In a message dated 11/28/99 5:48:28 AM Central Standard Time, abalch@hal-pc.org writes: << Does anyone have a BALCH (BLOCK?) in their family? >> I have that Sylvester Balch was the father of Clara A. Balch (b. ca. 1862). Clara married Joseph Goodrich Casey, November 24, 1880, Fayette Co., IL. Any connection? Jerry Blaylock