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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wonder if the difference in cities is where they
went to register the birth. My mothers birth place is listed as Elmira,
Oregon but the family homestead was near Albany.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=lechevrier@earthlink.net href="mailto:lechevrier@earthlink.net">Chris
& Bill Strickland</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 31, 2006 12:18
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] Junction City /
Benton County ???</DIV>
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size=2><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mary Catherine
Graves b. abt 1856, who has listed </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Junction
City</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, Or as her
birthplace. I assumed it was correct, but never found any birth
records for her. Then I found several references to her being born in Benton
Co. Or. Seemed correct, but I still wonder why she is repeatedly saying she
was born in J.C.
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size=2><FONT face=Arial>Although technically Junction City is in Lane County,
I believe the Lane/Benton county line is very much nearby -- I suppose it
would be quite possible for someone or some location to have a Junction City
mailing address and actually be inside Benton County<BR><BR>Bill
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