This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McDermid Bane Blodgett Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Vm.2ADE/71.1 Message Board Post: Your query about Bessie McDermid is about 4 years old and perhaps you have already received the information that you sought. However, Bessie was my mother's first cousin. I can't tell you very much about Bessie. Her mother was Sarah Effie Bane, a daughter of Mordecia Bane and Sarah Amanda Blodgett. I do have a good deal of information on the Bane and Blodgett lines. Let me know whether or not you require that data. Nina Bigsby