Using vital records, newspaper articles, cemetery gravestones, and town reports, this book documents five generations of descendants of this Blanchard family. Perhaps those who take a DNA test with the thought of finding relatives will it useful if their match is in this genealogy. Finding the common ancestor, shows the way we are connected. All of the descendants and their spouses and children are included in the index. However, not every name in the book is in the index; for example a minister who performed a wedding would not be included. Sources are included in a separate end note section.