Dianne: You are luck that you have only been searching for Granville for one year. I've been searching for Rowland's parents/siblings for more than 13.Made two postings to the list just now and the information on Granville is not complete but I will send that to you direct a little later. Out of time now. Nolene

Dianne: Have been having trouble with my computer as well as my AOL program. Had updated to 6.0 but was having all kinds of problems and called AOL. The rep told me there were bugs in the first version to go to Keyword and type in Upgrade and that should fix it. I did that and it has taken DAYS to finish the upgrade. Just did so a few minutes ago. I kept getting cut off after just a few minutes and had to start all over. Hopefull I can type an e-mail now without being cut off in the middle. Decided the best way to share informtion on Granville with you and others is to post it on the Blankenship list. You can print it out and so can others who may feel they have a connection. Who knows? We may find another cousin that way. My brick wall for 13 years has been Granville's father, Rowland, born Va. 1786 according to census. NO ONE seems to know anything about his parents or siblings. We'll give this a try so watch for it. Probably will post in two ormore lists. If you have questions after you get them, let me know. Nolene

Dear D.H. Thank you so much for the info. I appreciate your being so kind. Sincerely, Dianne Vogt

Dear Nolene I would love all the info you have on Granville Blankenship. Thank you so much for clearing up this mystery that I have been working on for more than a year. Dianne

My BLANKENSHIP line consists of following in Ky and some possibly in Va. Edward or Edmund BLANKENSHIP b Nov 1827 Ky or Va and may have had just one brother, James b abt 1819. Edmund mar abt 1850 to Mary Ann PRIEST b 1833 Ky. Edmund and Mary Ann had abt 7 children; Mary Ann b abt 1851 Ky, mar John Red Martin, had ch; Ida and Eschol MARTIN Joseph L BLANKENSHIP b abt 1855, mar Crissie MARTIN had ch: Lillian, Eldridge, Ova, Ivan Palestine b abt 1856-7 nothing more known about her. James "little Jim b 1859-61 mar Ambrosia LOCKARD, son Luther Missouri Belle b 7 July 1862 mar abt 1893 to Robert Lee CRUSE, had Alphonso, Coy and a girl stillborn Martha Ann b 31 Aug 1851 mar Wm A YATES, Female b 26 Feb 1852 (dates so close to above!). ++++++++++++= Edmund's wife, Mary died Jan 1863 and he remarried to Sarilda BOWLES and had ch; 1. Edward Dine b 1864 mar Lillie CAPPS 2. Bird mar Walter SHUMAN, no chldren, or may have had three? 3. Presley L b 1869 died 9 yrs old 4. Ethel mar George ALOWERS had ch; Hosea, Herbert, Bessie 5. Delmar b 5 Feb 1882 mar Almeda HAGER . He died Apr 1929 6. Hance or Hanson B b 6 July 1890 Ky d 1948, mar Kezia Steele, Blanche Higdon, Lular HAGAR. ==========Edward died between 1903-10. No record of marriage to Mary Ann PRIEST or his death. William BLANKENSHIP was seen in the Hardin Co, Ky census in 1860 living not far from James and Edward. He may have been the father, no proof. William b 1790 OR 1765, or else there were two William BLANKENSHIPS. The Wm b 176 Va died abt 1870. First wife Cindarilla b 1810, Ky. ch; 1/ John O BLANKENSHIP b 1826 mar Breckenridge Co, Ky to Susan Jane DOOLEY 1853 2. Louisa b 1837 3. Jame b 1839 Elizabeth J b 1841, mar 1860 to Hardaway IERCE 5. Julia A b 1843 mar 1863 to Lurenza B FAULKNER 6. Sarah b 1844 7. Sandford b 1845 8. Mary E b 1849 mar James H MILLERS ========If same Wm BLANKENSHIP, his second marriage was to Sarah ___ and had ch; 1. Sereny Catherine b 1860 Ann A b 1863 Samantha b 1865 John N or H b 1868 Emma E b 1862 Sarah b 1873 =========In 1870 a Wm Blankenship was quoted in local paper as being 113, calling himself as the oldest man in Ky. In 1880 census, he was not shown and Sarah was in the census of Grayson Co, Ky with some children. Does anyone have some ideas or info on these? I have James' children names and some other BLANKENSHIPS that are related and in Grayson Co, Ky. ==============

Information from Andrew Co,A Community,published by the Andrew Co.Historical Society Blankenships were early pioneers to Andrew Co,coming from Cumberland Co.KY around 1840.Bought land first in Rochester Twp.,later Nodaway and Jefferson Twps.Covered wagon trip from KY included three generations of Blankenships,along with KY neighbors:Foster,Jackman,Carroll,Merrit,Tindle &McClaren. William Blankenshipb.VA bet1754-1760.Moved to Irdell Co.NCc.1798,to Cumberland Co.,KY 1805.First wife Patsy died in KY.2nd wife Mary Ann,buried with him in Greenwick Cem.According to tombstone,he was 105 when he died Dec 1859,4 months after Mary Ann,who died at the age of 65. If this William was a Jr.who would his grandfather be?Any help would be much apprieciated.Thank you.N.J.

Ha, ha, that is cute, in that case I would put Miss Unknown! or just Unknown Thanks for writing, Sandy in Florida ***REPLY TO SandraG627@aol.com*** On Mon, 8 Jan 2001 dgpagano@earthlink.net wrote: > People like me! I had just started research and thought I had found my > Native American ancestor when I saw my gggggrandfather was married to Unk > Unk. > > > > [Original Message] > > From: S. Griffith <griffith@freenet.tlh.fl.us> > > I use UNKNOWN for unknown last names, Lnu is confusing to many people who > > think it is a real name > > Thanks for writing, > > Sandy in Florida > > > > > > > ==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== > West Virginia BLANKENSHIP's (Logan and Wyoming Counties) by Pam Blankenship Honaker can be found at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pamwvgen > >

I too, had listed LNU thinking it was a last name. Sorry I didn't understand your code. Now I do. When I do not know a name I just write ??? for the name. That is my "code" so that I can know if it is "??? Martin" or "Martin ???" Hope this doesn't confuse anyone. Thanks for your explanation. Willa

I too, had listed LNU thinking it was a last name. Sorry I didn't understand your code. Now I do. When I do not know a name I just write ??? for the name. That is my "code" so that I can know if it is "??? Martin" or "Martin ???" Hope this doesn't confuse anyone. Thanks for your explanation. Willa

Thanks also to Earnie. Dorothy H.

Jacque, Thanks I will do that. It's nice to know that there are so many nice people on the list that will help you with anything that comes up. Thanks again. Dorothy H.

Blankenship, Betty Jean Blankenship, Earl W Blankenship, Earlie M Blankenship, Latha C Blankenship, Virgil R

Found the location earlier posted on this site regarding Earlie Blankenship burial sites at: http://www.interment.net/data/us/mo/polk/greenwood/index.htm Called Cemetery Records Online. Do a search on the surname and given and it should show up or just click on that cemetery. Terrie ----- Original Message ----- From: "william & carrie hoffert" <hoffert@mindspring.com> To: "Terrie B" <annburt@janics.com>; <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 1:23 PM Subject: RE: [BLANKENSHIP] Earlie Blankenship > Terrie, do you by any chance have any other info for these graves, dates > etc? it would be wonderful if you did or could give me a source for lookup > so that I can put all the info into the Files in the Blankenship site so we > have a permanent record of the info. Thanks a bunch. Carrie > > >

No, Elijah lived for awhile as a widower with his daughter Jennie Eliza and her husband Elias Dye in Howell County, Missouri. Census shows Elijah born in Virginia and Jennie's mother *unknown* being born in Kentucky. I don't have anymore on them. Tough tree to trace...........No one around still living to give me any clues. Terrie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob & Judy Bryant" <bryants@jps.net> To: <annburt@janics.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 7:50 PM Subject: Eli Blankenship > You said, "My roadblock is: Elijah Blankenship or Eli Blankenship born > 1814 in Virginia.....HELP?" > > Those are given names in my Blankenship tree in GA in the 1830's and > 40's and 50's. We are probably connected. You have any GA > Blankenships? > > Thanks . . . . . Bob Bryant > > (Please acknowledge receipt of this message) > >

I did a search on just the Blankenship surname at GenCircles and the search showed a Polk Co, Census file from this site. http://www.rootsweb.com/~census/states/missouri/ Sorry I don't have the actual URL. Terrie My roadblock is: Elijah Blankenship or Eli Blankenship born 1814 in Virginia.....HELP? ----- Original Message ----- From: "william & carrie hoffert" <hoffert@mindspring.com> To: "Terrie B" <annburt@janics.com>; <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 1:23 PM Subject: RE: [BLANKENSHIP] Earlie Blankenship > Terrie, do you by any chance have any other info for these graves, dates > etc? it would be wonderful if you did or could give me a source for lookup > so that I can put all the info into the Files in the Blankenship site so we > have a permanent record of the info. Thanks a bunch. Carrie > > >

Besides here, subscribe to Texas and Louisiana lists, and any other surnames that tie directly to those you are researching, County lists for any locations they possibly lived. More and more census records are online, search all of them by surname both with and without the given name....... Good luck! Terrie ----- Original Message ----- From: <GAILBLANKENSHIP1@gateway.net> To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 11:36 AM Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] Ralph The Immigrant Blankinship Sr. part 1 > I am looking for information on the blankenship line. My father told me > before he died that he belonged to the Ralph blankenship line. Dad is arno > blankenship born may 9 1924 and died i987. His father was James Samuel > blankenship and he was born in the late 1800's he died 1924. he was married > to Dora Etna Blackman. James dad was Louis Blankenship born in 1850's and > was married to Sarah Rosier. Can any one give me any ideas. They were from > texas and louisiana. gail > > > ==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== > If you have copies of BLANKENSHIP documents - birth, marriage, military, baptism, death records, etc., please consider sharing a copy with Listowner for the compilation of a central source of BLANKENSHIP documents to be offered to list members in the near future. Contact BKAYMEL@aol.com for more information. > >

Terrie, do you by any chance have any other info for these graves, dates etc? it would be wonderful if you did or could give me a source for lookup so that I can put all the info into the Files in the Blankenship site so we have a permanent record of the info. Thanks a bunch. Carrie

Dorothy: I'm sure there are those that are more computer literate than I am but when I save my FTM files, I begin with the very first name in the file and it copies everything from there on. I save it to a "gedcom" file. Jacque Pearce Reynolds Searching for: BOWLES, TRIMBLE, PEARCE, LESSLEY, DAILEY, MYERS, SIMMONS, BLANKENSHIP and more Jacque Pearce Reynolds <jacque_in_tx@hotmail.com> "Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly." I am an Angel - R U? http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~angels/ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

I am looking for information on the blankenship line. My father told me before he died that he belonged to the Ralph blankenship line. Dad is arno blankenship born may 9 1924 and died i987. His father was James Samuel blankenship and he was born in the late 1800's he died 1924. he was married to Dora Etna Blackman. James dad was Louis Blankenship born in 1850's and was married to Sarah Rosier. Can any one give me any ideas. They were from texas and louisiana. gail

Do it all at once. Much easier that way. Might also make a GeDCOM file as a double back up. make it of the entire file also. Earnie ----- Original Message ----- From: <Dotbdot@aol.com> To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 11:04 PM Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] Blankenship Repository Site > Thanks everyone. I will try some of your remedies. AOL did send me a > 12 page e-mail on things to do to solve the problem. I'm no computer genius > but with all your help I will get back on line. Before I start messing > around with my computer I need to save my FTM flies on to floppy disks. Do > you have to do it by family surnames or can you save it all at once without > having to go to each head of family. Hope this makes sense? Thanks again > Dorothy H. > > > ==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== > Check out Jack Woodward's wesite: http://members.tripod.com/jdwoodward > >