Lots of Byrds on the 1850 Census' for VA, especially Franklin County. Also William Byrd was the first to establish trading with the indians in the Colonies for VA. email me direct, and I can send you a attachment. Happy Dign' TT ----- Original Message ----- From: Nieceie@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 1:23 AM To: BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] Ralph The Immigrant Blankinship Sr. part 1 I thought i would send this info from my husbands, grandmothers bible her name was Mary Jane Bird marr Cane Benjamin HILL at Oakvale,WVA.14 day of Dec.1895 Mary Janes mother was Susan PERDUE She married a BIRD. Susan mother was Nancy BLANKENSHIP marr Ferguson (Ford) Perdue. there are no dates for Ford an Nancy in the bible.on their daughter susan she married a steven BYRD(IT is spelled both ways in the bible) in VA. Do,s any one have any info on NANCY BLANKENSHIP? Thank you for your time an help. Berniece ==== 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<br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>