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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>any relation to dillon hoskins who had a
daughter, rebecca and this rebecca m. william thomas shaw and this
w.t.shaw was a brother to my gr. gr. grandmother, cynthia jane shaw.
cynthia jane's parents are buried in the old ford cemetery in m-f,
ore.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>gary in az.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">--- -- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=dharguess@coastline.edu
href="mailto:dharguess@coastline.edu">Harguess, Dale</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> Thursday, August 17, 2006 8:22
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [or-roots] Reunions</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My family, the
Hoskins have been holding a reunion non-stop since 1944. The woman who
started it finally passed away last year so she couldn’t attend. She was
100 years and 2 months old and has the biggest genealogy collection on the
family I have ever seen. They hold the reunion the last Saturday in June
and it has alternated between </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Walla
Walla</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Wash.</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> and Milton Freewater
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Oregon</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> over the
years. A lot of the family still lives in Umatilla and Morrow
counties. So I think at 62 years we might hold the record for continuous
reunions.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dale</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
[mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of
</SPAN></B>EugeneMelvin.roots@comcast.net<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, August 15, 2006 8:36
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> OR List Roots; GFO
List Roots<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
[or-roots] Reunions</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Courier New"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">There was an
interesting article in the Tuesday August 15, 2006 Oregonian, Food Section,
about an Italian/American family that has been doing family reunions for the
last fifty years.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Courier New"
size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Courier New"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">I wonder how
many other Families are doing reunions that we never here about and what a
great opportunity this would be to promote </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Courier New"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Genealogy</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Courier New"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> and the resources
we have to those who may not be aware of us.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Courier New"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Over the last
couple of years I have heard a lot of individuals looking for individuals and
just as many others willing to help. But I have not heard of many family
reunions.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Courier New"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">To this end I
propose opening up this forum to the discussion of Family Reunions. The
ups and downs, the ins and the outs, the successes and
failure</SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Any
takers</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>