WAGON TRAINS
                     by Donovan Yingst
                      Fri Nov 08 1991
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I am coordinator for the Idaho COED (CENSUS OF EMIGRANT DOCUMENTS)
Committee of The Oregon-California Trail Association.  This committee,
and in several other states, is surveying emigrant diaries, etc. for
historical and genealogical data to go into a central database in
Independence, MO.  There are 3000+ diaries that we know of and we have
only scratched the surface so far.  Eventually, the database will be
accessible for research, but not now.

There are several references that list and summarize emigrant
documents and show the repository for each, but they are indexed only
by the author.  So, from these sources, one usually can't find any
specific emigrants.  However, I can furnish you the names of the
references if you want them.

Your best bet for a starting place might be to write to the Oregon
State Historical Society to see if they can give you a hand.  They
have a long list of documents in their library and have been active
for years in publishing information contained in them. Their address
is 1230 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97025.  Be sure to send them as
much specific information as you can about your grandparents.

Donovan -- 12014 Ginger Creek Drive, Boise, ID 83704-3659

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