[or-roots] Oregon marriage index

[Dan M]

Sounds really good.
Might be a crumb of something I can use.
Dan M

On 12/17/19 11:18 AM, SAWYER Layne G * SOS via or-roots wrote:
> Dear OR-rooters,
> 
> I just wanted to let you all know that the State Archives received a 
> large quantity of records this past summer from the Vital Records 
> office.  They include the 1903-1915 birth records, 1911-1945 marriage 
> returns, 1925-1945 divorce returns, and Delayed Birth filings 
> 1903-1918.  Below is a link to a form on our website that can be used to 
> request copies of these records.
> 
> https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/records/request-record.aspx
> 
> As you can tell from the messages from Les and Pat, not all of these 
> records have online indexes.
> 
> The records are currently being scanned as part of a cooperative effort 
> between Ancestry, Family Search, the Oregon State Archives and the 
> Oregon Center for Health Statistics (aka Vital Records).  Eventually the 
> images and indexes will be available on both the Ancestry and Family 
> Search sites but that is a process that doesn’t happen fast so feel free 
> to contact the Archives staff using the form above to access the hard 
> copy of these records.  Our charges are $5.00 for each document if you 
> have the complete date, and location. (There may be an additional out of 
> state resident charge of $5 if you are living outside of Oregon)  Our 
> charges are considerably less that VitalCheck and our turn-around time 
> is much quicker as well.
> 
> Save your money for your Holiday shopping and avoid the middleman.  If 
> you need a certified copy for legal purposes you will still need to go 
> through the Vital Records office.
> 
> Happy Holidays to you all!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Layne Sawyer
> 
> “List Mom”
> 
> Oregon State Archives
> 
> *From:* or-roots [mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] *On 
> Behalf Of *Kith-n-Kin
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 17, 2019 9:59 AM
> *To:* 'or-roots mail list' <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>; 'Leslie 
> Chapman' <opera_70 at yahoo.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [or-roots] Oregon marriage index
> 
> At Ancestry, just found the other marriage index (1906-2009), not the 
> index I was looking at yesterday.
> 
> Found Avalonne E Butler to Harley A Olson, 7 Aug 1928, Douglas County as 
> you did. Then, I found:
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> Name:
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> Avalonne Butler Olson
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> Gender:
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> Female
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> Marriage Date:
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> 5 Jun 1931
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> Marriage Place:
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> Douglas, Oregon, USA
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> Spouse:
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> John Howard Wells 
> <https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&r=an&db=ormarr&indiv=try&h=4231578>
> 
> This may be what you had found? Anyway, at Ancestry there’s a stamp for 
> “Order Original Document” from VitalChek,
> 
> https://www.vitalchek.com/ancestry/order_main.aspx
> 
> I did order a bc many years ago from them, and it was fine, but have you 
> called/written to Douglas County?
> 
> Pat
> 
> *From:* or-roots <or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us 
> <mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>> *On Behalf Of 
> *kith-n-kin at cox.net <mailto:kith-n-kin at cox.net>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 17, 2019 9:17 AM
> *To:* 'Leslie Chapman' <opera_70 at yahoo.com <mailto:opera_70 at yahoo.com>>; 
> 'or-roots mail list' <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us 
> <mailto:or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>>
> *Subject:* Re: [or-roots] Oregon marriage index
> 
> Les
> 
> Checked Ancestry, no joy there! Maybe they went to Vegas or somewhere?
> 
> Pat Dunford
> 
> *From:* or-roots <or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us 
> <mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>> *On Behalf Of 
> *Leslie Chapman via or-roots
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 17, 2019 8:50 AM
> *To:* or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us 
> <mailto:or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> *Subject:* [or-roots] Oregon marriage index
> 
> If someone on the list has ready access to the Oregon marriage index I 
> would appreciate their checking this;
> 
> Name                           John Howard Wells
> 
> Marriage Date             5 Jun 1931
> 
> County                        Douglas
> 
> Spouse's Name            Avalonne Butler Olson
> 
> Collection Oregon, Marriage Indexes, 1906-2009
> 
> I checked the Douglas county marriage archive on Family search page by 
> page from early May to late August and this record is not in it and 
> there is no entry for either John Wells or Avalonne Olson in the index.
> 
> Avalonne's first marriage to Harley Olson is in the records, but neither 
> license or return seems to be in Douglas county and a search of other 
> stuff on family search comes up empty.
> 
> I got the above information from Archives.com, but usually they provide 
> a printout of the index page while for this one all I get is the text.
> 
> I realized while writing this I hadn't checked state archves, but there 
> I find nothing relevant, though I did find an entry for an Oscar Melvin 
> Olson that got me thinking cousin Oscar had been married three times 
> until I realized the surname was Olson, not Melvin.
> 
> Les Chapman
> 
> No Ian, I am not really trying to get the whole world in my family file!
>