<div dir="ltr">I got this and although several of my cousins have past in the last year there are still a lot of us out there. Some of my cousins who grew up in other states or moved when they were young do not even realize that they have Oregon Ancestors.<div>I was born and raised in California but when I found that my grandmother and grandfather and great grandmother were all born in Oregon I joined the Sons and Daughters of Oregon pioneers. It is a good group and they publish a very nice newsletter. The dues are fairly inexpensive which is important to people who are retired and on a fixed income.</div><div>So, there you have it.</div><div>Dale</div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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</table><a href="#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"></a></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 9:59 AM, Leslie Chapman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pil3hvar@gmail.com" target="_blank">pil3hvar@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Folks have been mentioning for the last few days they aren't receiving<br>
any posts.<br>
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I would suggest that it is because there haven't been many.<br>
<br>
In the past I have posted on a fairly regular basis either a question<br>
relevant to Oregon or on occasion I have taken advantage of Layne's<br>
good nature and asked for help on things usually from adjacent states.<br>
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I have not had a lot of time for some while now for genealogy and then<br>
there was a period when I was unable to post or at least my posts did<br>
not show up in my yahoo account. For some reason when Layne and I<br>
finally got me able to post by adding my gmail account to Or roots I<br>
now receive everything in both accounts even though the Yahoo account<br>
supposedly was removed. Ironically for a while I could post in either<br>
account and it only showed up in the other account. I attribute this<br>
to technology not liking me. My son is pretty sure it is a PEBKAC<br>
situation;<br>
<br>
OKAY; strike that last bit, posted this and another post from Yahoo<br>
and they just disappeared into the ether, so will try gmail.<br>
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Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair<br>
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I get very annoyed when I do something exactly right three times on my<br>
puter and do not get the correct result then he punches in the same<br>
command and gets the correct result, again he is sure it is as stated<br>
above.<br>
<br>
But I digress; One of the sad reasons our list has become<br>
significantly less active is we lost a number of the people who were<br>
most active on the list and some of the rest were in failing health<br>
last I heard. That is unfortunately kind of a universal trend. My<br>
girlfriend and I recently joined the Eagles and now we find that we<br>
are invited to attend a meeting to determine if the local Aerie will<br>
continue to function. As with fraternal organizations the impetus to<br>
pursuing genealogy is fading I believe. There are still some new<br>
folks interested but the numbers who are too busy to continue and the<br>
attrition rate on those of us in our later years seems to be thinning<br>
the ranks.<br>
<br>
I know that the few posts I HAVE made in the past year or so since I<br>
was able to post again have not received much if any response where in<br>
the past at least four of five would have a suggestion or an answer, I<br>
have been lucky if I got more than one response.<br>
<br>
Just for the sake of argument I will post a query separate from this<br>
on my current family page and lets see what kind of response I get.<br>
<br>
Leslie Chapman<br>
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