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<DIV><SPAN class=703215700-04102004><FONT color=#0000ff>It may
surprise some to know that the ships generally stopped at the
Sandwich Islands on the way from the Isthmus to Oregon.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=703215700-04102004><FONT color=#0000ff>Oh, that's Hawaii to the
younger generation <G></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703215700-04102004><FONT color=#0000ff>Quite a detour, suppose
it had to do with favorable seas.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703215700-04102004><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703215700-04102004><FONT color=#0000ff>Pat (in
Tucson)<BR><BR>Scio vestri atavi est nosce te ipsum<BR>(to know your ancestors
is to become acquainted with yourself) </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
[mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Eunice
Young<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 03, 2004 17:38<BR><B>To:</B>
or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Train to
Oregon<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>I had relatives that traveled from Brooklyn, NY about 1863--apparently by
ship, went by some means across the isthmus and then by ship up to
Portland. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Eunice <A
href="mailto:emy@oregontrail.net">emy@oregontrail.net</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>researching McKinney, Feland, Anderson, Riggs,
<BR>
Burton, May, Boyer, Holman,
Jervis,<BR>
Robinson<BR></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=LSchiendel@aol.com
href="mailto:LSchiendel@aol.com">LSchiendel@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=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> Saturday, October 02, 2004 2:58
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Train to
Oregon</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks Gene,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>But I really don't think they were ever on a boat. Would have
heard something about that over the years. Now I am
puzzled.<IMG src="http://cdn-cf.aol.com/se/smi/0201d20638/03"
NOSEND="1"> Maybe I will never know.</DIV>
<DIV>Lillian</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>