Volume XL, Number 7 Salem, Oregon July 2018

President: Elizabeth Tice—503-363-0880—email: eliztice@comcast.net

Newsletter Editor: Elizabeth Tice—503-363-0880—email: willvgs@yahoo.com

WVGS Web Site http://www.wvgsor.org

WILLAMETTE VALLEY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER

WVGS ACTIVITIES—SALEM MEETINGS

July 12th, Thursday 11:30 am to 1:30 pm WVGS Executive Board Meeting. We will meet at the Broadway Commons in an upstairs room. The Broad-way Commons is at 1300 Broadway Street NE, Salem. Board meetings are open to all members.

Willamette Valley Genealogical Society Meeting July 14th, 2018, 10:30 am to 1 pm

Salem Public Library Central Library 585 Liberty St SE Salem, OR 97301

Anderson Room A, Lower Level

10:30 am — 11:45 am General Membership Meeting: A business meeting will be held to conduct society business. 12 noon -— 1 pm Program:

Bill Stam “The All-Nations Native American Veterans Memorial” The All-Nations Native American Veterans Memorial was started on April 20 of 2013 after Bill Stam

transported a life-size bronze statue of a Native warrior hunting buffalo nearly 800 miles to his home in Jeffer-son, Oregon. In the years since its creation, the Native memorial now has 17 flags from 17 tribal nations flying and 14 large blue granite slabs each containing hundreds of names of Native veterans. Though the memorial holds both living and those in memoriam, the memorial certainly honors those that have fallen.

The only one of its kind in the world, the memorial now houses a 14-foot-tall, 3,000-pound fiberglass statue of a Plains Indian chasing a buffalo, an elk statue, a trading post, four teepees, eight colorful tribal flags and five stones with hundreds of names of Indian veterans etched in them, including the Code Talkers of World War I and World War II.

Bill Stam, who is “German, Danish and Lakota,” served in Vietnam and Korea, first in the Navy and then in the Air Force. After that, he worked as a civilian hydraulic mechanic on C-5 and C-141 transports.

Our programs are always open to the public.

Upcoming Programs

August 2018 –Virginia Green– Women of Importance in Salem’s History September– Tom O’Brien from GFO-Geneanet October—Panelists “Preserving Artifacts, Documents and Photos” November– Jerry Rodgers– Mayflower December—Auction, Book Sale and Potluck

2018 Meeting Dates

All in Anderson A/B at Salem Public Library except Oct. January 13 July 14 February 10 August 11 March 10 September 8 April 14 October 13 (Loucks Aud.) May 12 November 10 June 9 December 8

WVGS Information

WVGS Officers for 2018 Elected Officers

President: Elizabeth Tice 1st Vice-President (Program): Doug Crosby 2nd Vice-President (Membership): Suzan Rempel Recording Secretary: Sally Broadwater Corresponding Secretary: Tony Hoff Treasurer: Barbara Foster

Appointed Positions Newsletter Editor: Elizabeth Tice Beaver Brief Editors: Dennis Hill & Craig Smith Librarians: Deanne Smith Volunteer Coordinator: Craig Smith Publicity: George Cropsey Webmaster: Dennis Hill Periodicals: Jerry Rodgers

NORPAC Label Redemption Program This money-making program is just to cut out the UPC code on FLAV-R-PAC, Santiam, and WESTPAC products and turn them in to WVGS. Labels can be turned in at any Saturday WVGS meeting or mailed to WVGS.

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MEMBERSHIP REPORT By Suzan Rempel Membership as of June 11, 2018 was 21 Life Mem-bers, 56 single memberships, 11 family member-ships (22 individuals), and 1 Historical Society for a total of 100 members. Welcome new members Lorraine Purnell and Robin Cannon!

Newsletter We send newsletters to our members and ex-change societies by email from our Yahoo email account (willvgs@yahoo.com). If any member would prefer a hard copy, please let me know. Or if we don’t have your e-mail and you’re willing to get your newsletter by e-mail, let me know your e-mail address. The same is true for our exchange societies and com-plimentary newsletters. We also are emailing the Beaver Briefs to members. If you want a hard copy, the cost is still an additional $6.50 for postage. Beaver Briefs can be accessed by members on our web-site under Member Page with a password. If you need your password, contact Liz Tice.

WVGS and Salem Public Library The Willamette Valley Genealogical Society collec-tion of books, CDs and microfilm/microfiche is housed at Salem Public Library, 585 Liberty St SE Salem, Oregon. Our collection is online through the Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service. The catalog for Salem Public Library can be searched at https://catalog.ccrls.org/client/en_US/spl/?dt=list

Parking at Salem Public Library The Library Parkade is metered parking at $.75 an hour. Parking is free after 6 pm. The Pringle Parkade is free on week-ends and after 6 pm. Oth-erwise you will have to find street parking in the res-idential areas. Volunteer Hours at Salem Public Library: Monday Closed Tuesday - Saturday 11:00 am - 5:00 pm Sunday 1 pm to 4 pm DNA Help By appointment

Fred Meyer Community Rewards Willamette Valley Genealogical Society has signed up with Fred Meyer Community Rewards as a non-profit. If you shop at Fred Meyer and use your Rewards Card, it also helps us.

• Sign up for the Community Rewards program by linking your Fred Meyer Rewards Card to

Willamette Valley Genealogical Society. You can do this on our website under Help.

• Then, every time you shop and use your Rewards Card, you are helping WVGS earn a donation!

• You still earn your Rewards Points, Fuel Points, and Rebates, just as you do today. Thank you!

• WVGS’s Fred Meyer Community Rewards number is 82436.

Questions about Autosomal DNA? Denise Sproed, member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, is available to answer your questions about Autosomal DNA testing after 5pm. Contact her on our web page to make an ap-pointment.

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May Program Emily Aulicino , professional genealogist, presented a program “You have a DNA Match! Now What?”. Emily reviewed the basics of DNA testing—Y-DNA, mtDNA, AtDNA and terms associated with DNA testing. While waiting for results, check your pedigree charts, compile data, and educate yourself about DNA testing. When your results arrive, upload your GEDCOM to the company’s site and to GEDmatch and transfer your results to other sites. Start emailing matches. Emily gave a list of suggestions of what to include in your emails to help finding how you match. Look for common ancestors. Look at blogs, read books, attend webinars. Don’t forget that WVGS has a DNA helper. Go to our webpage to contact Denise Sproed for an appointment to help you sort it all out.

Willamette Valley Genealogical Society’s Family Tree DNA Project WVGS has a DNA Project for both men and women through www.familytreedna.com. If

any of you have questions regarding DNA and which tests to order, please e-mail Emily Aulicino at: aulicino@hevanet.com. Emily is the WVGS Family Tree DNA Project Adminis-trator. WVGS members (and non-members) receive a discounted DNA test rate rather than paying the full amount listed on the Family Tree DNA company’s home page. According to Emily, “The company then gives the society a percentage of the sale for Y-DNA and mtDNA tests, but not for SNP tests, Family Finder, nor any upgrades.

You can also get your DNA tested through the WVGS project, and then submit it to other groups. To receive the WVGS project’s discount (and earn the WVGS a rebate), go to the WVGS website, www.wvgsor.org, click on the Research tab, and at the bottom of the page click on the FamilyTreeDNA logo to go to their website.

www.wvgsor.org

Our Member Page content includes all issues of the society's Beaver Briefs quarterly publication, the complete 1916 Oregon birth records, past society newsletters and meeting minutes, tips for maximizing DNA results, and more.

Dennis Hill, webmaster, has worked hard to scan materials and make them searchable also, such as the Table of Contents for all issues of Beaver Briefs.

Current issues of Beaver Briefs are mailed or emailed to all members four times a year. The Summer 2018 issue will be out on August 1, 2018.

Beginning July 1st, 2018, you must have a current WVGS Member ID to access the content on the Member Page. To become a member of the WVGS, or to renew a lapsed membership, you can click on the 'Membership' button.

July 2018

Candalaria Connection by Jerry Rodgers

Ansearchin’ News is the quarterly publication of

the Tennessee Genealogical Society, first pub-

lished in 1954. Articles cover a broad range of

topics of interest to genealogists that focus on

Tennessee and the southeast. The WVGS has a

nearly complete collection of the first 47 volumes.

PDF format digital copies, with the exception of

the last 10 years, are available online at the Ten-

nessee Genealogical Society website (TNGS).

https://www.tngs.org/

WVGS Collection:

Volume 1 (1954) through Volume 47, #2 (2000)

Indexes:

The TNGS has a topical search feature on their

website. Use the Publications Tab to find the

search box. A broader search option is PERSI

(PERiodical Source Index). PERSI is a consolidat-

ed index to the records of over 8000 genealogical

and historical publications from all over the world.

https://www.findmypast.com/persi

To request a Candalaria publication, use the

online request form at the materials link on our

WVGS website. Scroll down to the materials

stored offsite to find the form. Enter your name,

contact information, and publication(s) requested.

You’ll be contacted when the materials are availa-

ble to view at the WVGS library desk. If you need assistance, contact one of our helpful volunteers at the WVGS library desk from 11 to 5 Tues-day through Saturday or 1 to 4 on Sunday.

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Mayflower News

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Are you related to one of America's first immigrants? A new "Pilgrim database" from the New England Historic

Genealogical Society and the General Society of Mayflower Descendants will let you know for sure. "All information in the database is derived from the original printed books published by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants," the genealogical society said on its website. This is the first time the books' contents have been made available online. Names we all remember from history class, including Myles Standish, John Alden and William Bradford, were on the famed ship, which sailed from England to the New World in 1620 with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30 people. The database contains authenticated information on more than 59,450 people in the fifth generation of the Mayflower passengers known to have de-scendants. That "fifth generation" of descendants lived in the 1700s and 1800s, so the name you type in to search the database would have to be one of your ancestors who lived during that time. There are an estimated 10 million living Americans and as many as 35 million people worldwide de-scended from the Pilgrims, according to the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. Although access to some of the Pilgrim database is free, the full database requires membership in the genealogical society, which costs $35 for a three-month plan. D. Brenton Simons, president of the genealogical society, said the new database makes it "easier than ever to learn whether an individual is descended from one who planted the first permanent settlement of New England in Plymouth Colony and ultimately laid the foundation for America.”

Hope for Old Daguerreotypes

X-ray Beam Illuminates Long-Forgotten Faces on Damaged Daguerreotypes

Dick Eastman · June 22, 2018 Anyone who wishes to restore or repair old photographs has a new tool available for use. As long as it is a Daguerreotype, experts at the Canadian Light Source, a high-energy X-ray fa-cility in Saskatchewan, have discovered how to restore important details from daguerreotypes that have been written off as beyond recovery.

On the left is the image as it appears to the eye. On the right is the X-ray scan that reveals where mercury was deposited on the metal plate when the daguerreotype was originally produced. The results are impressive. Madalena Koza-chuk, a doctorate student in chemistry at the University of Western Ontario in London, was able to use X-ray beams to map out the distri-bution of copper, silver, gold and iron on the two plates. She then wanted to see whether she could detect mercury on the plates, but a beam with sufficient energy was not then avail-able at the Saskatchewan facility. To complete her investigation, Ms. Kozachuk travelled to an-other synchrotron at Cornell University in Itha-ca, N.Y. It was there that the glowing atoms of mercury revealed the images on the plates in exquisite detail, astounding the researchers. You can read more in an article by Ivan Se-meniuk in The Globe and Mail web site at: https://tgam.ca/2Ka7TyC.

Was one of your ances-tors on the Mayflower? You can find out now. Doyle Rice, USA TODAY

Finding Female Ancestors

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Finding Female Ancestors

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Volunteers Needed

Are you looking for a place to volunteer and help others with their genealogy? The Family History Library at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Lone Oak in South Salem is looking for a volunteer to substitute from time to time. We are open all day Tues and Thurs. and part time on Sat. and Sunday. Contact Glenda Wardell at Lone Oak Family History Center.

Ways to Begin to Unravel the Mysteries of Women in Your Family Tree

March 16, 2015 FamilySearch Blog 1. Mine Male Records Start by looking at probate records for your male ancestors. Women in the past often didn’t receive automatic guardianship of inherited money or es-tates. Therefore, if a husband died owning prop-erty or a business, the remaining family members would often go to probate court in order to de-termine who would oversee finances. 2. Let History Be Your Guide Create a timeline of ancestors' life events. To create a historical timeline that matches up with your female ancestor’s life: Establish a timeline that begins with the woman’s birth and ends with her death. Detail everything you know about her, including her marriage date and children’s birth dates and places. Add in life events, such as migrations and hospitalizations, as you uncover them. Incorporate significant nation-al and international events, such as wars and epi-demics. 3. Hunt for Headstones The gravestone of a female ancestor may provide the last place she lived and uncover family rela-tionships, middle and maiden names, and dates of birth and death. Emblems on headstones can re-veal religious beliefs, professions, and member-ships. Epitaphs may reveal a wide range of details about an ancestor’s life. 4. Search Multiple Sources for Marriage Rec-ords: Bibles, Biographies, Cemetery Records, Church Books and Newsletters, Civil Registrations, Consent Affidavits, Courthouse Records, Death Certificates Diaries, Divorce Decrees, Engagement Notices, Frak-turs, Immigration Records, Journals, Land Records Marriage Banns and Bonds, Marriage Certificates, Li-censes, and Permits, Naturalization Papers, Obituaries of Family Members, Orphan Court Records, Pension Files (widows), Probate Records, Town Histories, Town Records, Wedding Showers, Wills

This obituary was published in 1959. Although her parents names are given, nowhere is Mrs. Ragsdill’s first name mentioned.! Tip #1: Know All of Your Ancestor’s Identities This tip suggests that when searching the women in your family tree, you need to search for every name she ever went by, whether it be a formal first name (given name) or an informal nickname. Tip #2: Search by Her Initials Many assume that men are more prone to be rec-orded by their initials, but it is common for wom-en also, depending upon the circumstance. Tip #3: Enter “Maiden Name” as a Search En-gine Keyword. If you are looking for a maiden name, use “maiden name” or “maiden name was” as keywords in your search. Tip #4: Incorporate Cultural Considerations in Searches. A woman might be called by her Old World name in the family setting, and recorded in other ancestry records by the more common American spelling. For example, an ancestor named Mary might also be known as: Maria if your family came from Spain; from the Netherlands, as Marja or Maaike.

WVGS Oregon Cemetery Collection

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WVGS Oregon Cemetery Collection

WVGS Oregon Cemetery Collection WVGS has many cemetery books and loose pages of cemeteries. Although many of these are now on sites like Find A Grave (with links to other family members), not all cemeteries have been surveyed and uploaded. In addition some of the materials we have were done when head-stones were still legible. These materials are available in our collection at Salem Public Library. Thanks to WVGS member Jim Johnson! County Cemetery Name Last Burial Catalog # Polk Co Mark's Farm 1991 929.50979538 P Vol 4 Polk Co Mongomery Cem 1970 Polk Co Montgomery 1987 929.50979538 P Vol 2 Polk Co Nesmith Famly 1973 Polk Co Nesmith Park Family 1991 929.50979538 P Vol 4 Polk Co Ogden Grave 1987 929.50979538 P Vol 2 Polk Co Pioneer - Burch/ Rickeall 1969, 71 Polk Co Pleasant Hill - Red Prairie 1995 929.50979538 P Vol 5 Polk Co Pleasant Hill Cem 1970 Polk Co Robbins Family 1970 Polk Co Salt Creek 1991 929.50979538 P Vol 4 Polk Co Salt Creek Cem 1969 Polk Co Schrag Cem 1987 929.50979538 P Vol 2 Polk Co Schrag Family 1970 Polk Co Sheridan Mennonite 1995 929.50979538 P Vol 5 Polk Co Smith Cem 1987 929.50979538 P Vol 2 Polk Co Smith Family 1970 Polk Co Spring Valley - Ernest 1991 929.50979538 P Vol 4 Polk Co Staats, Isaac 1987 929.50979538 P Vol 2 Polk Co Stump Farm 1987 929.50979538 P Vol 2 Polk Co Stump Farm Burial 1974 Polk Co Taylor Cem 1987 929.50979538 P Vol 2 Polk Co Taylor Family 1970 Polk Co Waymire Cem 1987 929.50979538 P Vol 2 Polk Co Whiteaker Family 1995 929.50979538 P Vol 5 Polk Co Willamina 1996 929.50979538 P Vol 6 Polk Co Williams Cem 1987 929.50979538 P Vol 2 Polk Co Williams Famly 1970 Polk Co Wimple - Wilson Lee 1987 929.50979538 P Vol 2 Polk Co Womer 1970,71

Polk Co Womer Cem 1987 929.50979538 P Vol 2 Polk Co Zena 1995 929.50979538 P Vol 5 Polk Co Zena Spring Valley 1968, 69, 72 Umatilla Co. Agency Indian 1998 929.50979569 U Vol 1 Umatilla Co. Albee Cem 1998 929.50979569 U Vol 2 Umatilla Co. Bowlus - Milton 1979 Umatilla Co. Butts, Sarah 1972 Umatilla Co. Dockweiler, Marie 1972 Umatilla Co. Ford - Valley 1980 Umatilla Co. Gilliland 1998 929.50979569 U Vol 2 Umatilla Co. Homily 1998 929.50979569 U Vol 1 Umatilla Co. I.O.O.F. Milton 1980 Umatilla Co. McKay Creek 1998 929.50979569 U Vol 1 Umatilla Co. Meacham 1972 Umatilla Co. Meacham, Harvey 1972 Umatilla Co. Mecham 1998 929.50979569 U Vol 2 Umatilla Co. Mountain View 1998 929.50979569 U Vol 2 Umatilla Co. Old Agency 1998 929.50979569 U Vol 1 Umatilla Co. Olney Cem. 1998 929.50979569 U Vol 3 Umatilla Co. Pilot Rock 1998 929.50979569 U Vol 2 Umatilla Co. Pleasant View 1998 929.50979569 U Vol 2 Umatilla Co. Red Elk - Thornhollow 1998 929.50979569 U Vol 1 Umatilla Co. Skyview Memorial Park 1998 929.50979569 U Vol 2 Umatilla Co. St. Andrews 1998 929.50979569 U Vol 1 Umatilla Co. Tutuilla Prest. Indian Mission 1998 929.50979569 U Vol 1 Umatilla Co. Ukiah 1998 929.50979569 U Vol 2 Umatilla Co. Umatilla Cem. 1968 Umatilla Co. Vinson Cem 1957 Umatilla Co. Vinson2 1998 929.50979569 U Vol 2 Union Co. Allen, David 1972 Union Co. Clay, Rufus 1972 Union Co. Delaney, Bobbie 1972 Union Co. Doane, Emilie 1972 Union Co. Galloway Cem. Elgin 1972 Union Co. Highland - Cricket Flat 1972 Union Co. Indian Creek 1972 Union Co. Mount Pleasant Cem - Scott 1972 Union Co. North Powder 1972 Union Co. Pine Grove Cem. 1972

Mailing Address: Willamette Valley Genealogical Society

P. O. Box 2083 Salem, OR 97308-2083

Email: willvgs@yahoo.com For more information:

WVGS Web Site Address: http://www.wvgsor.org

WVGS MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Please if this is a ❑NEW or ❑RENEWAL membership Name _____________________________________________________________________ Address____________________________________________________________________ City ____________________________ State _________________ Zip _______________ Phone ______________________ email: ___________________________________

The Willamette Valley Genealogical Society was organized in December 1968, to create and foster the study of family history, to aid in the publication of local his-tory, and to aid in the establishment of materials in local genealogical library collections. It is an Oregon Non-Profit corporation, and was determined by IRS to be a 501 (c) (3) organization. Your donations may be federal tax-deductible.

See our website for information on Life Membership or pick up a

Life Membership form from an officer. · Pro-rated Amounts for new members who join after March 31st: SINGLE FAMILY Apr-Jun: $18.75 Apr-Jun: $22.50 Jul-Sept: $12.50 Jul-Sept: $15.00 Oct-Dec: $6.25 Oct-Dec: $7.50

Amount enclosed - $ ____________ for Annual Dues ($25 individual or $30 family membership), includes Beaver Briefs on-line $ ____________ for postage to receive copies of Beaver Briefs in the mail ($6.50) $ ____________ for one-time payment for Life Membership ❑ Under age 70 ($250) ❑ Age 70 or Over ($200) $ _____________ other (please identify) ________________________________________ $ ___________________TOTAL ENCLOSED Please make checks payable to WVGS.

Additional Donations ❑ Patron $100 ❑ Sustainer $250 ❑ Benefactor $500 ❑ Corporate/Trust $1,000

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