I am trying to find a family tree from my fathers side of the family, my father's father name was Earnest Blankenship, my grandmother use to say he was a Merchant Marine.I know he died i think between 1979-1980 and at the time of his death he lived in maryland And i know he had remarried,but that is all i know about him and i think he was born between 1910-1915 some where in their and my father's mother was Esterleen Hall she was born May 18,1919 and she passed away april 8, 1999 they divorced when my father was i think about 5 years old i know they were from VA Bedford, Roanoke these areas . if anyone has information on these people please share thank you houston1958@verizon.net