Greetings, Numerous family anecdotes (and at least one newspaper clipping that I cannot currently put my hands on!) inform that my gr-grandfather Frank Tilton Thayer (1861-1945) served as Mayor of Scio at some point. Can anyone help me confirm this story? Thanks in advance, Lisa L. Jones mailto:[email protected]

Hi, Just got the latest Linn County Historical Society's newsletter, and they've had a change in schedule from what I posted yesterday. (Drat - should have waited one more day!) The program scheduled for Sunday, March 12, 2000, which was listed as Richard Chesbrough's "Steamships on the Willamette" has been rescheduled for Sunday, January 21, 2001. The program for Sunday, March 12, 2000, will be "Two-Way Seeing," by Shannon Applegate and Esther Stutzman, descendants of Charlie Applegate and Chief Halo, and will be about relationships between the pioneers and Native Oregonians. Also, I mistakenly listed Jeanne Gentry Robinson as Jeanne Gentry Richardson for the upcoming program Sunday, January 16th, about the Linn County cemeteries. Jan Phillips [email protected]

Hi Lisa, Yes, I've seen other obits in the papers for grange members, and they were always written up very formally in that kind of language. The Herald-Disseminator was a newspaper in Albany - the Weekly Herald Disseminator and you can see the University of Oregon holdings here: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/govdocs/orenewsp2.htm with more information here: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/govdocs/newsproj.htm Oregon Newspapers On Microfilm: The Current Holdings Copies of the Oregon newspapers are available to read in the UO Knight Library Microforms Section. These rolls of microfilm are also available on Inter-Library Loan, and positive microfilm copies may be ordered of any titles with the source code "ONMP". For further infomation, contact the Microforms Section at (541) 346-3080. It looks like they have copies of the Herald Disseminator from Nov 5, 1886 to Sep 15, 1904. The Albany Public Library might also have these issues on microfilm - you can call the reference desk at 541-917-7582. Jan Phillips [email protected] At 07:38 AM 1/5/2000 -0800, you wrote: >I've just posted this obituary for my gr-gr-grandfather to the LinnCo Query >board. It is one of several examples of obituaries I have located in family >papers that was posted by Grange members. Can anyone tell me if this was a >common Grange style: Whereas, be it resolved, etc? Has anyone come across >other such obituaries? > >Secondly, can anyone tell me more about the newspaper mentioned below, the >HERALD-DISSEMINATOR? > >Thanks in advance, > >Lisa L. Jones >mailto:[email protected] > >

I've just posted this obituary for my gr-gr-grandfather to the LinnCo Query board. It is one of several examples of obituaries I have located in family papers that was posted by Grange members. Can anyone tell me if this was a common Grange style: Whereas, be it resolved, etc? Has anyone come across other such obituaries? Secondly, can anyone tell me more about the newspaper mentioned below, the HERALD-DISSEMINATOR? Thanks in advance, Lisa L. Jones mailto:[email protected] [Obituary of Fairfax Smith Thayer, b. 11 Jan 1834, died 27 Nov. 1886, buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Linn Co., OR] WHEREAS, The hand of Death has passed through our midst and taken from our fraternity our esteemed and worthy Bro. F. S. Thayer. Therefore be it Resolved, By Jordan Valley Grange No. 42, P. of H., that by the death of Bro. Thayer Jordan Valley Grange has lost one of its most faithful and worthy members, the community an industrious and obliging neighbor and his family a kind and indulgent husband and father. But, farther, Resolved, That as a feeble token of our respect for our worthy brother and sympathy for the family of the deceased, these resolutions be spread on the records of the grange, a copy sent to the bereaved family and to the HERALD-DISSEMINATOR for publication. Dated this 18th day of December, 1886 T. P. Goodman, B. H. Irvine, Jacob Huber, Committee.

Hi, I have a ton of older queries that have been posted in the past to the old Linn County Query Board. I'd like to repost them on the new Linn County Query Board. Are any of the members of this list some of you who might have posted queries? And if so, may I have your permission to copy them to the new query board? The more exposure your queries get, the better the chance of a response... Please contact me, Jan Phillips [email protected]

Judi's not subscribed to the list, but I've forwarded her query. Please respond to Judi at [email protected] if you have information. Jan [email protected] >Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 20:07:16 -0800 (PST) >To: [email protected] >From: Outsider AngelSpider <[email protected]> >X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list >Subject: {not a subscriber} Pierce and/or Day my most wanted > >Hi, my name is Judi and I have a couple of dead-ends. Hope someone out >there can help me. Even if the info isn't in Linn Co., itself, the events >took place in the area. > >I'm looking for the parents of my Grandmother Ida May Pierce. She was born >28 May 1899, in Monroe, OR. Died 15 Sep 1977 in Eugene, Lane Co, OR > >Her parents were Benjamin Franklin Pierce and Hester Ann Fossen > >The other folks I'm looking for are the parents of Victor Royal Day. Born 9 >Sep 1913 in Portland, Oregon. Died 16 Sep 1992, Albany, Oregon. His parents >were Leslie Raymond Day and Olivia Atwood > >Anyone out there with info or related, please e-mail me > >Judi > > >

You betcha! Post! Maybe someone on the list can help you. Jan [email protected] At 07:54 PM 1/4/2000 -0800, Outsider AngelSpider wrote: >I'd like to post my "most wanted" relative here. Is that alright? > >Judi

Friday, January 7th, 2000 - Lebanon Genealogical Society's next meeting will be held at the Lebanon Public Library, 626 Second Street, Lebanon, at 7:00 p.m. The program will be "How to Find and Use Gazetteers." We will also have an election of officers for the new year. Saturday, January 8th, 2000 - The Linn Genealogical Society meets for their regular monthly meeting held at 1:00 p.m. at the Albany Public Library, 1390 Waverly Drive SE, in Albany. Program? (If anyone has info, please post it to the list so we all know.) They meet the first Saturday of every month. Sunday, January 16th, 2000 - Linn County Historical Society's January meeting will be held at 2:00 p.m. at the Lakeside Center Mennonite Village in Albany [5353 Columbus St., SE]. Jeanne Gentry Richardson, Executive Director of the Oregon Historic Cemeteries Association, will speak on "Preserving Pioneer Cemeteries." If you're interested in Linn County's cemeteries, you won't want to miss this program. I wouldn't miss this one for the world! <grin> Friday, February 4th, 2000 - Lebanon Genealogical Society's February meeting will be held at the Lebanon Public Library, 626 Second Street, Lebanon, at 7:00 p.m. The program will be hosted by Byron Bray, Vice President of the Linn Genealogical Society in Albany, and he'll be talking about "Vital and Courthouse Records." Mark your calendars now. Sunday, March 12th, 2000 - Linn County Historical Society's March meeting will be held at 2:00 p.m. at the Lakeside Center Mennonite Village in Albany. Richard Chesbrough, Captain of the 'Willamette Queen' steamship in Albany will speak on "Steamships on the Willamette," a fascinating look into the river traffic in Albany's early days, and the role it played in the development of the area. Sunday, May 14th, 2000 - Linn County Historical Society's May meeting will be held at 2:00 p.m. at the Lakeside Center Mennonite Village in Albany. Susan G. Butruille, author of books about Women's Voices, will speak about "Marie Pantalon: The Lady Wore Pants!". Patricia Dunn will also give us a 'Lebanon Equivalent' with stories of Rae/Ray Leonard, a colorful part of Lebanon's past. Also, if any of you belong to the Sweet Home Genealogical Society and can let me know of upcoming meetings or special programs, please contact me so I can post it to the list - or please feel free to post your news here. Jan Phillips [email protected]

FYI - Both RootsWeb and the server The American Local History Network are on might possibly have problems. Please be aware of this and expect difficulties with links that do not work. This also goes for the site the Lebanon Genealogical Society sits on. Better to be safe and turn off a server than be sorry and leave it on. Jan Phillips [email protected] >Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 23:46:43 -0500 >From: Tim Stowell <[email protected]> >Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Y2K >To: [email protected] > >Speaking with Brian this evening and asking him about Rootsweb's situation >regarding the changeover tomorrow night: > >Brian says: > >"RootsWeb believes it is fully ready for Y2K (modulo trivial problems). >HOWEVER, We believe there is some chance that parts or all of RootsWeb may >be temporarily unavailable because of difficulties elsewhere on The Net. >We will do everything in our power to work around any problems other sites >or backbone Net carriers have." > >Also please be aware that some systems who house USGW pages (non-Rootsweb) >are going to be turned off intentionally for the date rollover. How long >this will be for is anyone's guess. > >As of now the Indiana state page is down for unknown reasons but this may >be the case of working on the date rollover. If so, I'm sure that there >will be others. > >You may wish to pass this along to your CCs. > >Tim > > > >

Hi, The 1900 Linn County Census, Heads of Household, Tallman Precinct, is now online: http://www.usgennet.org/alhnorus/ahorlinn/census/1900hhtallman.html If you need a lookup, let me know. Jan Phillips [email protected] Linn County GenWeb - http://www.usgennet.org/~orlinnco/ and http://www.rootsweb.com/~orlinn/ Linn County-American Local History Network - http://www.usgennet.org/alhnorus/ahorlinn/ Lebanon Genealogical Society - http://www.usgennet.org/~or-lgs/

Merry Christmas a day late! For those of you researching in the Lebanon area, I've just uploaded the 1900 Census, North and South Lebanon Precincts - Heads of Household. If you need a lookup on one of the names, let me know. Please copy the entire line when asking for a lookup so I can find them more easily. http://www.usgennet.org/~or-lgs/census/1900/1900hhleb.html Jan Phillips [email protected]

Hi, I'd like to invite you all to visit the Linn County Query Board at: http://roots.8j.net/cgi-bin/webbbs/roots/linn.pl Not many people have posted queries yet, and there doesn't seem to be much activity on the board. If you have information that can help someone else, please visit and feel free to respond to someone's query. If you cannot view all of the messages, make sure you click on "Set Preferences" and then "List messages posted or modified within the last" - change this to "Several Eons," scroll down the page and click on "View Message Index." Also, if you'd like to *search* the Query Board, click on "Search" and change the time period to "Several Eons," and type in your search criteria. Jan Phillips [email protected]

Sodaville School Census, 1927 - 1929 - these years list an address, too. http://www.usgennet.org/alhnorus/ahorlinn/sodaville1927-29.html 1928 is rather short - but that's all that was in the book. Jan Phillips [email protected]

More Sodaville School Records: http://www.usgennet.org/alhnorus/ahorlinn/schools.html NEW: 1891-92 School Records NEW: 1896-7-8 School Records NEW: 1899 School Records NEW: 1900 School Records NEW: 1901 School Records NEW: 1903-4-5 School Records NEW: 1907-1911 School Records NEW: 1919-1928 School Records Jan Phillips [email protected] Linn County - American Local History Network - http://www.usgennet.org/alhnorus/ahorlinn/ Linn County USGenWeb - http://www.usgennet.org/~orlinnco/

The Sodaville school records for 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, and 1900-01 are now online. Rather than list each URL, please check the Linn County Schools page at: http://www.usgennet.org/alhnorus/ahorlinn/schools.html Jan Phillips [email protected]

Hi, Two new files have just been uploaded for Linn County. 1865 - 1878 Albany Public Servants This is a list of mayors, treasurers, councilmen, etc. taken from the 1878 Albany City Directory. http://www.usgennet.org/alhnorus/ahorlinn/albanymayors.html Sodaville School Records, 1891-92. This is the first of many records to be posted for School District No. 18 in Sodaville. http://www.usgennet.org/alhnorus/ahorlinn/sodaville1891.html Jan Phillips [email protected]

I'm searching for any one related to James Andrew Dawson, married to Nannie Magdalene Fleming. They lived around the Tillamook, Oregon. Nora [email protected] ___________________________________________________________________ Why pay more to get Web access? Try Juno for FREE -- then it's just $9.95/month if you act NOW! Get your free software today: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Hi, The 1878 Albany City Directory is now online for your viewing pleasure... http://www.usgennet.org/alhnorus/ahorlinn/1878albanydir.html Jan Phillips [email protected] Linn County GenWeb - http://www.usgennet.org/~orlinnco/ and http://www.rootsweb.com/~orlinn/ Linn County-American Local History Network - http://www.usgennet.org/alhnorus/ahorlinn/ Lebanon Genealogical Society - http://www.usgennet.org/~or-lgs/

Hi M'lisa, Abiram Breeden died 5 Mar 1882 and is buried in the Liberty Cemetery, Sweet Home, Linn Co. This data from Dick Milligan. According to the State Archives, death records were not recorded until 1903, so I doubt if you'd find a copy of his death record. Hope this helps a little, Jan Phillips [email protected] __________ Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 09:15:51 +0000 From: "M'Lisa Whitney" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Subject: [ORLINN] Bush Creek Cemetery? Hello to the Linn Co. researchers -- I'm hoping someone can answer a couple questions for me. 1) I am looking for the name of a cemetery where the brother of an ancestor was buried. Last known residence for Abiram Breeden was Bush Creek in Linn Co. (per 1880 census). He died in 1882 and I would assume he was buried at a nearby cemetery. Which cemetery would this be? 2) I have a copy of his probate papers, but am looking for a copy of his death record in the hope that his parents are listed. Were death records kept as early as 1882? If so, who specifically would I write to request a copy of this? Thanks to anyone who can shed some light on this for me. Regards, M'Lisa in Suffolk, England

Hello to the Linn Co. researchers -- I'm hoping someone can answer a couple questions for me. 1) I am looking for the name of a cemetery where the brother of an ancestor was buried. Last known residence for Abiram Breeden was Bush Creek in Linn Co. (per 1880 census). He died in 1882 and I would assume he was buried at a nearby cemetery. Which cemetery would this be? 2) I have a copy of his probate papers, but am looking for a copy of his death record in the hope that his parents are listed. Were death records kept as early as 1882? If so, who specifically would I write to request a copy of this? Thanks to anyone who can shed some light on this for me. Regards, M'Lisa in Suffolk, England ------------------------------------------- **Please Note New eMail Address** M'Lisa Whitney ([email protected]) Amiga Computer User Genealogical Research Support -------------------------------------------