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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">On April 2, 2012, the National Archives released the digital images of the 1940 United States Federal Census. Now the 1940 US Census Community Project is recruiting volunteers to provide quick access to these digital images and immediately start indexing these records to make them searchable online to put one of the richest genealogical data sets in the world online, complete and free of charge forever. Read more on Oregon Heritage Exchange <U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"><A href="http://www.oregonheritage.wordpress.com/">www.oregonheritage.wordpress.com</A></SPAN></U> .<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">“Willamette Valley Voices”, a bi-annual publication of the Willamette Heritage Center (WHC), is seeking manuscripts for publication in its second issue, scheduled for November. The theme of the next issue is “community celebrations” including, but not limited to parades, festivals, rodeos, powwows and annual memorial services pertaining to the Mid-Willamette Valley.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">For submission information email Keni Sturgeon at <A href="mailto:kenis@willametteheritge.org">kenis@willametteheritge.org</A> or call (503) 585-7012 ext. 257.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Mona Waibel will present “Remembering Sweet Home” at 2 p.m., May 20, at the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lakeside</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType> of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Mennonite</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Village</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">2180 54th Ave. SE</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Albany</st1:City></st1:address>. A resident of Sweet Home, Waibel authored three volumes of “Sweet Home’s Good Old Days”, compiled from columns she wrote for the “55 Plus” section of “Sweet Home New Era” newspaper since Feb. 2006. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">For further information, email Glenn Harrison at <A href="mailto:gr.harrison@comcast.net">gr.harrison@comcast.net</A> . <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">McKenzie River Bicentennial Spring Day will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the exploration and naming of the McKenzie River beginning at the Fur Traders Encampment at 10 a.m., May 20 at the U.S. Cavalry and American Indian Museum, 52281-B McKenzie Hwy, M.P. 42 (</SPAN>one mile east of Blue River on Hwy 126)<SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Two hundred years ago, Donald Mackenzie and a small group of fellow explorers returned to Fort Astoria from the southern Willamette Valley as the first Europeans to see its trails and waterways. They returned with stories of the Kalapuya people and of lands abundant with "innumerable herds of elk and deer". Twelve years later, the most beautiful river in the area would gain the name "Mackenzie's Branch" after this explorer.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none">At noon a gathering will commemorate the naming of the river at Scottish Camp, located at the Community Track and Field near McKenzie School (51187 Blue River Drive, Finn Rock). Bob Hart of Lane County Historical Society will offer a few words of perspective. Return to the Fur Traders Camp at 2:30 p.m. to hear <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Native American story-teller</SPAN> Esther Stuzman at 2:30 p.m. </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none">Visit <B><A href="http://www.mckenziechamber.com/Bicentennial" target=_blank>www.mckenziechamber.com/Bicentennial</A> </B><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">f</SPAN>or additional information and to download a brochure <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">or email </SPAN><A href="mailto:200mckenzie@gmail.com" target=_blank>200mckenzie@gmail.com</A> <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>-----------------<BR><BR>For a complete list of Historic Preservation Month events, go to www.oregonheritage.org/OPRD/HCD/calendar.shtml .<BR><BR>Keep up with the latest issues and trends by following our blog at oregonheritage.wordpress.com<BR><BR>Oregon Heritage News is a service of the Oregon Heritage Commission. Contact us by emailing heritage.info@state.or.us .<BR></SPAN></BODY></HTML>