Okay....I'll add the address to my last message.... http://www.amazon.com and http://www.powells.com Thanks for your patience with an old flounder.... A., B. of B. ------------------------ From: skipb@nh.ultranet.com Subject: BOOKS on-line Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 08:54:15 -0500 To: "Fitzgerald, Elsa @ SEC" <efitzgerald@sec.state.ma.us> > Hi, > > The two addresses below are book stores from which you may search their > catalogs, compare prices, and order books and other materials. Good for > fast browsing by subject as well as ordering specific titles and/or > authors. Both new and used books. > > (I'll send you my wish list if you haven't bought me my Christmas present > yet....please limit my gift to under $100) > > Holy Christmas to all! > > Albert, Baron of Brentwood > > > > ------------------------------------- > E-mail: skipb@nh.ultranet.com > Date: 12/15/98 > Time: 08:54:16 > ------------------------------------ > ALBERT EDWARD BELANGER 128 Middle Road Brentwood, NH 03833 > > (Researching: BELANGER, BLANCHARD, ENSOR, GAGNON, HARRINGTON, > HUGHES,RACE, ST.PIERRE, EDMINSTON, MARINO, McQUEEN, MEALEY, Oregon Trail > 1851, PETTINGILL, SEAL, STEWART) > ---------------End of Original Message----------------- ------------------------------------- E-mail: skipb@nh.ultranet.com Date: 12/15/98 Time: 09:42:29 ------------------------------------ ALBERT EDWARD BELANGER 128 Middle Road Brentwood, NH 03833 (Researching: BELANGER, BLANCHARD, ENSOR, GAGNON, HARRINGTON, HUGHES,RACE, ST.PIERRE, EDMINSTON, MARINO, McQUEEN, MEALEY, Oregon Trail 1851, PETTINGILL, SEAL, STEWART)

Hi Fletch. This is the message the did not make it through. ------ Subject: Nicholas Blanchard (Blancher) of 1770 Onslow, Nova Scotia; age unknown; assumed bca. 1740. Query? - Did he come from Massachusetts area? In researching Col. Jotham Blanchard, who came to Truro, N.S. in 1785 from N.H., I have come across references to a Nicholas Blanchard who was in the neighbouring settlement of Onslow at least fifteen years prior. Nicholas appears among the listing of Onslow Grantees, dated February 23rd,1769, and in the 1770 census of the Township of Onslow, which shows the size of the early families, and what families remained for at least ten years in the township. He is listed as follows: Blancher, Nicholas 1 person In the book "Planters and Pioneers - Nova Scotia, 1749 to 1775" by Esther Clark Wright, he is listed as follows: Blanchard, Nicholas Onslow 176- Charlestown, Mass. Ch.: Rebecca ? In checking over some of my files, as it states below "Most, however, came from Massachusetts", the earliest Nicholas I came across so far is: Nicholas, b. 1694. [Abraham3, George2, Thomas1] Nicholas, bapt. 1707, MA., d. 1733, MA. [John3, Nathaniel2, Thomas1] Nicholas, b. 1736, MA, d. 1801, MA. [John4, John3, Nathaniel2, Thomas1] It has been noted in earlier messages that because of being a Loyalist, records of a person were discarded. Since Nicholas was without family at the time I assume he either moved or had no family as I have not found any references re. Blanchards of his lineage. ------------------------------------- I have pgs. 221 - 243 of "The Settling of Colchester County, Nova Scotia, by New England Purtians and Ulster Scotsmen" (1912) by Rev. Arthur Wentworth Hamilton EATON, M.A., D.C.L. On pgs 228-229, it states: "By far the larger number of the men who are mentioned in the great Onslow grant, with their families actually settled in Colchester. Unlike the eastern Connecticut men who settled in King's County, the genealogies of few of these have been compiled, consequently in many cases we do not know precisely from what towns they came. Most, however, came from Massachusetts towns like Brookfield, Dudley, Spencer, Western (now Warren), and perhaps Worcester,[1] in Worcester County; Brimfield and Palmer in Hampden County; Medfield in Norfolk; Malden, Reading, and Woburn in Middlesex; and North Bridgewater in Plymouth. A certain number like William Blair, William McNutt, Isaac Farrell or Ferrell, and James Tackles, were of Ulster-Scottish descent; but most were members of English Puritan families that had been in New England since before the middle of the 17th century." ------------------------------------- Reference [1] in above paragraph - " Soon after its organization as a town, Palmer was called upon to furnish its proportions of men to meet the emergencies of another war between the mother country and France. ( The last French and Indian war, 1754-1763 ). The citizens responded with alacrity, and out of its sparse population furnished no less than 76 men during the continuance of the war ", Copeland's " Hampshire County, Mass.,", Vol.3, pp.134-135. Then follows in this work a list of the men furnished as soldiers, among them being several of the Onslow grantees and their relatives. Among the names given are: Isaac Farell, James McNitt, Hugh Tackles, and Captain John Thomson. ----------------------------- RNBU Nicholas. 1770. Onslow,NS. 1998. 12. 15.

Does any kind soul have information on the following gentleman? JAMES BLANCHARD b. ca. 1798 (unknown) d. ca. 1933 in Conewango New York Married Eunice ___________ around 1814 Children: Hiram Blanchard Emera J. Blanchard Solotus M. Blanchard Emeline Blanchard Henrietta Blanchard Lucinda J. Blanchard I believe James and his wife Eunice were in Virigina around 1815. Would deeply appreciate any additional information about this gentlemen, and particularly his parents. Thank you in advance. Charlie Noland E:Mail reader@anet-dfw.com

Hello everyone. I am a newcomer to the list and am seeking information about my ancestor, George Blanchard, who was living with his family at Itchen,(Southampton), Hampshire in 1849, when his son Stephen was married at St Mary's, Southampton. His occupation on Stephen's marriage certificate was listed as farmer. His two eldest children were Ann Blanchard, born 7th December, 1822 and Elizabeth Blanchard, born 26th June, 1824. I would like to know where George Blanchard was born. He is said to have had relations in Dorset, but it is also possible that he was born in Wiltshire. I would appreciate any information about this family. Stephen Blanchard migrated to Australia in 1850, but Ann and Elizabeth stayed in England as far as I know. If there are any descendants of these two ladies reading this, I would love to get in touch with you. Best wishes for Christmas and New Year. Regards, Jennifer Lee Sydney, Australia

Samuel P. Blanchard. born 1806, New York and died in Newark, Knox Co. Mo.

Am looking for the parents of James Emera Blanchard, who was born ca. 1821 and died shortly after 1870. I believe he lived in the township of Wasioja in the county of Dodge im Minnesota. I think he was born somewhere in New York. His wife was Lucy A. Hoard and one of his sons was James A. Blanchard. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Charles Noland (e:mail reader@anet-dfw.com) Thank you

Hello to you all. I've just joined this list. Part of my ancestory is tied up with the BLENCH family. While this is not exactly BLANCHARD it is quite close as many BLENCHes and BLANCHes seemed to change name regularly. My g grandmother was Hannah BLENCH (b 1844, Heworth, DUR, ENG, d 1881 & m Charles BROOKS). Her parents were Robert BLENCH and Elizabeth HARKNESS. If any one has further information I would be very pleased to hear from them and trade information. Chris Arnold Greendale Road, RD1, Christchurch, New Zealand. Ph: +64 3 318 7622 e-mail home: arnold@clear.net.nz work: arnold@elec.canterbury.ac.nz

I have just been notified that our request for a GenConnect Surname board (BLANCHARD & var.) has been approved. I will pursue the steps for setting up the board to the point of activating it, but will hold off on the final 'mouse click' until I get enough positive feedback from our members on this proposal. Fletch

Some of you who are listowners have already heard about "GenConnect at RootsWeb". For some time, GenConnect has been supporting the Query component of some of the USGenWeb county pages. That is to say that a county coordinator can choose to have GC run their Query page rather than maintain it themselves. Recently, GenConnect became affiliated with RootsWeb and the official title is now "GenConnect at RootsWeb". The resulting effect of this on the Family Mail Lists/Web Pages at RootsWeb is that GC/RW is now offering Surname Boards to supporters of RootsWeb. As a sponsor at the $50 level, BLANCHARD-L is entitled to "boards for up to 4 surnames". I can't find the exact quote but a RW rep said that this was a small pay-back for the "supporting members", similar to the idea that when we "upped" our level to sponsor-plus, we were entitiled to space for a web page in addition to our List. The use of the term "board" comes from the old Bulletin Boards that were the precursor of the fancy stuff we now have on the Net and Web. Messages are posted to the "board" and replies are organized in "threads" so it is easy to follow the exchanges. Much of this is automated but the board manager/administrator has certain duties such as monitoring the board, removing "off topic" posts, etc. Today, I requested a Surname Board for BLANCHARD (and name variants). I did this to reserve the name, because once the word gets out, they will be going fast, but also to learn more about the system and whether we want to incorporate this into the BLANCHARD-L. Some of you are familiar with the GenForum web site which has been functioning since summer 1997. Several of our members have posted to this BB but I have not found the time to be active there. I have put a link to this page from the B-L Page. <Bottom Line> If you are interested in these two activities, go to: * http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/qindex.html for overall information about GenConnect * http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/indx/FamAssoc.html for the Family Associations (Surname Boards) section of GenConnect * http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/blanchard/ for the BLANCHARD Genealogy Forum at GenForum One thing we might do with these two sites is to promote membership in BLANCHARD-L (Sherry posted a blurb to GenForum earlier this year). Note that GenForum pages include "commercials"; GC/RW do not! There are lots of pros and cons here so again, I'd appreciate hearing from you at my <fab@klink.net> address. Fletch

Greetings Members Here are a few ideas for stepping up the activity on BLANCHARD-L as we approach the start of a new year. One thought is to have each member prepare a brief summary of their BLANCHARD (or name variant) "line" to let other members know about your searches. We could use a variation of the Roots-L query lines: ________ (Name variant, if not BLANCHARD) Time period Earliest three known B's Migration pattern (country, state, etc.) for your B's Special problem area _____________ My info. might look like: c1600 - present Thomas>George>George ENG>MA>CT>VT>NY>PA Asahel (1771-c1860), son? of Abner Another might be: (fictitious) BLANCHER 1850-1900 William>Jerome>Leslie MA>NY>OH>CA w. of Leslie This could be set up in a '5-field' database and printed in landscape view and/or posted to our Web Page. Some of you have already found a 'group' with common interests but this may help new members to find some kindred spirits or should I say cousins? In the next few weeks, please think about this proposal and send your comments to my personal e-mail < fab@klink.net> rather than to the List, to avoid cluttering the Archives. I'll collect your thoughts and post them to the List from time to time. Part II of this Adm. message will deal with the new Surname Boards at GenConnect and how these (and other Internet sites) relate to our BLANCHARD-L List and Web Page. Fletch

Hi All, I was at the NH Historical Society Library today and Doug informed me of a new search engine for the collection of the Library. It is a wonderful tool and I would encourage you all to check it out. He is anxious to show how useful this medium is to the "powers that be" so please check it out even if you can't get to the library to follow up. It can be found at: http://nhhistory.library.net/ Note, there is no www. in the address! enjoy, Sherry

Sherry wrote: > It is a wonderful tool and I would encourage > you all to check it out. He is anxious to show how useful > this medium is to the "powers that be" so please check it > out even if you can't get to the library to follow up. It > can be found at: > > http://nhhistory.library.net/ Here are the results from searching on blanchard in that catalog. The only item in this list that I've seen is the "Family gatherings". (Elias Smith married a Blanchard from the "Joseph" line.) The 2-page thingies may be interesting, but I don't suppose there is much information in them. John ------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Ancestry of Ozias Blanchard Author: Titus, Anson. Publisher: [S.l.] : [s.n.], [ca.1906]. Description: 2 p. ; cm. 929.2 B6395t Title: Blanchard family records Author: Blanchard, George Dana Boardman. Publisher: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1906. Description: 3 p. 929.2 B639fr Title: Blanchards of Rhode Island Author: Crandall, Adelaide Blanchard. Publisher: Ann Arbor, MI : Edwards Brothers, 1942. Description: xv, 263 p. ; cm. 929.2 B639rh Title: Dunbar family records Author: Dearborn, Mrs. Luther G. Publisher: Goffstown, N.H. : [s.n.], 1950. Description: [10] p. ; 28 cm. 929.2 D898 Title: Family gatherings relating to the Smith and Blanchard families, with a memoir of the Rev. Elias Smith, pastor of Middleton, Mass. Author: Peabody, George. + Endicott, William Crowninshield, 1860-1936. Publisher: Danvers, MA : [s.n.], 1929. Description: 170 p. : ill. 929.2 S642p Title: Genealogy of the Blanchard family Author: Blanchard, Darwin C. Publisher: [S.l.] : [s.n.], [n.d.]. Description: 174 p. ; 28 cm. 929.2 B639b Title: Pilgrim ancestry of the Blanchard family. Publisher: [S.l.] : [s.n.], [n.d.]. Description: 2 p. ; 28 cm. 929.2 B639p

Here's a GREAT site which lists family items found and items you might be looking for.What a useful clearinghouse for separated family heirlooms! What a shame to see old Bibles and photos and documents in the "junk shops" and antique stores with names of someone's ancestors inscribed! A fine way to reunite lost treasures with descendants. Good luck! http://www.pastconnect.com/ Albert ------------------------------------- E-mail: skipb@nh.ultranet.com Date: 12/05/98 Time: 20:22:07 ------------------------------------ ALBERT EDWARD BELANGER 128 Middle Road Brentwood, NH 03833 (Researching: BELANGER, BLANCHARD, ENSOR, GAGNON, HARRINGTON, HUGHES,RACE, ST.PIERRE, EDMINSTON, MARINO, McQUEEN, MEALEY, Oregon Trail 1851, PETTINGILL, SEAL, STEWART)

The announcement of the new B-L database did not have a subject line. For some unexplained reason the To: address in the header of my original message was not acceptable to my provider. I did a copy/paste of the body to a new message but forgot to add the Subject: It should have read: Subject: Admin. 12/4/98, New Database Fletch

We're happy to announce a new Database on the BLANCHARD-L Web Page at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~blanch-l/blpref.html ******************** "Descendants of George BLANCHARD, eldest son of the immigrant Thomas BLANCHARD. This database, prepared by Pat BLANCHARD CURRY of Richmond, CA, contains many of the descendants of George BLANCHARD (some through 10 generations). It also includes 13 appendices containing miscellaneous data on a number of families who might prove to belong to this line." ******************** This is the second of a series of BLANCHARD genealogies that have been compiled and made available to BLANCHARD-L by Pat BLANCHARD CURRY 3414 Fleetwood Dr. Richmond, CA 94803 List member John Chandler <jchbn@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu> has done an outstanding job of converting Pat's files to web pages. As described in the Notice: that introduces the Database, due to its large size, the database has been divided into several hundred smaller files to facilitate loading and navigating. I think you will find that the compromises that were made have resulted in an extremely valuable addition to the resources of BLANCHARD-L. Be sure to read the Notice: as well as the FOREWORD:, these will give you valuable information about the contents and structure of the database. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Pat and John for the tremendous amount of work that has gone into this database and urge you to add your words of thanks. Pat does not have an e-mail address but a note to the List will be forwarded to her or you can send a note directly to Tom Wilde <wildeman1@home.com> who has been acting as a liaison with Pat for the List. If you have any questions about the GeorgeB database, please direct them to the List if you think they might be of general interest to our members; to me if they are more of an administrative nature or to John Chandler if they involve specific aspects of the web documents. As for all the databases available on the BLANCHARD-L Page, we welcome your comments about the content of these files and will see that documented proposals for changes are considered when updates of the files are prepared. Fletch Blanchard<fab@klink.net> owner/manager BLANCHARD-L

Hi B-L Members - We've been operating as a "closed" list for just over a week and I thought I would report what I see happening from the "managers" viewpoint. I have received several reports from RootsWeb that they have blocked spam from our list but only a few more for the same time period than when we were "open". My understanding is that once the people that peddle e-mail addresses to the spammers, harvest a batch of addresses from mail lists or whatever, there isn't much that can be done about it except to report the spam if it is abusive. I get 1-2 spam hits a day at my mailbox but I am on many mail lists and haven't tried to analyze the headers on the spams to see which may have come via B-L. It has been much easier to just delete them. One suggestion that seems to be valid is not to respond to any of the requests to reply to the spam message if you want to be "removed from their mailing list"; just delete the message. If the level of spam that you are getting is bothersome, please report your experience to my personal e-mail and I will report to RootsWeb. One problem that may now be resolved is that subscribe requests for several new members were not processed and returned the message "not on the accept list" rather than "Added to the subscriber list" which is the usual response from RootsWeb. I suggested that these people subscribe again after asking Tim Pierce at RW to look into this and he may have resolved it since their addresses now appear on the subscriber list. A couple of new members had problems with messages to the List that were similarly not accepted. Three new members who joined us this weekend did not have any problems. Please let me know if anyone is experiencing difficulties with -request messages to RootsWeb or with postings to BLANCHARD-L. Be sure to check our web page and the databases that have been prepared for your use. New members should check the web page and the BLANCHARD-L Archives to find out what information has been collected on your lines. This will help you compose your queries to BLANCHARD-L. Fletch

Hi all, Just thought I pass along this success Pat Curry's files on the web. Sherry ---------- From: Donald Dillaby[SMTP:ddillaby@bit-net.com] Sent: Monday, November 30, 1998 12:49 PM To: gould@iamnow.net Subject: Re: [NHHILLSB-L] DARBY, William, b. 14 Aug. 1698 Sherry: Thanks! The daughter, Mary Blanchard, was indeed there. Regards, Sherry L Gould wrote: > Hi Donald > > You could check > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~blanch-l/blpref.html > and go to the Joseph Blanchard file which covers the > Dunstable Blanchard. It is a rather large file and you > have to let the whole thing download before you can > successfully navigate it. It is worth the work though and > Pat Curry is to be commended for her extensive work on the > Blanchard family. > > Sherry > > ---------- > From: Donald Dillaby[SMTP:ddillaby@bit-net.com] > Sent: Sunday, November 29, 1998 7:12 PM > To: NHHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NHHILLSB-L] DARBY, William, b. 14 Aug. 1698 > > Looking for any further info on William DARBY, son of John > Darbyshire > and Mary Blanchard at Dunstable. > > -- > Donald Dillaby, > ka1goz@nh.arrl.org > ddillaby@bit-net.com > Emergency Coordinator, Eastern Hillsborough County, New > Hampshire ARES > Net Manager, Nashua Area Emergency Net > Hillsborough County SKYWARN > Section Public Information Coordinator, New Hampshire > Section, American > Radio Relay League > Secretary, Nashua Area Radio Club > Member, Local Emergency Planning Committee, Hudson, NH > Member, SARA Title III Committee, Nashua, NH. > TAPR BBSSIG Mail List > Essex-Roots Mail List > NHHILLSB-L Mail List > Boynton-L Mail List > Wilson-L Mail List > Day-L Mail List > Darby-L Mail List > Nashua, NH GenWeb Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nhcnashu/ > > ==== NHHILLSB Mailing List ==== > Support RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative: > http://www.rootsweb.com/ > Surname Search of Queries > http://www.rufus.wright.edu/~plindsay/srchall.html -- Donald Dillaby, ka1goz@nh.arrl.org ddillaby@bit-net.com Emergency Coordinator, Eastern Hillsborough County, New Hampshire ARES Net Manager, Nashua Area Emergency Net Hillsborough County SKYWARN Section Public Information Coordinator, New Hampshire Section, American Radio Relay League Secretary, Nashua Area Radio Club Member, Local Emergency Planning Committee, Hudson, NH Member, SARA Title III Committee, Nashua, NH. TAPR BBSSIG Mail List Essex-Roots Mail List NHHILLSB-L Mail List Boynton-L Mail List Wilson-L Mail List Day-L Mail List Darby-L Mail List Nashua, NH GenWeb Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nhcnashu/

Many thanks to BLANCHARD-L. On 19 Nov 1998 I asked if anyone could help me find the burial place of Uncle Alexander LANDRY who died at age 32 in WWI. Within 5 days I had the following answer from a retired Army Commanding General who lives in Washington, DC and who obtained the following information from: Casualty & Memorial Affairs, Office of the Adjutant General, US Army Personnel command, 2461 Eisenhower Blve.m Alexandria, VA 22331. Private Alexander LANDRY is buried in the Meuse-Argonne Cemetery in France. He is in Grave #25; Row #4; Block F. That cemetery is about 29 miles from Verdun, France. I didn't think I would ever find that information, Alexander has been dead 80 years. Anyone else wanting similiar information should write directly to the address above for information. Hope this information will help someone else, happy hunting, Martha

Today, I requested that RootsWeb change the status of BLANCHARD-L from an 'open' to a 'closed' list. This was in response to a message on the Listowner's List from Tim Pierce at RootsWeb, who presented a convincing argument for having all the lists operate as 'closed' lists. In fact, RootsWeb is contemplating changing all lists to 'closed' since they believe that 'open' lists are more susceptible to the spam attacks that we all would like to avoid. All new RootsWeb Mail Lists are set up as 'closed'. It is not clear just how much difference this will make on BLANCHARD-L but I decided we should follow the request. As a 'closed' list, only subscribers will be permitted to post messages. As List Owner/Manager, I can add addresses to the "accept" list for anyone who contacts me and has a convincing argument for why they would want to post but not subscribe. Also, if a subscriber needs to be subscribed under two addresses, one at home and one at work for example, I can add the second address. If someone, not on the subscriber or accept lists, posts a message to BLANCHARD-L, RootsWeb will notify me and I will contact that person to inquire about their interest in our List, explain the nature of a 'closed' list and suggest they subscribe. If they do not wish to subscribe and I decide the information they want to post would be valuable to our research, I can either put them on the "accept" list or forward the message to the List so you may benefit from it. I also changed the setting for our List so that only subscribers can access the List Archives via e-mail. Fletch

I ran across the following web sote and I thought it might be of help to someone. Regards, Martha http://searches.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/me/cumberland/nyarmouth/settlers/filebbl.txt