[or-roots] New Oregon Archives searchable index

[Pat's Kith and Kin]

Wow! Layne, that is great!  It is so wonderful that the great State of
Oregon finds this important enough to support.

'Course, I always leave a little extra when I come by once a year, having
retired from state government myself, after 30+ years, I can attest that
there is never enough in the budget.  How about everyone remembering the
Archives when writing their end-of-year gifts?

You are so good to us!

Pat (in Tucson)
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-----Original Message-----
From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
[mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us]On Behalf Of SAWYER Layne
G
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 11:04
To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us; oregon-L at rootsweb.com
Subject: [or-roots] New Oregon Archives searchable index


Dear Rooters,

The Oregon State Archives is pleased to announce the launch of a new
searchable index.  The Oregon Historical Records Index incorporates data
that was originally found in three separate on-line indexes.  The
Genealogical Locator, the Portland Birth records and the Portland Death
records are now combined and can be searched from one site.  Additionally,
the index has nearly doubled in size with close to 400,000 entries.
Significant newly indexed records, such as the statewide delayed birth
records which were transferred to the Archives from the Center for Vital
Statistics, and the World War 1 personnel service records compiled by the
War Historian, are now available on-line.  Enhanced descriptions of the
records have been included to help researchers identify what the records are
likely to contain. You can view these descriptions by clicking on an entry
from the list found at:

http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/banners/genlist.htm



This index is created in large part through the efforts of volunteers who
work on flattening, refoldering, and reboxing these original records and
perform the data entry.

Please visit the new index:
http://genealogy.state.or.us

Contact the Archives staff at reference.archives at state.or.us if you wish to
request copies of the records.

If you have comments about the new index please send emails to me directly
at

layne.g.sawyer at state.or.us

Happy hunting.

Layne Sawyer
Oregon State Archives



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