Hi folks! Sorry, I checked my data base and could not locate any connections to the "BLANCHARD" family you are researching. I suspect , from the spelling of the names, that your group is from the "British" side of the house which is very bulky in content. I try to restrict my data base to the French-Acadian side of the house. May I suggest you post your query on the Acadian List ....Acadian-Cajun-L@rootsweb.com and also the Blanchard List.........Blanchard-L@rootsweb.com Good luck with your research!!!! -----Original Message----- From: Graeme & Wynnette Ford <wynngrae@globalfreeway.com.au> To: eblanch@nbnet.nb.ca <eblanch@nbnet.nb.ca> Date: Thursday, June 08, 2000 1:33 AM Subject: BLANCHARD Jotham >Saw your submission in rootsweb. My ex-husband &children are descendants of >Joseph Blansher/Blanchard and wife Ann, who landed in Boston, Mass in 1637. >Their descendant William Earle Blanchard, born in Truro, 1807, migrated with >his wife Ellen/Eleanor/Hellen Currie/Curry to Victoria, Australia in the >1850's. The majority of the family settled in New South Wales, Australia. >The exception was their son Jotham, who stated he was born in Bathurst, New >Brunswick, circa 1842. He settled in Queensland, Australia. He is my >children's great great grandfather. I am in contact with a Rannie (Ranald) >Blanchard in Nova Scotia, to whom we are definitely related, but he has been >unable to help me with this particular birth. > >Do you have any knowledge of this branch of the family? > >Regards, > >Wynnette Ford, formerly Blanchard, nee Mansfield. >Tasmania, Australia > >