[or-roots] Helpful sites for searches

Sat Jan 14 13:32:29 PST 2012

A note about Heritage Quest. --
I was a subscriber for many years to Heritage Quest; have many of their  
census CDs. However, since they changed to library subscriptions only, 
Heritage  Quest is no longer available to me. I know that for anyone living near, 
and  having a library card at the larger libraries, it works out quite well. 
For  those of us in more rural areas with small libraries not able to afford 
Heritage  Quest subscription, it is a different story. And, if I chose to 
have a  non-resident card at the Eugene Public Library, that would make 
Heritage Quest  my most expensive subscription. Too bad. I really liked HQ.
Linda VanOrden

In a message dated 1/14/2012 12:07:04 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
DeniseSproed at onlinenw.com writes:

Follow  the link 
_http://www.cityofsalem.net/Departments/Library/online-resources/Pages/Family-History.aspx_ 
(http://www.cityofsalem.net/Departments/Library/online-resources/Pages/Family-History.aspx)  
Or  if the link is broken visit the Salem Public Library page – Online 
Resources –  Family History and you will see a Heritage Quest link – enter your 
library  card # and you have access from home  
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/_ (http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~merritt/)   
My  genealogy related pages are at:
_http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~merritt/_ 
(http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~merritt/) 
and  _http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~merritt/_ 
(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/_ 
(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 Linda  Wiley
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 10:32 PM
To: or-roots  mail list
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Helpful sites for  searches 

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!

____________________________________

From:  Denise Sproed <_DeniseSproed at onlinenw.com_ 
(mailto:DeniseSproed at onlinenw.com) >
To:  'or-roots mail list' <_or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us_ 
(mailto: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/_ (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_ 
(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_ 
(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/_ 
(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/_ 
(http://www.whollygenes.com/)    

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