(Per Laurel Smith) Bettina notified us today that C.R.Hanna's memorial service will be on Saturday at 2 pm at Westminster Presbyterian church, 1624 NE Hancock. She thought some of our members would like to know, and that you would have routes to share this information.
Thanks to Lyleth who has both sharp eyes and a willingness to write one extra note... It is the DECEMBER meeting when we get to do something else on the second Saturday...and there will be no one at the Illinois Interest meeting. It is the JANUARY meeting when we will have a meeting...Plano to be there! Kristy
I'm sure you were looking forward to the meeting this month... BUT it is December! The month when people are continuously behind with their letter writing... their cooking... their shopping... their cleaning... and their rest. So we never meet in December. That will give you one more day to get your act together before things need to be done. We'll be back in January...so watch for us then on the 14th at 9:30 a.m. Kristy, Harlene, Duane and all
Just a reminder about our Virginia Meeting tomorrow, Dec 3, at 10 am. Tomorrow's presentation will be Virginia Migration Routes: Where, When & Why. See you tomorrow Judi & Carol
Connie, Save me a seat for Dec. 4 Scrapbooking - I'll be there. Roxana L.(Blanchard) Tea Sherwood, OR itmerox2@comcast.net "She is insane, of course. The family history has become a mania for her." > Hercule Poirot -----Original Message----- From: orforum-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:orforum-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of orforum-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 12:01 AM To: orforum@rootsweb.com Subject: ORFORUM Digest, Vol 6, Issue 120 Today's Topics: 1. Heritage Scrapbooking at GFO (BLaDoe) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:22:59 -0800 From: "BLaDoe" <bladoe@aol.com> Subject: [GFO] Heritage Scrapbooking at GFO To: <ORFORUM@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <CNEHKMCMDOOBBGHCNHHIOEFMCFAA.bladoe@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I'm sorry I couldn't join you last month, but I am planning to be there in December. We will meet on Sunday, Dec. 4th, 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at GFO. I still have the information on heritage themes if you'd like one. Also, I received a recent e-mail from Legacy and noticed that they have some heritage scrapbooking kits on sale. If you're interested, go to http://www.webyfl.com/heritage-kits.aspx If you are not on our regular e-mail list and would like to join us, please let me know. Thanks,, Bonnie LaDoe ------------------------------ 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 6, Issue 120 ***************************************
The Virginia Interest Group will meet Saturday, December 3 at 10 am. This month's presentation will be "Virginia Migration Routes". Worn out land, overcrowding, new immigrants and most importantly, the availability of free or low cost land led to surges of migration through and out of Virginia and mandated new roads through frontier areas. Learn how and why particular routes developed, and how this knowledge will assist your genealogy research and give you a better understanding of your ancestors' lives. I hope to see you all on Saturday, December 3. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Judi Scott
I'm sorry I couldn't join you last month, but I am planning to be there in December. We will meet on Sunday, Dec. 4th, 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at GFO. I still have the information on heritage themes if you'd like one. Also, I received a recent e-mail from Legacy and noticed that they have some heritage scrapbooking kits on sale. If you're interested, go to http://www.webyfl.com/heritage-kits.aspx If you are not on our regular e-mail list and would like to join us, please let me know. Thanks,, Bonnie LaDoe
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Please note the following extracted from the SSA website with regard to the availability of the DMF online. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Online availability of SSA's Death Master File Updated 10/20/2011 09:57 AM | ID# 149 Does Social Security make its Death Master File available online for the purposes of genealogical research? Social Security does not make its Death Master File (DMF) available online. Social Security maintains a file of death information known as the DMF. Under the Freedom of Information Act, we are required to disclose the Public DMF to members of the public. The Public DMF is a listing of reports of death that the Social Security Act allows us to disclose. The Public DMF does not contain information where SSA's only source of that data was a State record of death. Further, the Public DMF is not a complete listing of every death in the United States. Although the Public DMF is not available online from Social Security, the United States Department of Commerce's National Technical Information Service (NTIS) offers a subscription service for <http://www.ntis.gov/products/ssa-dmf.aspx> online queries of the Public Death Master File through their website. Please note that other parties have purchased SSA's Death Master File Extract through NTIS and then posted it on their own websites. Although these private parties call/refer to their own websites as SSA's death index or SSA's Death Master File, these are not endorsed by Social Security, nor can Social Security confirm that these private websites are kept up-to-date or accurate with our death data. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thus as replied by Krampetz one must go to the various sites with the SSDI (Social Security Death Index.) as it is not available to the general public online. To purchase (if you could), a CD or DVD copy of the DMF would cost $1825.00.... Don ____________________________________________________________ Penny Stock Jumping 3000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3241/4ebca6a4a942e31e5d5st02duc
_http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/_ (http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/) for just one of many .. Try: 'ssdi death index' in google search, for lots more.. In a message dated 11/10/11 11:23:01 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, penny1005@gmail.com writes: Can individuals access the Public Death Master File??Clyde
Can individuals access the Public Death Master File??Clyde On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Don <ikie4@netzero.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > On Saturday Tom O'Brien mentioned in one of his classes at the Family > History Fair about us going to loose out on the SSDI soon. > > Today on a bloggers posting, GenaMusings, I found a link to the following > bit of information. I am not posting that bloggers full words but giving > you the website for your own reading as it is long and has links to other > bits and pieces about this action by the government. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Changes to the Public Death Master File (DMF) and the Social Security Death > Index (SSDI) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://stephendanko.com/blog/15164 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Effective today, 01 November 2011, the Social Security Administration (SSA) > changed its policy on what records it will use as source material for > adding > new entries in the Public Death Master File (DMF) which, in turn, is used > to > create the Social Security Death Index (SSDI). > > The Agency decided that it can no longer use state death records to add new > entries to the DMF. Furthermore, the SSA will remove approximately 4.2 > million records currently on the SSDI because those entries were made based > on information from state death records. I have reproduced a fact sheet > about the change later in this post. You can download the original Fact > Sheet from the Social Security Administration's website. The National > Technical Information Service which distributes the DMF on the web has also > issued an Important Notice about this change. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > (There is more and if you wish to read it follow the link to Stephens blog > that I have posted above. > > Don Finel > > > ____________________________________________________________ > LifeLock® Official Site > Don't Be a Victim of Credit Fraud. Enroll w/ LifeLock & Get Protected. > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3241/4eb7fc759cb0f154d603st05duc > > ------------------------------- > 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 >
If your ancestors lived in Illinois before 1875, they probably were: a. store proprietors or good friends with many of them b. from the Eastern U.S. c. farmers with more land than they could possibly farm d. on the lamb from the first spouse or knew someone who was e. all of the above If your ancestors lived in Illinois before 1900, they were probably: a. store clerks waiting for an opportunity or had a relative who was b. originally from some other country c. farming with a team of horses and thinking they were lucky d. making friends with the local sheriff, one way or another e. all of the above If your ancestors lived in Illinois before 1925, they were probably: a. working for a implement business in some way, possibly as a traveling salesman b. speaking English fairly well c. feeding more than their own family...several more d. hoping the doctor could fix their ills but afraid he couldn¹t e. all of the above If your ancestors lived in Illinois before 1950, they were probably: a. thinking they had more money than in a number of years b. assumed their grandchildren would finish high school c. a member of a group that was getting smaller and smaller d. not completely afraid of surgery anymore e. all of the above If your ancestors lived in Illinois before 2010, they were probably: a. wondering what happened to all that money b. assumed their grandchildren would attend college c. a member of a group so small that few knew what that group did d. waiting for the next advancement in medicine e. all of the above This Saturday, November 12, is the next Illinois Interest meeting. All are welcome to attend. We think you will all learn something this month! The meeting begins at 9:30 at the GFO on 12th and Division. (Don¹t go to the old place!) The meeting will be done by 11:30. You will go home with more knowledge, more understanding, and a good handout to help you learn even more. Don Finel, assisted by Harlene Patterson, will be your leaders this month. And you will have learned a lot about the lives of many one, or more, of your ancestors. The group hopes you will join them! Kristy, Don, and Harlene
How neat. My father-in-law was in the 1925 Chicago group. He was a salesman for Remington Rand until the depression. Then he was sent from city to city, including Portland, to bring the offices back from the brink of disaster (then he lost his job). Jane Olsen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kristy Gravlin" <hannah@teleport.com> To: "GFO Forum" <ORFORUM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 9:22 AM Subject: [GFO] FW: The Illinois Interest Group meets on Saturday,November 12th If your ancestors lived in Illinois before 1875, they probably were: a. store proprietors or good friends with many of them b. from the Eastern U.S. c. farmers with more land than they could possibly farm d. on the lamb from the first spouse or knew someone who was e. all of the above If your ancestors lived in Illinois before 1900, they were probably: a. store clerks waiting for an opportunity or had a relative who was b. originally from some other country c. farming with a team of horses and thinking they were lucky d. making friends with the local sheriff, one way or another e. all of the above If your ancestors lived in Illinois before 1925, they were probably: a. working for a implement business in some way, possibly as a traveling salesman b. speaking English fairly well c. feeding more than their own family...several more d. hoping the doctor could fix their ills but afraid he couldn¹t e. all of the above If your ancestors lived in Illinois before 1950, they were probably: a. thinking they had more money than in a number of years b. assumed their grandchildren would finish high school c. a member of a group that was getting smaller and smaller d. not completely afraid of surgery anymore e. all of the above If your ancestors lived in Illinois before 2010, they were probably: a. wondering what happened to all that money b. assumed their grandchildren would attend college c. a member of a group so small that few knew what that group did d. waiting for the next advancement in medicine e. all of the above This Saturday, November 12, is the next Illinois Interest meeting. All are welcome to attend. We think you will all learn something this month! The meeting begins at 9:30 at the GFO on 12th and Division. (Don¹t go to the old place!) The meeting will be done by 11:30. You will go home with more knowledge, more understanding, and a good handout to help you learn even more. Don Finel, assisted by Harlene Patterson, will be your leaders this month. And you will have learned a lot about the lives of many one, or more, of your ancestors. The group hopes you will join them! Kristy, Don, and Harlene ------------------------------- 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
Hello Aspiring Writers, The Writers' Forum will meet on Saturday, November 12th, 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 25 Workshop: "Learning the Difference Between Reports and Stories." Bring your lunch if you would like. Peggy ------------------------ Peggy Baldwin, MLS Family Passages LLC www.family-passages.com
Hello everyone, On Saturday Tom O'Brien mentioned in one of his classes at the Family History Fair about us going to loose out on the SSDI soon. Today on a bloggers posting, GenaMusings, I found a link to the following bit of information. I am not posting that bloggers full words but giving you the website for your own reading as it is long and has links to other bits and pieces about this action by the government. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Changes to the Public Death Master File (DMF) and the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://stephendanko.com/blog/15164 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Effective today, 01 November 2011, the Social Security Administration (SSA) changed its policy on what records it will use as source material for adding new entries in the Public Death Master File (DMF) which, in turn, is used to create the Social Security Death Index (SSDI). The Agency decided that it can no longer use state death records to add new entries to the DMF. Furthermore, the SSA will remove approximately 4.2 million records currently on the SSDI because those entries were made based on information from state death records. I have reproduced a fact sheet about the change later in this post. You can download the original Fact Sheet from the Social Security Administration's website. The National Technical Information Service which distributes the DMF on the web has also issued an Important Notice about this change. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (There is more and if you wish to read it follow the link to Stephens blog that I have posted above. Don Finel ____________________________________________________________ LifeLock® Official Site Don't Be a Victim of Credit Fraud. Enroll w/ LifeLock & Get Protected. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3241/4eb7fc759cb0f154d603st05duc
Jay and Sue were very active at the Forum when Imogene McConnell and Ellen Benedict were. I remember taking Ellen Benedict to their 50th wedding anniversary celebration, which was a lovely event. Jay and Sue were active in SAR and DAR and were very supportive of C.A.R. They were the friendliest, best kind of people.Mae Vasey Huston Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12 ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen" <pattitwirler@comcast.net> To: <ORFORUM-D@rootsweb.com>, "Janice M. Healy" <jmhealy1@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [GFO] Sad news Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 18:09:43 -0700 I worked with Sue and Jay way back in the day. It is true that they did took care of the Bulletin. My job was to type (on a typewriter) all the mailing labels for each member. I kept them in a book and when it was time to mail the bulletin, Sue and Jay would swing by my house to pick up the labels. I was a stay at home mom with a little baby and Sue had found a way for me to be involved from home. They were wonderful for GFO and Jay will be missed. Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen ----- Original Message ----- From: Janice M. Healy To: ORFORUM-D@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 9:33 AM Subject: [GFO] Sad news In yesterdays Oregonian was the Obit for Jay Balfour for those that didn't know the Balfour's Sue and Jay were very active in the GFO. Ruth wrote to me: They are/were the geniuses behind the Bulletin. From mimeo to Linda to Doris, they fixed all my mistakes. Sue even corrected the mimeo. The proof-reading of mimeo was impossible for me because of the smell. Jay did all the printing even when he had so much leg problems. I might have been one of the few who knew. Ruth Bishop Judy sent me this info for those that haven't found it yet: Jay and Sue were stalwarts of the Forum in the 70s and on when they were the printers of the Bulletin. Both great people, I will miss Jay. Mountain View Cemetery is located at 1113 Caveness Drive, Centrailia, Washington. 11 AM graveside service, Monday Nov 7. Judy Goldmann -------------------------------
Sue was my Vice Regent for five years in David Hill Chapter, DAR, and when able, Jay would bring her to meetings. Jay and Sue used to do the printing of our Yearbooks, until Jay couldn't get to the copy place anymore. Great people. Jay will be missed. -----Original Message----- From: Mae Huston <stanmae@juno.com> To: pattitwirler <pattitwirler@comcast.net> Cc: ORFORUM-D <ORFORUM-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, Nov 5, 2011 2:53 pm Subject: Re: [GFO] Sad news Jay and Sue were very active at the Forum when Imogene McConnell and Ellen Benedict were. I remember taking Ellen Benedict to their 50th wedding anniversary celebration, which was a lovely event. Jay and Sue were active in SAR and DAR and were very supportive of C.A.R. They were the friendliest, best kind of people.Mae Vasey Huston Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12 ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen" <pattitwirler@comcast.net> To: <ORFORUM-D@rootsweb.com>, "Janice M. Healy" <jmhealy1@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [GFO] Sad news Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 18:09:43 -0700 I worked with Sue and Jay way back in the day. It is true that they did took care of the Bulletin. My job was to type (on a typewriter) all the mailing labels for each member. I kept them in a book and when it was time to mail the bulletin, Sue and Jay would swing by my house to pick up the labels. I was a stay at home mom with a little baby and Sue had found a way for me to be involved from home. They were wonderful for GFO and Jay will be missed. Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen ----- Original Message ----- From: Janice M. Healy To: ORFORUM-D@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 9:33 AM Subject: [GFO] Sad news In yesterdays Oregonian was the Obit for Jay Balfour for those that didn't know the Balfour's Sue and Jay were very active in the GFO. Ruth wrote to me: They are/were the geniuses behind the Bulletin. From mimeo to Linda to Doris, they fixed all my mistakes. Sue even corrected the mimeo. The proof-reading of mimeo was impossible for me because of the smell. Jay did all the printing even when he had so much leg problems. I might have been one of the few who knew. Ruth Bishop Judy sent me this info for those that haven't found it yet: Jay and Sue were stalwarts of the Forum in the 70s and on when they were the printers of the Bulletin. Both great people, I will miss Jay. Mountain View Cemetery is located at 1113 Caveness Drive, Centrailia, Washington. 11 AM graveside service, Monday Nov 7. Judy Goldmann ------------------------------- ------------------------------- 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
What a wonderful guy! Both Jay and Sue Balfour gave and gave to the Forum. Their cheerful faces were busy in the publishing shop every Tuesday I worked as an RA, back at the Neighbors of Woodcraft, now Tiffany Bldg. Good people, in every way. We became great friends. Went to their 50 wedding - they were charming. Sue did many other things for genealogical research and Jay was always there with her. He enjoyed his Navy reserve group. Cannot say enough about these special people. I believe they are on our honored placques...and deserve to be in every way. It was fun that they took the time to find our about myself and my 4-H days in Washington Co. We had a meeting in our home garage shop about planning for the move to Gideon Street when my husband Dick helped design the setting. ( I shared my sewing project - tailoring a coat with Sue) Their dedication to the Forum deserves a really great article about what all they did and how well they did it. We have kept in touch every Christmas - this is one of the special things about the Forum and our friendships. Pat Burling
I worked with Sue and Jay way back in the day. It is true that they did took care of the Bulletin. My job was to type (on a typewriter) all the mailing labels for each member. I kept them in a book and when it was time to mail the bulletin, Sue and Jay would swing by my house to pick up the labels. I was a stay at home mom with a little baby and Sue had found a way for me to be involved from home. They were wonderful for GFO and Jay will be missed. Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen ----- Original Message ----- From: Janice M. Healy To: ORFORUM-D@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 9:33 AM Subject: [GFO] Sad news In yesterdays Oregonian was the Obit for Jay Balfour for those that didn't know the Balfour's Sue and Jay were very active in the GFO. Ruth wrote to me: They are/were the geniuses behind the Bulletin. From mimeo to Linda to Doris, they fixed all my mistakes. Sue even corrected the mimeo. The proof-reading of mimeo was impossible for me because of the smell. Jay did all the printing even when he had so much leg problems. I might have been one of the few who knew. Ruth Bishop Judy sent me this info for those that haven't found it yet: Jay and Sue were stalwarts of the Forum in the 70s and on when they were the printers of the Bulletin. Both great people, I will miss Jay. Mountain View Cemetery is located at 1113 Caveness Drive, Centrailia, Washington. 11 AM graveside service, Monday Nov 7. Judy Goldmann ------------------------------- 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