BELNAP FAMILY ORGANIZATION:  BIRTHPLACES
Over the last 160 years, the descendants of Gilbert Belnap and his wives Adaline Knight and Henrietta McBride have scattered to many places around the world.
For example, descendants of Gilbert Belnap have been born in at least 42 U.S. states and territories and 10 foreign countries (from information received by the Belnap Family Organization through 1996).
U.S. states/territories where Gilbert Belnap's descendants have been born:
	Alabama	Maryland	South Dakota
	Alaska	Michigan	Tennessee
	Arizona	Minnesota	Texas
	California	Mississippi	Utah
	Colorado	Missouri	Virginia
	Connecticut	Montana	Washington
	District of Columbia	Nebraska	Wisconsin
	Florida	Nevada	Wyoming
	Georgia	New Jersey
	Hawaii	New Mexico
	Idaho	New York
	Illinois	North Carolina
	Indiana	North Dakota
	Iowa	Ohio
	Kansas	Oklahoma
	Kentucky	Oregon
	Louisiana	Pennsylvania
Foreign countries where Gilbert Belnap's descendants have been born:
	Australia
	Canada
	China
	England
	Germany
	Italy
	Japan
	Philippines
	South Korea
	Taiwan
Note that the above list of U.S. states includes every state west of the Mississippi except Arkansas, and every state in the Deep South except South Carolina.
Interestingly, the region of the United States with the least concentration of Gilbert's descendants (as determined by place of birth) is New England, where Gilbert's Belknap ancestors first arrived in the New World.
U.S. states where no descendants of Gilbert Belnap are known to have been born:
	Arkansas
	Delaware
	Maine
	Massachusetts
	New Hampshire
	Rhode Island
	South Carolina
	Vermont
	West Virginia
Last update: 15 Sep 2006