[or-roots] or-roots Digest, Vol 49, Issue 9

Sat May 14 19:47:06 PDT 2011

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On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 4:15 PM, JOHN LAURA MCKINNEY <birdman_326 at msn.com>wrote:

>  Hi, I went on  www.carroll-library.org  Carroll co., IA. looking for an
> obit.  You go to the front page, go to online resources, then you can go to
> the newspaper, or archives.  Since this is free, not bad to try.  Laura
>
> From: or-roots-request at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> Subject: or-roots Digest, Vol 49, Issue 9
> To: or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 12:00:28 -0700
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> --Forwarded Message Attachment--
> From: mflansburg at comcast.net
> To: or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 23:58:47 +0000
> Subject: [or-roots] Opinions???
>
>  Hi everyone,
>
> I am always looking for new Internet resources, as it is more and more
> expensive to travel.  Has anyone used Archives.com?  I am specifically
> wondering if they are a good source for obituaries.  They say they charge an
> annual fee of $40.00.  If their collection of resources is large enough, I
> can afford $40.00/year.  I already am signed up for Ancestry.com.  If they
> don't offer more or different source than I already have at Ancestry, then
> it's not worth it.
>
> Opinions???
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> Marcus Flansburg
> Logan, UT
>
>
>
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> From: daleharguess4 at gmail.com
> To: or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 17:00:54 -0700
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Opinions???
>
> Funny you should ask.  I was just talking about this the other night with a
> friend that has everything.  She is dumping it because she said it is not
> worth it at all.
> Just passing on what I heard from a very good researcher, I don't have any
> knowledge of it personally.
> Dale
>
> On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 4:58 PM, <mflansburg at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>  Hi everyone,
>
> I am always looking for new Internet resources, as it is more and more
> expensive to travel.  Has anyone used Archives.com?  I am specifically
> wondering if they are a good source for obituaries.  They say they charge an
> annual fee of $40.00.  If their collection of resources is large enough, I
> can afford $40.00/year.  I already am signed up for Ancestry.com.  If they
> don't offer more or different source than I already have at Ancestry, then
> it's not worth it.
>
> Opinions???
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> Marcus Flansburg
> Logan, UT
>
>
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> From: DeniseSproed at onlinenw.com
> To: or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 17:56:17 -0700
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Opinions???
>
>  I have not used Archives.com so I’m not familiar with their offerings.  I
> do subscribe to GenealogyBank.com and find it is very helpful for Oregon
> research as it has the Old Oregonian’s available digitally.  There are many
> others also available but it is the Oregonian that is the reason I
> subscribe.
>
>
>
> Denise
>
> A member of the Association of Professional Genealogists
>
>
>
> The web page I made for my parents is at:
> http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~merritt/
>
>
>
> My genealogy related pages are at:
> http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~merritt/
> and http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~merritt/
> The latter created using John Cardinal's Second Site
>
>
>
> User of The Master Genealogist (TMG) http://www.whollygenes.com/
>
>
>
> *From:* or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:
> or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] *On Behalf Of *
> mflansburg at comcast.net
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 12, 2011 4:59 PM
> *To:* Oregon Genealogy
> *Subject:* [or-roots] Opinions???
>
>
>  Hi everyone,
>
> I am always looking for new Internet resources, as it is more and more
> expensive to travel.  Has anyone used Archives.com?  I am specifically
> wondering if they are a good source for obituaries.  They say they charge an
> annual fee of $40.00.  If their collection of resources is large enough, I
> can afford $40.00/year.  I already am signed up for Ancestry.com.  If they
> don't offer more or different source than I already have at Ancestry, then
> it's not worth it.
>
> Opinions???
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> Marcus Flansburg
> Logan, UT
>
>
> --Forwarded Message Attachment--
> From: glenkc7mbm at comcast.net
> To: or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 01:28:11 +0000
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Opinions???
>
>
>
>
> The only one I subscribe too is Ancestry, all the others seem to be
> knockoffs of Ancestry
> or are owned by ancestry.
> Bye the way UO knight Library is dititizing all of their newspapers it is
> through a National
> Program, I do not have the URL handy, and there are other genealogy
> Resources available
> that are free.
> Glen Jones Portland
>
>
> --Forwarded Message Attachment--
> From: DeniseSproed at onlinenw.com
> To: or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 19:00:52 -0700
> Subject: [or-roots] Knight Library Digitizing Newspaper
>
>
> http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=124634063941779600
> has an old article about the Grant that will allow the digitizing Oregon
> Newspapers from 1860-1922
>
>
>
> It was referred to as the statewide Oregon Digital Newspaper Project and
> can be accessed thru the website:
>
> http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
>
>
>
> http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/#Oregon  is a link to the
> Oregon section
>
>
>
> Thanks Glen for mentioning the resource!
>
>
>
> Denise
>
> A member of the Association of Professional Genealogists
>
>
>
> The web page I made for my parents is at:
> http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~merritt/
>
>
>
> My genealogy related pages are at:
> http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~merritt/
>
>
> and http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~merritt/
> The latter created using John Cardinal's Second Site
>
>
>
> User of The Master Genealogist (TMG) http://www.whollygenes.com/
>
>
>
> *From:* or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:
> or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] *On Behalf Of *Glen Jones
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 12, 2011 6:28 PM
> *To:* or-roots mail list
> *Subject:* Re: [or-roots] Opinions???
>
>
>
>
>
> The only one I subscribe too is Ancestry, all the others seem to be
> knockoffs of Ancestry
> or are owned by ancestry.
> Bye the way UO knight Library is dititizing all of their newspapers it is
> through a National
> Program, I do not have the URL handy, and there are other genealogy
> Resources available
> that are free.
> Glen Jones Portland
>  ------------------------------
>
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> From: rgreenlund61 at yahoo.com
> CC: andie_jensen at frontier.com; oregonc at gmail.com
> To: or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 22:10:31 -0700
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Knight Library Digitizing Newspaper
>
>  You can also access the Knight Library materials through this link:
> http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/
>
> Google has a number of newspapers which have been digitized now. You can
> find them through news.google.com and then going to the archives section.
> I like their ability to search by a date range, and their digital images of
> the newspaper pages are clear enough that a screen capture program like
> abbyy screenshot reader ($10) can be used to do a fair job of OCRing the
> material - or you can stick with the Text view that Google provides. Both
> can save a significant amount of typing if the information is clean enough.
> My favorite newspapers to look at are the Spokane newspapers pre 1900 (they
> did an amazing job of covering the whole of the Oregon territory) and the
> Eugene Register Guard.
>
> Another favorite is the California Digital Newspaper Collection. Like the
> Spokane papers, it did a fantastic job of covering happenings in Oregon as
> well as Northern California, where so many Oregonian pioneers traveled too.
> http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc
>
> Additionally, I have found that the Southern Oregon Digital collection has
> some great materials digitized. While not newspapers, there are a lot of
> other materials to search through
> http://soda.sou.edu/about.html
>
> On Footnote (the subscription service) my favorite aspect of their search
> engine is the ability to limit your search to materials added in the last
> 30, 60 or 90 days.
>
> More sites are digitizing collections all the time. To find them, search in
> google by the state name and "digital newspaper collection". And, when you
> run across a tidbit or story that catches your eye or fills in a gap in your
> knowledge of an area, consider taking a few extra minutes to transcribe it
> and send the transcription to one of the sites like Orgenweb or
> Genealogytrails so that it can be added to their free webpages for others to
> find too.
>
>  Robyn
> rgreenlund61 at yahoo.com <http://yahoo.com/>
>
> Interested in Coos County History? See what's online at
> genealogytrails.com <http://genealogytrails.com/ore/coos>,
> coquillevalley.org, or orgenweb.org <http://orgenweb.org/coos/>
> [image: Linkedin] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/rgreenlund>[image: Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/rgreenlund>[image:
> Yahoo Answers]<http://answers.yahoo.com/my/my;_ylt=Am0e7aEv9NKVsL2NcjzyGeTpy6IX;_ylv=3>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Denise Sproed <DeniseSproed at onlinenw.com>
> *To:* 'or-roots mail list' <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 12, 2011 7:00 PM
> *Subject:* [or-roots] Knight Library Digitizing Newspaper
>
>
> http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=124634063941779600
> has an old article about the Grant that will allow the digitizing Oregon
> Newspapers from 1860-1922
>
> It was referred to as the statewide Oregon Digital Newspaper Project and
> can be accessed thru the website:
> http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
>
> http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/#Oregon  is a link to the
> Oregon section
>
> Thanks Glen for mentioning the resource!
>
> Denise
>  A member of the Association of Professional Genealogists
>
> The web page I made for my parents is at:
> http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~merritt/
>
> My genealogy related pages are at:
> http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~merritt/
>
> and http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~merritt/
> The latter created using John Cardinal's Second Site
>
> User of The Master Genealogist (TMG) http://www.whollygenes.com/
>
>  *From:* or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:
> or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] *On Behalf Of *Glen Jones
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 12, 2011 6:28 PM
> *To:* or-roots mail list
> *Subject:* Re: [or-roots] Opinions???
>
>
>
>
> The only one I subscribe too is Ancestry, all the others seem to be
> knockoffs of Ancestry
> or are owned by ancestry.
> Bye the way UO knight Library is dititizing all of their newspapers it is
> through a National
> Program, I do not have the URL handy, and there are other genealogy
> Resources available
> that are free.
> Glen Jones Portland
>  ------------------------------
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> From: 58cjpeterson at comcast.net
> To: rgreenlund61 at yahoo.com; or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 05:13:30 +0000
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Knight Library Digitizing Newspaper
>
> Great info, Robyn. Thank you!
> Carol Peterson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robyn Greenlund" <rgreenlund61 at yahoo.com>
> To: "or-roots mail list" <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> Cc: "Andie Jensen" <andie_jensen at frontier.com>, "Marilee Miller" <
> oregonc at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 10:10:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Knight Library Digitizing Newspaper
>
>  You can also access the Knight Library materials through this link:
> http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/
>
> Google has a number of newspapers which have been digitized now. You can
> find them through news.google.com and then going to the archives section.
> I like their ability to search by a date range, and their digital images of
> the newspaper pages are clear enough that a screen capture program like
> abbyy screenshot reader ($10) can be used to do a fair job of OCRing the
> material - or you can stick with the Text view that Google provides. Both
> can save a significant amount of typing if the information is clean enough.
> My favorite newspapers to look at are the Spokane newspapers pre 1900 (they
> did an amazing job of covering the whole of the Oregon territory) and the
> Eugene Register Guard.
>
> Another favorite is the California Digital Newspaper Collection. Like the
> Spokane papers, it did a fantastic job of covering happenings in Oregon as
> well as Northern California, where so many Oregonian pioneers traveled too.
> http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc
>
> Additionally, I have found that the Southern Oregon Digital collection has
> some great materials digitized. While not newspapers, there are a lot of
> other materials to search through
> http://soda.sou.edu/about.html
>
> On Footnote (the subscription service) my favorite aspect of their search
> engine is the ability to limit your search to materials added in the last
> 30, 60 or 90 days.
>
> More sites are digitizing collections all the time. To find them, search in
> google by the state name and "digital newspaper collection". And, when you
> run across a tidbit or story that catches your eye or fills in a gap in your
> knowledge of an area, consider taking a few extra minutes to transcribe it
> and send the transcription to one of the sites like Orgenweb or
> Genealogytrails so that it can be added to their free webpages for others to
> find too.
>
>  Robyn
> rgreenlund61 at yahoo.com <http://yahoo.com/>
>
> Interested in Coos County History? See what's online at
> genealogytrails.com <http://genealogytrails.com/ore/coos>,
> coquillevalley.org, or orgenweb.org <http://orgenweb.org/coos/>
> [image: Linkedin] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/rgreenlund>[image: Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/rgreenlund>[image:
> Yahoo Answers]<http://answers.yahoo.com/my/my;_ylt=Am0e7aEv9NKVsL2NcjzyGeTpy6IX;_ylv=3>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Denise Sproed <DeniseSproed at onlinenw.com>
> *To:* 'or-roots mail list' <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 12, 2011 7:00 PM
> *Subject:* [or-roots] Knight Library Digitizing Newspaper
>
>
> http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=124634063941779600
> has an old article about the Grant that will allow the digitizing Oregon
> Newspapers from 1860-1922
>
> It was referred to as the statewide Oregon Digital Newspaper Project and
> can be accessed thru the website:
> http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
>
> http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/#Oregon  is a link to the
> Oregon section
>
> Thanks Glen for mentioning the resource!
>
> Denise
>  A member of the Association of Professional Genealogists
>
> The web page I made for my parents is at:
> http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~merritt/
>
> My genealogy related pages are at:
> http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~merritt/
>
> and http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~merritt/
> The latter created using John Cardinal's Second Site
>
> User of The Master Genealogist (TMG) http://www.whollygenes.com/
>
>  *From:* or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:
> or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] *On Behalf Of *Glen Jones
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 12, 2011 6:28 PM
> *To:* or-roots mail list
> *Subject:* Re: [or-roots] Opinions???
>
>
>
>
> The only one I subscribe too is Ancestry, all the others seem to be
> knockoffs of Ancestry
> or are owned by ancestry.
> Bye the way UO knight Library is dititizing all of their newspapers it is
> through a National
> Program, I do not have the URL handy, and there are other genealogy
> Resources available
> that are free.
> Glen Jones Portland
>  ------------------------------
>  No virus found in this message.
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> Version: 10.0.1325 / Virus Database: 1500/3634 - Release Date: 05/12/11
>
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