Can anyone tell me anything about the parents of William H. Blair born 1800 Virginia, and lived in Greene Co., TN during the 1820-1840? I am trying to help my elderly neighbor with her line and we are stuck. Thanks, Barbara

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1ME.2ACEB/1963 Message Board Post: Researching the family of Rev. Robert Blair m to Agnes Murray Married 8 Jul 1840 Melrose Children. Jane Ann b1848 Melrose m Scott Robert McDougal Blair b 1850 Galashiels John Blair 1851 Galashiels Agnes b 1852 Galashiels Elizabeth 1857 Galashiels. 1881 family lived at 16 George Square.Edinburgh Buccleuch, Edinburgh, Scotland

Sue Try the CA Death Records on line. I think I found one of them, you can try searches for the other names at: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi Last Name - BLAIR  First Name - FRANK  Middle - SIGESMUND  Birth Date - 11/23/1907 Mother Maiden - BEYER  Father Last - (not given) Sex - M  Birth Place - CALIFORNIA Death Place - ALAMEDA Residence - (not given) Death Date - 11/15/1982 SSN - 553-03-3549 Age - 74 In a message dated 04/29/04 3:07:47 PM, [email protected] writes: << This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blair, Lowenthal Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1ME.2ACEB/1961 Message Board Post: Hi All - I'm looking for information on Frank Blair, born possibly in Ohio in December (12 or 13?) 1883 or 1884. His first marriage (under the name of Frank Blair Lowenthal in Alameda County, California) was to Catherine Aundra Frederica Sigesmund Beyer in 1906. They had a son named Frank Blair in 1907. In the 1910 Alameda County census he had dropped the name "Lowenthal." In 1920 he married my grandmother, Dorothea Hansen, in Merced, California, and they had my dad, Donald, in 1923. Frank was a machinist all his life and worked around shipyards. His father's name may have been Joe, but we don't know for sure. I'd love to know who his parents were and where he was born! I've been looking for years. He may have been an orphan or run away from home at an early age. Any information you could provide would be much appreciated. Thank you! Sue Blair in California >>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blair, Lowenthal Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1ME.2ACEB/1961 Message Board Post: Hi All - I'm looking for information on Frank Blair, born possibly in Ohio in December (12 or 13?) 1883 or 1884. His first marriage (under the name of Frank Blair Lowenthal in Alameda County, California) was to Catherine Aundra Frederica Sigesmund Beyer in 1906. They had a son named Frank Blair in 1907. In the 1910 Alameda County census he had dropped the name "Lowenthal." In 1920 he married my grandmother, Dorothea Hansen, in Merced, California, and they had my dad, Donald, in 1923. Frank was a machinist all his life and worked around shipyards. His father's name may have been Joe, but we don't know for sure. I'd love to know who his parents were and where he was born! I've been looking for years. He may have been an orphan or run away from home at an early age. Any information you could provide would be much appreciated. Thank you! Sue Blair in California

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blair Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1ME.2ACEB/1950.1 Message Board Post: North Okaw is a township in Coles County, Illinois. Coles County has birth records back to 1878. Coles County is close to the Indiana border more than half way down in Illinois. Contact the county clerk at: Coles County Courthouse 651 Jackson Avenue Charleston, IL 61920 217-348-0501

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1ME.2ACEB/1959 Message Board Post: searching for ANY information for the Albert and Lilly (Collins) Blair family. Resided in Antioch and Charleston, IL Frank M. Blair married Caroline Kohlstedt, Dec. 16, 1937. Frank and Caroline had two children, Wayne Frank Blair and Delores Blair Gehring. Frank and Caroline moved to Twin Lakes, WI.

It's been a while since I've posted an update to the Blair DNA Project. 68 test results have been received and posted on the website at http://blairgenealogy.com/dna/results.html The status through April 19, 2004: No. of Participants: 74 (37-Marker = 8, 25-Marker = 57, 12-Marker = 9) No. of DNA sample received and processed by FT-DNA: 71 No. of 12-Marker Test Results: 9 (includes 1 who is upgrading to the 25 marker test) No. of 25-Marker Test Results: 59 Of the 68 test results received, 46 have been grouped together into 7 groups. Group 1 (Blair of Blair descendants) consists of 21 participants. This group appears to share a common ancestor with the only known descendant of the original Blair of Blair. For details on this group see http://blairgenealogy.com/dna/group1.html Groups 2 consists of 5 participants. See http://blairgenealogy.com/dna/group2.html. Group 3 now has 7 participants. This group consists of participants who all have a value of 26 on marker 2, a value that is very rare. See http://blairgenealogy.com/dna/group3.html. Group 4 has 2 participants that match 12 for 12 and share an already known common ancestor. See http://blairgenealogy.com/dna/group4.html Group 5 consists of 5 participants. This is a rather loose group which may or may not be related. See http://blairgenealogy.com/dna/group5.html. Group 6 is 4 participants. Two participants match 25 for 25 while the other two participants mismatch on two markers. See http://blairgenealogy.com/dna/group6.html Group 7 consists of 4 participants. Two of these participants are also shown in group 3. See http://blairgenealogy.com/dna/group3.html. If you would like to participate in the BLAIR DNA Project, view the Test Results, or would like to learn more about the BLAIR DNA Project, please visit my website at http://blairgenealogy.com/dna/. Please Note: Due to an overwhelming amout of spam I have been forced to change my email address. Please address email concerning the Blair DNA Project to [email protected] John ----- John A. Blair Goffstown NH http://blairgenealogy.com mailto:[email protected] BLAIR DNA Project Family Coordinator

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1ME.2ACEB/1956.1 Message Board Post: My mother's maiden name was Blair. Her grandfather's name was Samuel and Samuel had a brother Charlie that she knew well and remembers quite clearly. I have printed this photo and will show it to my mother. We are born and raised "Blairs from Philadelphia" Thanks for the photo. Jackie Ling

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1ME.2ACEB/1956 Message Board Post: I recently bought an old photo at an antique store. It looks to be from 1910. On the back it reads: Charlie Blair It was photographed in Philadelphia. See attachment to view a portion of this photo. Contact me at [email protected] if interested.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blair, Roberson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1ME.2ACEB/171.181.1.2 Message Board Post: James was born in Dec. 1809 in SC. He married Isabella Roberson who was born in SC in 1810. We think these familes were from Fairfield, Newberry or Union Counties in SC. We know James B. and Isabella were in Fairfield Co., SC until 1839 because that's when they were taken off the church roll at Salem Presby. Church to move to Pickens Co., AL. They lived there until sometime after 1853 when they moved to Chickasaw Co., MS and were on the 1860 Chickasaw Co. census. Both died in Chickasaw Co., MS and are buried at Asbury Cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blair Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1ME.2ACEB/171.181.1.1 Message Board Post: James B Blair daughter,Mary Jane Blair married George W Norton in Jefferson County,Ms. March 24,1887.James b Blair was born 1829-41 in SC,that is where his Mother and Father was from.My Grandmother Alma Jane Norton married Robert E Lee McClure from Claiborne County,Ms.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1ME.2ACEB/1954 Message Board Post: Civil rights advocate Omar C. Blair, the first African-American president of the Denver Board of Education, died March 25 of complications from a stroke. He was 85. City leaders remembered Mr. Blair as a champion of education for all children regardless of their socio-economic level. " Omar was a giant within the community, and a giant in anything he did, " said former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb, who last year proposed naming the Blair-Caldwell African-American Research Library in honor of Mr. Blair and Elvin Caldwell, the first black Denver City Council member. Mr. Blair grew up in Denver during the 1920s, when the local Ku Klux Klan helped engineer the elections of Denver Mayor Ben Stapleton, and Colorado Gov. Clarence Morley, who kept black residents firmly at the bottom of the social structure. Rachel Noel, the first African-American to serve on the Denver Public Schools ' Board of Education, persuaded Mr. Blair to run for the school board. With Noel ' s help and that of other Denver desegregation advocates, Mr. Blair was elected to the board of education in 1973. He served for the next 12 years, including eight years as the president of an often bitterly contentious board. The source of that contention was a 1970 court order that required the busing of Denver children to racially balance Denver schools. When court-ordered busing ended in 1995, Mr. Blair philosophically told The Denver Post that busing had " gone on long enough. Lord knows we did what we could to make it work. " Recalling his years on the school board, Mr. Blair liked to tell listeners that while others were bickering about busing, he and his pro-busing colleagues on the board quietly went about bringing Denver schools into a new era. Under his direction, Denver schools got computers and a career education center. Mr. Blair named a new middle school for civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., and a northeast Denver elementary school, Marrama, in honor of a school custodian who was dying of cancer. When a man protested Mr. Blair ' s decision to name the school after King, Mr. Blair eloquently dressed him down. " Do you think it ' s equally important to name a school after a custodian which is an honorable profession as opposed to a Nobel Peace Prize winner having a school named after him? " Mr. Blair asked evenly. Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on 4/14/2004. (volunteer submission)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1ME.2ACEB/630.780.2.2.1 Message Board Post: That's great, you can contact me at [email protected] Tom Blair

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blair & Daigle & Russell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1ME.2ACEB/1723.1.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Julia could u email me and give me your moms mailing address?? I been having probs with my computer for a long while and am hopping all is ok now..I would like to write to your mom.. Thankyou in advance Heidi Russell

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blair Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1ME.2ACEB/1951 Message Board Post: I`m still at brickwall and hoping someone out there may be able to help....looking for any info on john russell Blair brn march,15,1823 supposaly in Bathurst N.B. he married margaret king Gibson in 1863 in Charlotte county N.B. only info before his marriage we have is he had a brother named jacob,a sister named mary,and 2 twin syblings who died in their teens while crossing alake to pick up their father who was working on the other side...these 5 Blair children are grandchildren of a Lord john Russell or Sir john Russell from Scotland who for some type of deed or something was granted a great deal of land in Quebec and a yr after his claim a french lawyer went to England and disputed the claim and it was revoked from him and he and his family relocated to northeastern N.B. and nothing else was ever hered of him....Would love to learn parents names of these 5 Blair children..also would love to learn 1rst names of the 2 twin Blair cjildren who died while crossing the lake to ! pick up their father who was working on the other side.... Thankyou all in advance Heidi Russell

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blair, Price, Carver, Powley, Vanness, Bennett Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1ME.2ACEB/630.780.2.2 Message Board Post: I am descended from Rosa Blair (Sister of Harriet) and have the same dead end with Ellen Snyder, but I would be interested in exchanging info on descendants as well.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blair, Price, Carver, Bennett, Godfrey, Blue, Powley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1ME.2ACEB/1268.1271.1.1 Message Board Post: Henry Belair/Blair and Ellen Snyder Blair are my 3rd Grt Grandparents. I have information if you're interested. I'm certainly interested in what you may have.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blair Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1ME.2ACEB/1950 Message Board Post: I am looking for any living relative to Joseph E. Blair. He was born in North Okaw, Illinois in Dec 1879. I do not have an exact birth date. His father was James Blair born in Ohio about 1850. James married a Pelina ?. James Blair had several children. The following are the only ones I know of and there may be more. Susan, Alfred, Robert & Joseph Blair. With Joseph being my great grandfather. This Blair family lived in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Nebraska for sure. My great grandfather Joseph Blair was married to a Claire Richards for a short period of time. They were married about 1900 and I believe divorced by 1903. I am trying to locate anyone who knows this Blair family and can shared information with me. I would like to know more about my great grandfather and where he may have died. Thanks so much for any help you may be able to lend.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1ME.2ACEB/1949 Message Board Post: The Blairs & Storeys lived at Drumramer, Ahoghill, County Antrim and it looks like two brothers married two sisters 1849 & 1852. Ballyboland Townland also in Ahoghill Parish, is listed in the Marriage Records of these two marriages. I would be interested to learn more about these Blair Families and if they all emigrated - I cannot find any Death Records for either of the parties.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1ME.2ACEB/70.276.1 Message Board Post: Have no info or have ever heard of a Cordelia Frances Dunn.