Hello Wynnette. Nice to hear from you again and welcome to the list. I still have not made much head way with the New Brunswick search other than what I obtained recently off of the Net. For the interest of other members, William Earle Blanchard, born Truro, Nova Scotia, was a grandson of Col Jotham Blanchard who came to Nova Scotia from New Hamsphire about 1785. According to the online 1851 census of Northumberland County, New Brunswick, there were six Blanchard families in the Chatham parish. In the same county, there were ten Currie families in the Newcastle parish, twelve Curry families in what appears to be the Northesk parish, and four Curry families in the Chatham parish. I did not find any 'marriage record' there for William Earle B., but there were two Currie females married, Margaret, of Bathurst/Chatham area who married on Nov. 1, 1836 to Thomas BALDWIN, and the other being Jane, of Newcastle, who married on April 4, 1837, Robert STEWART. Miller's book had stated William moved to Miramichi, New Bruswick, and married Eleanor CURRY. They later removed to Australia. At first, I had thought William had left for Australia after the 1825 fire in the Miramichi area which damaged over 6,000 square miles of land. This fire was fanned on by a hurricane and destroyed about 15,000 homes. So as some of you can see, I was delighted when I got my first e-mail from Wynnette with myself having barely anything to go on. Also, I have in my notes that New Brunswick became a separate province in 1784 and in 1848 Great Britain granted 'almost' complete control over its own affairs. From the other side of the world, -- Rannie Blanchard, Mt. Uniacke, Nova Scotia