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<DIV>Actually $45.00 is not to bad, I have spent that much on Probate Records of
my Great Grandfather A. H. Robie a Pioneer in Eastern Oregon and Idaho.</DIV>
<DIV>I have also spent over $200. for out of print Oregon History books
that have mention of my ancestors and plan on spending more in the future, it
depends on what you want and how much you are willing to spend for records that
pertain to your genealogy.</DIV>
<DIV>If gas had not gone so high I would be doing a lot of traveling right now
in search of more on my family as I have been on Vacation for nearly two
weeks.</DIV>
<DIV>Researching Cross, Craig, Robie, Roe, Barber, Jones and other related
families.</DIV>
<DIV>Glen Jones Portland. </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A
title=mailto:khanjehgil@presys.com href="mailto:khanjehgil@presys.com">Leslie
Chapman</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 19, 2004 12:01
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [or-roots] Purchaing
Document Question</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>First rule; It's for genealogy, do NOT buy certified info; IE I
blew 45<BR>dollars on death Certs for my wifes Ancestors $45 = 3 certified
copies, I<BR>could then have gotten same info from Or Archives for about $6
now $15, BUT<BR>my sis-in-law shortly after that was at OR archives and could
have gottens<BR>same info for me for % .75.<BR><BR>Several folks have asked
for said help in past on list, if anyone is<BR>providing such help they are
being wisely discrete about it.<BR><BR>If you can get the info you REALLY need
from an online index, don't buy it<BR>all unless you really want it.
California has a lot of Data available online<BR>for free in indexes I can
"maybe" get you a death birth and maybe even<BR>marriage date and name that
way, plus often Mother's maiden name.<BR><BR>If they aren't my immediate
ancestor I am not really interested in paying<BR>for it, but that's me. Some
folks feel obliged for every available doc for<BR>everyone in their family
tree. WHY!<BR><BR>I did blow thirty bucks early on for what turned out to be
distant cousins,<BR>but it was a good deal, 25 cents a page plus or minus, but
those kind of<BR>deals are rare. I paid $1 each for two Marriage Certs for my
Namesakes<BR>inlaws, I was hoping their might be some useful info, no such
luck.<BR><BR>As far as info is concerned; Marriage Affadavits are usually more
useful<BR>than Certificates, about all the cert gives is the date and names
of<BR>witnesses, if they happen to be family they might be useful, my great
Uncle<BR>Edward married a womean named Ida McCulloch who I have had a hard
time<BR>finding family for, I just obtained their wedding cert and lo and
behold,<BR>two people named McCulloch. Now I may be able to pin down her
family for<BR>sure.<BR><BR>Death certs are "usually" quite good, unless the
informant doesn't have any<BR>or correct info. I have several death certs
where about the only correct<BR>info is the death date and the name the person
was going by when they died,<BR>wrong maiden name, wrong birth date and as bad
as wrong country of birth.<BR><BR>The advantage of death certs over birth is
just that, the death info.<BR><BR>As to any other documents, other than
military record and naturalization<BR>papers most stuff is pretty useless for
genealogy unless you are interested<BR>in putting together and exhaustive
profile of some one. With one notable<BR>exception, if you are unable to find
the basic documents for someone for<BR>some reason, then you might consider
chasing probate and school records for<BR>information.<BR><BR>I have very
little experience with probate and have never tried for a school<BR>record.
The latter for the most part are hard to impossible to get as I<BR>understand
it, Probate records can be tricky, I did one for a member of the<BR>list last
week, I got about $5 worth for her, but passed up almost $15<BR>dollars worth
of documents that I didn't feel she would want as they<BR>provided no useful
information or were duplicates, but if you are getting<BR>probate records by
contacting a county clerk somewhere, they are liable to<BR>just copy the whole
file and that makes a big differance. How much leeway<BR>you have there varies
with courthouse. The lady at Douglas Co in Oregon I<BR>believe would be very
cooperative in terms of just the facts as she is a<BR>genealogist herself, on
the other hand some places resent the process so<BR>thoroughly that I imagine
they would sock it to you to the max, for example<BR>I copied every doc in one
of my gramma's probate record including the<BR>receipts, she put as many of
them on a sheet as she could, but someone<BR>somewhere could sock you for
fifty cents for each one which means six times<BR>as much money.<BR><BR>I
priortize by two things, how bad I need the info, ie if I have a
1900<BR>census for them, I really don't care about the day they were born,
unless<BR>there is a lot of conflict about the birth date of course. I really
don't<BR>care except for the immediate ancestors so haven't, except for the
stuff<BR>mentioned above. Of course I have a lot of relatives doing research
so I<BR>have certain advantages. If you are on your own that makes it
harder.<BR><BR>Hope this helps.<BR><BR>Les C<BR><BR>-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: <A title=mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A><BR>[mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us]On
Behalf Of Ann<BR>Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 8:05 AM<BR>To: <A
title=mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A><BR>Subject:
[or-roots] Purchaing Document Question<BR><BR><BR>Hi All~<BR><BR>I have a
question. How do you decide what to purchase for your
primary<BR>documents? Let's face it, genealogy can get expensive if you
have a small<BR>income. If I were to order every birth, death, divorce,
land, will/probate,<BR>military, etc. etc. record for everyone in my line it
would add up to<BR>something fierce. Do you save it for direct
ancestors--parents,<BR>grandparents, etc.? Do tell--do
tell.<BR><BR>Roberta Batzner Chesley<BR>---<BR>Outgoing mail is certified
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