Good Lord! Seems like almost every Blackburn researcher gets stuck on a William. I found one very nice man who's apparently the only other person in the universe studying my Blackburn line, and from him I got my G2-grandfather's parents and grandparents. Only problem is, we're stuck at my G4 grandfather, whose name is WILLIAM (born in Va., died in N.C., 1700s). So many Williams ... could be worse, though. In another branch of my family tree, there were three generations of men named John who all married women named Mary. Thank God nobody's last name was Smith. >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [BLKBURN] not alone >Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 13:35:18 EST > >In a message dated 1/23/2000 7:59:50 AM Pacific Standard Time, >[email protected] writes: > ><< parish records were carefully made (unless you were > Roman Catholic, which can be a problem). >> > >Liz, > >Why? I've used them in Portugal (I had to learn to read "old" Portuguese) >to >trace my foreign lines back to the 1500s. I found them quite easy to use. > >My Blackburn line isn't so nice. I can't get past my William (who else?) >in >1814 in E. Tenn. > >Cheri > > >==== BLACKBURN Mailing List ==== >Okay, so I don't descend from anyone... now what? >THANKS!! To Rootsweb.com for the space. > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Robin, I haven't had a lot of luck tracing any of my lines. Even in America. Most of my finds have been, Either dumb luck or obits. My Blackburns are stuck in England. My lambs in Illionis. My Johns line in Ohio. My Edmonds, Kuntz and Adams i only one name in each. And my Adams was adopted. But i will figure it out. But i have had some success. I met my cousin Rick in person. I had a missing piece for the Stocker family. I have been in contact with relatives i never knew i had. In answer to your question, No it's not easier. But family is fun and rewarding. Mark Johns

In a message dated 1/23/2000 7:59:50 AM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << parish records were carefully made (unless you were Roman Catholic, which can be a problem). >> Liz, Why? I've used them in Portugal (I had to learn to read "old" Portuguese) to trace my foreign lines back to the 1500s. I found them quite easy to use. My Blackburn line isn't so nice. I can't get past my William (who else?) in 1814 in E. Tenn. Cheri

Liz, The only place i have a name for is Kingslow upon Hull. This is off of my grandmother's Entry of Birth Dated 18,July,1896. There are a couple of addreses on it. 12 Youlton street U.D. and 14 Jackson street Hull. The mother's name Florence Gertrude Blackburn. Father Henry Edmond. witness Martha Blackburn (the grandmother). The sub-district looks like hyton or maybe ayton. Is any of that near Lancashire ? Mark Johns

Hello Mark, I'm in the same boat - my Blackburns are all from Lancashire. My grandparents emigrated to Canada in 1903 with the Barr Colony, haven't been able to figure out what happened to the ones left behind. You have any in Lancs? Liz Wallis At 05:36 PM 1/22/00 -0500, you wrote: >I too seem to be alone in my search for Blackburns. MY blackburns aren't >even in the same country. My Martha Blackburn married Henry Edmond and had a >daughter Mary Gertude. Mary was born at Kingston upon Hull in England. Which >is all that i know about them. > > Mark Johns > > >==== BLACKBURN Mailing List ==== > Your donations to RootsWeb makes BLACKBURN-L possible. > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >

I am researching ancestry of John Blackburn, married circa 1914 Victoria Sparks, Pike County KY. This John Blackburn a son of Winfield Blackburn. They were parents of large family - one of their sons was Harold Ray "Whitey" Blackburn, born Pike County KY & died Nov 30, 1998 in Detroit Michigan. Any others connected to this line? -----Original Message----- From: Gerald H. Shelnutt <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, January 22, 2000 3:10 PM Subject: Re: [BLKBURN] Do we need a web site? >On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Susan wrote: > >> No Keith, You are not alone in your loneliness! >> >> While I am not from Nicolas Co, I have decided that I have must have no >> relatives within this Blackburn group. > >You oughta live in Boone County, Missouri and be looking for William >Blackburn! > > >Jerry > >> >> What a shame! Such an active group and not one link for me!T here are >> plenty of discussions going on, but no one seems to fit my Blackburn line. >> Can anyone point me in the right direction? >> >> I am trying to find information on John Henry "Dink" Blackburn b. in Pike >> Co., >> Before 1867. He married Susan Ann James of Floyd Co., Ky >> >> Children of John Henry Blackburn are: >> William Blackburn >> Thomas Blackburn >> Leak Blackburn >> Anna Blackburn >> Maude Blackburn >> Marge Blackburn >> Minnie Blackburn >> John Henry Dodge Blackburn b. 9-22-1880 >> >> This John Henry "Dodge" m. Josephine Halley on 6-22-1905 in Boyd Co., Ky >> Children of Dodge and Josie H. Blackburn are: >> Bessie Geraldine Blackburn >> Grace Blackburn >> Harold Bryson Blackburn b. 1922 >> Minnie Blackburn >> Sarah Blackburn >> William Russell Blackburn b. 1907 >> Jay Blackburn b. 1909 >> Norma Blackburn b. 1912 >> >> >> I am a descendant of Jay Blackburn, listed above >> Susan >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: (Keith) <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 10:45 AM >> Subject: Re: [BLKBURN] Do we need a web site? >> >> >> > I think this is a great idea. I'll contribute. I'm from the Benjamin & >> > Mary (Hartley) Blackburn Family of Nicolas Co. KY & Brown, Monroe Cos. >> > IN and I've decided I must be the lone survivor of the clan!!! >> > >> > ______________________________ >> >> >> ==== BLACKBURN Mailing List ==== >> Approximately 3 people subscribe to and unsubscribe from the list each week. You are encouraged to resubmit your queries at least once or twice per year to reach new listmembers. >> Please Do NOT send attachments to the list! >> >> > > "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for > lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." > Benjamin Franklin, 1759 > > > >==== BLACKBURN Mailing List ==== > Approximately 3 people subscribe to and unsubscribe from the list each week. You are encouraged to resubmit your queries at least once or twice per year to reach new listmembers. >Please Do NOT send attachments to the list! > >

Liz and Mark: You have my sympathies ... I've only found one other person in the U.S. researching my particular branch of the Blackburn family. On the other hand, I'm a little jealous, because I'm trying to trace us BACK TO the U.K., and you're already there. Is it easier to find information on the family in the U.K. than it is here? (Apparently my Blackburns had an aversion to keeping good family records). Cheers! Robin Blackburn-Jerkins >From: Liz Wallis <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [BLKBURN] not alone >Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:04:54 -0500 > >Hello Mark, > >I'm in the same boat - my Blackburns are all from Lancashire. My >grandparents emigrated to Canada in 1903 with the Barr Colony, haven't been >able to figure out what happened to the ones left behind. You have any in >Lancs? > >Liz Wallis > >At 05:36 PM 1/22/00 -0500, you wrote: > >I too seem to be alone in my search for Blackburns. MY blackburns aren't > >even in the same country. My Martha Blackburn married Henry Edmond and >had a > >daughter Mary Gertude. Mary was born at Kingston upon Hull in England. >Which > >is all that i know about them. > > > > Mark Johns > > > > > >==== BLACKBURN Mailing List ==== > > Your donations to RootsWeb makes BLACKBURN-L possible. > > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > > > > >==== BLACKBURN Mailing List ==== >Research: What I'm doing, when I don't know what I'm doing. >[email protected] > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

I too seem to be alone in my search for Blackburns. MY blackburns aren't even in the same country. My Martha Blackburn married Henry Edmond and had a daughter Mary Gertude. Mary was born at Kingston upon Hull in England. Which is all that i know about them. Mark Johns

I should certainly like to contribute to a Blackburn web page, since it appears I am the only member of the human race working on my Ephraim (1802 Warren Co. KY) Jane Sarles

On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Susan wrote: > No Keith, You are not alone in your loneliness! > > While I am not from Nicolas Co, I have decided that I have must have no > relatives within this Blackburn group. You oughta live in Boone County, Missouri and be looking for William Blackburn! Jerry > > What a shame! Such an active group and not one link for me!T here are > plenty of discussions going on, but no one seems to fit my Blackburn line. > Can anyone point me in the right direction? > > I am trying to find information on John Henry "Dink" Blackburn b. in Pike > Co., > Before 1867. He married Susan Ann James of Floyd Co., Ky > > Children of John Henry Blackburn are: > William Blackburn > Thomas Blackburn > Leak Blackburn > Anna Blackburn > Maude Blackburn > Marge Blackburn > Minnie Blackburn > John Henry Dodge Blackburn b. 9-22-1880 > > This John Henry "Dodge" m. Josephine Halley on 6-22-1905 in Boyd Co., Ky > Children of Dodge and Josie H. Blackburn are: > Bessie Geraldine Blackburn > Grace Blackburn > Harold Bryson Blackburn b. 1922 > Minnie Blackburn > Sarah Blackburn > William Russell Blackburn b. 1907 > Jay Blackburn b. 1909 > Norma Blackburn b. 1912 > > > I am a descendant of Jay Blackburn, listed above > Susan > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: (Keith) <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 10:45 AM > Subject: Re: [BLKBURN] Do we need a web site? > > > > I think this is a great idea. I'll contribute. I'm from the Benjamin & > > Mary (Hartley) Blackburn Family of Nicolas Co. KY & Brown, Monroe Cos. > > IN and I've decided I must be the lone survivor of the clan!!! > > > > ______________________________ > > > ==== BLACKBURN Mailing List ==== > Approximately 3 people subscribe to and unsubscribe from the list each week. You are encouraged to resubmit your queries at least once or twice per year to reach new listmembers. > Please Do NOT send attachments to the list! > > "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." Benjamin Franklin, 1759

No Keith, You are not alone in your loneliness! While I am not from Nicolas Co, I have decided that I have must have no relatives within this Blackburn group. What a shame! Such an active group and not one link for me!T here are plenty of discussions going on, but no one seems to fit my Blackburn line. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I am trying to find information on John Henry "Dink" Blackburn b. in Pike Co., Before 1867. He married Susan Ann James of Floyd Co., Ky Children of John Henry Blackburn are: William Blackburn Thomas Blackburn Leak Blackburn Anna Blackburn Maude Blackburn Marge Blackburn Minnie Blackburn John Henry Dodge Blackburn b. 9-22-1880 This John Henry "Dodge" m. Josephine Halley on 6-22-1905 in Boyd Co., Ky Children of Dodge and Josie H. Blackburn are: Bessie Geraldine Blackburn Grace Blackburn Harold Bryson Blackburn b. 1922 Minnie Blackburn Sarah Blackburn William Russell Blackburn b. 1907 Jay Blackburn b. 1909 Norma Blackburn b. 1912 I am a descendant of Jay Blackburn, listed above Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: (Keith) <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 10:45 AM Subject: Re: [BLKBURN] Do we need a web site? > I think this is a great idea. I'll contribute. I'm from the Benjamin & > Mary (Hartley) Blackburn Family of Nicolas Co. KY & Brown, Monroe Cos. > IN and I've decided I must be the lone survivor of the clan!!! > > ______________________________

Jane. Maybe you aren't the "only member of the human race researching Ephraim Blackburn.......I have Ephraim I and II in my line....so perhaps you should e-mail me so we can compare! Carol in San Antonio

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In a message dated 1/21/00 9:45:46 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes:<< I'm from the Benjamin & Mary (Hartley) Blackburn Family of Nicolas Co. KY & Brown, Monroe Cos. IN and I've decided I must be the lone survivor of the clan!!! >> When was your Benjamin born?? In my "old" combined Blackburn data base [information from various sources most not proven, just my working file] I had Benjamin Franklin b 6/7/1798 Augusta Bracken Co KY d 11/4/1874 Ellisville Nicholas Co KY married Mary Hartley 12/4/1819 In my current data base "verified data" I do not have him with a wife so this tells me I have not found proof on the above. If we can prove my Benjamin Franklin and yours are the same person then he would be an older brother to my direct line and one of 10 know children of Benjamin and Elizabeth [Kennedy] from VA died Pendleton Co KY 1843 & 1850 All this has been proven and we have records of the Blackburn cemetery in Pendleton Co KY where Elizabeth and Benjamin are buried. Several members of this family did move to IN My direct Alanson (younger brother to Benjamin) moved to Kirkland Township, Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana and died there after 1860 His son John Kannada died in Elwood, Madison County, Indiana. My dad was born in Madison Co in 1918 If we can connect you have a VERY LARGE family of cousins and we would love to share the information we have on the family with you. Let me know what you think, Barbara Guinn

Ooppsie! I typed my e-mail addy in wrong. It is: [email protected] Sherrie Wallace ----- Original Message ----- From: "TIMEX" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 8:55 AM Subject: Re: [BLKBURN] Do we need a web site? > Sherrie Wallace/[email protected] > > I only have 3 generations back; so a web site with contributors would > really help me! I vote YES for a Blackburn website. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "kgs" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 1:33 PM > Subject: [BLKBURN] Do we need a web site? > > > > I have been considering this for some time but, I need your input. > > > > Do we need a web site where we can not only share our BLACKBURN data with > > each other but also reach a more general audience? > > > > This would not be something that I would want to do alone, I would need > > everyone's support, ideas and help. We could start small maybe just have > > everyone who wants to, send in a 4 to 5 generation chart. (no living > > persons, please). > > > > I know that while searching for my BLACKBURN's I find much more > information > > on 'other' BLACKBURN lines. So I could not only share what little I have > > on mine but might be able to help someone else with the extra information > > that has been considered and deemed, "not mine" but surely it is > somone's. > > > > Think about it, let me know. No one person can do this kind of thing it > > will take everyone's cooperation to make a nice information page for > > BLACKBURN researchers. > > > > I would like to have one or two assistants to help upload. I use an older > > version of WP and I have MS Word 2000. I can use MS Excel 2000 for > tables, > > so If you would like to volunteer and have these programs or some > different > > from these, please consider volunteering to help maintain the page, if we > > decide to go ahead. > > > > Everyone has a voice and a vote in this!! > > > > kay > > Kay Griffin Snow > > > > > > ==== BLACKBURN Mailing List ==== > > Your donations to RootsWeb makes BLACKBURN-L possible. > > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > > > > > ==== BLACKBURN Mailing List ==== > Approximately 3 people subscribe to and unsubscribe from the list each week. You are encouraged to resubmit your queries at least once or twice per year to reach new listmembers. > To contact the listowner: mailto:[email protected] > >

I think this is a great idea. I'll contribute. I'm from the Benjamin & Mary (Hartley) Blackburn Family of Nicolas Co. KY & Brown, Monroe Cos. IN and I've decided I must be the lone survivor of the clan!!!

Sherrie Wallace/[email protected] I only have 3 generations back; so a web site with contributors would really help me! I vote YES for a Blackburn website. ----- Original Message ----- From: "kgs" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 1:33 PM Subject: [BLKBURN] Do we need a web site? > I have been considering this for some time but, I need your input. > > Do we need a web site where we can not only share our BLACKBURN data with > each other but also reach a more general audience? > > This would not be something that I would want to do alone, I would need > everyone's support, ideas and help. We could start small maybe just have > everyone who wants to, send in a 4 to 5 generation chart. (no living > persons, please). > > I know that while searching for my BLACKBURN's I find much more information > on 'other' BLACKBURN lines. So I could not only share what little I have > on mine but might be able to help someone else with the extra information > that has been considered and deemed, "not mine" but surely it is somone's. > > Think about it, let me know. No one person can do this kind of thing it > will take everyone's cooperation to make a nice information page for > BLACKBURN researchers. > > I would like to have one or two assistants to help upload. I use an older > version of WP and I have MS Word 2000. I can use MS Excel 2000 for tables, > so If you would like to volunteer and have these programs or some different > from these, please consider volunteering to help maintain the page, if we > decide to go ahead. > > Everyone has a voice and a vote in this!! > > kay > Kay Griffin Snow > > > ==== BLACKBURN Mailing List ==== > Your donations to RootsWeb makes BLACKBURN-L possible. > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >

I have Benjamin R. Blackburn, wife Martha Hutchinson Blackburn, Giles Co., Wayne Co., Hardin Co., Tenn. R. Gillette [email protected]

I have been considering this for some time but, I need your input. Do we need a web site where we can not only share our BLACKBURN data with each other but also reach a more general audience? This would not be something that I would want to do alone, I would need everyone's support, ideas and help. We could start small maybe just have everyone who wants to, send in a 4 to 5 generation chart. (no living persons, please). I know that while searching for my BLACKBURN's I find much more information on 'other' BLACKBURN lines. So I could not only share what little I have on mine but might be able to help someone else with the extra information that has been considered and deemed, "not mine" but surely it is somone's. Think about it, let me know. No one person can do this kind of thing it will take everyone's cooperation to make a nice information page for BLACKBURN researchers. I would like to have one or two assistants to help upload. I use an older version of WP and I have MS Word 2000. I can use MS Excel 2000 for tables, so If you would like to volunteer and have these programs or some different from these, please consider volunteering to help maintain the page, if we decide to go ahead. Everyone has a voice and a vote in this!! kay Kay Griffin Snow

I would be willing to contribute any information that I have. I am from the Mary Ann Blackburn (M. Neff), daughter of James Rankin Blackburn (M. Sinnard), son of James B. Blackburn (M. Rankin) line of Blackburns.