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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Dawn
Carlile is the volunteer Library Coordinator for the Oregon Genealogical
Society’s (OGS) Research Library in Eugene. Please download and read Dawn’s
latest article, “Genealogical Society Libraries: A Treasure Trove of Family
Histories,” here: <span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">

</span></font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://commons.pacificu.edu/olaq/vol24/iss1/9/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">https://commons.pacificu.edu/olaq/vol24/iss1/9/</a><span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">

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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>From Dawn’s article, “<span style="color:black">With more than 30 genealogical societies currently in Oregon
(per the Genealogical Society of Washington County Oregon’s directory on their
website: </span><span style="color:rgb(24,63,165)"><a href="http://www.gswco.org/ogs.html" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://www.gswco.org/ogs.html</a></span><span style="color:black">), researchers do not have to travel far to find one that specializes
in their individual needs. Regionally, the Oregon Genealogical Society’s Research
Library in Eugene, where I’ve been the library </span>coordinator for two
years, has more than<span style="color:black"> </span>14,000 items in its
collection representing all 50 states as well as 22 countries.”<span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">

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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>This article is a wonderful place to
start for librarians and their patrons who want to learn about genealogy and
the resources in Oregon that are available to them.<span>  </span>Perhaps you can permanently link to Dawn’s
article on your website, to help spread the word of these amazing institutions.<span>  </span>One can refer back to this information time
and time again, as more and more patrons become interested in their personal
histories.<span>  </span>Perhaps this trend is
partially due to the new DNA tests available to discover one’s ancestry.<span>  </span>I don’t know<span>;
you</span> would have to contact Dawn and ask her. <span> </span><span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">

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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Thank you,<span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">

</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Charles Wood<span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">

</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>OLA Communications Committee Chair<span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">





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