In a message dated 3/1/01 12:51:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << Subj: Re: [GACHATHAM] Does anyone know of BALFOUR Ferries? Date: 3/1/01 12:51:24 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [email protected] Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] I live in Hayden Lake Idaho, and have been on the Balfour ferry near Nelson British Columbia. Can I look for somethin in particular for you? Becky >> Thank you for the response, Becky. I had hoped that the Balfour Ferries were near Savannah, and because I couldn't get into that site, it was hard to tell what it was all about. Now, at least, I do know where the Balfour Ferries are. (boo-hoo). My Robert BALFOUR, drowned off the Savannah Bar in 1837, and he was not a resident of Savannah, but still a resident of Scotland. He had a young son named Robert Charles BALFOUR who ended up in the Episcopal orphan house. I have not yet found a wife for Robert who drowned. Robert's older brother, John BALFOUR, died four years later in Boston, MA. I don't think he was a resident there. They travelled a lot by water, and with the help of someone on this list, I found the name of the small ship that sank off the Savannah Bar in 1837 - The MAGISTRATE. I have not found another thing on that boat. I have now found a LOT on my BALFOUR family in Scotland, thanks to parish records. I mean, MANY generations. Robert's parents were in Melrose Parish in Roxburghshire, Scotland, where Robert was born. His father was The Rev. William BALFOUR and his mother was Mary MEIN. (MEIN is a Sept of the Clan MENZIES). The family, however, was originally from Markinch, Fife, Scotland, and through parish records I have gone quite a ways back, now. Interestingly, my Robert BALFOUR (who drowned) was the nephew of John BALFOUR, who was on the Board of Directors of the Bank of Darien, GA, as well as involved in legal cases, making me believe he was a lawyer. He and Robert travelled a lot, together, coming into Savannah from 1800, on, from Charleston. I haven't found any clues in Charleston, either. Isn't it interesting to find so much on early records and not enough on more recent records. Oh, well......I am still looking. Thanks again. Judy (Presnell) Canant