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UPDATES
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Updates
November - December 2011 & January
2012:
A big thank you to the new Oregon co-host,
Jim Dezotell, who has worked tirelessly to add new data to his
counties. Below are a listing of the counties that have been
updated through December and January of 2012
Baker -
A new section for biographies has been added.
These are separate from the on-line book
An Illustrated history
of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties.
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/baker/index.html
Benton -
Thanks to Jim Dezotell we have death
notices for: Kuyger, Robinson, Howard, Stein and Hanna. He also
shared newspaper articles on the following surnames:
Friendly/Long, Osborne, Warren, Wilkins, Kroeschel and
biographies for the following people: Claude Ingalls, Allen
Frost, Wm. Rickard and Edward Lytle.
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/benton/index.html
Clackamas-
*Thanks to Jim Dezotell we have a newspaper
article about James Mooney and a death notice for Mary A.
Johnson
*Thanks to Robyn Greenlund we have newspaper articles
involving Mrs. Judson Howell, JT Apperson and W.K. Willis.
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/clackamas/index.html
Clatsop-
Thanks to Jim Dezotell we have newspaper
articles involving the following surnames: Tallant, Carruthers,
Hammond and Josslyn
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/clatsop/index.html
Columbia-
Thanks to Jim Dezotell we have a death
notice for Henry Johnson
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/columbia/index.html
Crook-
Site has been updated with a new look and
feel. New to this update, USGS maps from the Crook County area,
births & a section for biographies. Biographies included with
this update include: Marvin Skipworth, Edgar Slayton, Jay Upton,
Nathan Wallace & William Wurzweiler.
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/crook/index.html
Douglas-
*Thanks to Jim
Dezotell we have death notices for: Stephens, Chapman, Meuir &
Glover. He also shared a newspaper article involving the city
lighting bill
*Thanks to Robyn Greenlund for sharing
newspaper articles involving the Riddle family and a son of Geo.
Protzman; death notices for Alex Frank and Francis Russell
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/douglas/index.html
Gilliam-
Biographies for Simon Barker & Walter
Campbell new to the site. Also additional obituaries and news
articles have been added
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/gilliam/index.html
Grant-
Death notice of Elizabeth Vineyard has been added. A few new
news articles have been added.
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/grant/index.html
Harney-
Many updates have been made, including
death notices,
newspaper articles,
early county marriages,
1890 census and
delayed birth records.
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/harney/index.html
Hood River-
New section for
biographies has been added with 43 biographies
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/hood%20river/index.html
Jackson-
Added NEW Biography Section
Biography
of Thurston E. Daniels - Contributed by Jim Dezotell
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/jackson/index.html
Jefferson-
Birth, marriage notices & newspaper
articles added for Sept. - Nov. 1904. Also added death notices
for Nannie Holt, Jim Barnett, I. E. Church, Mary Porter & Alice
Serier. One of the news articles talks about the formation of
the Madras Cemetery (now Mt. Jefferson Memorial). Now added,
sections for births and marriages. Also added, news articles
from 1912 and a death notice for Vonna McLean. Under the misc.
section, USGS topographical maps with Jefferson County content.
Site has a new look. List of towns has been updated and
expanded. News articles from 1910 has been added. Obituary of
William Johnson has also been added.
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/jefferson/index.html
Josephine-
Thanks to Jim Dezotell we have the
following information. Newspaper article involving
Browning/Tracy; death notices for Pruitt
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/josephine/index.html
Klamath-
A very special thanks to Jeanie Sawyer for
additional contributions from her research of Klamath County.
She has added obituaries, biographical notes and personal
research notes. Also included with this update is a WWII
enlistment record. A very special thanks to Jeanie Sawyer
for contributing her research from Klamath County. She has added
obituaries, biographical notes and personal research notes.
Newspapers updated with content from 1908 and well as addition
obituaries, marriage and anniversary notices.
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/klamath/index.html
Lake -
The Lakeview Examiner has been scoured for
M-B-Ds (marriages, births & deaths). Included these articles for
the months Sept. 1900, Oct. 1900, June 1914. Photograph section
has been added and populated. Site has been updated with a
new look. USGS Topo map, birth & marriage notices have been
added. Silver Lake school yearbook for 1930-31 has been added to
the new yearbook section. Many new death notices and newspaper
articles have also been added
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/lake/index.html
Lane-
The obituary home page is now
indexed for the first two letters of the surname. Also added
March 2002 obituaries from the local Eugene newspaper as well as
all notices from 1878 (birth, death & marriages) from the local
Eugene papers. Also with this update is inclusion of a birth
index, additional marriages in the marriage index, including
early county marriages (1852 - 1869). The newspaper section has
been rearranged by years and subject with more data added as
well. Though obituaries
don't have this new (yet), they have updated with many new
entries. A brief history behind the creation of the University
of Oregon is now under schools.
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/lane/index.html
Linn-
Biographies of J. M. Moyer, Dr. George
Washington Odell, Rev. Isaac D. Driver, Otto C. Luecke, John J.
Cramer, Eldon F. Cross, James E. Jenks. Obituaries of Scott
Sprenger, Jesse Barr and news articles from 1864 & 1893; 70
biographies have been newly added. This includes the biographies
of George Blakeley, Joel Calavan , Edward Sox, James Keeney, and
others!
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/linn/index.html
Malheur-
HUGE amounts of data added. Newspapers
articles, death notices, 1930 Bonita precinct census,
biographies, photographs and early Malheur County marriages.
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/malheur/index.html
Marion-
Thanks to Jim Dezotell we have the
following items: Death notices for Jonas Laufman, Milton
Shannon, John Nibler, Mary Newman, Wayne Edgar, Elbert Watt,
Joseph Bashaw and D.E. Pease; Newspaper articles involving the
State Fair and David Brewer; A biography for Charles McNary.
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/marion/index.html
Morrow-
Towns have been moved from the front page to
a new free-standing page. Also included history on the towns of
Hardman, Lexington & Ione. 2 USGS Topo. maps have been added,
look under the Misc. heading.; Biography section has been added
with the biography of Thomas Quaid. County site has a new look
and a news article from 1896
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/morrow/index.html
Multnomah-
*Thanks to Jeanie Sawyer we have an
obituary for Dorothy M. Dunham Ankeny
*Thanks to Jim Dezotell
we have the following data: Death notices for: Winterstein,
Rhea, Heinz, Ladd, Weaver, Curry, Cook, Lively, Helfrich, Bull,
Martin, McKeown, Neilson, Knighten & Guthrie; Biographies for
Fred Leupold, Leo Hanley, Henry Goode, William Thomas, Mark
Matthiessen, A.D. Wakeman, Donald Bates, Julius Meier, Aaron
Meier, Sigmund Frank, Aaron Frank, Carl Jantzen, Charles
Cochran, A.I. Blitz, Abraham Meier, William Layton & David
Hoggan; A birth notice for a daughter of Dr. J.D. Fenton;
Newspaper articles involving telegraph communication, branch of
the mint in Oregon and C.M. Carter
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/multnomah/index.html
Sherman-
53 Biographies have been added. Also
included an obituary of Sarah Merrill and a military news
article on Willis Buxton11 more obituaries added. Site has been
updated with a new look. USGS Maps; obituaries, with
several notices included; news articles from around the county
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/sherman/index.html
Umatilla-
News sections: USGS Maps & Pictures. Also
biography of Moses Goodwin has been added. 14 new biographies
have been added.
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/umatilla/index.html
Union-
New
biography section has been added with 6 biographies to start.
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/union/index.html
Wallowa-
Site has been updated with a new look. USGS
Topo map, biographies added. Additional news articles and
obituaries have been included.
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/wallowa/index.html
Wasco-
Several new news articles have been added.
Obituary for A. J Dufur has been added. And a TON (well, 64) of
biographies have also been included in this update.
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/wasco/index.html
Washington-
Thanks to Jim Dezotell we have the
following data: Death notices for Jesse Cornelius, L.L.
Williams, Charles Fredericks and Willias Galloway
http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/washington/index.html
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