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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Please download and read, “The
Jackson County Genealogy Library: Over a Half-Century of Helping People Find
Their Roots,” by </span><span>Cara Davis-Jacobson and Anne Billeter of the <span style="color:rgb(41,40,41)">Rogue Valley Genealogical Society, here: </span></span><a href="https://commons.pacificu.edu/olaq/vol24/iss1/8/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span>https://commons.pacificu.edu/olaq/vol24/iss1/8/</span></a><span style="color:rgb(41,40,41)"><span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">

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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>From Cara and Anne’s article, “In
September of 2016, RVGS celebrated its semicentennial—50 expansive years of preserving
the past so that others might benefit from the accumulated knowledge of so many
who paved the way to create the society and library as they are today. RVGS and
JCGL are gems that, these days, serve not only Southern Oregon but also
researchers from all over the world. In fact, JCGL now houses the largest genealogical
collection between Portland, Oregon, and Sacramento, California!”<span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">

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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Genealogy is a subject that many
library patrons ask about.<span>  </span>It is
wonderful to have an organization to refer people to when they have exhausted
the resources of their local public library.<span> 
</span>RVGS and JCGL <span>offer</span> expertise to
members and the public through classes, tutorials, seminars, historical
materials and individual assistance.<span> 
</span>Please read on to learn more about this Southern Oregon institution that
is supported by 829 members and 89 volunteers!</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2">Thank you,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2">Charles Wood</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2">Oregon Library Association Communications Committee Chair</font><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span><span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">





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