As a fan of Merle Oberon, I am wanting to know if she ever owned a
home in northern San Diego county in California.  If so, please
provide as much information as possible, (e.g. location, years owned,
etc.), and provide your source of information.  Thank you very much.

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 04 Jan 2004 17:48 PST

I don't know any details about the little known house but I do know
what town it was in. I can tell you who to contact offline to get more
information if you like. My understanding is that more information
"is" available but probably isn't published in the internet.

Would you like the name of the town and the conact information as an
answer to your question?

Regards;
tutuzdad-ga

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Clarification of Question by pedum-ga on 05 Jan 2004 10:07 PST

Yes, the name of the town, and contact information, etc. will qualify
as an answer to the question.

Dear pedum-ga;

Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question. From this article you can see that Merle Oberon did own a
house in an unincorporated rural community in California called,
Valley Center, which is located in North San Diego County near San
Marcos and Fallbrook.

VALLEY ROADRUNNER ONLINE
http://www.valleycenter.com/frontpage/05-01-02.htm

The article goes on to explain how little known or long forgotten
historical details are often brought to the attention of the city?s
Historical Society by way of visitors who once had ties to the city.
It details how on one such occasion in Valley Center, California...

[Quote]
??a man had piped up, ?Why don?t you talk about the Merle Oberon house?"
?I don?t know where it is,? Lerner told him.
?I do. My father built it.?
That?s how the Historical Committee gets a lot of its best historical
tips. People from all walks of life make these contributions.?
[End Quote]

You can contact the VALLEY CENTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM and the VALLEY
CENTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY at:

29200 Cole Grade Rd
P O Box 2665, Valley Center, California 92082
Phone 760.749.2993

Or email them here: 
http://www.valleycenterhistory.org/mail%20form.htm?source=main

VALLEY CENTER HISTORY
http://www.valleycenterhistory.org/


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Tutuzdad ? Google Answers Researcher


INFORMATION SOURCES

VALLEY CENTER HISTORY
http://www.valleycenterhistory.org/


VALLEY ROADRUNNER ONLINE
http://www.valleycenter.com/frontpage/05-01-02.htm



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Diego County, North San Diego County, Valley Center

Considering the difficulty of the question, I was very pleased with
the answer I received.  More information would have been better, but I
feel it is more the difficult nature of the information I was after,
than the lack of effort on the part of "tutuzdad-ga".  The effort and
information is greatly appreciated.  I would recommend "tutuzdad-ga".