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<DIV><FONT size=3>? My dad ? my mom ? who came over the trail in
1843?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> Hey ya left one the best parts ;)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Folks please use the surnames because we dont know your moms n
dads family ;)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Dan M Whose great grand dad Walter J Matney came on the 1843
trail also.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 21, 2010 1:43
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Genealogy
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<DIV>Ronda and all; I am so glad that you enjoyed your trip. My Mom was from
Alabama and so her roots were there. I took her back there for 6 years to
visit and do research. 4 of them we flew with my sister going 3
times and our cousin coming twice. The last two times we drove and were
gone for almost a month each time. We had such great times and saw so much of
the country. Mom and her family came to Oregon Christmas day 1940 but my
Dad's family came over the Oregon Trail in 1843 and to Klamath County in 1879.
So we enjoyed going over the Oregon Trail on our driving trips. Got to do a
lot of research but I have done so much research since then that I would love
to go again and see if I can find all the things I missed last time. I was
hoping to take one more time but time ran out and we didn't get to go.</DIV>
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<DIV>So go while you can and enjoy your self. Take it one day at a time and
see what you can find. Get a digital camera and take lots of pictures of
everything.</DIV>
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<DIV>Linda Aubrey</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 9/21/2010 7:34:51 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
whizinc@comcast.net writes:</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>This summer my Mom, Dad, my youngest daughter and myself
went on a genealogy trip. I ended up driving 6,808 miles in 3 ½
weeks. We went to 12 states. My Mom has had several strokes and
I wanted to go while she was still able to tell me the stories I’ve heard
for years in the places they happened. They have taken these trips
every few years since the late 80’s. I got to see a house my Mom lived
in, the farm where my grandmother was born and raised, the graves of my g
grandparents, my gg grandparents and two of my ggg grandparents. We
drove around land that used to be in the family. We went to libraries,
historical societies, and courthouses. It was my first time hunting in
a courthouse. We were in a small courthouse in Kentucky. I
looked through a file folder of wills from the early and mid 1800’s, all
handwritten in pencil. It was a thrill. We met shirttail cousins
and saw a lot of country. Mom and Dad were tired, but we all had a
wonderful trip and I highly recommend going before it’s too
late.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Ronda<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>PS I also recommend avoiding the poison ivy.
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