At 11:18 AM 11/6/1999 -0500, you wrote: >Stephanie: > >I am also looking for Bland connections. My great-grandfather was Oliver >O. Bland and I'm trying to find his parents' names and his place of >origin. He married Sarah Ann Myers 3 Sept. 1871 in Wetzel Co., WV. She >is from Wetzel Co. but I don't think he was. He died in 1930 in Taylor >Co. (they don't have a death certificate for him). What are some of your >Blands? > >Susan/WV Generally, the Blands are as common in Virginia and the Smiths. There is even a Bland County. We have never found a connection between the Wetzel County and Pend. Co. Blands, even though there are Thomases with both. Did you try the State for his death certificate? He may have died in a hospital in another county, or even another state considering Wetzel's proximity to Ohio and PA. Good luck, Nedra Nedra Dickman Brill, Certified Genealogist brillnd@pacifier.com Historian, Henckel Family National Association Coordinator Pendleton County, WV, wvpendle-l@rootsweb.com CG is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license after periodic evaluations by the Board.