<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000'><P>The History of the Northwest as it is related to my family is one of my passions, one thing I have been trying to find is my Father's Step-Sister gave an interview on the Old Kvan Vancouver, Wa. radio stn. in the 1940's before she passed away on coming across the Oregon trail as a Child, one of the family used to have transcripts of that interview, unfortuneatly the one that had them passed away years ago and they may have been thown out.</P>
<P>I always urge anyone who has family data, photo albums Etc. that they do not want give them to a Genealogy or Historical Society, where they can be preserved, someone someday may want to see that information, a lot of history has been lost by just being thrown out my family members that did not want it.</P>
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<P>Waiting for my wife to get ready have to be in Chehalis by 11 am.</P>
<P>Glen jones Portland<BR><BR><BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Darlene Casteel" <darlene@thecasteels.net><BR>To: "or-roots mail list" <or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><BR>Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 8:20:44 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific<BR>Subject: Re: [or-roots] The Oregon Trail<BR><BR>I, too, enjoy this discussion about the Oregon Trail. One of my gr-gr-grandfathers came in 1848 (Griffin), and the other in 1852 (Hamlin). When I think about the hardships they faced as they traveled to and then settled in this new land, it makes me very proud. Darlene ----- Original Message ----- From: GerryCT@aol.com To: or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 12:16 AM Subject: [or-roots] The Oregon Trail I love this discussion about the Oregon Trail. So many of us have ancestors that traveled that trail and I worry that the history of the trail over time is becoming diminished. My early Oregon ancestors - Cox, King, McCarty - all came to Oregon via the trail. They joined the many pioneers on their to Oregon in Missouri and were among some of the earliest to arrive here. I am very proud of my pioneer stock and am eager to finally begin to put that history together for our family. Gerry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Need a job? Find employment help in your area. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ or-roots mailing list or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots <BR>_______________________________________________ or-roots mailing list or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots </P></div></body></html>