[or-roots] Helpful sites for searches

[Sue Steward]

I live in Medford and can access Heritage Quest through the Jackson 
County Library website.    When I log on the library website there's a 
tab that says research and databases, when I go to Heritage I have to 
enter my library card.  It seems to work well for me.

Sue


On 1/13/2012 10:32 PM, Linda Wiley wrote:
> Denise, how does one access Heritage Quest?  I have a Chemeketa 
> Regional Library card through the Stayton Library; also belong to the 
> Willamette Valley Genealogical Society and Linn Gen. Society.  I 
> browsed through GenealogyBank today--you can look around, but not get 
> much info, without paying.  I checked out several states for their 
> available newspapers.  At the moment not much I could use, but others 
> might find many of their areas of interest are included.  thanks for 
> your suggestions!
>
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> *From:* Denise Sproed <DeniseSproed at onlinenw.com>
> *To:* 'or-roots mail list' <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> *Sent:* Friday, January 13, 2012 9:23 PM
> *Subject:* [or-roots] Helpful sites for searches
>
> I would second Linda's comments.  I have the US subscription to 
> Ancestry.com and a subscription to GenealogyBank.com 
> <http://GenealogyBank.com> (both are extremely useful).  I also 
> subscribed to WorldVitalRecords.com <http://WorldVitalRecords.com> not 
> long ago because they said they had newspapers.  I do not find it 
> useful as of yet.  I don't subscribe to Fold3 but it is good for 
> military records.  And Heritage Quest is excellent for it's PERSI
> Another site I find useful for Oregon is 
> http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ - you can narrow the searches to 
> Oregon -- it covers only up to 1922 but includes some smaller 
> newspapers and it is free.
> Another site that is free and helpful for locating articles is 
> http://libweb.uoregon.edu/dc/newspaper/index.php?newspaper=oregonian  
> where the years 1852-1987 are partially indexed.  Sometimes that helps 
> give a little more detail about the articles and leaves out 
> advertisements -- helpful with more common names
> There is also a California site (if your relatives wandered south a 
> bit) at http://cdnc.ucr.edu/newsucr/cgi-bin/newsucr?a=q
> Just a few sites that came to mind with this discussion.
> Denise Sproed (Descendant of many early Oregon Pioneers)
> A member of the Association of Professional Genealogists
> My genealogy related pages are at:
> 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/
>
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