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<div dir="ltr">I have been really inactive for sometime during the winter I fell in the snow and ice fractured a hip but then we found I also suffered other injuries, so have not done to much, did have a interesting November a friend and fellow researcher
gave me all of her research that is mostly on my Great Great Grandfather and Great Grandfather in Central and Eastern Oregon as well as Washington and Idaho going to take a long time to go through 8 file boxes of research and books.</div>
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From: "Dale Harguess" <daleharguess4@gmail.com><br>
To: "or-roots mail list" <or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><br>
Subject: [or-roots] List inactivity<br>
Date: Mon, Sep 18, 2017 10:13 AM</div>
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<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>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 9:59 AM, Leslie Chapman <span dir="ltr">
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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Leslie Chapman<br>
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