Illinois Blasdels

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Welcome to Illinois Blasdel Family Website

This website was created to share information about Blasdel/Blaisdell genealogy in general, and specifically about the Illinios Blasdel branch off of the National Blaisdell Association.

On this site you will find Blasdel/Blaisdell genealogy information, information about upcoming reunions, and past reunion photos and articles.


If you are interested in Blasdel/Blaisdell genealogy or you want to keep up with Illinois Blasdel happenings, we encourage you to register on the site.  After you register, when you login you will be able to submit family information and receive notifications about upcoming events and happenings.

 
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2010 Blaisdell Family National Reunion (letter from Don)
Dear Cousins,

The Illinois Blasdels would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all that attended the 2010 Blaisdell Family National Reunion in Southern Illinois. We are very proud of our family heritage and feel like this greatly extended our family tree.

We started the reunion with a day in St. Louis. Some guests took in a tram trip to the top of the Arch. They said it was great. The first day ended with a mixer in the WildCatter room at the Holiday Inn. We had an excelent turn out for the family gathering.

We had a great time on the Grand Chain Adventure.  This tour demonstrated how we came to be in Illinois and how our family grew such strong family roots. We learned many family stories and experienced how life was back in the day's when our fore fathers lived. We stopped and checked out Bald Knob Cross, got lost and ended up having a great meal at Giant City Lodge.

We also enjoyed a day at the Earl Blasdel family farm with the fishing tournament, farm tours, games and seminars.  We had a smoke'n BBQ and listened some great music from Jacks or Better and everyone got to meet the pet deer.

After farm day we had a relaxing evening at the banquet at the Holiday Inn. We had great entertainment with singing from For His Glory quartet. We also heard a couple of Blasdel folk songs written and preformed by Phil Blasdel. Jackie Blasdel from Indiana won the 37" flat screen TV that was given away for the early bird special.

We ended the reunion with church service at Mark and Kay Shell’s Orchardville Community Church for father’s day. We heard a song from the Blasdels family members that made the day very special.

We have had many requests for souvenirs at the reunion and requests still coming in. We are going to put the Blaisdel 2010 Reinion items back on the website (http://theblasdels.org/) for a short time. We will have added a shipping charge to cover shipping and handling. Whether you attended the reunion or would just like a souvenir from the reunion these are great keepsakes to own. These will only be available until July 18th.  At that time, orders that were placed at the reunion and additional orders for souvenirs will be filled and shipped. You can order and pay by check or use the PayPal option.  We would welcome any orders for any Blaisdell/Blasdel local units placing group orders.  Please call for bulk shipping rates.  If you did place an order at the reunion, no additional action is required.
 

We would also like to compile as many pictures of the reunion as possible and put them on the website.  If you have any pictures from the reunion that you would like to share, please email them to us ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).  We will be using some pictures for a free keepsake of the reunion.

Thanks again to all that came to meet our family. Thank you for the post reunion wonderful letters we have received from family members. Phyllis and I are looking forward to meeting family at upcoming local reunions.

Sincerely,

Donald Edward Blasdel
President, Blaisdell Family National