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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>somebody's compilation.<br><br><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris & Bill Strickland<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 17, 2011 2:11 PM<br><b>To:</b> or-roots mail list<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [or-roots] Obit request<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Babe Fain wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=name><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>... This is not an obituary but might provide some information</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=name><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;-moz-background-clip: initial;-moz-background-origin: initial;-moz-background-inline-policy: initial;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:50%'><span class=name><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Walter Jefferson Matney (born 1816 Tennessee and died before Feb 1874, Probate, California) </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>I'm thinking looking for this Feb 1874 Probate would be useful -- Babe, what is your source for this record, and what is their source (ie, wherre is the original record), or is this somebody's compilation?<br><br>I've looked a bit for Walt in the Modoc history, but come up empty.<br><br>Bill Strickland<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>