My ancestors, George, Marcellus, and Vivana Blanchard were half brothers living in Franklin County; they were born between 1825-1830 in either VT or NY. Another half-bro was Hiram b abt 1837; these were the children with Orpha Canfield b abt 1790 in VT, d abt 1844 in Clinton Cty. The father was David Blanchard b 4/30/1794 in VT, d 2/1867 in Schuyler Falls (Clinton Cty), NY; his second wife, Lorain Perry b abt 1826 (abt the ages of her step-children), d 1/29/1899 in Plattsburgh. Lorain's children, born in Clinton Cty, included Orpha M. b 1845; Mary b abt 1846; Rollin b abt 1849; Stanton b 1860 and Viola b aft 1860 George, abt 1829, probably never married; he died in either Malone or Duane, NY 5/6/1890 and is buried at Stafford Hill Cemetery in Beekmantown. Marcellus(o) b abt 1820, d 3/12/1898 in either Duane or Malone; he is buried at Hoose Cemetery in Duane. He married Harriet J. Squares. Vivana b abt 1825 in either VT or NY, d bet 1873-1875 in Essex Cty; he is my brick wall because while I presume that David is his father, I can't find any record of his mother's name, but believe that Orpha Canfield may be his mother. He married Caroline Bishop abt 1852, and she died in Willsboro in 1898, a widow. Please contact me if you have any information on this family; we live in Los Angeles, and we are making a special trip to Upstate NY next week to research this family further. If anyone has viewed and copied probate records in Malone, please tell me where the courthouse is located and what I need to do to prepare...should I call ahead for files to be pulled from archives? What is the name of the probate court (Superior Court, Surrogate Court?) Thanks so much. Jo-Ann Seitzinger ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour