ORGenWeb Project
Family History Websites
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If you have a website listing your family history, and think it would be useful
to other researchers, why not let the ORGenWeb Project place a link to it here?
Contact Jan Bony
if you're interested. Also, please contact me if a link is NOT working
so it can be removed. Where a web site had a different email address, I tried to
correct it. Updated 12/14/2013 |
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Dan Matney has amassed information on the MATNEY Family including Walter J Matney
( one who rode the mule and challenged Nesmith to that dual) Also Sam K Matney who
shot Modocs and showed them - he too - could scalp people. You can find his site
at www.d-matney.com 5-7-2011 still
good Dec 2015 d |
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New website! 3/31/2015 ~ I have a web site for my family research at www.greg.bennette.org.
Oregon family surnames include Bennette, Bennett, Odell, Gowdy, Garrison, Clark,
Sawyer, Hopper, Roelofson, Kemp, Delashmutt, and Lee. Other surnames include Tuggle,
Helm, Beard, Gates, McCormick, and Maxwell. My earliest Oregon ancestor arrived
in the Willamette Valley (south of Salem, near Eugene) in 1843. Most arrived in
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William Elze WEEKLY and his wife, Irene Jane SKAGGS, the WEEKLY family has been
in Oregon since 1853. They spent about 20 years in Douglas County and then moved
to Coos County. The web site can be found HERE
9/25/2009 still good Dec 2013 |
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Barbara Hartsook has a document on the HARTSOOK, BALL and CHANEY Family Lines that
can be downloaded here
(rtf text format). |
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JONES FAMILY - MOVED TO OREGON UMATILLA COUNTY BETWEEN 1880 AND 1902 Family members
are: Charles P. Jones (oldest) adopted son. William Jones, oldest son of John Jones
and Olive Paterson Jones Olive Paterson Jones, who died in Oregon, Umatilla county
in 1902 Eliza Jones, who married a Greye and lived in Umatilla county. John Andrew
Jones, born in Wisconsin, and we know little of his life. Joseph Huff (Adopted son),
who also went to Oregon. John Jones the father, who died in Wood county about 1872,
is buried there. He was a lumber man, born 1813 in New York state they say, and
moved to Ohio, where three of the Jones children were born, William in 1840, Eliza
in 1847, and another son Levi Lyman Jones, 1845 who stayed in Wisconsin, and lived
and is buried in Juneau county, WI. Olive Paterson Jones was born in 1816 in New
York state they say, then lived in Ohio, moving to Wisconsin in 1847, and Oregon
later between 1880 and 1902 when she died there. Any information would be helpful.
Carol McBain |
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John Daniel Boone Family Website good Dec 2013 |
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Looking for WELTER and ZEHNER who settled in the Columbia County area Barb http://tribalpages.com/tribes/welter
good Dec 2013 |
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I am looking for information on the Aune Johnson family. My great-grandparents were
Oliver Johnson and Jennie (Johanna) Aune Johnson who are buried in Bend. They had
seven children, Harry J., Olga J., Ralph E. Arthur W. (my grandfather), Anna M.,
Agnes T. and Land A. They were immigrants from Norway. I would be interested in
communicating with anyone who is related. My name is Karen Hinton and my Email address
is kleerbrook@yahoo.com. |
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A study and research into the live of Lowell Ames ( 1799-1863) who left New York
and traveled west to Oregon and was on of the first to settle in Sweet Home, Linn
County, Oregon is being conducted by the Ames Society. The research is also being
conducted in the town of Sweet Home itself and if anyone has something to share,
please contact President@AmesSociety.org
The site is www.AmesSociety if
you wish to join this Surname Society and work on any Ames/Eames in North America.
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�The Switzler Family http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/s1810
the pass word is two brothers This is a work still in progress by 14 Switzler
families. We have documentation, Photo's, Maps, and ect. Some of the Switzler's
that were on the Wagon Train in 1845 to OR are among the names listed in these pages.
Still looking for more OR Switzler's to help fill in the blanks. June Hines, web
master ~ good Dec 2013 |
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Dec 2015: gilhousenfamily.com still down, a search engine is working at My Cinnamon Toast
The Gilhousen Family Association
maintains an online genealogical database of the Gilhousens of Wasco County, and
related families, including many Oregon pioneers. Family history articles, scanned
images of documents and photo galleries are being added to other areas of the site.
Common Oregon surnames include: Belshee, Clarke, Gilhousen, Greenlee, Hall, Hastings,
Jackson, Marvel, Maxam, Small, and Stadelman, among others. A collaborative project,
all are welcome to browse our resources, and those with a family connection are
invited to join and participate. |
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www.lampmanlanding.com Good Dec
2013 Research on Lampman primarily, with contents of Henry Kelly's book, "Imprints
on the Sands of Time" which details all Lampmans in America, and from Germany
in the 1709 -1850 range. Includes my personal Lampman genealogy, as well as Busby,
Knapp, Parcher, Vanderzee, Lamb and other surnames as I get them posted. Please
add me to your list, I've been helping many Lampman researchers for almost 10 years
now find their ancestors FREE. Greg Lampman |
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Descendants of Bird WAGGONER, Caroline PICKETT and Nancy GRAY at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sengercm/pwag.html
Ancestors and Descendants of James Albert MILLER (1851 IN-1938 OR) and Martha Ann PEARL (1858 OR-1897 OR)http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sengercm/pmil.html Notes on the Descendants of William Robinett (1846 -1908 OR) and Mary PEARL (1850 MO-1884 OR)http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sengercm/probn.html Ancestors and Descendants of Henry Harrison KIRK and Isabella Caroline PEARL http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sengercm/pkirk.html Descendants of Rev. Isaac Newton Van Winkle and Elizabeth Ann Pearl http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sengercm/pvw.html Some recent updates have been made to: Ancestors and Descendants of James PEARL (1807 OH-1897 OR)http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sengercm/pearlja.html Ancestors and Descendants of Felix SENGER and wife, Hannah HESS http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sengercm/sengerf.html ClydeClyde Senger Bellingham WA good Dec 2013 |
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Linda Nichol's Families: Marion and Clackamas
CountiesHuet Huetter, Muessig, Peter, Thuemler, Reich ~ not found Dec 2013 |
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Abel Helman Family of Ashland, Jackson
County ~ good Dec 2013 |
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Hubbard Families of Marion and Polk Counties
~ good Dec 2013 |
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Nancy Todd's Tooley, Morgan,
Dunn, and Brown families ~ good Dec 2013 |
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Foster, Hague, Achilles and Swadley - Judy Hague
[email only, no website] |
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The Daniel Pegg Wilson Family Home Page Res
Researching the Oregon Trail pioneer Daniel Pegg WILSON who lived in Washington,
Oregon, Illinois and Pennsylvania. Also researching the related families: Robert
MILL (or Mills) of Oregon, Ohio, Scotland and Job BULLARD. The Daniel Pegg Wilson
family migrated from Illinois to Oregon by way of wagon train in 1852. ~ not
good Dec 2013 |
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Cindy Lee Siddall
(Dunaven)'s Website Dunaven, Casey, Lee, Brown, Cavin Lines
- Dunaven's were in Benton County ~ good Dec 2013 |
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Katheryn L. (Barber) Saunders' Website Hodgdon
and Barber fam families of Tillamook County ~ not good Dec 2013 |
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James Blakely and
Brownsville With family photos, links and pictures of Brownsville.
Also Cecil
Houk's Oregon Trail Families ~ both good Dec 2013 |
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Debbi Reeves' Oregon Pioneer
Milton and Christiana Brown and Family Website. Debbi also has her gedcom uploaded
to Rootsweb's World Connect
Project, th, the major surnames are: BROWN, CONNOR, FIELD, SCHMITZ, KAY,
DAVIS, GREEN, OSGOOD. Dec 2013: the first address is not good, the 2nd at Rootsweb
is a search engine you can try |
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Patty Stuart's
Crook County Families ~ not good Dec 2013 |
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Texann Yarbrough Johnson's Oregon
Pioneer Families 5/3 5/30/2011 No longer a good link |
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Link and email no longer work 12/14/2013 ~ Kim Schildwachter's Oregon Pioneer Families
THORNTON, MATHENY, HEWITT, COOPER, THRAPP, OTT, PEYTON, SMITH many others which
primarily resided in Marion, Yamhill, Washington, Clackamas, Linn and Lane counties.
Kim Schildwachter |
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Pat Holling's Oregon Pioneer
Families Arneson - Norway/Canada/OR; Bruce -MA/VT/OR; Cookerly - MI/OR; Earle - Ireland/Canada/MI/NY/MI/OR; Ellis - NY/MI/OR; Fish - NY/VT/IL/WI/OR; Force - NY/OR; Hall - NH/VT/OR; Holling - Denmark/Germany/NY/UT/OR; Towner - CT/NY/MI/OR; Thomas - Wales/UT/OR. Email Pat: pholling@effectnet.com |
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The Benton County Genealogical Society has a listing of Benton County Pioneers at
WorldConnect, http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=benton
This opens a search engine for Benton County |
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I have a Surname Community web site for my mom's family MOODY and LOGUS, from Oregon.
The first person to Oregon City was my great-great grandfather's brother, Charles
Logus in the 1850's from Prussia. http://www.moodyfamily.bravepages.com
Margy Bare ~ web address good Dec
2013 |
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My gg grandfather was Stephen ROSS, a brother to Sherry ROSS who homesteaded Ross
Island in the Willamette River. My grandmother, Mary Alice ROSS HARDY, was born
in Portland in 1854 to Stephen ROSS and his wife Nancy Jane HOUSE ROSS. Pat Bauer
- freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~patbauer/
~ good Dec 2013 |
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Sharen Chambers's Families: Land,
Barnes, McLaughlin, Barker, Carter, Chambers ~ good Dec 2013 |
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Clyde's Senger's Families in Lake, Linn, Benton and Lane Counties: Jonathan and
Paul Brattain and descendants -freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sengercm/brat.html
~ good Dec 2013 |
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McQUINNS vgaetz.home.mindspring.com/mfpca.html ~ no good Dec 2013 |
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The FIELDS Family from Ray Co., MO to Linn Co., OR - Bonnie
Bartlett family. Must contact to get user name and password. Site is on
www.myfamily.comBonnie passed away
in March 2012, family members are maintaining this site. 6/5/2012 |
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Descendants of Elbridge Trask, one of Oregon's earliest pioneers,
have a private, password-protected website, which can be accessed by invitation.
To access the title page with a link to the administrator for more information go to www.traskdescendants.com. Contact: Patsy Skeels for for password ~ check the email, the web site no longer comes up Dec 2013 |
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Oregon families: Huntley, Hundley, Stark, Chalk, Hosking, Lamont, Baird, Perkins,
Cawood: familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/u/n/Dorothy-H-Huntley/ Dot Hosking Huntley ~ good Dec 2013 email not good on web site |
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Crystal Burton's website with Marion
and Linn County families: Hoeye, Pepperling, Ranking, Foss: tribalpages.com/tribes/crystalpb1
~ good Dec 2013 |
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Joyce Cooper's website: Vincent and
Hammersley families, in Lake Co. and Jackson Co. OR. There are many
other connected names on the site.geocities.com/jarmscoop
~ not good Dec 2013 |
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My mother was born in Oregon City OR as well as her 2 brothers. My grandmother and
her mother are buried at Mountainview Cem in Oregon City OR. phelia Robacker Black
(wife ofClinton Black) (My grandparents) lived at Mt Pleasant (a suburb of
Oregon City). Samuel J Robacker died at Portland Oregon. I have
death certs for Samuel and his daughter Ophelia. I am researching the Black
and Robacker families. Laurie
Dunham, Cortland, NY. |
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Bowlus Family of Umatilla County Oregon members.aol.com/gkobernus/bowlus/bowlus_index.html George Kobernus 6296 Red Fox Run Traverse City, MI 49686 BOWLUS FAMILY ~ website no good 12/2013 |
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My G Grandfather, William Martin Berry, wife Sarah Angeline (King) and their three
youngest children, Gussie, Evert and Arthur, traveled by team from Paris, Arkansas
to Union County, Oregon in 1885. Jim Berry
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I have Oregon pioneer families in my tree that's located at worldconnect.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=kenskin39
Family surnames include Belieu, Hodges, Vanderpool, Michael, Letsom,
Harer, Aubrey, Carter, Morgan, Rhoades, Bonney, Stewart, Zumwalt, Jenkins, Gay,
Schulze I have many families from the Metis community at French Prairie,
St. Paul, and other connections with Native American families in WA and BC as well.
Ken Robinson 2659 McGregor Drive RanchoCordova, CA 95670 kenrob39@sbcglobal.net
~ website no good 12/2013 |
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Carlson, Hutton, Hawkins, Patterson, Greenfield, Armstrong, Bierly, Blampied, Peterson,
Tift, Bean Families of Oregon. Contact Bryan Carlson at br_carlson@yahoo.com to
get user name and password. Site is at http://www.myfamily.com |
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I have been building my family tree for 5 years now and boy, has it grown! In this
last year it has shot up from about 25 people to over 300! ucharelli, Mahan, Hetherman,
(Hederman, Heatherman), Riffel, and Landers e-mail Maerie atMaerieLanders@myfamily.com |
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I am researching the NDERSON, SPENCER, TAYLOR, KESTER, OLTHOFF names in the counties
of JACKSON, KLAMATH, GRANT, BENTON and MARION.http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~andersonvriese/
Staci Anderson Vriese 1179 SW 182nd Ave Beaverton OR 97006 sgvriese@gmail.com
~ good Dec 2013 |
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Matt Ragan has a web site at: http://www.theragens.com/history/historyhome.htm
for RAGEN famifamily history ~ good Dec 2013 |
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My Oregon families are gee, Christopherson, & Thornton. http://www.FamilyHistory1.homestead.com/
~ no good Dec 2013 |
| I am the descendent of ong>John K. Kennedy who was Captain of a Wagon Train over the Oregon Trial in 1862. I have a "reconstructed" roster done by 2 memebers of the Train in the 1880's and then addition from other proven descenents of train members. Some members settled in the Walla Walla Co., WA area and some in Oregon, mostly Umitilla Co., OR. Reconstruction of Roster - 1862 JaynJayne McCarley jaymccarley1@comcast.net |
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