Hi Laurel, I only saw the drawer for the Oregon DLCs at GFO and didn't check the catalog. I thought GFO only had the ones for Oregon. The next time I'm at GFO I'll look for the Washington DLCs. Thank you for letting me know. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurel Smith" <bearpair@comcast.net> To: "'Jan Fenter'" <jfent@hevanet.com>; "'ORFORUM'" <ORFORUM@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 12:51 PM Subject: RE: [GFO] Help please with DLC confusion > Jan, > This may not answer your question, but the GFO catalog shows we also hold > Washington (Territory) donation land claim microfilms. Perhaps one of > these > will help. You will see both Olympia and Vancouver certificates. > Laurel > > [Microfilm: 979.7 A000 Land] > Oregon and Washington Donation Land Files : Reel 100, Olympia Certificates > 530 - 593, Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 2000 > > [Microfilm: 979.7 A000 Land] > Oregon and Washington Donation Land Files : Reel 101, Olympia Certificates > 594 - 655, Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 2000 > > [Microfilm: 979.7 A000 Land] > Oregon and Washington Donation Land Files : Reel 102, Olympia Certificates > 656 - 701; Canceled Claims 90 - 636, Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly > Resources, 2000 > > [Microfilm: 979.7 A000 Land] > Oregon and Washington Donation Land Files : Reel 103, Colfax - Spokane > Falls > Certificates 1 - 4; Walla Walla Certificate 1; Vancouver Certificates 1 - > 33, Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 2000 > > [Microfilm: 979.7 A000 Land] > Oregon and Washington Donation Land Files : Reel 104, Vancouver > Certificates > 34 - 85, Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 2000 > > [Microfilm: 979.7 A000 Land] > Oregon and Washington Donation Land Files : Reel 105, Vancouver > Certificates > 86 - 155, Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 2000 > > [Microfilm: 979.7 A000 Land] > Oregon and Washington Donation Land Files : Reel 106, Vancouver > Certificates > 156 - 225, Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 2000 > > [Microfilm: 979.7 A000 Land] > Oregon and Washington Donation Land Files : Reel 107, Vancouver > Certificates > 226 - 286, Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 2000 > > [Microfilm: 979.7 A000 Land] > Oregon and Washington Donation Land Files : Reel 108, Vancouver > Certificates > 287 - 310; Canceled Claims 4 - 1569, Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly > Resources, 2000 > > [Microfilm: 979.7 A000 Land] > Oregon and Washington Donation Land Files : Reel 93, Olympia Certificates > 1 > - 53, Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 2000 > > [Microfilm: 979.7 A000 Land] > Oregon and Washington Donation Land Files : Reel 94, Olympia Certificates > 54 > - 135, Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 2000 > > [Microfilm: 979.7 A000 Land] > Oregon and Washington Donation Land Files : Reel 95, Olympia Certificates > 136 - 229, Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 2000 > > [Microfilm: 979.7 A000 Land] > Oregon and Washington Donation Land Files : Reel 96, Olympia Certificates > 230 - 323, Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 2000 > > [Microfilm: 979.7 A000 Land] > Oregon and Washington Donation Land Files : Reel 97, Olympia Certificates > 324 - 393, Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 2000 > > [Microfilm: 979.7 A000 Land] > Oregon and Washington Donation Land Files : Reel 98, Olympia Certificates > 394 - 459, Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 2000 > > [Microfilm: 979.7 A000 Land] > Oregon and Washington Donation Land Files : Reel 99, Olympia Certificates > 460 - 529, Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 2000 > > [Book: 979.7 A000 Land] Freeman, M., et. al. > Washington Territory Donation Land Claims: Settlers Before 1850, Seattle, > Washington: Seattle Genealogical Society, 1980 > > [Book: 979.7 A000 Land] Freeman, M., et. al. > Washington Territory Donation Land Claims: Settlers Before 1850, Seattle, > Washington: Seattle Genealogical Society, 1980 > > -----Original Message----- > From: orforum-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:orforum-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On > Behalf Of Jan Fenter > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 12:04 PM > To: ORFORUM > Subject: [GFO] Help please with DLC confusion > > 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 > > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2171 / Virus Database: 2425/4976 - Release Date: 05/03/12 >