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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>At Ancestry, just found the other marriage index (1906-2009), not the index I was looking at yesterday.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Found Avalonne E Butler to Harley A Olson, 7 Aug 1928, Douglas County as you did. Then, I found:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="38%" valign=top style='width:38.0%;padding:5.25pt 6.0pt 1.5pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#181A1C'>Name:</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#181A1C'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:2.25pt 6.0pt 2.25pt 6.0pt;box-sizing: inherit'><p class=MsoNormal><span class=srchmatch><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#181A1C'>Avalonne </span></span><span class=srchhit><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#181A1C'>Butler </span></span><span class=srchmatch><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#181A1C'>Olson </span></span><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#181A1C'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom-color:currentColor;border-image-outset: 0;border-image-repeat: stretch;border-image-slice: 100%;border-image-source: none;border-image-width: 1;border-left-color:currentColor;border-right-color:currentColor;box-sizing: inherit'><td width="38%" valign=top style='width:38.0%;padding:5.25pt 6.0pt 1.5pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#181A1C'>Gender:<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:2.25pt 6.0pt 2.25pt 6.0pt;box-sizing: inherit'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#181A1C'>Female<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom-color:currentColor;border-image-outset: 0;border-image-repeat: stretch;border-image-slice: 100%;border-image-source: none;border-image-width: 1;border-left-color:currentColor;border-right-color:currentColor;box-sizing: inherit'><td width="38%" valign=top style='width:38.0%;padding:5.25pt 6.0pt 1.5pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#181A1C'>Marriage Date:<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:2.25pt 6.0pt 2.25pt 6.0pt;box-sizing: inherit'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#181A1C'>5 Jun 1931<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom-color:currentColor;border-image-outset: 0;border-image-repeat: stretch;border-image-slice: 100%;border-image-source: none;border-image-width: 1;border-left-color:currentColor;border-right-color:currentColor;box-sizing: inherit'><td width="38%" valign=top style='width:38.0%;padding:5.25pt 6.0pt 1.5pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#181A1C'>Marriage Place:<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:2.25pt 6.0pt 2.25pt 6.0pt;box-sizing: inherit'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#181A1C'>Douglas, Oregon, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom-color:currentColor;border-image-outset: 0;border-image-repeat: stretch;border-image-slice: 100%;border-image-source: none;border-image-width: 1;border-left-color:currentColor;border-right-color:currentColor;box-sizing: inherit'><td width="38%" valign=top style='width:38.0%;padding:5.25pt 6.0pt 1.5pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#181A1C'>Spouse:<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:2.25pt 6.0pt 2.25pt 6.0pt;box-sizing: inherit'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#181A1C'><a href="https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&r=an&db=ormarr&indiv=try&h=4231578"><span style='color:#005C7D;text-decoration:none'>John Howard Wells </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This may be what you had found? Anyway, at Ancestry there’s a stamp for “Order Original Document” from VitalChek, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.vitalchek.com/ancestry/order_main.aspx">https://www.vitalchek.com/ancestry/order_main.aspx</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I did order a bc many years ago from them, and it was fine, but have you called/written to Douglas County? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Pat<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> or-roots <or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us> <b>On Behalf Of </b>kith-n-kin@cox.net<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 17, 2019 9:17 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Leslie Chapman' <opera_70@yahoo.com>; 'or-roots mail list' <or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [or-roots] Oregon marriage index<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Les<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Checked Ancestry, no joy there! Maybe they went to Vegas or somewhere?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Pat Dunford<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> or-roots <<a href="mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Leslie Chapman via or-roots<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 17, 2019 8:50 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [or-roots] Oregon marriage index<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>If someone on the list has ready access to the Oregon marriage index I would appreciate their checking this;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=ydpdfa5f6c6msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>Name John Howard Wells<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ydpdfa5f6c6msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>Marriage Date 5 Jun 1931<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ydpdfa5f6c6msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>County Douglas<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ydpdfa5f6c6msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>Spouse's Name Avalonne Butler Olson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ydpdfa5f6c6msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>Collection Oregon, Marriage Indexes, 1906-2009<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>I checked the Douglas county marriage archive on Family search page by page from early May to late August and this record is not in it and there is no entry for either John Wells or Avalonne Olson in the index. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>Avalonne's first marriage to Harley Olson is in the records, but neither license or return seems to be in Douglas county and a search of other stuff on family search comes up empty.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>I got the above information from Archives.com, but usually they provide a printout of the index page while for this one all I get is the text.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>I realized while writing this I hadn't checked state archves, but there I find nothing relevant, though I did find an entry for an Oscar Melvin Olson that got me thinking cousin Oscar had been married three times until I realized the surname was Olson, not Melvin.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>Les Chapman<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>No Ian, I am not really trying to get the whole world in my family file!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>