In a message dated 11/1/2000 8:04:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, editor-patter@juno.com writes: << Back to the real world. The best clues are probably found in the people who lived and traveled with them. You just have to beat the bushes for those records. Pat >> Hi Pat, You are a very smart person. That is exactely what I am doing with my line of Blankenship's. My line so far seems to have traveled with the Saunders, Dillions, Plymales and some of the Hudson family. I am looking into these families in hopes that I will find something out about my Blankenship line. Sue