Re: Belsha's in Revolutionary War
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In reply to:
Re: Belsha's in Revolutionary War
7/19/01
DEAR ALTHA BELSHA: THE BEST WAY TO FIND
WHEN THE BELSHA FAMILY CAME TO AMERICA IS
IN THE LATTER DAY SAINT RECORDSS. ON THEIR
COMPUTER PUT IN THE NAME BELSHA AND DO A
1ST RUN ON IT AND IT WILL TELLYOU WHETHER
THERE WERE OR WERE NOT ANY BELSHA'S IN
AMERICA AND KEEP GOING AND YOU WILL FINALLY
COME TO THE FIRST BELSHA AND THEN EMAIL
ME AND TELL ME WHO IT IS. BELSHA IS A NEW
SURNAME TO ME AND I AM WORKING ON THEM TOO.
I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT JAMES B. BUTNER
M. MATILDA BELSHA AND HIS BROTHER WM. BUTNER,
JR. M. MARGARET MARY BELSHA (HER SISTER)AND THIS BUTNER,
JR. AND MARGARET MARY BELSHA IS MY ANCESTOR.
MARLA SEYBOLD IS THE DESCENDANT OF JAMES
B. BUTNER ANDMATILDA BELSHA. THE MOTHER
OF THE TWO BELSHA GIRLS WAS NAMED MARY
AND I FOUND THAT SHE LEFT THE GIRLS SOMETHING
IN HER WILL AND THIS WAS IN THE L.D.S.
RECORDS. THERE IS A TRIANGLE ON THE RECORD
WHEN THAT PERSON WAS MENTIONED IN SOMEONE'S
WILL AND MY MARY WAS, I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT
MATILDA AT THE TIME SO DID NOT LOOK AT THAT,
BUT WILL. I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THE FATHER
OF THE BELSHA GIRLS AND THE BELSHA GENFORUM
IS NOT VERY LONG AND I DON'T SEE MUCH
ACTIVITY ON IT EITHER. THE OTHER GENFORUMS
I POST TO ARE AT LEAST 4 PAGES LONG, SO
MAYBE THERE ARE NOT TOO MANY BELSHA'S AROUND.
LET ME HEAR FROM YOU. [email protected] - don't
be intimidated because you are just starting
we all had to do it, but in my case it was
40 years ago and now I do 720 surnames, so
don't despair. Laurana Holman Schamma
in Mo.