Hi, I'm sorry, I really can't help with your American family. My knowledge only extends to the first generation or two of Irish Vans/Vances who belonged to the family of Vans of Barnbarroch and from whom as far as I know all the American Vances are descended - after that I can only suggest that if you don't already know the following sites, you might find some information at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~rtr89/Vance http://distantcousin.com/Ancestry.html http://surnameweb.org/ http://www.sol.co.uk/s/scotgensoc/ I have been working on a paper written by my father, the late P. A. Vans of Barnbarroch, 'Origin of the Irish Vances' which gives a clear and rational account of the descent of the Vances of Ireland and America from the family of Vans of Barnbarroch. I hope to publish this soon (it's more than 7,000 words long so it's a lot of work) and will update my genealogical database to include that information in due course. It deals with the two great puzzles, the Rev John Vans of Kilmacrenan and 'Lancelot' Vance so I am sure it will be of interest to lots of the family; I will keep your address on file and will inform you on publication. Jamie Vans of Barnbarroch. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~vfarch http://www.vans.dircon.co.uk http://the-mansion.co.uk ---------- >From: OMAR & MARGIE SALAZAR <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [VANCE] Vance Line From Mingo and Logan Co. WV/VA >Date: Mon, Apr 10, 2000, 4:30 am > > Hi, I need help with this decendant: > Wm. R. Vance. I do not know birth or death. > he was married to my ggggrandmother Elizabeth Blankenship. her parents > were: > Daniel Blankenship and Margaret (Peggy) Cline. Her son, George Chipley > Vance, went by Blankenship, was reared by Daniel and Peggy. Any help > with this family would be greatly appreciated. This family lived on > Gilbert Creek, at Baisden which would have been in Logan Co. VA. It is > now Mingo Co. WV. Margie Blankenship Salazar >