[or-roots] Oregon death index lookup

[Sue Steward]

Robyn, in 1881 four of the Steward children died of diptheria and all 
are buried on the North Bank Rd Steward homestead in Coos County.

Sue

On 6/7/2011 6:22 PM, Robyn Greenlund wrote:
> Dale-
> I don't know about Portland and what records they kept for Multnomah, 
> Clackamas and Washington counties, but in Coos county I was very 
> surprised to find a book in the Coos county court house that had a 
> record of communicatible diseases listed by date 
> [http://genealogytrails.com/ore/coos/death/disease-date.html]. I have 
> only transcribed 1907-1910 for the Coos county records, but it's 
> possible that such indexes were kept in other counties as well. I can 
> tell you that the ledger I found is not on the Coos County Records 
> Inventory [http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/county/cpcoosdescrip.html] so 
> without a personal visit looking for such a book, you might miss 
> it. If it exists, it would at least let you know if the person was 
> suffering from the disease near the time of their death, and if it was 
> a widespread problem in that area.
> Robyn
> rgreenlund61 at yahoo.com <http://rgreenlund61@yahoo.com>
>
> Interested in Coos County History? See what's online at
> genealogytrails.com <http://genealogytrails.com/ore/coos>, 
> coquillevalley.org <http://coquillevalley.org/>, or orgenweb.org 
> <http://orgenweb.org/coos/>
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> *From:* Dale Harguess <daleharguess4 at gmail.com>
> *To:* or-roots mail list <or-roots at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 7, 2011 3:57 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [or-roots] Oregon death index lookup
>
> Since I don't know the exact year or date of my aunt's death but know 
> that it was sometime around 1914 or 1915 and she was a child.  Is 
> there anyway of knowing if there was some sort of epidemic in that 
> time frame in Portland?  I know she is buried in the old pioneer 
> cemetery in Portland and I have contacted them but they only have a 
> record of her being buried there with two of her siblings and a step 
> mother (all in the same area).
> I would really like to know the date of her death and what she died 
> from but can't find a death record.
> Her name was Verna Marie Hardwick and her parents were Noah Hardwick 
> and Venus Howell.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Dale in California
>
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Diane <whitehillranch at centurytel.net 
> <mailto:whitehillranch at centurytel.net>> wrote:
>
>     Les,  Newspaper pages are available for newspapers published
>     between 1846-1922  are the years available for papers in Portland,
>     Ontario,, Oregon City, Bend, Scottsburg, Coos Bay, Burns, Salem,
>     Jacksonville, Medford and Klamath Falls.  I was just hoping to see
>     his name there, so only searched Portland and Astoria.  since the
>     death had not yet occured, it would not have been listed.  You can
>     type in one name and search all the above papers....but it comes
>     up with a zillion entries.  This is a beta site so at times in is
>     'resting'.   Diane
>
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