In a message dated 11/3/2000 8:45:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, editor-patter@juno.com writes: << I study those carefully constructed genealogies that have been well researched and documented and I can't find any place where my group might fit. More than that, I can't find any record of a mother's name. It's as if the women didn't exist. There are no marriage records prior to 1809 in Indiana, no birth records, and even the one letter I found tells that after the father died when they were young children, they were raised by an uncle. No mention whether their mother was dead, left them, or anything. The only time he refers to his mother is when he wrote, "Your grandfather married a lady names Blankinship, she being a niece of my mother. My father raised six children, etc......" I have so many unanswered questions! At this point, all I can do is say which wife they definitely don't belong to, but they had to come from somewhere. I'm interested in hearing what you find. I enjoyed the John Ross article. >> Hi Pat, Why don't you post your tree here on the posting board and let us all take a look and see if we can help you fill in some of the missing pieces? I know that there are lot of wonderful people reading this post that knows a lot more about the Blankenship family than I do. I am sure that one of them will be more that glad to help in any way they can. One reason I send so much stuff to the posting board is for people like you that think they have hit the brick wall. I hope that something I send in will help in some way with that wall and give researchers a new avenue to search. Please send your family chart to the post. Sue B. Altice