Hi All, I have been researching my family's history for about a year now. I have one family member, one Madeline Blanchard married to Jacques Jacquemin. I have no dates for either. I do however have the following information on one of their grandchildren; son of Jocques Jacquemin; no information Jacques Jacquemin b. 1826 in Belfort, France d. 19 April 1893. m. 18 April 1893 to Julienne Sigur b.abt 1837 d. 13 Mar 1913. They are both buried in St. John's cemetery in Plaquemine, Louisiana. The Jacquemin's used dit names of Jarrett, dit Jarrett, Beuregard and dit Beuregard, Hugon. Plus the name Jacquemin has been spelled a dozen different ways. Big Problems! Any of this look familiar? Glenda Houston, Texas glendal@wt.net

Hi, I am looking for anyone who thinks this couple may be connected to them. Henry BLANCHARD b. <1815> probably in Yorkshire married on April 4 1837 at Holy Trinity Church in Kingston upon Hull to Ann WRIGHT b. <1814> Beeford, Yorkshire They emigrated to Canada the same year they were married and settled in Whitby, Ontario. Henry died Dec 14, 1858 and Ann died Jan 30 1905. They had 11 children, but i only know the names of 9 of them: - Coakell b. 1838 - Henry b. 1842 - Hannah b. 1845 - John b. 1847 - Sarah Ann b. 1848 - Jonathon b. 1850 - George b. abt 1854 - Harriet b. 1856 - Mary Ellen b. 1859 Thanks for reading Susan Shewan British Columbia, Canada

Subject: Re: Joseph Boyer & Madeleine Blanchard Date: More from the Gen France list: Albert Belanger acgs #1836 Fri, 14 Jan 2000 16:12:32 EST From: NormCaz@aol.com To: GEN-FR-L@rootsweb.com Another son that married at Notre Dame, Montreal: Jean-Baptiste BOYER-LAPINTADE, 24 ans, m. 22 Oct. 1787, Elizabeth LEPINE-LALIME, 37 ans ve Pierre L'AMY-DEFOND. Norman Cazavan

Bonjour, BLANCHARD Researcher in France has this web page: Claud RIVARD: http://lpessiot.free.fr/normandiegw/61/cousins61/fc61_rivard.htm Albert Belanger

Marjorie: What area of Michigan? My grandmother was a Blanchard from the Portland MI. area. If the the Blanchard is from Ionia area, there is the "Blanchard House" in Ionia MI. you can see what it looks like, if you give me your email address. I have the site on my web site, it's quite the old house. take care, Ed

Hello, I have a picture of Linda Blanchard. My Uncle Henry(Hank) Frick , was a friend of Pop Blanchard, and my family was, too. I am getting on in years and have this picture and a larger one of Linda. I was a teenager then, and do not remember alot about the folks, except that we all seemed to have good times together. I would like to send these pictures to someone in the family that would like to have them, plus I have some of Pop's Christmas poetry he used to write. They probably lived in Detroit, I am not sure. So, if you know of this family , and they would like these , please let me know. Pop was an exceptional person--someone out there must remember him. Sincerely, Marjorie Frick Crabb

Hi, My name is Juan Jose Blanchard and i am 26. I live in Rosario (Santa Fe Province), Argentine Republic. I am trying to get some contact with my relatives in Neuchatel. The only information i have is the following: My grand-grand parent was born in Neuchatel (Suisse) the day 12 of April in 1876. His name was Louis Auguste Emile Blanchard (Acte de Naissance Vol I, Page 63, N�123) and he was the sun of Louis Blanchard (menuisier) who came from Gray (Fr) and Elisabeth nu Joss (borned in Oberbourg-Berne). I would appreciate if you could help me Regards JJB

Jean wrote: > I'm finding that there has been some conflation between my John > Blanchard of Berkshire County, MA and Madison County, NY with the John > Blanchard, b. 1746, who married Elizabeth Snell. And I don't find that > couple on the Blanchard-L website. The reason they aren't in my file is that John's parentage is unknown. For that matter, I have no information on his birth -- is the 1746 figure just a guess based on the year of his marriage? > Would someone please post the children of John Blanchard and Elizabeth > Snell with the associated dates and places? There were two children of John baptized at the 1st Congregational Church of Holliston: Mary on 1773 Oct 17 and Silas on 1774 Sep 18. Unfortunately, the church register does not list the mother, so there is a chance that Elizabeth Snell Blanchard had died in the meantime and been replaced by another wife. John Chandler

Hello again, It's been a long time since I posted. I had to leave off research two years ago just as John Chandler suggested that I investigate John Blanchard, b. 1753 in Lynn. I'm starting research again to identify my John Blanchard, b. btw 1751-1755. He definitely isn't the one on the subject line, but his wife was also an Elizabeth of unknown surname. I'm finding that there has been some conflation between my John Blanchard of Berkshire County, MA and Madison County, NY with the John Blanchard, b. 1746, who married Elizabeth Snell. And I don't find that couple on the Blanchard-L website. Would someone please post the children of John Blanchard and Elizabeth Snell with the associated dates and places? I would like the information so I can identify the source of the errors for other relatives. Jean Ohai jeanohai@worldnet.att.net

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------0A0F8C6AB6AC6070192CF3AC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - GENEALOGY - LIKE A BRIDGE THAT SPANS THE AGES AND WATERS OF LIFE ! © 1999 Gilbert Bagley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --------------0A0F8C6AB6AC6070192CF3AC Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <RIGENWEB-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by kira.ici.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA28436 for <mvi18th@ici.net>; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 23:21:20 -0500 (EST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA19912; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 20:18:31 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 20:18:31 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <38740A31.D7BFD49A@buffnet.net> Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 23:21:29 -0400 From: Sue B <Shaw110@buffnet.net> Reply-To: Shaw110@buffnet.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 (Macintosh; U; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: RIGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RIGENWEB-L] The Sherman/Potter/Wilcox situation=WOW References: <18714-385D2216-16861@storefull-152.iap.bryant.webtv.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: <IxkVJ.A.A2E.WeBd4@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: RIGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: RIGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <RIGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/15166 X-Loop: RIGENWEB-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: RIGENWEB-L-request@rootsweb.com HI- I saw the Ruth WILCOX mentioned and was wondering if you had info on the Rith WILCOX d. of Jonathan who was born 1820?. Married Levi J BLANCHARD, abt 1840-1 and died somewhere between 1858-60. She was my gggggrandmother. Can't help wondering if the Ruth you mentioned isn't her grandmother/ Thanks- Sue ==== RIGENWEB Mailing List ==== Washington County RIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~riwashin/riwash.html Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html --------------0A0F8C6AB6AC6070192CF3AC--

New member Bill Kullman posted some information on Franklin BLANCHARD and his wife, Lovina LARRABEE BLANCHARD who were born in Truxton/Cuyler, Cortland, NY 1826/1828. He also indicated that he was interested in any additional information about this family that our list members might provide. Whenever you hear about early BLANCHARDs in Cortland Co., NY, you can be quite sure that they are descendants of Azariel BLANCHARD, who settled there after the Rev. War and generated a large body of descendants, many of whom stayed in that part of NY state. Azariel is a descendant of Thomas BLANCHARD, the immigrant, through the line Thomas > George > George > William > Azariel. David C. Crankshaw, formerly a resident of Cortland Co. and now a resident of FL, has prepared an extensive file on the descendants of Azariel, one of whom is Dave's wife. This file can be accessed as a web page via the BLANCHARD-L Web Page at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~blanch-l/blpref.html by taking the link from the "Links to Blanchard Databases ..." You will find (78) Franklin BLANCHARD and his son (179) George H. BLANCHARD, according to Dave's record numbering system. There may not be much new material here for Bill on the family of Franklin and Lovina but the complete genealogy back to Thomas, can be found. ________ This is a good opportunity to remind you all to take advantage of the BLANCHARD-L Web Page and to visit our List Archives regularly, to search for information on your families/names that may have been posted over the past 3 1/2 years. Web addresses are given in the Greetings/Guidelines that was sent to each member (a copy of G/G can be found on our Web Page) and are included in the several 'tag lines' that appear at the end of all message posted to the List. Also, be sure to use appropriate and descriptive Subject: lines on all of your posts. There are at least three reasons for doing this: The RootsWeb Threaded Archives depends on these Subject: lines to group all related messages, it is much easier to locate or 'sort' messages if they are properly identified in the Subject: line, and when searching the Archives, you can, for example, enter the search string subject/Lemuel and it will return all messages that contain 'Lemuel' in the Subject: line. I hope that "Y2K" was not a problem for any of you and that 2000 will be a very productive year in your genealogical research. Fletch

Hi....thanks for the welcome: New Subscriber to this list, as the Blanchard's are an allied family to my LARRABEE's. Looking for information on the following FGS family of Franklin BLANCHARD: HUSBAND: Franklin BLANCHARD bir: 11 Apr 1826 Truxton Twp., Courtland Co., NY mar: 1 Feb 1851 Courtland Co., NY dea: 20 Aug 1908 Davenport, IA Father: William BLANCHARD Mother: WIFE: Lovina (Lavina) LARRABEE (BLANCHARD) bir: 29 Dec 1828 Cuyler, Courtland Co., NY mar: 1 Feb 1851 Courtland Co., NY dea: 29 Dec 1928 Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NB Father: Amasey LARRABEE Mother: Lovici Rugg (LARRABEE) CHILDREN 1 | Name: George H. BLANCHARD M | bir: 5 Oct 1851 Truxton twp., Courtland Co., NY | mar: 3 Jul 1879 Marshall Co., IA | to: Jessica F. or B. SWEARINGEN | dea: Aug 1910 Davenport, IA 2 | Name: Addie A. BLANCHARD F | bir: 28 Feb 1854 Truxton twp., Courtland Co., NY | mar: 28 Jun 1877 Scott Co., IA | to: John H. Maxwell | dea: 25 Jun 1943 Davenport, IA Individual biographical text for Franklin BLANCHARD IGI Batch No.: 7210932, Sheet 38 The Blanchards were just two pages further along in that 1870 enumeration. It appears that the male head of the household is named Fed (sic). (Fred?) His wife is called Lydia here, not Lovina, but she is 42 years old, and born in New York. They do have two children in the household, George and Adda, and they too were born in New York, aged 19 and 14 respectively Individual biographical text for Lovina (Lavina) LARRABEE (BLANCHARD) LDS Ancestral File has her as "Lora". IGI # 1761188 Event Text: birth event on 11 Apr 1826 Ancestral File says born Cuyler, NY Event Text: death event on 20 Aug 1908 "Davenport Democrat and Leader", Aug. 20, 1908, p. 11.: "Blanchard" "Another well known Scott county resident, one who knew this part of the state for nearly 50 yesrs, died this morning shortly after 5 o'clock, at the home of his daughter , 217 East Fifteenth street. Franklin Blanchard was born in Cortland county, N.Y., April 11, 1826. He came to Iowa in December 1861, and settled in Davenport. Later he tried Marshall county for a few years, engaged in farm work and fruit growing but he returned to this county which may be said to have been his home. For several years he has lived with his daughter, Mrs. Addie A. Maxwell. Mr. Blanchard was married Feb. 1, 1850 [sic], to Miss Lovina Larrabee, in central New York, and they celebrated their golden wedding. Mrs. Blanchard died Aug. 11, two years since, in this city. Two children survive, Mrs. Maxwell and George H. of Lincloln, Neb., both being with their father when he passed away and for some days before. A brother of the deceased, Marshall Blanchard, lives at De Ruyter, N.Y., and a sister, Mrs. William Weygindtat McCook, Neb. Mr. Blanchard, though in retirement for several years on accont of his age and condition of health, had many friends. He was thoughtful of others, considerate, and always devoted to his family. Sincere and honest he made friends and kept them. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 from 217 East Fifteenth street. The interment at Oakdale will be private." Event Text: death event on 29 Dec 1928 >From "Davenport Democrat and Leader," Sunday August 12, p. 15. " Blanchard" After an illness extending through two years, the last year being one of great physical pain, Mrs. Lovina Blanchard passed away peacefully last evening at the home of her daughter Mrs. A. A. Maxwell, 217 East Fifteenth street. The desceased was born December 29, 1828 at Cuyler, Courtland county, N.Y., where she spent her youth and near where she (then Miss Lovina Larrabee) was married to Frank Blanchard, February 1, 1851. In December 1862, Mr. and Mrs. Blanchard came to Davenport, and with the exception of short periods, this city has been their home ever since. In February last they observed the 55th anniversary of their marriage. Mrs. Blanchard became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church in young womanhood, and was identified with that denomination so long as she lived. She was a woman of strong convictions of duty, thoughtful of others, consistent life, and kindly deeds in a modest way. The surviving relatives are the husband, living at the home designated; a son, George H. Blanchard, of Lincoln, Neb., formerly of theis city; a daughter, Mrs. A. A. Maxwell of Davenport; two brothers W. H. and Charles Larrabee, and a sister, Mrs. Sophia Bustin, of Syracuse, NY., and a grandson, Archie F. Maxwell, of Pittsburg, Pa. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock from 217 East Fifteenth street. Friends are invited to the house services, but the interment at Oakdale will be private." - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------- kindest regards, bill kullman on the old oregon trail or826 obituary for Mrs.Lovina Blanchard, who died "last night" [grave record says Aug. 9) Aug. 9, 1906 at home of her dau. Mrs. A. A. Blanchard. Deceased was b. Dec 29, 1828, Cuyler, Cortland Co. NY, near where she (then Miss Lovina Larrabee) was married to Frank Blanchard Feb 1 1851. To D'port 1862. Survivors: husband, res. w/ dau. A. A. B.; son George H. Blanchard, Lincoln NE, formerly of this city; two brothers W. H. & Charles Larrabee, and a sister, Mrs. Sophia Bustin, of Syracuse NY, and a grandson, Archie F. Maxwell of Pittsburgh PA.

Maudean Neill of Montpelier, VT has generously provided some information on her BLANCHARD line. I met Maudean at a Genealogical Society of Vermont meeting this fall and later discovered that she is a descendant of Joseph and Ann(e) BLANCHARD. Rather than post the rather lengthy material to the List, I have prepared a page on our web site at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~blanch-l/blpref.html Follow the link under Blanchard Links *Links to BLANCHARD Databases and data sets on this and other servers. and then link from: *Some descendants of "Joseph" and Ann(e) Blanchard, who settled in Braintree, VT; including {A36-267} Barnard BLANCHARD(1774-1857): Joseph > John > James > Josiah > Josiah > Barnard. You will see that these data tie directly to Pat Blanchard Curry's database on "Joseph" and Ann(e) BLANCHARD. I have used the same reference numbers as found in Pat's database, for three of the earliest names so you can correlate them easily. Maudean was delighted to be able to extend her line! There are also some early census records and vital records for VT towns in the vicinity of Braintree. ____________ Please let me know if any of you have similar data collections that you would be willing to have added to the BLANCHARD-L Web Page. Fletch

Jerry Beddes wrote: > Looking for information on this line...I don't have much other than this > pedigree. Think the early Blanchards appeared in Mass. > > "Surname, Given","Birth Date","Death Date" > "BLANCHARD, Herbert","","" > "BLANCHARD, Thomas","1605","21 May 1654" The parentage of immigrant Thomas is unknown, and so is his date of birth. However, it is virtually certain that he was born before 1600, as his eldest known child was born about 1620, and probably earlier. You can find this lineage down through John Reed Blanchard on-line in the web page of the Blanchard Family discussion group (Blanchard-L). The URL is http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~blanch-l/blpref.html In particular, look at the file of descendants of Thomas and "Joseph". John Chandler

Looking for information on this line...I don't have much other than this pedigree. Think the early Blanchards appeared in Mass. "Surname, Given","Birth Date","Death Date" "BLANCHARD, Herbert","","" "BLANCHARD, Thomas","1605","21 May 1654" "BLANCHARD, Samuel","6 Aug 1629","22 Apr 1707" "BLANCHARD, John","6 Jul 1677","10 Apr 1750" "BLANCHARD, John","15 Feb 1715","27 Jul 1756" "BLANCHARD, John","24 Jul 1743","" "BLANCHARD, John","17 May 1774","" "BLANCHARD, John Reid (READ) (Twin)","18 Feb 1795","20 Feb 1888" "BLANCHARD, John Reid\Reed","14 Jul 1830","5 Nov 1920" "BLANCHARD, Ira Edmond","2 Feb 1852","4 Sep 1891" "BLANCHARD, William Henry","10 Feb 1888","10 Feb 1969" "BLANCHARD, Golda","12 Jan 1916","26 Jun 1996" "BEDDES, Jerry E.

I am looking for information on the Spouse of Daniel Blanchard ( Daniel was born in Andover, MA 20-Sep-1759) and later lived in Thetford, VT. (I don't have his date or place of death.) Her name was Mary and I am wondering if she is the Mary Blanchard who filed an Intention to marry a Daniel Blanchard in Salem, MA 26-Feb-1783. Since the Daniel Blanchard's (above) first child was born in July of 1784, the timing would be right. Also, if she is Mary Blanchard, is she the same Mary Blanchard who was the daughter of Samuel Blanchard and Ruth Tenney? Thanks for any help.

I have the ancestor Louise Blanchard, born February 19, 1876, baptised March 11, 1876, at St. Joseph's Church, Loreauville, LA. The certificate indicates her parents are Charles Blanchard and Helene Thibodeau. There are several children born to Charles & Helene Thibodeau, and several more to Charles and Helene Simoneau. I am not sure if Helene is both Simoneau/Thibodeau. I am looking for a marriage record for Charles and Helene Thibodeau. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Pam Miranda Columbia, SC

Bonjour, RE; the NYGBS Hartman Papers... < c. The results of any 'photocopying, scanning, digitizing, indexing, etc.' will remain in the library and not be distributed or disseminated in any way.> I wonder what the purpose of that Society is? It seems to me from your comments that they are not as interested in disseminating genealogical info as they are in being the sole guardian of same. If our BLANCHARD group will be involved in the organization and indexing of these papers, I feel strongly that the ban on photocopying the materials is not appropriate. Why would any group interested in genealogy be not willing to share copies of the primary and secondary materials in their care with descendants of the subject of the donated research papers? I just don't understand. >From my read of you comment above, I take it that they would not ever provide to BLANCHARD descendants copies of any index produced nor any documents, even for the usual fees associated with this service offered by all other like societies. That seems difficult to comprehend, if true. Perhaps, the officers of the society are planning on publishing the contents of the boxes..... Just my thoughts on the subject. I don't want to ruffle any feathers there, but I think some negotiating is in order before this enormous task of preparing these Hartman papers for researchers is begun. Albert Belanger

Hi List Members - From time to time, I share with you a few administrative matters that relate to BLANCHARD-L and other services at RootsWeb. As the year winds down, this seems like a good time to post some of these to the List. __________ 1. After upgrading my mail program (Eudora), the Greetings/Guidelines message that I send to new subscribers, appears to have been sent but later, the message shows up in my out box as having been 'queued' but not sent. Several times I resent the message and also sent a note to the new sub, apologizing if two G/Gs were received. I'm still waiting for help from Qualcomm tech support about this but wanted to report this in case I missed explaining it to someone. 2. A new Utilities Page that RootsWeb list coordinators use to manage their lists, is being tested. This does not affect subscribers directly, but it does remind me to get your opinions on the following; I'll copy/paste directly and add my {comments}: * Prepend something to the subject of each message? If you enter ``BLANCHARD'' here, then a subject line that says ``Looking for John Smith'' will be changed to ``[BLANCHARD] Looking for John Smith.'' To disable the subject-line prepend, leave this box blank. {If your mail program has filters for sorting messages, this allows you to sort your mail messages according to the list surname (or any other key word that is appropriate). We are not using 'prepend', now. I have no preference, but one disadvantage is that for a long Subject: line, less of it will display in your mailbox table of contents window, etc.} * Use RootsWeb's commercial taglines? RootsWeb offers some tagline space for companies that want to put commercial messages there. These taglines are added to unsponsored lists. One of the ways you can help RootsWeb is by voluntarily adding these commercial taglines to your list as well. They will be added below any regular taglines you may already be using, and won't interfere with them. {B-L currently has 10 regular taglines - one of these appears randomly at the end of each posted message. They incude directions for locating useful web sites and how to support RootsWeb by becoming a contributor. I prefer not to add commercial taglines (See 3., below for background information) but would welcome your opinions} * Should replies be directed back to the list automatically? This option adds a Reply-To header to any message that doesn't already have one. If someone on the list replies to one of these messages, their response will be sent back to the whole list by default. {The way B-L has been operating, I think that it is best not to add a Reply-To header so that replies are sent to all list members. Each member can decide whether to contact the individual who posted the message or, with a little extra effort, send a message to the BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com address, for distribution.} 3. Our Sponsor+ account at RootsWeb for our List and Web Page for 1999-2000, is 'paid in full'. I was expecting a renewal notice but had to contact them to straighten out the "books" and learn that our account date is June 28 and not Oct 24 when we upgraded from Sponsor to Sponsor+, last year. As I have suggested in the past, if any members would like to contribute to RootsWeb, I suggest you contact them directly by visiting the site shown on one of our 'taglines' - Support RootsWeb! Go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html 4. In November, RootsWeb developed a Personalized Mailing LIst (PML) as a bonus for all contributor accounts. The user enters search phrases into the Edit program and RW then reports all instances of these words/phrases appearing in posts to the following: Any mailing list that is archived by Archiver (preserving list messages in the RW Archives is optional with the list coordinator; B-L is archived). All posts to the GenConnect Boards. All listings with the RootsWeb Surname List (RSL) I subscribed for B-L and am collecting 'hits' on "Blanchard" which I will report to the list from time to time. My search phrases need to be refined to eliminate the 100s of appearances of hits like, "Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884. Historical and Biographical Sketches, Indiana. (Charles appears to have been a prolific writer!!), Blanchard, OK, and lots of 'Blanchard' middle names!! 5. Hartman Papers at New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (NYGBS) As many of you know, Mr. J. Crawford Hartman collected a considerable amount of research material on his wife's line from Thomas B. through his son Samuel, but he was unable to publish this, along with other information on the descendants of Thomas, before his death. The papers were given to NYGBS and I have been trying to work with them to make the Blanchard research materials more readily available to genealogists. I'll include here a brief report of where that effort stands and we can discuss this further on the List in a separate 'thread'. a. Volunteers working at NYGBS on projects like this do not have to be society members. b. All work will be done under supervision of the Library Director or a library staff member. c. The results of any 'photocopying, scanning, digitizing, indexing, etc.' will remain in the library and not be distributed or disseminated in any way. d. Only G&B members can look at the Hartman Collection (and enhancements we might prepare) and only members can use their fee-based Record Search Service by mail. Specific questions about a specific person can be asked through this service, but multi-generational research is not permitted. e. It is unclear just how much information a member who visits the Society Library, can take away but on my visit this fall, I was given permission for limited use of a hand scanner. By the time I prepared a brief inventory of the two boxes that I viewed, there was no time to scan any of the documents. I will postpone my comments on the NYGBS situation until I get some feedback from our members. 6. I will be adding the following brief data set to our Web Page: Blanchard: from Braintree History by Royce Bass; Vermont Vital Records & Census Some Descendants of brothers William and Barnard Blanchard of Worcester, MA and Braintree, VT This was provided by Maudeen Neill <maudean@sover.net> of Montpelier, VT, who is a descendant of Barnard (1772-1857), a descendant of Joseph and Ann Blanchard. This supplements the information on Barnard [A36-267-11] in Pat Blanchard Curry's "Joseph" and Ann database on the BLANCHARD-L Web Page and provides misc. census and vital record data on Blanchards for that part of VT and time period. Please let me know if youhave similar material that you would like to have added to the Web Page. _________ Happy Holidays to All! Fletch

Looking for the birthplace, birthdate and ancestors of Asa Blanchard, who was born circa 1770, perhaps in New Jersey, Maryland or Virginia and who came to Lexington KY and died there in 1838. Any help greatly appreciated.