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href="http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> a database of immigrants who came through
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
/><st1:place w:st="on">Ellis Island</st1:place> between 1892 &
1924.</FONT></P></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://library.state.or.us/home/orind/">http://library.state.or.us/home/orind/</A>
is a link to a very incomplete index of Oregon obituaries</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.theworldlink.com/archives/">http://www.theworldlink.com/archives/</A> is
another place to look for obituaries</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.oregonnews.com/">http://www.oregonnews.com/</A>
(Roseburg) another place to sometimes find Coos Co. resident
obituaries</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=rgreenlund61@yahoo.com href="mailto:rgreenlund61@yahoo.com">Robyn
Greenlund</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> Tuesday, May 02, 2006 6:52 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] Your favorite
websites....</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm presently creating "pathfinders" for my Coquille Valley (Coos
County) webpages and am realizing I don't have many online books or
websites for people emigrating to Oregon from 1875 - 1925. I thought it
would be interesting to see what this group has for the 'non-standard' places
to look. By non-standard, I mean <STRONG>not</STRONG> Ancestry.com, Oregon
vital statistics, Rootsweb, SSDI, Family search - that kind of thing. And not
the printed biography books - I think I know all of those and where they are
indexed online.</DIV>
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<DIV>You can see what I'm up to at <A
href="http://coquillevalley.org/CoquilleValleyPioneers.doc">http://coquillevalley.org/CoquilleValleyPioneers.doc</A>.
Won't say I've finished this first one, but I'm already using it in my own
research. This group seems to have a wonderful collection of resources that
aren't the normal ones (Les's Township and Range intro and then the UofO
Digital Map collection are examples of the wonderful sites I've seen so far on
this list). So since the list is a little slow at the moment, I thought I'd
ask for sites. </DIV>
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<DIV>One area I know I'm missing is finding information on the Swed's, Finn's
and Norwegians. We had a large group of them in Coos County and the valley,
but I have only found a listing from 1968 online. Most of the families
moved to Oregon after settling in other places in the east and midwest. I
don't think I even have the Ellis Island website - anyone got it handy?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thanks all - the website is coming together, slowly!</DIV>
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<DIV>Robyn</DIV>
<DIV>coquillevalley.org</DIV>
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