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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Welcome to the fray! My wife’s
BLANCHARD ancestors made that </span></font><st1:place><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Oregon
Trail</span></font></st1:place><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'> trek in 1851….there
were </span></font><st1:place><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>CLARKS</span></font></st1:place><font
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color:blue'> that year also.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The
BLANCHARSDS settled in </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font size=2
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color:blue'>City</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>. Who are your folks and what years did they arrive?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>My 18 year long research project on the
1851 O.T. migration is in the hands of a publisher and should be “out
there” by the end of the year (I hope).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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Belanger<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue;
font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'>Researching the
1851 </span></font></i><st1:place><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font
size=2 color=blue><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue;font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'>Oregon Trail</span></font></i></st1:place><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=2 color=blue><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal;
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>-------------- Original message -------------- <br>
<br>
> Hi Bruce, Ronda, and Nancy. I don't know you, & U don't know me, as
yet. <br>
> I've been "lurking" here for about 3 weeks to try to get the
"feel" of this <br>
> bulletin site. <br>
> I have </span></font><st1:State><st1:place>Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>
roots from back in the 1847 - 1865 era and relatives beyond <br>
> those years living in OR and along the <st1:place>Columbia River</st1:place>,
both OR & WA sides <br>
> who are anc. of those earlier clans. I am a ham radio opr. (amateur radio <br>
> opr) who "works" OR hams so I am interested in <st1:State><st1:place>Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>
for many reasons. <br>
> I hope to find some things that I might contribute, or gain from this
site, <br>
> so that is why I subscribed to it and was accepted <br>
> to come aboard. Now, I need to see how I can contribute and/or pick the <br>
> brains of some fine <st1:State><st1:place>Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>
people who are <br>
> on here. <br>
> As we say in ham r adio slanguage 73, which translates to Best Regards, <br>
> (Mr) Carroll Clark in Snohomish, WA 30 mi. NE of Seattle; b. here but have
<br>
> many roots with Oregon Settlement, History, etc. to share. <br>
> <br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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