Sorry to take so long to reply I'm trying to figure a way to reply to several lists and emails without filling up the Archives. Yet trying to connect All of us that I beleive connect . These Blanchards And Russells Are French Heritage The Russells For Sure Are And I'm nearly sure These Blanchards are. If So, they are From an Uncommonly Studied Line. I Have been trying to connect The Blanchard & Russell Connections and the shoots of those branches. Some of those shoot`s I beleive went to NJ some Ny .St Lawrence, Oswego, Oneida. Clinton, Onondaga Or 2 different lines One English & One French , migrated and lived closely perhaps intermarried . I have 2 Double Blanchards in my line so perhaps there not blood related as thought. ???? Later I will be wanting to know if The English one from England was For example The Jean Blanchard That come from England. But was French And was Sent there By the British during the Exspulsion and Fled- Escaped back to Canada It is mind boggling but Its coming together. I Guess the best way for now is to follow my post and see who I responded with to give you a general Idea of whos in this study I'll post the new connection here shortly, blanchard-L@rootsweb.com russell-L@rootsweb.com There are other researchers that I beleive I connect to . On the site I posted Last I beleive I found Their answers they seek. Anyhow, The Onondaga Blanchard And Russells I have Found there connection To my Latest ancestors Of Also Oswego & Oneida, St Lawrence, Franklin,Clinton, Jefferson , Ontario .....NY Counties Thank you for your responses I hope this answers your Questions without too much said and hope you understand My whole lotta info and no direct answer reply .........................................Connie MuskratBay@aol.com Wrote `````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Which Blanchard's are they? My friend has a George & Mary Blanchard with son John from Utica, then Watertown, Oswego & Syracuse area. George died around Utica area, then Mary & John went to Watertown , Oswego and the Syracuse area. I think John was dead by 1959 or so. (Exact dates are not here with me right now.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JGuppy7812@aol.com Wrote. Hello,           I'm also interested in any information on the Blanchard Family of CT-MA-NY (Marcellus) If anyone has information regarding this line, I would love to hear from you. Jim Guppy Washington, DC http://community.webtv.net/cryingkate1/WatsonRoscoeFamily