Wynnette Thank you for your kind suggestions. I will check this out Many thanks Derek On 03/09/2011 9:46 PM, Graeme & Wynnette Ford wrote: > Dear Derek, > > If you have not already done so, it may pay you to go back to the new search > engine for the Latter Day Saints and order some parish films to trawl. > > Stockcross and Speen are spitting distance from each other on the west side > of the town of Newbury. You would, of course, have to check which parish > they belong to. > > A Thomas Blanchard is living and having children in the town of Thatcham > before just before 1800, a little east of Newbury. His family is also > recorded under the surname of Blanchet. > > In the same town, there is also a George Blanchard and his wife Hannah > Hiscock having a George rcorded as 1811. George, gets married there in > 1837. > > Prior to that, there is a marriage of a John Blanchard and an Elizabeth Salt > on 4 February, 1710 in the town of Shrivenham - northwest of Newbury and > east of the town of Swindon. This would not be too far to travel if you > were moving around looking for work. These could be possible grandparents. > > Searching through these parish records may bring up more people with similar > names. > > Regards, > > Wynnette. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "derek.dingledine"<derek.dingledine@sympatico.ca> > To:<blanchard@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 1:08 AM > Subject: [BLANCHARD] Blanchard Family Stockcross, Speen Berkshire and beyond > > >>> I am returning to this list in a hope new information may now be >>> available >>> >>> I am looking to trace back a James Blanchard b 1827 son of George >>> Blanchard b 1776 and wife Elizabeth b1781 >>> James married Louisa Allan and had 7 children Mary, George, Leah, >>> Ann, John, Frederick and Henry >>> >>> John and Ann came to Canada and settled in the Hamilton Ontario. Leah >>> married in UK a John Palmer >>> >>> Any assistance or help would be appreciated >>> >>> Derek >> - >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BLANCHARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3873 - Release Date: 09/02/11 >> > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3873 - Release Date: 09/02/11 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BLANCHARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >