Hey all, Just to let you guys know what great Blanchard gem we found. We were at the LDS Family History Center (we live in the SLC valley) and found a wonderful little book set. We had traced our Blanchard line to Peoria, Il, where we noticed, according to census info that the Blanchards in the county seemed to be on the wealthy side. We began looking through volumes of regional text and found a four volume set (bound as one by the library) that was basically a history of Peoria County. It turns out that the Blanchard family was the second family to settle the county and they were instrumental in its development, serving as magistrates and marrying into just about every other large family to move into the county. Unfortunately we found this volume late in our visit that day, and we need to go back to get all that we can. There are numerous stories, anecdotes, historical rosters, school data and cemetery data that will be a bounty for our Blanchard line. I took the info from the books and called several genealogy societies in Peoria and nobody knew of the set (published around the turn of the century). We are going back for more soon and will probably make copies of dozens of pages. Anyone with Blanchard roots in Peoria County (especially the township of Princeville) let us know and we can send you this info as well. AND...if anyone actually knows of this book set and has a copy to sell, we are extremely interested! Thanks, Larry and Tracy Huffman