Re: Worldwide Blanton Convention - is this event still held?
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Worldwide Blanton Convention - is this event still held?
Raymond Poff 9/10/06
Evelyn is correct.Rudy passed away and then Mary Louise.There hasn't been a reunion held since a year or so before her passing.They used to be in Cave City, Kentucky but I know the were planning to holding in South Carolina, etc.But since she passed away it hasn't been held.
Evelyn was also correct.Toward the end they became less productive than they had once were.Instead of looking at all the Blantons as a whole they became bogged down with individuals that focused on only one specifc line.Mary Louise had debated before her death whether to even continue with it.
Jenelle Blanton-Wilcox, who I have worked with on the Blanton DNA study, is currently inquiring about forming a 'reunion' to get folks together to compare notes on ALL Blanton's in hopes to turning new clues for individual researchers.