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thank you for posting this. Daraleen was one of my first genealogy contacts and a distant cousin. She invited me to her home and showed me the old celluloid DOWNING and HUNT family photo albums and made copies of some of the photos for me and also helped me with the genealogy for these families. Without Daraleen, I would have never seen their faces and it is such a treasure to have these photo copies of my ancestors. Daraleen was a treasure too, and such a dedicated genealogist.<BR>
Linda Purvis<BR>
DOWNING, HUNT, QUEENER, ESTEP, SHOTWELL, EDWARDS, DEMENT, BIDDIX, SPENCER, BURTON<BR>
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In a message dated 4/17/12 9:41:25 AM, layne.g.sawyer@state.or.us writes:<BR>
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Or-roots folks,<BR>
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Below is a link to a memorial page we added to our site for Daraleen.<BR>
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She had a huge impact on our program here at the Archives and she will be sorely missed. In addition to losing a great volunteer and contributor to so many projects here at the Archives, I also lost a very dear friend. I am sure if she had been in better health towards the end she would have joined in the 1940 census effort!<BR>
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I am impressed with all the work you and others have been putting into this effort and it really is amazing how much has been accomplished in such a short time.<BR>
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Thank you all for your hard work.<BR>
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Layne Sawyer<BR>
"List Mom"<BR>
Manager of Reference Services<BR>
Oregon State Archives<BR>
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