Re the death records, I meant to say they didn't give the birth date, so it's hard to know which Younger is being referred to. Thanks for the Marriage info, I will have to look at that site. ----- Original Message ----- From: "L S Y" <lsy.genealogy@gmail.com> To: <younger@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [YOUNGER] Oregon Youngers > Your gripe is a common one. They've been working on updating the indices > available directly from the archives at http://genealogy.state.or.us/ but > it's a slow process. Last time I looked at the Oregon Death Index (only > available at Ancestry which I access at the public library) it included > the > death date, so it's pretty unfortuntate if it's been removed. Finding it > on > the microfilm is pretty easy though if you have a couple you'd like me to > look up. The death certificate holdings at the archives go from > 1903-1958, > but for a quarter and a little time with the microfilm reader I get to > make > a copy from the original. > > Marriage Certificates, on the other hand vary from county to county. If > you > know the county, you can look it up in the Records Guide here: > http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/county/cpquick.html and it will let you know > who holds the record. > > - Stephen > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Wilma (Younger) Norton < > wilma.norton@cox.net> wrote: > >> Thanks for the offer, Stephen. The one thing that messes me up, the >> Oregon >> Marriages online at ancestry have the groom's name and date of marriage, >> but >> not the bride's name! Frustrating. And the Oregon Death Index doesn't >> give >> the date, so it's impossible to be sure if the person listed is the one >> you >> are looking for. They (Oregon) could greatly improve their website and >> be >> far more helpful. >> >> My gripe for today. >> >> Wilma >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "L S Y" <lsy.genealogy@gmail.com> >> To: <younger@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 5:40 PM >> Subject: Re: [YOUNGER] Oregon Youngers >> >> >> > My grandfather (Dick Younger, son of Charlie & Rutha of Stone County) >> > settled here (in Oregon) in 1945. I've seen others in the tax rolls as >> > far >> > back as the mid-1850s, but none on the 1850 Census. There used to be >> > quite >> > a few Youngers in the Portland area whose families had been here longer >> > than >> > ours, but I haven't run across any of them for a while. >> > >> > Since I work about three miles from the Oregon State Archives, if >> > there's >> > every anything in their holdings you'd like me to look up, just let me >> > know. >> > >> > - Stephen >> > >> > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Wilma (Younger) Norton < >> > wilma.norton@cox.net> wrote: >> > >> >> I just finished going through the census, 1860 to 1930 looking for >> >> Younger's living in Oregon. What amazed me most, is that so many of >> them >> >> were foreign born, from Scotland, Ireland and England. There were >> >> none >> >> in >> >> 1850 (at least none who were indexed). >> >> >> >> The only family that was somewhat familiar to me was Nero Littleton, >> >> son >> >> of >> >> Littleton Purcell Younger. >> >> >> >> Wilma >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >> YOUNGER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > YOUNGER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> YOUNGER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > YOUNGER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message