Have the History on Sarah Jennings- Smith anyone interested

Lucinda Blais wrote:

> Pat,
> So glad that this is being done!!! My Gr. gr. grandparents, John & Rebecca 
> Smith Barger and her parents, James and Sarah Jennings Smith of course were 
> in Silverton, Oregon, and I have wanted to "see" where their land was ! 
> Have picture with "Barger" Street. Again, looking forward to seeing this 
> when in the Silverton area !
> 
> Cindy Blais
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kith-n-Kin" <Kith-n-Kin@cox.net>
> To: "'or-roots mail list'" <or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 12:46 PM
> Subject: [or-roots] DLC Maps
> 
> 
> > While we're on the subject of DLCs, one of the things I'm working on is a
> > history of the township that includes Mt. Angel to Silverton. It is 
> > 06S01W.
> >
> > So far, I have gathered the information on the "original" DLCs from the
> > Abstracts, along with the 1862 twp map, and on top of that placed the 1963
> > "official" cadastral plats of the original owners. (I'm probably mixing my
> > terms here).
> >
> > I have also "cut and pasted" the 1878 land plats from the Atlas to fit the
> > township parameters, and coupled it with a 2009 Google Earth image of the
> > area, so anyone can see just where the properties are today. Fortunately,
> > there were two or three plats which with odd shapes and placement, allowed
> > for "tweaking" the skew from the satellite image.
> >
> > These are on 11x17 photo paper, and are going to the libraries in 
> > Silverton
> > and Mt. Angel, as well as the college library there.
> >
> > I believe this will help poor folks (like I was) who show up in the area, 
> > go
> > to the library and say "where was grampa and gramma's land?" to be met 
> > with
> > the thousand yard stare. "Oh, you might want to look on the wall over
> > there." Nope. "Well, you can go to the archives in Salem.. ." In Mount
> > Angel in particular, the "history" goes back as far as the monastery and
> > influx of German speaking farmers. At the seminary at least they had 
> > some
> > history of the early settlers, and the interactions with the town.
> >
> > After my visit this month, I'll be able to complete the "genealogical" 
> > early
> > history of the area, who married whom, and so on, and what happened to the
> > families. Should be fun.
> >
> > Pat
> > In Tucson
> >
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