This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BALCH Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nAC.2ACI/1503 Message Board Post: Seeking info on the above John Balch who drowned in Lake Champlain with 9 other people in Aug21st 1834. Wondering if someone has access to old newspapers on can verify this accident. He was buried in Addison Vt Thanks Mary in Iowa