Hi researchers, I am the one that sent the information in on the Blankenship's in CA. As for a BOOK, I do not know anything about a book. Maybe in one of the website it talked about the book "Trail of Tears" but that is a book about the Cherokees and tells of what the Indians went through. I think I did include the HTTP for the website I was using for that information. I am sure if a book is mentioned it will be on that website. Again I must tell you all that this is not my line of Blankenships and I am not really researching this line. I was looking for information on the William Blankenship that married Elizabeth. William was son of Ralph and Elizabeth, and grandson of Ralph and Martha. While looking for information I ran across this information and wanted to share it with all of you just in case some of you could use it. The Http's are: 1870 Census of Tulare County, California http://cpl.cagenweb.com/tulare/tulcen1870.htm Search the California USGenWeb Project Web Pages http://www.cagenweb.com/#search California Pioneer Project Biographies Surname Index - Bg-Bl http://cpl.cagenweb.com/cplbiosbg.htm Descendants of William Blankenship http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/o/n/E-geraldine-J-Conrad/GENE5-0001.htm l I hope this helps some of you with your search. Happy hunting, Sue B. Altice