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� |
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 |
I have a web site for my family research at www.gregbennette.com. 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 the 1852-53 migrations. 01/13/2010 |
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 |
Barbara Hartsook has a document on the HARTSOOK, BALL and CHANEY Family Lines that can be downloaded here (rtf text format). |
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 |
John Daniel Boone Family Website |
Looking for WELTER and ZEHNER who settled in the Columbia County area Barb http://tribalpages.com/tribes/welter |
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. |
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. |
�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 |
At its website, "Gilhousen Connections", http://gilhousenfamily.com, 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. |
www.lampmanlanding.com 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 |
Kevin Gillespie has posted his family pages on his home page at: http://kjgillespie.com Contained under the above website: http://kjgillespie.com/George.html http://kjgillespie.com/Oregon.html http://kjgillespie.com/Edward.html |
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 Clyde Senger Bellingham WA |
Linda Nichol's Families: Marion and Clackamas Counties Huetter, Muessig, Peter, Thuemler, Reich |
Abel Helman Family of Ashland, Jackson County |
Hubbard Families of Marion and Polk Counties |
Cecil Houk's Nineveh Ford Web Page |
Nancy Todd's Tooley, Morgan, Dunn, and Brown families |
Foster, Hague, Achilles and Swadley - Judy Hague [email only, no website] |
The Daniel Pegg Wilson Family Home Page 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. |
Cindy Lee Siddall (Dunaven)'s Website Dunaven, Casey, Lee, Brown, Cavin Lines - Dunaven's were in Benton County |
Katheryn L. (Barber) Saunders' Website Hodgdon and Barber families of Tillamook County |
James Blakely and Brownsville With family photos, links and pictures of Brownsville. Also Cecil Houk's Oregon Trail Families |
Debbi Reeves' Oregon Pioneer Milton and Christiana Brown and Family Website. Debbi also has her gedcom uploaded to Rootsweb's World Connect Project, the major surnames are: BROWN, CONNOR, FIELD, SCHMITZ, KAY, DAVIS, GREEN, OSGOOD. |
Patty Stuart's Crook County Families |
Texann Yarbrough Johnson's Oregon Pioneer Families 5/30/2011 No longer a good link |
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. Email: Kim Schildwachter |
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 |
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. |
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 [scoutmjb@aol.com]. |
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 - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~patbauer/
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Sharen Chambers's Families: Land, Barnes, McLaughlin, Barker, Carter, Chambers |
Clyde's Senger's Families in Lake, Linn, Benton and Lane Counties: Jonathan and Paul Brattain and descendants - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sengercm/brat.html |
McQUINNS - http://vgaetz.home.mindspring.com/mfpca.html |
The FIELDS Family from Ray Co., MO to Linn Co., OR - Bonnie Bartlett. Must contact Bonnie to get user name and password. Site is on http://www.myfamily.com |
Jan (Graham) Walker's Oregon Families: WALKER, JORY, McKERN, QUIMBY, McMURREN http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cchouk/ford/index2.htm |
Last updated 05/30/2011