> make use of > the list archives and the databases on our Web Page. OK, but what is the URL for this web site? Stew Rowe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fletcher Blanchard" <fab@Klink.Net> To: <BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 3:16 PM Subject: [BLANCHARD] Blanchard River & Admin. > I thought this was a good opportunity to send along a few > administrative > messages and to see if we could stimulate some more activity on > this list. > BLANCHARD-L has been running more or less on auto-pilot lately and > I have > been trying to find time to give it some more personal direction. > > One of the things I have wanted to tell new members about and to remind > 'old timers', involves the number of messages I receive from RootsWeb > notifying me about list messages that have bounced from our > members' mail > servers. Our list is set so that after 4 bounces, the member is > supposed to be > automatically unsubscribed from B-L. In most cases, this happens, > but for > some addresses, they seem to linger on and I continuously get a > report about > bounced mail. > > I would like to suggest that when you know that your mail may pile > up on your > server for an extended period of time (vacation, busy, etc.), you > might want to > unsub from B-L and then resub when you are able to keep up with > your In Box. > Also, if you change your e-mail address, please unsub the old and > resub the > new. The list archives is always there (the recent down-time, > notwithstanding) > so you can recover any missed exchanges. > > Particularly for new members, but again as a reminder, be sure to > make use of > the list archives and the databases on our Web Page. You will find a > tremendous amount of information there. A quick search of both of these > sources will make it easier for you to prepare a query for > submission to the > list, knowing what has already been discussed/shared. > > I was trying to think of an example and Kathy Baker's post today > re/ the Blanchard > River in Ohio, gave me a good lead. Taking a break from other > matters (Income Tax > preparation, etc), I thought the idea of naming a river after an > early Blanchard settler > might lead to an interesting story so - > > A few minutes in the BLANCHARD-L archives for 1997 with the > keywords "Putnam and County and Ohio" produced - > > Date: Sat, 06 Sep 1997 07:04:14 -0600 > From: Jean Ohai <jeanohai@worldnet.att.net> > To: blanchard-l <blanchard-l@rootsweb.com> > > Here is a second installment of Blanchard references from the > genealogical periodical index (PERSI) maintained by the Allen County > Public Library of Fort Wayne, IN. > > Jean Ohai > jeanohai@worldnet.att.net > > - - - - - > > Locality: U. S. , Ohio, PutnamRecord Type: School > Article Title: School Students, 1901, Blanchard Twp. > Periodical: Putnam Pastfinder PERSI Code: OHPM > Volume: 7Number: 3 (August 1991) > > Locality: U. S. , Ohio, Record Type: History > Article Title: Native Am. /Jean Jacques Blanchard > Periodical: Ohio Cues PERSI Code: OHCU > Volume: 17Number: 5 (February 1868) > _____ etc. > > These two entries confirmed a connection between Putnam Co., Ohio > and a Blanchard family and suggested that Jean Jacques might have > been the early settler. > > A second search in the 1998 archive, with the key words > " Jean and Jacques " produced - > __________ > > Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 16:53:00 -0400 > From: Tom Wilde <wildeman@pilot.infi.net> > To: BLANCHARD-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <353A642C.B597B7BE@pilot.infi.net> > Subject: Responses From Pat B. Curry > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Pat Blanchard Curry writes: > > Responses to recent queries-- > - - - > > To "nancy@YOGI.NMMI.CC.NM.US" [Nancy Siders] on 22 Mar 98 > Re source of BLANCHARD name in Hancock Co., OH: It seems there > was a well-educated tailor named JEAN JAQUES BLANCHARD [d 1802] > who came from France to Louisiana in 1760 where he spent 2 years. > In 1770 he arrived in the Hancock Co., OH area; about 1772 he > married a Shawnee woman; had 12 children, 7 of whom were living > at the time the US govt. was moving the Indians out of Ohio. The > Shawnee name of the river meant "Tailor's River". Early surveyors > in OH gave it the "Blanchard's fork of the Auglaize". > [S: Spaythe's 1903 History of Hancock Co,, pp52-3 plus others > which essentially provide the same data. ] > *********************** > Bingo! I'm hoping this is meaningful to Kathy and I'll guess that > Putnam > and Hancock counties are nearby and that Jean Jacques is our man! > My atlas shows the Blanchard River as being east of Findlay, OH. > > I hope that those of you who have hesitated to play around with the > archives, will jump in and explore. Once you've gained a little > experience, > you will find them to be very useful. Fletch > > > ==== BLANCHARD Mailing List ==== > Want to search the B-L Archives? Go to site and enter "Blanchard". > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >