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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>I received an email today that prompted me to share the following
information with other researchers who may not be familiar with this online
resource. I once read a Church History book about Seventh-day
Adventist's in the Northwest and it said research showed that at one time (I
believe it was around the 1870's) one in ten of the inhabitents of the Northwest
belonged to the Seventh-day Adventist denomination. It is possible that
other Oregon researchers might find information on early NW relatives via these
resources. The online obituary index covers the entire US.</FONT></P>
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size=3></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Below are the general instructions for how I use the
resources.</FONT></P>
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size=3></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><STRONG>Looking for Obituaries in the Seventh-day Adventist
Periodicals</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>The Online index can be accessed at:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.andrews.edu/library/car/sdapiobits.html"><FONT color=#800080
size=3>http://www.andrews.edu/library/car/sdapiobits.html</FONT></A><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><FONT size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Older obituaries are often in the
Advent Review & Sabbath Herald (listed under Review & Herald in the
Periodicals)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">In more recent years the
obituaries would appear in regional periodicals like:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">North Pacific Union Gleaner<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(covers <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns
= "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State>, <st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Montana</st1:place></st1:State>)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Pacific Recorder (covers
<st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:State>, and I think <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Arizona</st1:place></st1:State>)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Lake</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Union</st1:PlaceName></SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> Herald<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">And others<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Once you know the periodical you want to locate go to the following
link:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A
href="http://www.adventistarchives.org/DocArchives.asp"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#800080
size=3>http://www.adventistarchives.org/DocArchives.asp</FONT></A></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>On the left side of the web page you will want to page down until you
see:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Official</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceName><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></SPAN></B></st1:place><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Magazines and
Periodicals<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Click
on the Periodical you want to search through - you can then put the year in the
Search through for box - the index was made YEARS before the periodicals were
digitized so the index gives the date but not the volume and issue.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You must search around somewhat to find
the correct issue and then search within the periodicals pages to find the
obituary you seek.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Hopefully
this resource will be of help to someone on our OR-Roots List.</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Denise
Sproed Merritt</SPAN></P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>A member of the Association of Professional
Genealogists</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The web page I made for my parents is at: <A
href="http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~merritt/">http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~merritt/</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>My genealogy related pages are at:<BR><A
href="http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~merritt/">http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~merritt/</A><BR>and
<A
href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~merritt/">http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~merritt/</A><BR>The
latter created using John Cardinal's Second Site</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>User of The Master Genealogist (TMG) <A
href="http://www.whollygenes.com/">http://www.whollygenes.com/</A></FONT></DIV></SPAN></BODY></HTML>