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NL #17, December 1995

This issue includes Some Significant Dates in DELANO History, an article about a DELANO Sampler with a Genealogical Fan Chart, some News From Our Members, an article about Concerns For Our Future and a Mini Virginia Meeting at Stratford VA. Also included is a large insert containing the 1995 Membership Directory by zip-code and the 1995 Questionnaire insert plus the usual Membership Form. To view this newsletter in it is entirety, click here

NL #16, September-October 1995

This issue includes the happenings at the 1995 Reunion and Annual Membership Meeting in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 12 August with some photos. Also included are articles about the DELANOs who settled in and around Oxford, MI, Harrowing Experiences of Settlers in West Virginia as well as others. One should remember that there is no known genealogically documented connection of our branch to the de Lannoys. Analysis shows that the ?connection? through Jean de Lannoy, seigneur of Molembais etc. provided in the ?proof? by Mortimer Delano on page 48 in Book One of the GHAAHD is based inaccurate suppositions and on fragmentary non-genealogical information. To view this newsletter in it is entirety, click here

NL #15, June-July 1995

This issue includes plans for the 1995 Reunion and Annual Membership Meeting in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 12 August. Also included are articles about Ancestral Routes to Michigan by the various Family Branches, European Places with a de Lannoy connection and Historical Events of the 12th and 13th Centuries. One should remember that there is no known genealogically documented connection of our branch to the de Lannoys. Analysis shows that the ?connection? through Jean de Lannoy, seigneur of Molembais etc. provided in the ?proof? by Mortimer Delano on page 48 in Book One of the GHAAHD is based on inaccurate suppositions and on fragmentary non-genealogical information. To view this newsletter in it is entirety, click here

NL #14, March-April 1995

This issue includes a Schedule of Events for the 1995 Reunion and Annual Membership Meeting in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 12 August. Also included are articles about Michigan DELANOs , Part V of the 14th Century European Places with a de Lannoy Connection, more on the so-called ?Franchimont-de Lannoy pedigree? in the 14th Century, Part V of a Canadian DELANO line, Cities with DELANO and Allied Family Connections, Two Ancestral Fan Charts of the Harper Delano Family, the 1994 Newsletter Index and others. One should remember that there is no known genealogically documented connection of our branch to the de Lannoys and the so-called ?Franchimont-de Lannoy pedigree?. Analysis shows that the ?connection? through Jean de Lannoy, seigneur of Molembais etc. provided in the ?proof? by Mortimer Delano on page 48 in Book One of the GHAAHD is based on inaccurate suppositions and on fragmentary non-genealogical information. To view this newsletter in it is entirety, click here

NL #13, December 1994

In this issue we announce that the 1995 Annual Meeting will be held at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on August 12, 1995. Reservation information is included. A letter from Gloria B. Jackson of Chaseburg, WI, about her ancestor William Wallace DELANO (GHAAHD page 404) was published. The series continues on the Genealogical Abstracts of the Revolutionary War with Pension Files - Part II. Muriel's Corner explains about a "FREEMAN" and discusses who Hibbard DELANO was. There is an ancestral fan chart of President Ulysses S. Grant, continuation of the series on European Places with a DELANO-DE LANNOY Connection, and some Historical Events of the 15th Century. Canadian DELANOs is continued with Part IV of the series, and information on DELANOs in Michigan is presented. With great sadness, the loss of David E. Kumpf is announced. David was an inspirational founder of the Delano Kindred and will be deeply missed. To view this newsletter in it is entirety, click here