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From: "Pete Wasser" <>
Subject: [ORUMATIL] Updated Oregon Archives information
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:14:43 -0700


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 if you wish to
request copies of the records.

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



Happy hunting.

Layne Sawyer
Oregon State Archives

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