died in Ireland. Hopping to find living relatives. Please contact me off list. mailto:jmhealy1@comcast.net Janice ASTORIA, Ore. - A funeral home director in Astoria is trying to solve the mystery of an urn that was found on the Oregon coast. Tom Preston told KATU News that last week a boy called him saying he had found a sealed urn that he believed had washed ashore. There is a name engraved on the urn - a man who died 87 years ago. Preston is trying to find his descendants. The urn reads: William George Kennedy Born 1870 - Died 1925 Preston said no one knows exactly where the urn came from and he's hoping someone out there knows something about it. roots web shows this at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=whalenmsj&id=I0974 1. Thomas Clohessy (Darby Clohessy1) was born ABT 1825 in France or Ireland, and died ABT 1894 in Ireland. He married Margaret Doherty 28 FEB 1865 in Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, IR, daughter of Thomas Doherty and Mary Howard. She was born ABT 1850 in Ballyvaskin, Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, IR, and died ABT 1932 in Ballyvaskin, Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, IR. Children of Thomas Clohessy and Margaret Doherty are: 2 i. Bridget Adelia Clohessy was born in Ballyvaskin, Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, IR, and died in Ballyvaskin, Miltown Malbay, Ireland. She married Billy Kennedy. She married Sean Judge in Ireland. 3 ii. Margaret Clohessy was born in Ballyvaskin, Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, IR, and died 1940. She married Bill Dyer in Portland, Multnomah Co, Oregon ?. + 4 iii. John Clohessy was born ABT 1866 in Ballyvaskin, Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, IR, and died NOV 1946 in Ballyvaskin, Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, IR. + 5 iv. Mary Clohessy was born ABT 1867 in Ballyvaskin, Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, IR, and died in California. + 6 v. Catherine Clohessy was born ABT 1868 in Ballyvaskin, Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, IR, and died 7 JUN 1935 in Portland, Multnomah Co, Oregon. 7 vi. Honor Clohessy was born 23 AUG 1878 in Ballyvaskin, Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, IR, and died 3 MAY 1963 in Beaverton, Washington Co, Oregon. + 8 vii. Gilbert Patrick Clohessy was born 13 FEB 1881 in Ballyvaskin, Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, IR, and died 27 JUL 1972 in Portland, Multnomah Co, Oregon. + 9 viii. Michael Clohessy was born ABT 1882 in Ballyvaskin, Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, IR, and died 10 SEP 1955 in Ballyvaskin, Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, IR. + 10 ix. Joseph H Clohessy was born 10 JUN 1888 in Ballyvaskin, Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, IR, and died 2 OCT 1973 in Portland, Multnomah Co, Oregon. 11 x. Thomas Joseph Clohessy was born 22 NOV 1889 in Ballyvaskin, Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, IR, and died 21 APR 1971 in Portland, Multnomah Co, Oregon. He married Emma Hauser 7 JUL 1947 in McMinnville, Oregon. She was born 1892 in McMinnville, Oregon, and died 29 OCT 1948.

Just watched the youtube video from the National Archives on the 1940 Census. If you have not seen it, I think it is worth your time. Find it at _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXY1pHEf5hU_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXY1pHEf5hU)

I want to pass along some importnat information. You may work on other states while waiting for your state to come up. If you are not signed up for indexing please do so today. With the release of the 1940 census being less than a week away, we wanted to reach out with answers to a couple of frequently asked questions: 1) When will my state be available to index? The best way to know if your state is available to index is to check the Current Projects page on the indexing website. Check back frequently to see if your state is posted. Remember, it may take up to two weeks to make all of the states available for indexing but some states will be completed within a matter of hours after release. 2) Will I be able to index records at the county level? No. Indexing will occur at the state level. With the complexity of the census, it is not possible to efficiently post records by county. Thank you for your involvement in this monumental project!

The GFO library will be open Friday evening, April 6th from 6:00 - 9:00 as we try to get the First Friday event on a regular schedule. This is a FREE evening, so invite your friends and family to come in and check us out. We'll give them a tour and let them use our computers to access Ancestry. If you are a member, come in and do your own research. We hope to see you, Cathy & Harriett

Subject: British Group announcement Join us for the British Group meeting this coming Saturday at 1 p.m. in the conference room area at back of the library. Chuck Falconer, new to our group, is going to share a presentation on his recent trip to Scotland. Brick Walls discussion will follow. Lyleth Winther lylethw@gmail.com Gwen Newborg Portland, Oregon Terra and Max Web Page: http://community.webshots.com/user/gnewborg101

Less than two weeks before the release of the 1940 Census. Volunteers are greatly needed. Please see my blog post for today. Sue _http://gophergenealogy.blogspot.com_ (http://gophergenealogy.blogspot.com)

Hello Aspiring Writers, The Writers' Forum will meet on Saturday, March 10th, from 11:45 a.m. until 1:45 p.m. at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon. We meet the second Saturday of each month. Everyone is welcome, whether you have participated before or not. This is your chance to get started writing or improve your writing, whether you are writing for yourself or for others. We learn about good writing techniques -- write and read what we write to each other. Without exception, everyone who has participated in this group over the last seven years writes better than they did when they started. This year we are working with Roy Peter Clark's Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer published by Little, Brown and Company in 2006. Each year we work with a book, but this particular book has been the most helpful of any book we worked with. Now we are working more specifically on language and at this meeting we will be working with Tool 28 Workshop: "Putting Odd and Interesting Things Next to Each Other." Bring your lunch if you would like, especially if you would like to stay for the GFO monthly meeting. Peggy ------------------------ Peggy Baldwin, MLS Family Passages LLC www.family-passages.com

Virginia Group Meeting, Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 10 am. Peggy Baldwin has a great presentation for us: Using Virginia’s Personal and Land Taxes to Solve Problems .

It's that time again! So gather your album, supplies and heritage photos and join us for an afternoon of fun on Sunday from 1:00 to 4:40. We do have some papers available for your use. And I'll bring cutting tools to share. If you prefer digital scrapbooking, bring your laptop. I notice on line that there are many, MANY digital programs available. Just Google "digital scrapbooking" to see all the options out there. Maybe one of them will peak your interest. A couple of them got my attention: Scrapgirls.com appears to have quite a few digital heritage packages, and Viovio.com has lots of options for digital online books. I'm currently using the Creative Memories digital program if you'd like to see how it works. Hope you can join us. Bonnie LaDoe

The GFO will be participating in the First Friday openhouse March 2, 2012 to be held at the Ford Building from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.    At the present time, only the basement level tenants plan to be involved and we hope this will be an every-month affair.   Please feel free to join us this Friday to do some of your own research or to be available to answer visitors' quiestions.  

How can I help? Have a FANTASTIC Day! Eternal Friendship*Roseline Dunn Visit my web portal: http://www.marketamerica.com/roseline Now you can shop at several different stores online. check out only once, AND still GET PAID TO SHOP!!! Earn some of the money you spend back by Shopping as a preferred customer. You can get 2-5% cash back on purchases through my web portal! Simply register & sign in as a preferred customer to Enjoy shopping from home!. Nice! Email me: roselinedunn@hotmail.com call me:Home (503) 239-6017 > From: orforum-request@rootsweb.com > Subject: ORFORUM Digest, Vol 7, Issue 19 > To: orforum@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 01:00:34 -0700 > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. 1940 US Census Coordinted Indexing (DSLeBlanc@aol.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:46:30 -0500 (EST) > From: DSLeBlanc@aol.com > Subject: [GFO] 1940 US Census Coordinted Indexing > To: ORFORUM-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <1b430.35cad816.3c7b2135@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > 1940 United States Federal Census > On April 2, 2012, NARA will provide access to the images of the 1940 > United States Federal Census for the first time. Unlike previous census years, > images of the 1940 U.S. Federal Census will be made available as free > digital images. BUT NOT indexed. > Upon its release, FamilySearch.org and its partners will coordinate > efforts to provide quick access to these digital images and immediately start > indexing these records to make them searchable online for free and open > access. > Full, Free Access Is Coming! > We Want You! We Need You! > http://the1940census.com/ > Help Index the 1940 U.S. Federal Census. > https://familysearch.org/1940Census > "Complete publication of the index will depend on how many volunteers like > you will help." > For more information: > National Archives > http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/ > The "how to prepare" page is probably the best to start: > http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/start-research.html > The Dec 2011 edition of the APG Quarterly has an excellent write-up of > Steve > Morse's finder and the 1940 census in general (pages 238-246). > I am the group administrator for the Genealogical Council of Oregon. We > would love to have you join our group in the effort to index the 1940 Census > records for the state of Oregon. Register early, so when the records are > released you are ready to start indexing. When you register to become an > indexer look for the affiliate box and join our group. Please contact me if you > have any questions. > Susan LeBlancdsleblanc@aol.com > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the ORFORUM list administrator, send an email to > ORFORUM-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the ORFORUM mailing list, send an email to ORFORUM@rootsweb.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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of ORFORUM Digest, Vol 7, Issue 19 > **************************************

Virginia Group Meeting, Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 10 am. Peggy Baldwin has a great presentation for us: Using Virginia’s Personal and Land Taxes to Solve Problems Tax records are one of the most available and reliable sources of information about where your Virginia ancestors lived and/or owned land. Because many early Virginia records have not survived, including deeds and census, tax records fill in the gaps. Taxes were taken every year and help show our ancestor’s migratory pattern.

1940 United States Federal Census On April 2, 2012, NARA will provide access to the images of the 1940 United States Federal Census for the first time. Unlike previous census years, images of the 1940 U.S. Federal Census will be made available as free digital images. BUT NOT indexed. Upon its release, FamilySearch.org and its partners will coordinate efforts to provide quick access to these digital images and immediately start indexing these records to make them searchable online for free and open access. Full, Free Access Is Coming! We Want You! We Need You! http://the1940census.com/ Help Index the 1940 U.S. Federal Census. https://familysearch.org/1940Census "Complete publication of the index will depend on how many volunteers like you will help." For more information: National Archives http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/ The "how to prepare" page is probably the best to start: http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/start-research.html The Dec 2011 edition of the APG Quarterly has an excellent write-up of Steve Morse's finder and the 1940 census in general (pages 238-246). I am the group administrator for the Genealogical Council of Oregon. We would love to have you join our group in the effort to index the 1940 Census records for the state of Oregon. Register early, so when the records are released you are ready to start indexing. When you register to become an indexer look for the affiliate box and join our group. Please contact me if you have any questions. Susan LeBlancdsleblanc@aol.com