Thanks to your spellings I now know that the name means "Blenken's Hope." Thanks again, Barbara. Gary Radcliffe ----- Original Message ----- From: LaChance Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 12:21 AM To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] BLANKENSHIP BLANKENSHIP, BLANKENSOP (English) One who came from Blenkinsopp (top valley), in Northumberland. ---Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by Elsdon C. Smith. Barbara GARY RADCLIFFE wrote: >BLANKENSHIP - Sounds English but some of the spellings look German. > >Gary Radcliffe >West Covina, Ca > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237