Fletch, wish you the best. I am sure you will e-mail them a brief description of your itinerary and what your goal is. And also get the hours of operation of any place you plan (or will need) to visit. One of my uncles was over there a couple of years ago and brought back some LDS listings but they were not of much help. Wish I were going with you (at least for a month). - Rannie in Nova Scotia On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Fletcher Blanchard wrote: > In May, I will be making a brief visit to England to search some of the early records in the PRO and the Hampshire Record Office and to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Blanc/shard Family History Society in Lincoln on 20 May. I look forward to this opportunity to maintain a cooperative relationship with the BFHS and to learn more about their collection of Blanc/shard records in England.

Does anyone have info on Thomas J Blandford from Wiltshire, England who married and had numerous children According to family info at one time he lived in TN Thank You for any info Judith Pierce Arnold Fletcher Blanchard wrote: > Some of you, especially descendants of the supposed brothers Thomas > and Joseph B., will recall the lively discussions that were > conducted on this list, starting in 1996-7, concerning the search > for the family of these two emigrant ancestors. There has > been considerable interest in trying to locate early records in > England that might settle the question of where this BLANCHARD line > originated. In reviewing the information exchanged on B-L over the > past 3 1/2 years, it appears that we still lack positive leads for > solving this puzzle. For example, Robert BLANCHARD of Axford, > Nutley, HAM (Will, 1587) and Thomas BLANCHARD of East Stratton, HAM > (Will, not dated; Inv. 1621), appear to have no connection with > Thomas or Joseph. > > Existing parish records for Goodworth Clatford, HAM the earliest > recorded whereabouts of Thomas, include baptisms (1623-1633) of > children of Thomas and his first wife, Elizabeth; baptism (1638) of > Agnes, daughter of Thomas and his second wife, Agnes Bent Barnes > and burial (1636) of Thomas' first wife Elizabeth, whose name seems > to be confirmed by its singular appearance in the baptism record > (1631) for their son Nathaniel. These same parish records also > provide knowledge that there were at least two other BLANCHARD > families in Goodworth Clatford during the time period (1549-1697); > Robert BLANCHARD, whose children's baptisms are recorded > (1549-1560), and John and Edith BLANCHARD whose children were > baptised (1639-1666). As far as I know, no connections between > these two families and the family of Thomas have been established. > > Joseph is believed to have come from England to America (Boston) in > 1637 and died soon after, but we have no documentation for his > early life in England. What we know about his family is based > almost entirely on records for his wife, Ann, who was born by 1605, > possibly in England or France, and married by 1620. > > In May, I will be making a brief visit to England to search some of > the early records in the PRO and the Hampshire Record Office and to > attend the Annual General Meeting of the Blanc/shard Family History > Society in Lincoln on 20 May. I look forward to this opportunity to > maintain a cooperative relationship with the BFHS and to learn more > about their collection of Blanc/shard records in England. > > I have notified some of the BLANCHARD-L members who have been > active in these investigations, about my plans, and have already > received some valuable suggestions for research topics. Please pass > along any thoughts you have. My time will be limited and I don't > expect to make any spectacular discoveries but maybe some new light > can be shed. Fletch > > ==== BLANCHARD Mailing List ==== > Check your surnames on the Roots Surname List. > http://rsl.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/rslsql.cgi

Some of you, especially descendants of the supposed brothers Thomas and Joseph B., will recall the lively discussions that were conducted on this list, starting in 1996-7, concerning the search for the family of these two emigrant ancestors. There has been considerable interest in trying to locate early records in England that might settle the question of where this BLANCHARD line originated. In reviewing the information exchanged on B-L over the past 3 1/2 years, it appears that we still lack positive leads for solving this puzzle. For example, Robert BLANCHARD of Axford, Nutley, HAM (Will, 1587) and Thomas BLANCHARD of East Stratton, HAM (Will, not dated; Inv. 1621), appear to have no connection with Thomas or Joseph. Existing parish records for Goodworth Clatford, HAM the earliest recorded whereabouts of Thomas, include baptisms (1623-1633) of children of Thomas and his first wife, Elizabeth; baptism (1638) of Agnes, daughter of Thomas and his second wife, Agnes Bent Barnes and burial (1636) of Thomas' first wife Elizabeth, whose name seems to be confirmed by its singular appearance in the baptism record (1631) for their son Nathaniel. These same parish records also provide knowledge that there were at least two other BLANCHARD families in Goodworth Clatford during the time period (1549-1697); Robert BLANCHARD, whose children's baptisms are recorded (1549-1560), and John and Edith BLANCHARD whose children were baptised (1639-1666). As far as I know, no connections between these two families and the family of Thomas have been established. Joseph is believed to have come from England to America (Boston) in 1637 and died soon after, but we have no documentation for his early life in England. What we know about his family is based almost entirely on records for his wife, Ann, who was born by 1605, possibly in England or France, and married by 1620. In May, I will be making a brief visit to England to search some of the early records in the PRO and the Hampshire Record Office and to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Blanc/shard Family History Society in Lincoln on 20 May. I look forward to this opportunity to maintain a cooperative relationship with the BFHS and to learn more about their collection of Blanc/shard records in England. I have notified some of the BLANCHARD-L members who have been active in these investigations, about my plans, and have already received some valuable suggestions for research topics. Please pass along any thoughts you have. My time will be limited and I don't expect to make any spectacular discoveries but maybe some new light can be shed. Fletch

James A. J. Blanchard was born in Norfolk, VA on July 3 1827. He was USS Navy Coxswain on the Jamestown and later, a ship's cook on the Niagara between January 27, 1858 - January 20, 1862. He was born in Virginia and settled in Baltimore after the war.

While researching another surname, I found: 1850 Census Mobile AL Pg 372 1420/1420 Peter Blanchard 20 M Caulker Canada ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

For those of you who have early ancestors in Braintree, MA - I was just notified by Frank Dyer that he has completed his web pages for Samuel A. Bates "Vital Records of Braintree, Massachusetts 1640-1793" Fletch _______________ I have completed transcribing the Vital Records of Braintree, Mass. (1640-1793) by Samuel A. Bates, 1886. All names have been put into alphabetical order by Surname & Given name, and reference the page numbers of the above volume. There are four categories; Births; Deaths; Marriages, sorted by the Groom's name, and Marriages sorted by the Bride's name. This makes the information much easier to find & a great companion to the "Sprague" collection. You can access this work on my web site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dyer New England Dyer Connection. ________ Scroll to the link at: Vital Records of Braintree, Massachusetts 1640-1793 Completed 3/15/00

I am looking for Olive / Olnie / Alice Blanchard possibly born in Michigan She married Chris Christenson/Christianson (unknown where) Known children: Daisy Christianson born 3 June 1909 in Jasper County, Indiana Married to Anthony Ropp on 31 May 1930 in Tippecanoe, Indiana Emma Christenson married to Roscoe Royce on 16 January 1926 in Jasper County, Indiana Francis Christianson (only information) Hilda Ann Christianson born 12 February 1894 in Benton County, Indiana Married to Claude Miller on 9 November 1915 in Benton County, Indiana Possible Children: Gladys Louise Christenson married to Paul Jean Zellers on 10 Feb 1947 in Jasper County, Indiana Margaret Christenson married to Edward R. Haggerty on 11 August 1940 in Jasper County, Indiana Teresa - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This email server is running an evaluation copy of the MailShield anti- spam software. Please contact your email administrator if you have any questions about this message. MailShield product info: www.mailshield.com

Hi I am new to the list and at a standstill on trying to locate information on my gggf Frank H. Blanchard. Frank was born in NY state I have no idea where in my conflicting data according to his death certificate he was born in 1852 he died April 12, 1935 in Grand Rapids MI. I dont have his fathers name but his mothers was Fannie Haines. He married Elizabeth McLachlin of Canada. I believe he may have located to Michigan around 1880 I have found him as a house painter in the Grand Rapids city directory in 1881 on. I also have a death certificate for a Elizabeth Blanchard who was born Jan 26th 1854, died Jan 7th 1926 and whose maiden name was Townshend and she was born in Goderich Ontario, Canada, birthplace of parents was England. She was married to Henry Blanchard . This is not my gggm and I will gladly send you a copy of this death certificate if she is related to you. I appreciate any information someone might be able to supply Thank You. Pat Attaway PAtta97754@aol.com

This appeared on the BlackSheep-L mailing list as an item under "Today in History" March 9 1793 Jean Pierre Blanchard makes the first balloon flight in North America which was witnessed by President George Washington.

This information was found at the URL below... ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ks/washington/military/1883.txt Certificate# --------------- 45,654 Name of Pensioner ---------- Blanchard, Wm. H. P.O. Address --------------- Koloko Cause for which pensioned -- wd. left ankle Monthly Rate --------------- 6.00 Date of original allowance - - --------------------------------------------- I hope it helps someone... -- Mary ____________________________________________________________________ ICQ - 3081831 mary.daily@bigfoot.com http://www.idir.net/~medaily/ ____________________________________________________________________ "There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action." -- Adlai Stevenson, United Nations ambassador (1900-1965). ____________________________________________________________________

I am looking for a Hannah Blanchard from Vermont who married Joseph Jones unk from. They had two children, Harriett Jones b. 1812 Grafton Co. NH , Joseph Jones b. 1824 NH. pif3237@earthlink.net

Looking for info on James A Blanchard, Born in VA about 1830. James was a rigger by trade.

For subscribers who need to change their e-mail address. [Pat Holloway Your old address hollow@usit.net is not on the subscriber list and your new address TexRose0102@aol.com is now on the subscriber list.] If you need to change the e-mail address under which you are subscribed to BLANCHARD-L (or BLANCHARD-D), please unsubscribe the old address and subscribe the new address with an appropriate message to BLANCHARD-L-request@rootsweb.com or BLANCHARD-D-request@rootsweb.com Remember that the -L and -D mail list robots will only sub or unsub the address that you use to send your request to RootsWeb since the only directions included in your message are "subscribe" or "unsubscribe" If your old e-mail address is no longer active/available, let me know and I can unsubscribe it from the List Utility Page. I usually can recognize a 'change of e-mail sub' but it would help if you let me know about any change; this will also prevent getting another copy of the 'long-winded' Greetings/Guidelines <G>. Traffic on B-L has been rather light so not receiving posts from the List for several days may not mean that you are not on the member list. Fletch

Blanchard Group I have changed my provider and have a new E-Mail address which has been accepted by the Blanchard-L-request@rootsweb.com. I am not receiving any mail from this change. My new address is TexRose0102@aol.com. The old address was hollow@usit.net. Do not understand why I am not receiving the mail Pat Holloway

Who is researching Blanchards who migrated from Virginia to Maryland? Mary Louise Blanchard was born April 13, 1874 in Maryland to a Blanchard father that is listed on the censuses as being born in Virginia and a mother who is born in Maryland. I am at a block and looking for a little help. Mary Louise Blanchard was first married to William Henry Haas in 1891 and had 5 children with him. No wonder Mary Lousie looks tired in all the pictures. After they divorced, William took the only son, William JR., to New Jersey to farm. Laura Gertrude Haas Mary Louise Haas William Henry Haas, Jr Florence Elizabeth Haas Mildred Leona Haas In 1902, John Thompson married Mary Louise Blanchard. This was her second marriage. They had 5 children in addition to raising all of Mary's girls. Mary Elizabeth Thompson Dulaney Emma Irene Thompson Synder John E. Thompson II Harry Leroy Thompson Joseph Earl Thompson The Family lived on FORT AVENUE, named for Fort McHenry and also on WOODALL STEEET which was named for William Woodall, one of the captains of industry of Locust Point. John was a Huckster, selling ice from a wagon for the ice boxes of South Baltimore. The Past Is But Prologue, Janice http://pages.prodigy.net/jancheryl/

In researching the Canadian Virtual War Memorial, I found Edward Sherburne BLANCHARD who died April 24, 1918 in France. Additional information had his mother, Emily, at the time, residing at 221 Dudley St., Roxbury, Mass. Emily, bca.1873, married on Oct.17 or 18, 1894, in Truro, N.S., John Thomas BLANCHARD, bca.1873, and she was the dau/o Samuel and Sarah JOHNSON, of Burnside, Upper Stewiacke, N.S. This couple also had a daughter, Florence Margaret, who had married (--?--) and died prior 1928. Not sure if she went with mother or not. Looking for further information re. Emily and Florence Margaret. -- Rannie in Nova Scotia

Andrew Billinghurst kindly sent me a clarification of the matter of attached files sent to RootsWeb mailing lists - "A text attachment is allowed past the filters and merges the text >attachment into the email, so in a sense it becomes one. All bits of >the message will be archived, no bits that got through to the list >will miss being archived." I am trying to learn more about how the filters operate and what filetypes are passed in order to understand what types of formatting, if any, are preserved in the "text attachment". Fletch >

Below is a Family Group Sheet showing that James William "Bill" BLANCHARD m. Mary Alfreda CUSHMAN abt. 1904, and had one daughter, Helen Freda BLANCHARD in Goldfield NV in 1907. If you have *any* information on Bill BLANCHARD—where he came from, where he went after he left Mary Alfreda—please contact me. I have many generations of CUSHMAN family history I'll be happy to share. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Carla in Ohio ccushman@wcoil.com Name: James William "Bill" BLANCHARD Marriage Date: abt 1904 Spouse: Mary Alfreda CUSHMAN Birth Date: 24 Dec 1883 Birth Place: Georgetown, Amador, CA Death Date: 8 Jun 1946 Age: 62 Death Place: Sacramento, Sacramento, CA Father: Charles Fremont CUSHMAN (1856-1923) Mother: Lily Bell FORBES (1866-1935) Other spouses: George Walter WILLINGHAM Child: Helen Freda BLANCHARD Birth Date: 14 Feb 1907 Birth Place: Goldfield, NV Death Date: 27 Apr 1987 Age: 80 Death Place: Lakeport, Lake County, CA Spouse #1: Carlton C. DORSEY Marriage Date: 3 Aug 1925 Marriage Place: Auburn, CA Spouse #2: Carl Keller WALL Marriage Date: 28 Apr 1929 Marriage Place: Ukiah, Mendocino Co., CA Spouse #3: S. Clifford HOWARD Marriage Date: 30 Jul 1949

PML (Personalized Mailing Lists) were established by RootsWeb for their supporting members at the Sponsor level and above. PML members can enter search items from their User Edit Page and RootsWeb will search all new posts to their 10s of thousands of mail lists for these search items and return the results to the member. Since I have been maintaining a Sponsor+ level of support for the lists I manage, including the BLANCHARD-L Mail List, I signed up for PML and have been receiving loads of 'hits' each day. It requires some careful definitions of 'search items' to eliminate unwanted 'hits'. For example, BLANCHARD will return all instances whether they are First or Middle names; names of towns, townships, or villages; names of e-mail submitters; surname 'signatures' that many people use, etc. Carefully worded "AND" and "OR" statements can eliminate many of these. I have been collecting the PML messages that might be of value to BLANCHARD-L and am trying to decide how to report them. Here are a couple of examples. I discovered the Hampshire/IOW Surname Interest List that is managed by Chris Broomfield. This operates similarly to the RSL where you enter your interest areas in the form: SURNAME, Where, Date, Country, Submitter's Name, E-mail address. These are all reported on a web page and information is exchanged by contacting the submitter at their e-mail address. Because the focus is on Hampshire County (England) and the Isle of Wight, there may be a better chance of making a connection. You can check this out at: http://www.np03.dial.pipex.com/surnames/ham/hamname.htm I have posted a line for Goodworth Clatford (hasn't appeared yet), for those of us who are still hoping to find the origins of the emigrant Thomas B. _______ A more typical PML notice might involve a post to a surname list about a connecting BLANCHARD - On 2/25/2000, MKnight64@aol.com posted this Source: GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GALLOWAY] John Sutton GALLOWAY, Hillsdale, MI Does the name John Sutton GALLOWAY ring a bell with anyone on the list? He is the ancestor (grandfather?) of Louise Elizabeth GALLOWAY (1902-1993) who marr Hall BLANCHARD in 1927 in Hillsdale, MI. Thanks for your help, Millicent __________ Maybe a system could be developed to report the PML results on our web page, then anyone who was interested could view them and they wouldn't clutter the list archives?? Fletch

John Chandler is correct. I misinterpreted what I read on the first part of David Blackwell's page and did not read further to see the description of how the records were 'transcribed'. All pages of Bates were scanned and then processed, including the Indexes. You can view the original scanned image for a page by taking the "Image" link at the bottom of each page. Fletch