[or-roots] checking in

[Bony, Jan]

Thank you Layne! We appreciate everything you do!

Jan


On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 11:25 AM SAWYER Layne G * SOS via or-roots <
or-roots at omls.oregon.gov> wrote:

> OR-rooters,
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> Just thought I would check in and make sure the transition to the new
> address for the list was working.  It appears to work correctly on my end
> but perhaps if I got a few responses back I would feel more assured that we
> are still functioning properly.
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> To make it more worthwhile for you to read the message I thought I would
> share with you some updates from the Archives.
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> We are still not open to the public but are beginning to work on the
> process of re-opening.  It will likely be a phased process with a variety
> of changes to protect the health and safety of both staff and the
> researchers.  Stayed tuned, but in the meantime please use the online
> options if you would like to request copies of any records.
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> I also want to let you know that we now have the early vital records that
> had previously been held by the Center for Health Statistics.  These
> include:
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> Oregon Birth Certificates from June 1903-1915
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> Oregon Marriage Returns from 1911-1945
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> Oregon Divorce returns from 1925-1945
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> Delayed Birth records from 1903-1918
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> The records are being scanned and will eventually be available on Ancestry
> and FamilySearch but as you can imagine the indexing of these records will
> take some time.  If  you would like to request records from the Reference
> Desk please use the form found here.
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> https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/records/request-record.aspx
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> Please include as much information as you may have such as the name; date
> and county.
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> Stay well,
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> Layne Sawyer
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> “List Mom”
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> Oregon State Archives
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