The Bulletin Quarterly Magazine of the Genealogical Forum of Oregon Volume 69, Number 4 June, 2020 In This Issue Homecoming: A Genealogical Journey • The Bible of John Wesley Byerly to the Isle of Eigg and his wife Susanna Mary Johnson • The Truman Tie: Guy Byerly and Alta Byerly Bonk Yohn • A Case of Derivative Citizenship • The Family of William Watts : Stoic Pioneers of Scappoose, Columbia County, Oregon • Reuniting—How My Grandmother’s Journal Led Me to Family • The Smith and Porter Families of Lansing- burgh, Rensselaer County • A Tale of Two Janes: Jane Elizabeth (Wheat- ley) Hollis and Jane (Hollis) Wheatley • It Started with an Obituary: The Boomerang Effect • Book Reviews • Calendar & More! by Chris Knutson The Bulletin: Quarterly Magazine of the Genealogical Forum of Oregon 2505 S.E. 11th Ave., Suite B-18 Portland, Oregon 97202-1061
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