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Subject: [PACE] BLAIR Genealogy
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:21:49 -0400
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Roy Johnson wrote:
> Yes, I am a John of M descendent, and Missouri is full of Hartwell/Heartwell
> Paces. I have never been able to discover where this name came from. It's
> like Newsome--it just pops in and it would be wrong to draw firm conclusions
> about its origin.
>
> My gg grandfather was James Blair Pace, son of Francis, brother of one of
> the Hartwells. Blair was a famous name in Virginia; the first head of
> William and Mary was named James Blair. It would be neat to know where this
> name came from.
>
> Roy Johnson

Roy,

On the MADDOX DNA page is a link to BLAIR DNA & Genealogy

http://www.blairsociety.org/
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maddoxetc/

I put a link to the BLAIR Society
on the PACE Society links page(Miscellaneous list)

The Blair Society for Genealogical Research, Inc., was incorporated as a
non-profit corporation in the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1984, and was
granted exempt status under Section 501[c][7] of the U.S. Internal
Revenue Code in 1991. We are a member society of the American Family
Records Association (AFRA), Association of One Name Studies (AONS),
Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) and the National Genealogical
Society (NGS). The Blair Society promotes the policies of excellence and
ethical standards in genealogical and historical research of these fine
organizations.

GTP

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