HELLO MY NAME IS ALINE CORMIER, I WAS BORN IN NEW BRUNSWICK CANADA, THE FIFTH CHILD OF A FAMILY OF EIGHT, MY OLDEST SISTER DIED AT THE AGE OF THREE MONTHS. I HAVE ONE SON, TWO GRANDKIDS WHOM I LOVE DEARLY. WHEN MY SON WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL , HE HAD A SCHOOL PROJECT ON GENEALOGY, HE CAME HOME WITH THIS FAMILY TREE CHART AND BEGAN ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT MY FAMILY. WELL THIS REALLY INTERESTED ME , BUT I FIGURED NAH IM TOO OLD TO START THIS. HE SAID TO ME, MOM ANYONE CAN DO GENEALOGY, YOU CAN GO TO THE GENEALOGY CENTER ITS FREE TO DO SO. ANOTHER PLUS IN MY FAVOR. SO ONE DAY I SAID TO MYSELF, WHY NOT TRY IT?

WELL THE FIRST DAY THAT I WENT TO THE GENEALOGY CENTER, IT WAS ALL GREEK TO ME. WHAT DID MICROFILMS MEAN? AM I ALLOWED TO USE THEM? HEY HOW DO I GET THE FILM ONTO THE MACHINE. HELP? FINALLY I MASTERED THAT. NOW WHERE DO I LOOK? OH THERE ARE SOME PARISH REGISTERS, ALL KINDS OF THEM, OH BOY. HERE I GO.

OH THERE IS MY GRANDFATHER'S MARRIAGE, OOOPS NO PARENTS LISTED

HMM, NOW WHAT? OH THERE IS A SAME SURNAME AS HIS ON THE MARRIAGE

CERTIFICAT. WONDER IF THEY ARE RELATED? WHEN I WOULD FIND SOMETHING ABOUT MY ANCESTORS , EVEN IF IT WAS JUST A DATE, WHAT A FIND IT WAS FOR ME. THEN I WAS INTRODUCED TO NEWSPAPERS, AND OFF I WENT SEARCHING, I FOUND SO MANY LITTLE TIDBITS, SUCH AS MY GREAT GRANDFATHER ACQUIRED SO MANY ACRES OF LAND IN SUCH AND SUCH A PLACE, MY AUNT JUST RETURED FROM A TRIP TO THE USA VISITING HER SISTER. WOW ANOTHER CLUE.

JUST TO ADD THIS NOTE, WHEN I BEGAN MY GENEALOGY I DIDN'T HAVE A COMPUTER, SO I DID EVERTHING LIKE WRITING FOR BIRTH, MARRIAGES AND DEATH CERTIFICATS. GOING TO THE CEMETERIES ETC. I HAVE MY NOTES IN DIFFERENT BINDERS, THAT I NEED TO SORT OUT ONE DAY, I HAVE COLLETED PHOTOS OF WHOEVER I COULD GET. I HAVE A PHOTO OF MY MOTHER'S GRANPARENTS WHO RESEMBLE JED CLAMPETT AND GRANNY CLAMPETT OF THE BEVERLEY HILLBILLES. MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER HAS A LONG DRESS WITH AN APRON, SHE HAS THE SMALL ROUND GLASSES AND HER HAIR PULLED BACK IN A BUN AND SHE IS ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS GRANNY CLAMPETT WAS. MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS WEARING A HAT LIKE JED CLAMPETT AND SORT OR RESEMBLED HIM, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER. SO TO ME PICTURES ARE TREASURES TO KEEP. CAN YOU IMAGINE IF TODAY WE HAD A PICTURE OF THE FIRST OF OUR ANCESTORS WHO CAME TO AMERICA? THAT WOULD BE LIKE GOLD TO ME.

SO I CREATED THIS BLOG TO SHARE WITH YOU , AND FOR YOU TO SHARE WITH ME. HAVE A GREAT DAY