Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night! "The wonder of Christmas is that the God who dwelt among us now can dwell within us. May HIs love and presence fill you to overflowing and bring you a most joyous Christmas" "The Word was made flesh, and dwelt amoung us, and we beheld His glory..." JOHN 1:14 (taken from a card I found particularly striking) Best Regards, also Happy Hannukah, and best wishes for all who look for good things to come!

A VERY BLESSED CHRISTMAS SEASON AND A VERY HAPPY AND SAFE NEW YEARS TO ALL!!! BOB, JO-EL, AND THE GIRLS (THE VAUGHANS)

Hi: I am researching my ancestors from my location in Alberta, Canada. My gggrandfather Norman was reportedly born in Vermont about 1806 but I have no info about the place or of any sibblings. The info known at present: Norman Blanchard b.1906(about) m. Hannah Hicks b.1814 Detroit, children: Charles W. b. Feb.22,1840 (My ggrandfather) Francis b. ? 1843 Mary b. ? 1847 Adaline b. ? 1850 Alice b. ? 1856 Norman was in Wayne County, Michigan when Charles was born. Charles married Margaret Low, 1864 they had six children one of which was Francis Joel (my grandfather) b. July 1870. Charles lived in St. Clair County, Michigan. Francis Joel later moved to North Dakota and then emmigrated to Alberta, Canada in 1909. If anyone can provide any history before 1840 on this lineage I would like to hear from you and would be eternaly greatfull. Charles & Margaret Blanchard family: Nina b. 1865 Francis Joel b. 1870 Norman b. 1873 Minnie b. 1875 Alice b. 1877

As far as I know, the J. C. Hartman Files at the NYGBS, are still accessible. My inquiry to them last year was not answered personally (except for a brief penned note from Joy Rich, Director of the Library), but they did send several 'form' replies which I summarized in my message of 11/17/96 and will highlight here. The note said "The material in unindexed. Our Record Search Service volunteers can do a search for you if you become a NYGBS member". From the forms, . . . "Manuscript, microfilm, microfiche, floppy disk, and CD-ROM collections: These can be used in the library by members of the Society or can be accessed for them through Record Search Service". Reading further, . . "a member would qualify for a "one-hour Record Search Service" for a fee of $15, payable in advance. Photocopies are .35 each and the limit on copies from a "manuscript storage box" is 10 copies. A manuscript file folder or a book in a manuscript collection, has a limit of 5 photocopies. . .Once we have made those 10 (or those 5) photocopies for you from a particular book, periodical, or manuscript item, we cannot make additional photocopies from it for you in the future. . . .Please allow up to six weeks for a response, particularly around the holidays and during the summer". The wording here suggests that the above copying regulations apply only to written requests for service and not for "in-person" use but this should be investigated. An individual, out-of-town membership in NYGBS is $50 Their address: 122 East 58th Street, New York, NY 10022-1939 Tel. 212-755-8532. This is another trip I have wanted to make but have not been able to schedule. If any of you are considereing a visit to NYGBS, please keep me informed. It is only 200+ miles from here but has been 'out of my range' this year. I look forward to '98; when I am giving up two major responsibilities with our local genealogical society to have more time for personal research and nurturing the BLANCHARD-L. Holiday Greetings to all and Best Wishes for the New Year. Fletch

I have sent a message to listmember Sue Blanchard Shaw about her planned trip to the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library (BECPL) in Buffalo, NY, to investigate the Bethune Papers. Some of you may recall that I communicated with BECPL last winter and had hoped to make a trip there. I have given Sue all the information I have and urge any of you to to contact her if you have any requests. You may also recall that listmember Paul Blanchard sent me a copy of the "Walter Blanchard Papers" (66 pgs.) for which I made a Name Index and offered to look up names. There have been occassional reference's to Walter's papers but I do not know their origin. Does anyone have this information? I've asked Sue to inquire at BECPL, just in case they have heard about them. Fletch As far as I know, the J. C. Hartman Files at the NYG&B, are still accessible. My inquiry to them was not answered personally (except for a brief penned note from Joy Rich, Director of the Library., but they did send several 'form' replies which I summarized in my message of 11/17/96 and will highlight here. The note said "The material in unindexed. Our Record Search Service volunteers can do a search for you if you become a NYGBS member. Manuscript, microfilm, microfiche, floppy disk, and CD-ROM collections: These can be used in the library by members of the Society or can be accessed for them through Record Search Service". Reading further, a member would qualify for a "one-hour Record Search Service" for a fee of $15, payable in advance. Photocopies are .35 each and the limit on copies from a "manuscript storage box" is 10 copies. A manuscript file folder or a book in a manuscript collection, has a limit of 5 photocopies. . . . . Once we have made those 10 (or those 5) photocopies for you from a particular book, periodical, or manuscript item, we cannot make additional photocopies from it for you in the future. . . .Please allow up to six weeks for a response, particularly around the holidays and during the summer". It is not clear that the above regulations apply only to requests for service other than "in-person"

Here is my first post to the list. Phoebe Blanchard is my ancestor. Pheobe BLANCHARD married Prosper LeBeau in Vergennes, Vt (no date). Pheobe was born abt 1832 in Vergennes, daughter of Ambrose Blanchard and Ella ---, and died in Vergennes May 4 1874. Prosper LeBeau was b. East Berkshire, Vt. abt Mar 12 1837 and d. in Vergennes Jan 26 1902. Children of Prosper LeBeau and Phoebe Blanchard: 1. Male b Mar 12 1859 2. John Theodore b. Sept 29 1864, d. Sept 28 1930, m. Sept 14, 1886 Mildred Harriet Lovern 3. Eugene A. b. abt 1869, d. ? m. June 22, 1889 Elizabeth Domino 4. Flora b. Oct 24 1870 d. Sept 18 1874, m. Lewis Levarn 5. Salina b. Jul 6 1873, d. Sep 18 1874 John Theodore LeBeau had many children as did his son John Edward Lebeau, my great grandfather. I am looking for other siblings of Phoebe, and information on her parents Ambrose and Ella, and other ancestors. Thanks for the help. Ken Bannister --------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth E. Bannister President BANNISTER RESEARCH & CONSULTING Bridport, Vermont USA kenbannister@groundwater.com http://www.groundwater.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Albert wrote: >typed in BLANCHARD and saw several come up. Check this site out...you may find > a document that >your ancestor wrote. I received a spam notice from that person (multiple copies, as a matter of fact, since I have several different e-mail addresses). Amazingly enough, the document that was being "pushed" actually did refer to my gggf and his wife (nee Sarah Blanchard, as it happens). Naturally, I couldn't resist taking a look. The document was a deed of sale of a piece of land in Princeton, Mass, where my gggp's lived. They were selling the property to one Simon Blanchard (probably her brother, but possibly her father). Unfortunately, although there were seals on the document, and the signature of Leonard Chandler, there was neither a signature nor a mark for his wife Sarah (which may mean that the sale was never legally completed -- I wonder if I may be part heir to a piece of land in Princeton). In any case, to put things in perspective, I must say that deeds like this were executed by the bushel (I mean that literally -- I found an old bushel basket in my grandmother's barn that was overflowing with deeds of sale on small parcels of land in and around Princeton, dating back to the late 1800s and early 1900s, mostly executed by my g-g-uncle John, who would buy a woodlot, log it, and then resell the land.) Also, such documents were probably written out by a lawyer, rather than by the parties to the deed, so the sentimental value may be limited to the signature, if any. The legal value, of course, would reside in the copy of the deed filed with the county court. John

Re. the message from Sue B <Shaw110@buffnet.net> and her trip to the Library. In the text of my great grandfather, H. Percy Blanchard, he refers to getting assistance from Mrs Louise (Blanchard) Bethune of 215 Franklin St., Buffalo, N.Y. Her lineage is as follows: Thomas(1); George(2); George(3); William(4); Abiel(5) in the Revolution; Thomas(6); and Dalson Wallace(7), her father. There was some reference to this material in the 'New England Historical and Genealogical Registry' Vol.60. Her work was to be published about 1929 under the name 'Blanchards in America'. I was looking for information on this material back in Oct 1995 when I had just got on the Net and contacted Fletch for the first time. I was interested to see if Mrs. Bethune had any reference to H. Percy. I have seen other Blanchard lineages which refer to his 'digging' in their early ancestry. Many of us have communicated our interests in the whereabouts of her work and also the work of J. Crawford Hartman, of New York, ie. JCHY mentioned in earlier messages, whose wife was of Blanchard lineage, who at present, we (or at least myself) do not have the exact lineage. I am sure all of the Group's interest will be with you in this search (hoping for this elusive Xmas gift). Yours in searching, Rannie Blanchard, Mt. Uniacke, NS (Santa's helper this year; last year's proclaimed herself a better Santa!) - RNBU

Good morning, I just checked out this web site which has manuscripts / documents this company has for sale. I typed in BLANCHARD and saw several come up. Check this site out...you may find a document that your ancestor wrote. (I do not have an connection with this company, but just wanted to point out this source to all on this list.) http://www.nativesoil.com Albert ------------------------------------- E-mail: skipb@nh.ultranet.com Date: 12/20/97 Time: 10:00:23 ------------------------------------ ALBERT EDWARD BELANGER 128 Middle Road Brentwood, NH 03833 (Researching: BANCROFT, BELANGER, BLANCHARD, EATON, ENSOR, DAVID, DOLE, GAGNON, HARRINGTON, HUGHES, PHILLIPS, RACE, ST.PIERRE, EDMINSTON, FORTIN, HURLEY, MARINO, MATTHEWS, McQUEEN, MEALEY, MOORE, Oregon Trail 1851, PETTINGILL, PLANTE, POOR, SEAL, STEWART, SMITH, WEED, WHITEHOUSE)

Hi, A Blanchard was looking for imformation a few weeks back about the Blanchards of who I believe were decendants of Thomas. I wrote that he was going to find a lot of imformation, and he wrote back to me requesting imformation in interest of my family. I believe this person was from Chicago or somewhere in that area, and I have finally found time to write, and have lost the letter with his address. If this person would kindly E-mail me again, I apologize for the seeming slight. I was very busy and lost your address. My E-mail is <badrafting@top.monad.net> I always try to answere all letters, and loss of contact is not intentional. Any cousin of mine is worth writing to! Bruce W. Aho New Ipswich, NH

Hi all- I live in Erie County and am looking forward to going to the library in a couple of weeks to research the Blanchard file there. Any requests? Pauline says there are boxes of info on our line. Especially those of you looking for RI line. I am researching back to William>Moses.Also the Blanchard of RI book is housed there ( my dad requested it from his library in NC and they told him it was here). I would be willing to help copy, etc.- Susan Blanchard Shaw

Pauline, Merry Christmas to you, also. I hope you will continue as a member of the Blanchard List. I'll forward this post to the List. Albert ------------------------ From: "bjb@texomaonline.com" <bjb@texomaonline.com> Subject: Hartman files-NYG&B Date: Fri, 19 Dec 97 14:56:30 PST To: "skipb@nh.ulttranet.com" <skipb@nh.ultranet.com> > I think the idea of offering to help NYGEB do something with the Hartman material is great! Since I moved from New York state this summer to Oklahoma, I will not be in a position to help as a volunteer, but can contribute financially. Keep me informed if anything gets started--maybe the Blanchard-L is a place to start. > I may be changing servers-if so I'll send you my new address. I am still unable to post an e-mail on any robot > read address. Brian Leverich is trying to figure what the problem seems to be. > > Merry Christmas, > Pauline Blanchard > 616 Sunset Circle > Kingston, OK 73439-9471 > > ---------------End of Original Message----------------- ------------------------------------- E-mail: skipb@nh.ultranet.com Date: 12/19/97 Time: 17:35:17 ------------------------------------ ALBERT EDWARD BELANGER 128 Middle Road Brentwood, NH 03833 (Researching: BANCROFT, BELANGER, BLANCHARD, EATON, ENSOR, DAVID, DOLE, GAGNON, HARRINGTON, HUGHES, PHILLIPS, RACE, ST.PIERRE, EDMINSTON, FORTIN, HURLEY, MARINO, MATTHEWS, McQUEEN, MEALEY, MOORE, Oregon Trail 1851, PETTINGILL, PLANTE, POOR, SEAL, STEWART, SMITH, WEED, WHITEHOUSE)

Would someone be so good as to send me that "introductory posting" of Blanchard-L administrative commands ("unsubscribe," etc.)? I seem to have inadvertently trashed the file. Many thanks. Jeffrey S. Erickson phone: 704-892-2590 Slide Collection fax: 704-892-2691 Davidson College e-mail: jeericks@davidson.edu P. O. Box 1720 http://www.davidson.edu/academic/art/artslide.htm Davidson, North Carolina 28036 USA Disclaimer: "The fact that I've made a slide of it doesn't mean that I think it's art."

This is a book by Chester R. Johnson, he's an interesting individual and frequently publishes abstracts on various topics. His most recent work: "Albemarle County, Virginia Surveyor's Plat Book 1," Virginia Archives Microfilm #114A(392) and #114(393) 1744-1755. The deed books of Albemarle Co., VA from 1752-1757 have been lost. This gap can be partially filled by the Surveyor's plats that show persons in the county who were receiving grants, and their neighbors at the time the survey was made. There were over 1500 surveys made in the nine year time span 1744-1755. These show where and when and for who the survey was made. These survey abstractions include name, date, number of acres, water course and any neighbors at the time the survey was made. The survey microfilms are unindexed. This book is the only index to the films. For the plats, with meets and bounds, the films may be obtained by interlibrary loan from the State Library of Virginia. This book also covers parts of five other Counties of the SE corner of Virginia: Buckingham, Appomattox, Amherst, Fluvanna, and Alleghany. http://www.fastlane.net/~cjohnson/ I believe this book will be a valuable tool for a lot of genealogists. I am sending it to the Butler List because I have seen a lot of messages on VA residences and these counties are the primary counties of migration.

------------------------ Hello All, < My husband had been a member of this Society for several years. When we went to use the library I could not see anything but the index files and could only ask for one book at a time and then brought out of the library area to use it. Bruce was having problems reading so I needed to be with him. We were "forced" to pay for a family membership in order to use the library effectively. We had found letters Mr. Hartman had written to many of the County Historians all over the state of new York and even to Louise Blanchard Bethune--whose boxes of unpublished material is also in boxes in the Buffalo-Erie County Library!> This post above, which I just received along with a few others from yesterday got me to thinking...I can understand a big city genealogical society library having to put some restrictions on the access to their materials in the name of security and preservation of its holdings, but I am hard pressed to believe that the officers of the society are satisfied that several boxes of valuable source material lie in boxes, unavailable to researchers. I mean, what the heck are genealogical societies for anyway, if not to help people research their genealogy? Perhaps, being a "volunteer" group they are hard pressed to find the time and personnel to get to work on the Hartman BLANCHARD files. Does it make any sense to have someone from our list-group with "credentials" that might impress the N.Y. Society (Genealogical, that is) approach, officially, the officers of the society with a request to work on the Hartman BLANCHARD papers? Perhaps a deal could be struck that a local person, "sanctioned" by our list-group and under the supervision of the librarian of the day, could organize and photocopy the Hartman BLANCHARD papers...this in exchange for a certain sum of money which would be supplied by our list-group. I, for one, would be happy to chip in $10-$20 for the project. Considering what I have spent on my genealogy hobby over the years on fruitless research efforts, this project seems to me to be a sure-bet, and well worth the price of a lunch for two at a fast food restaurant. If there is sufficient money left, each of the list-group could get our own photocopy, perhaps. I don't know about any copyright restrictions that would have to be considered. Maybe the N.Y. Gen Society has the name of someone in the Hartman family who could be asked for permission to photocopy the papers, not for sale, but for private research among this BLANCHARD research group. I can't foresee a problem doing this, as the papers are there to be viewed, are they not? Perhaps the N.Y. Society plans on publishing the Hartman BLANCHARD papers themselves...then maybe the fact that we are out here showing an interest will spur them on. Anyway, These are just some thoughts I had tonight. I will be willing to chip in some money,and and I will be willing to help with the duplication of photocopies. Albert Belanger skipb@nh.ultranet.com _______________________________________________________________________________ HARTMAN PAPERS 12 17 97

Pauline, I don't know if this is a dead horse or not, but I want to dwell a little on the dilemma of the lost Hartman materials... You wrote.... > John & Albert: > Both of you may have this information--but just in casenot it's worth repeating. > > Two or three years ago Bruce & I spend part of a week in the New York Biographical & Genealogical Soceity in down town New York City. Mr. John Crawford Hartman was an employee of that society for many years, I understand. His mother was a Blanchard. At the offices of the society are 4 huge boxes of his references. He had four manuscripts about ready to publish. From what we saw two were already typed. They would only let you copy about 25 copies a day so we could not copy what we wanted. Bruce had wanted to make an offer to pay for having a disc made of each of these manuscripts if we could have a copy. He became ill and did not make the offer . He also had a card file with individual names on them and vital statistics with notations. Worlds of information. > > We were paying $200 a night in a hotel within walking distance so paying for discs would not have been much more than we were paying to be in the City. > > I am presuming that JCHY stands for this Mr. Hartman. > > Pauline Blanchard > E-mail: bjb@texomaonline.com > <snip> What a shame to think of all Hartman's work hiding somewhere, languishing incognito in four boxes, perhaps to be (HORRORS!) thrown out by a disinterested relative cleaning house. I just can't believe that neither he nor his survivors failed to make arrangements for his ready-to-publish work to be preserved. Since he worked at the Genealogical Society, doesn't it stand to reason that those four boxes would still be there? He must have been in touch with a publisher.... Aren't there any living family members who might have a clue to pursue? This appears to be such a great treasure trove of BLANCHARD research, that I really feel that no stone should be left undisturbed in an effort to locate it. Are any list members who live near New York interested in taking up the chase? Albert ------------------------------------- E-mail: skipb@nh.ultranet.com Date: 12/17/97 Time: 18:48:35 ------------------------------------ ALBERT EDWARD BELANGER 128 Middle Road Brentwood, NH 03833 (Researching: BANCROFT, BELANGER, BLANCHARD, EATON, ENSOR, DAVID, DOLE, GAGNON, HARRINGTON, HUGHES, PHILLIPS, RACE, ST.PIERRE, EDMINSTON, FORTIN, HURLEY, MARINO, MATTHEWS, McQUEEN, MEALEY, MOORE, Oregon Trail 1851, PETTINGILL, PLANTE, POOR, SEAL, STEWART, SMITH, WEED, WHITEHOUSE) _________________________________________________________________________________________________ HARTMAN 12 17 1997

Albert, > Cutter makes the connection > that the JOSIAH who was of Concord-Lincoln-Sturbridge moved to Barre, Vermont, > but doesn't > offer proof. As a matter of fact, Cutter is also alone in stating that the Josiah of Concord/Lincoln was the same one who showed up in Sturbridge. There may well be documention for that link in the church records or deeds at either end, but there may not. Worse, there's a different wife at each place and a son John born at each, but no record of the death of the first wife or the first John. Also, note that Hartman adds to the confusion by calling the first John "Josiah" (and, of course, he doesn't list anything in Sturbridge at all). I think the Sturbridge-to-VT link is in better shape, since the Asa who died in Barre, VT in 1850 was reported in the census mortality schedule there as having been born in Mass. 80 years beforehand, and his wife Lydia matches up with the recorded marriage of Asa to Lydia Nichols in Ward, MA (now Auburn). John Index: Josiah 1733 b Concord, MA 1997 12 17 Index: Josiah 1769 Sturbridge, MA 1997 12 17 Index: Asa 1769 b Sturbridge, MA 1997 12 17

Hello everyone, I've been off this list for several months and am trying to get caught up. The archived messages are a great idea and enabled me to read all the messages relating to the Hartman topics. I had been writing to John Chandler the past few days about the Hartman/*Boston Transcript* series, and John answered some of my questions. He's a great resource for the group (as are others!) At the Essex Institute library in Salem, MA, a few years ago, I found an old scrapbook with the seven J.C.H.Y. columns pasted in. I had hoped that there was an 8th column somewhere,as the ancestor that I was seeking info about, <JOSIAH>, was tagged as #54, and the column ended with #45. I assumed that the next week would pick up with #46 and get to my <JOSIAH>, but there were no more columns in the scrapbook. From the archived messages about Hartman and from the conversation with John, I am led to believe that there were no more columns...just my luck! I also come away with the feeling that a search for more written by Hartman about the JOSEPH BLANCHARD line has been unsuccessful, even in the N.Y. libraries (except, of course the 1939 NEHGS article). True? I have a typed genealogy which has been in my wife's family for about fifty years, but which is unreferenced and undocumented. Omitting the vital stats, line is as follows: JOSEPH BLANCHARD d. 1637 DEACON JOHN BLANCHARD d. 1693 JAMES BLANCHARD b.1666 d. 1704 JOSIAH BLANCHARD b.1698 JOSIAH BLANCHARD b.1733 d. ca.1850 ASA BLANCHARD b.1769 d. ca.1850 AMOS BLANCHARD b.1791 d. 1836 JOSHUA PETTINGILL BLANCHARD b.1820 d. 1884 ABRAHAM LINCOLN BLANCHARD b.1863 d. 1945 ELDON CRAWFORD BLANCHARD b.1889 d. 1966 RAYMOND ELDON BLANCHARD b.1911 d. 1980 SANDRA LOUISE BLANCHARD (My wife) In trying to corroborate this typed genealogy years ago, I ran across two great sources that seemed to verify the list: Hartman's NEHGS 1939 article and Wm. Cutter's 1914 book, "New England Families".The latter was especially useful in that it carried the line four generations forward to documented ancestors. (It could be that the person who typed the genealogy copied it from the Cutter book) That brings me to the challenge put to me by our John Chandler: To prove that the JOSIAH (2) whom Wm. Cutter, in "New England Families" 1914, named in generation number V was the same as the JOSIAH whom Hartman identified on page 232 of the NEHGS article. Cutter writes: "(V) Josiah (2) Blanchard, son of Josiah (1) Blanchard, was born in Concord, June 23,1730 (sic). He married (first) at Lincoln, Massachusetts, January 30, 1755, Elizabeth Pierce. He removed to Sturbridge, Massachusetts, and married there (second) April 7, 1762, Elizabeth Hobbs. In 1790 he was living in Sturbridge, and according to the census had in his family two males over sixteen and four females. Children, born at Sturbridge: Mary, September 17,1763; Ann, March 12,1765; ASA (MY WIFE'S LINE aeb), July 4,1769; Abigail, July 13, 1771; Bernard, _____14, 1773; Amos, April 13,1775. By wife Elizabeth he had at Lincoln: John, born May 9, 1755. Perhaps other children. He removed to Barre, Vermont, where he died about 1800. Children not recorded at Sturbridge: Abijah; Betsey, 1779; Lucy.1779 died September 26, 1864, married David Richardson; Rachel, 1781, married Peter Nichols." Hartman's 1939 NEHGS article, page 232 reads: "vi JOSIAH, b. 10 Dec.1733, m. at Lincoln, 30 Jan. 1755, ELIZABETH PIERCE, b.10 Oct. 1732, daughter of GEORGE and HANNAH PIERCE. Child: Josiah,b. at Lincoln 9 May 1755" (This branch ends here, in the article.) It appears to me that Cutter has done the research, but our John has reservations based on past experience with Cutter's work, and I respect John's skepticism. Cutter makes the connection that the JOSIAH who was of Concord-Lincoln-Sturbridge moved to Barre, Vermont, but doesn't offer proof. It seems to me, getting back to John's challenge to me, that what I need to do is to find some record or other independent source that shows ASA's father and mother were JOSIAH and ELIZABETH HOBBS...or some reference that shows siblings of ASA with ties to Concord-Lincoln-Sturbridge and Barre. I do not have access to those records, and before I venture on this long, long journey of "write-and-wait-and-wait-and-write-and-wait-and-write-and-wait, using the overland mail to contact libraries and genealogical societies in both locations, I thought I would see if anyone on the list has already come across the appropriate documentation or has access to any of the records of those places. Here's hoping....... Albert E-mail: skipb@nh.ultranet.com Date: 12/16/97 Time: 19:00:30 ------------------------------------ ALBERT EDWARD BELANGER 128 Middle Road Brentwood, NH 03833 (Researching: BELANGER, BLANCHARD, GAGNON, HUGHES, RACE, ST.PIERRE, EDMINSTON, MARINO, MEALEY, Oregon Trail 1851, PETTINGILL, SEAL, STEWART) ___________________________________________________________ JOSEPH BLANCHARD 1637 d 1997 12 16 DEACON JOHN BLANCHARD 1693 d 1997 12 16 JAMES BLANCHARD 1666 b 1704 d 1997 12 16 JOSIAH BLANCHARD 1698 b 1997 12 16 JOSIAH BLANCHARD 1733 b 1800 d c 1997 12 16 ASA BLANCHARD 1769 b 1850 d 1997 12 16 AMOS BLANCHARD 1791 b 1836 d 1997 12 16 JOSHUA PETTINGILL BLANCHARD 1820 b 1884 d 1997 12 16 ABRAHAM LINCOLN BLANCHARD 1863 b 1945 d 1997 12 16 ELDON CRAWFORD BLANCHARD 1889 b 1966 d 1997 12 16 RAYMOND ELDON BLANCHARD 1911 b 1980 dn 1997 12 16 SANDRA LOUISE BLANCHARD (My wife) 1997 12 16

Hi Lynda: > >I saw your e-mail to the Blanchard rootsweb and have a question, where is >Greenbush in Ontario, I could not find on road map that I have at hand I >could need a more in depth one? > >First, my name is Marg and I live in Grimsby, Ontario and have relatives >living here since at least 1871 (found on 1871 cencus) and may be earlier. >This family orginated from England, Matthew Blanchard my g-g-g-grandfather >m. Ann (maiden name not known yet) and had at least 5 children that I know of: > >Albert Blanchard b. 1858 m. Harriet Van Every >George Blanchard b. 1850 m. Maria McDonald (Scotland) my g-g-grandparents >Elizabeth Blanchard b. ? m. last name Reece >Phillip Blanchard b. 1857? m. ? > >Mary J. Blanchard b. 1852 m. ? > >In your message to us you never said where the John Saigon Blanchard came from, >do you have any idea? If from England please let me know where? > >I look forward to any new info that you find, maybe you will have time after >Christmas to fill us in? > >Merry Christmas >Marg ( maybe even cousin) >------------------------------------------------------------ > Name : marg cunningham >, ON, Canada > >------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------ Name : marg cunningham , ON, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------

John Robertson, listowner for the ROBERTSON List, has kindly set up a search tips page at: http://www.shelby.net/shelby/jr/robertsn/rwsearch.htm You might want to visit John's site to get more information about how to search the Mail List Archives at RootsWeb. Remember, the site for all List Archives is: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Just enter BLANCHARD-L and then try some of John's tips. As soon as an appropriate summary of search procedures can be made, I will report to you and will update our Guidelines to bring everyone up to date. Fletch