Jan, The Washington DLC microfilms are in the metal cabinets with the other State of Washington microfilm materials. Gerry Gerald S. Lenzen 10411 SW 41st Ave. Portland, OR 97219-6984 Phone: 503-244-4357 Cell: 971-227-0087 “Those who contemplate the beauty of the Earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for the spring.” ‘The Sense of Wonder’ by Rachel Carson On 5/4/12 11:04 AM, Jan Fenter wrote: > Hello GFO, > I need your help. I'm researching Donation Land Claims and have run into something confusing to me. I'm not sure on what side of the Columbia River I should be looking for the paperwork on a couple DLCs. Based on the location of the two claims, my mind logically says I look at the Washington DLCs, even though the Authority says it is an Oregon-Donation Act. Is my thinking correct....do I look at Washington DLCs? > > The BLM website states the following regarding the Authority: > September 27, 1850: Oregon-Donation Act (grant) (99 Stat. 496). > > Washington was a Territory in 1853 and a State in 1889. > > Using the Washington Atlas& Gazetteer, by DeLorme, I've been able to narrow down the two claim locations to the Camas, Washington area. > Township 2N, Range 3E, Sections 23, 24, 25, 26. Date: January1866. Land Office: Olympia. > Township 1N, Range 3E, Sections 11, 12, 13, 14. Date: August 1871. Land Office: Vancouver. > (I have the names of the claim owners, Accession number and Document number for the above two claims.) > > The microfilm boxes at GFO only show land offices in Oregon. Has anyone seen the microfilm for the Washington DLCs at a repository in Vancouver, or maybe some place in Portland? If so, where? I don't want to have to drive a long distance to find and read the film. > > Searching the DLCs for Oregon has given me new information (names, dates and places), and I've been able to use other information in the claims as a needed source to verify other family information. > > Jan Fenter > > ------------------------------- > 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 >