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<DIV>Albert: I believe my GGGrand Father was on the OT but I have no Proof. His name was Joseph B. Goodman b.abt 1819 in IN, and was in Oregon up to 1875 Near Umitilla OR. His Son Thomas P. Goodman b.1841 in KY was also most likely on OT, and married Susan Bryant abt 1850.</DIV>
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<DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>Bob Goodman <BR>USAF Retired <BR>University Place, Washington</DIV>
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<P class=MsoPlainText style="tab-stops: 108.3pt"><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Bonjour,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText style="tab-stops: 108.3pt"><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Welcome aboard.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Do you have any </SPAN></FONT><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place>Oregon Trail</st1:place> ancestors of 1851? My wife's BLANCHARD ancestors were on that trek.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I have been working on a project on that particular migration for 18 years, and have landed a publisher. There were CLARK families on the Trail that year.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText style="tab-stops: 108.3pt"><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Your humble servant &., &c.,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText style="tab-stops: 108.3pt"><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Albert <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes">Albert Edward Belanger<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:Street><st1:address><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes">128 Middle Road</SPAN></FONT></st1:address></st1:Street><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><st1:place><st1:City><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes">Brentwood</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes">, </SPAN><st1:State><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes">NH</SPAN></st1:State><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"> </SPAN><st1:PostalCode><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes">03833</SPAN></st1:PostalCode></st1:place><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-no-proof: yes">Researching the 1851 </SPAN></FONT><st1:place><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes">Oregon Trail</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes"> Migration<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From: "Carroll Clark" <w7iml@gte.net><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">To: <or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sent: </SPAN></FONT><st1:date Year="2005" Day="15" Month="3">Tuesday, March 15, 2005</st1:date> <st1:time Minute="37" Hour="15">3:37 PM</st1:time><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Subject: Re: [or-roots] Is the server down?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> Hi Bruce, Ronda, and Nancy.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I don't know you, & U don't know me, as yet.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> I've been "lurking" here for about 3 weeks to try to get the "feel" of <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> this<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> bulletin site.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> I have </SPAN></FONT><st1:State><st1:place>Oregon</st1:place></st1:State> roots from back in the 1847 - 1865 era and relatives beyond<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> those years living in OR and along the </SPAN></FONT><st1:place>Columbia River</st1:place>, both OR & WA sides<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> who are anc. of those earlier clans.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I am a ham radio opr. (amateur radio<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> opr) who "works" OR hams so I am interested in </SPAN></FONT><st1:State><st1:place>Oregon</st1:place></st1:State> for many reasons.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> I hope to find some things that I might contribute, or gain from this <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> site,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> so that is why I subscribed to it and was accepted<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> to come aboard.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Now, I need to see how I can contribute and/or pick the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> brains of some fine </SPAN></FONT><st1:State><st1:place>Oregon</st1:place></st1:State> people who are<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> on here.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As we say in ham radio slanguage<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>73, which translates to Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> (Mr) Carroll Clark in Snohomish, WA 30 mi. NE of Seattle; b. here but have<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> many roots with Oregon Settlement, History, etc. to share.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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