Well hello again,I am happy that you dropped by. Well today I would like to tell you about what I saw. At the moment I live on an old dirt road in the country ,and all around me there are woods and fields. Now last year I saw tons of rabbits, but never a deer and I was told there were all kinds around. But we have two dogs so maybe the dogs are keeping them away. Anyway today on my way to town, I had to go through a little village called Notre Dame De Kent, and I couldn't believe my eyes, we had just driven away from a few homes and there was this little bunch of trees and on the side of the road I saw this deer ,he was just standing on the side of the road, then he made a Uturn and into the bush he went. He looked very healthy and young. I was very glad he went into the woods again, so not to be hit by a passing car.
Now back to genealogy, today I finished adding the names of the Cemetery Notre Dame de Fatima in Collette New Brunswick Canada to my website http://www.acadian-roots.com ,I copied the names from Lucie's site at http://www.acadian-home.org We have a joint project going and we are both very proud of our accomplishments. But we must also thank our cemetery hunters smile, Hector Boudreau, his wife Jeannita, and Francis LeBlanc, because without them we would not have as many cemeteries online as we have.
So when you have time drop in and visit both my website and Lucies, you will enjoy our sites.
Have a great day
Aline
Monday, January 29, 2007
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Good evening ,it is now 830 pm. I have done more packing, loaded up my car and ready to move,although I cannot move anything before the first of the month. grin.
I have added another page to my website, called Did You Know. I was trying to think of something different to add to make it more interesting for the viewers. So I have added little tidbits from here and there . I will try and keep on doing so as I go along. But since my books are all packed I will have to wait a bit longer.
And this morning my site received another award, I have added the award to my award page. I am very pleased .
My mother told me another story about my grandmother, I added part of it on my new page, and I am going to make a page on that story for my grandaughter to add to her book that I made for her called Flossy's adventures. Flossie is the name I used in the book and it is stories about my mother when she was young.
Today my mother said to me, it is good that you like hearing my stories and they can be passed down. I replied yes it sure is, I said if the grandchildren are not interested then maybe their kids or grandkids will enjoy reading about her later . I said I would have loved to hear stories about my ancestors way back. My mom said that her aunt was a great storyteller and everyone would gather at her place to listen, and she would talk to Mom about long ago. For instance she told my mother that Pelagie Bellefontaine married to Denis Cormier (these were my mothers great grandparents) had flaming red hair and her hair was so long that she sat on it.But she wore it in a bun. Isn't that nice to know?
Have a great day tomorrow
Aline
I have added another page to my website, called Did You Know. I was trying to think of something different to add to make it more interesting for the viewers. So I have added little tidbits from here and there . I will try and keep on doing so as I go along. But since my books are all packed I will have to wait a bit longer.
And this morning my site received another award, I have added the award to my award page. I am very pleased .
My mother told me another story about my grandmother, I added part of it on my new page, and I am going to make a page on that story for my grandaughter to add to her book that I made for her called Flossy's adventures. Flossie is the name I used in the book and it is stories about my mother when she was young.
Today my mother said to me, it is good that you like hearing my stories and they can be passed down. I replied yes it sure is, I said if the grandchildren are not interested then maybe their kids or grandkids will enjoy reading about her later . I said I would have loved to hear stories about my ancestors way back. My mom said that her aunt was a great storyteller and everyone would gather at her place to listen, and she would talk to Mom about long ago. For instance she told my mother that Pelagie Bellefontaine married to Denis Cormier (these were my mothers great grandparents) had flaming red hair and her hair was so long that she sat on it.But she wore it in a bun. Isn't that nice to know?
Have a great day tomorrow
Aline
Friday, January 26, 2007
I was just surfing the net ,trying to find different ideas to add to my website, and I came across interesting articles regarding our acadian ancestors. For instance an acadian woman wore a lot of layers of clothing. She even wore a corset, now if the corset they mean is the one I am thinking about, did you ever watch movies and the ladies would have someone tighten their corsets by pulling the strings tight? Hmm, could the ones the acadian ladies wore be one of the same? I remember my mother saying that her mother used to make the children underpants called bloomers out of flour bags. Can you imagine wearing them with writing on the seat of your pants. grin. But I do remember my mother making some for me , not sure if she used flour bags but I remember they were sort of like shorts, but elastic on both legs and elastic at the top. smile. I sure must have looked cute huh? grin.
Mom said my grandmother even made dresses out of potato sacks. Maybe that is where the fashion era called the sack came from.... smile.
I was also reading about the acadian men wearing woolen underwear, they would wear them in winter and in summer, seems to me in the summer they would be hot. I also remember my father wearing them. his were grey.
Have you noticed some of the styles of shoes today? Some of them remind me of similar ones worn by my grandmother. My grandmother was only 4 foot 10 inches , and she wore a heel on her shoes. She was a very nice lady. I remember she would buy all year long gifts for her children she had 8 , their spouses and her grandchildren including me. She did not buy big things, just little things and do you know that I would look forward to her gifts, even if it was a hankerchief, it came from my grandmother and that is what mattered most. She enjoyed doing these gestures, my mother is the same , she is 88 years of age and she has a heart of gold. Thank you for listening, I love to share these little things with you.
Have a great day
Aline
Mom said my grandmother even made dresses out of potato sacks. Maybe that is where the fashion era called the sack came from.... smile.
I was also reading about the acadian men wearing woolen underwear, they would wear them in winter and in summer, seems to me in the summer they would be hot. I also remember my father wearing them. his were grey.
Have you noticed some of the styles of shoes today? Some of them remind me of similar ones worn by my grandmother. My grandmother was only 4 foot 10 inches , and she wore a heel on her shoes. She was a very nice lady. I remember she would buy all year long gifts for her children she had 8 , their spouses and her grandchildren including me. She did not buy big things, just little things and do you know that I would look forward to her gifts, even if it was a hankerchief, it came from my grandmother and that is what mattered most. She enjoyed doing these gestures, my mother is the same , she is 88 years of age and she has a heart of gold. Thank you for listening, I love to share these little things with you.
Have a great day
Aline
Thursday, January 25, 2007
I was so pleased to receive a comment on my blog,just knowing you do come in and read my blog gives me incentive to continue writing.
I enjoy sharing my thoughts with you, so you can know what is in my heart at times. I love what I do, I love to be able to share my stories.
oh I just saw a rabbit running past my window, he was all white. I had spread some niger seeds on the snow, because I want to take my feeders with me to my new home, and the rabbit must like the seeds. smile.
I have added something new to my website, as you know some of our ancestors had names not used very much now days, and some names may be difficult to know if they were male or female, so I made a page and listed some men's names and some women's names. I also added female names derived from the male names, for example, noel and noella, albert and alberta. I may add more names on the page later. I believe that there will be some of you, who will benefit from both my site and Lucie's site. Lucie has so many good things on her site, I would honestly recommend you to visit her site, she had put a lot of work into it, and she does deserve a great big thank you from all of us.
So until next time, please do come in read my blogs, check out my site, check the forums and feel free to join in.
Have a great day
Aline
I enjoy sharing my thoughts with you, so you can know what is in my heart at times. I love what I do, I love to be able to share my stories.
oh I just saw a rabbit running past my window, he was all white. I had spread some niger seeds on the snow, because I want to take my feeders with me to my new home, and the rabbit must like the seeds. smile.
I have added something new to my website, as you know some of our ancestors had names not used very much now days, and some names may be difficult to know if they were male or female, so I made a page and listed some men's names and some women's names. I also added female names derived from the male names, for example, noel and noella, albert and alberta. I may add more names on the page later. I believe that there will be some of you, who will benefit from both my site and Lucie's site. Lucie has so many good things on her site, I would honestly recommend you to visit her site, she had put a lot of work into it, and she does deserve a great big thank you from all of us.
So until next time, please do come in read my blogs, check out my site, check the forums and feel free to join in.
Have a great day
Aline
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Have you ever wished you could find something that belonged to your ancestors of long ago? I often thought about it. I have several souvenirs, of my grandmother and I have an old cracked dish that belonged to my grandfather's mother. I remember hearing my mother tell me about an old Chest or Trunk that my great uncle had, and I would love to have seen it because it had belonged to his grandfather ,the first Bergeron to come to Saint Paul, and apparently the name Bergeron was suppose to have been on that chest. I wonder who ended up with that chest ? hmmmmm.
I look at old photos and wonder what happened to that old saw that is in that photo? What kind of comb did my great grandmother use to put her hair up like that? She would not have used bobby pins, what kind of pin did she use to hold her hair up? What happened to great grandfather pipe that he used so much? Did he have a spitoon? smile. Did he chaw tobacco? He must have because I have a grocery list that he had ordered for to pay at the end of the month in 1873 and he bought tobacco. How good was my great grandmother at cooking? Did her mother give her some special recipes?
If you do not wonder about these things, look at your old photos, notice their clothes, the background. It sure is interesting to me.
I recently found a new cousin and her family, we share the same great grandfather, my grandfather and her grandmother were brother and sister. We have been sharing photos and sharing stories, and I am sure we will be sharing many more stories. It was such a nice feeling, getting to know her and part of her family, I havent met all of them yet. But sharing photos was so special, she had sent me a photo of an unknown couple, I looked at the photo and there was this little black and white dog with them, I looked at the dog and then I remembered I had a photo of my grandfather with a dog, sitting on a box,(he used to train that dog to do tricks), so I took out the photo and compared the dogs , yes it was the same dog and my mother looked at the photo sent to me by my cousin and said, that is my grandparents, my grandfather's mom and dad. So my cousin and I laughed about that and through the photos that we shared and are sharing it makes our ancestors so real.
Now changing the subject, I would like to say that I am now working on the Bouctouche Cemetery, I am nearly finished . As you must know , Lucie Leblanc Consentino and I are doing a joint Cemetery project, she is adding all the images on her site and I am copying the names from them, sort of like an index so that you will be able to come to my site, see if your loved ones have a tombstone in the cemetery , then you can go to Lucie's site and click on the image .Which will make it much easier for everyone. We have completed, Barachois,Cap Pele,Sainte Marie, Memramcook,I think we have Pre d'en Haut done,I have done so many I forget which ones , smile. I had done some Cemeteries before, no images just names, I did Saint Paul, Grand Digue, the Old Shediac Road cemetery, Richiboucto Village, the old Saint Antoine Cemetery, now Lucie has Saint Paul and Grand Digue on her site but they are not indexed on my site so far. In other words if you find your love ones in those cemeteries on my site they wont be indexted for now, that will probably be done at a later date. But at least it will tell you that they are there and on Lucie's site. Hope I did not confuse you too much. smile.
Have a great day
Aline
I look at old photos and wonder what happened to that old saw that is in that photo? What kind of comb did my great grandmother use to put her hair up like that? She would not have used bobby pins, what kind of pin did she use to hold her hair up? What happened to great grandfather pipe that he used so much? Did he have a spitoon? smile. Did he chaw tobacco? He must have because I have a grocery list that he had ordered for to pay at the end of the month in 1873 and he bought tobacco. How good was my great grandmother at cooking? Did her mother give her some special recipes?
If you do not wonder about these things, look at your old photos, notice their clothes, the background. It sure is interesting to me.
I recently found a new cousin and her family, we share the same great grandfather, my grandfather and her grandmother were brother and sister. We have been sharing photos and sharing stories, and I am sure we will be sharing many more stories. It was such a nice feeling, getting to know her and part of her family, I havent met all of them yet. But sharing photos was so special, she had sent me a photo of an unknown couple, I looked at the photo and there was this little black and white dog with them, I looked at the dog and then I remembered I had a photo of my grandfather with a dog, sitting on a box,(he used to train that dog to do tricks), so I took out the photo and compared the dogs , yes it was the same dog and my mother looked at the photo sent to me by my cousin and said, that is my grandparents, my grandfather's mom and dad. So my cousin and I laughed about that and through the photos that we shared and are sharing it makes our ancestors so real.
Now changing the subject, I would like to say that I am now working on the Bouctouche Cemetery, I am nearly finished . As you must know , Lucie Leblanc Consentino and I are doing a joint Cemetery project, she is adding all the images on her site and I am copying the names from them, sort of like an index so that you will be able to come to my site, see if your loved ones have a tombstone in the cemetery , then you can go to Lucie's site and click on the image .Which will make it much easier for everyone. We have completed, Barachois,Cap Pele,Sainte Marie, Memramcook,I think we have Pre d'en Haut done,I have done so many I forget which ones , smile. I had done some Cemeteries before, no images just names, I did Saint Paul, Grand Digue, the Old Shediac Road cemetery, Richiboucto Village, the old Saint Antoine Cemetery, now Lucie has Saint Paul and Grand Digue on her site but they are not indexed on my site so far. In other words if you find your love ones in those cemeteries on my site they wont be indexted for now, that will probably be done at a later date. But at least it will tell you that they are there and on Lucie's site. Hope I did not confuse you too much. smile.
Have a great day
Aline
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Good morning, thank you for stopping by. I am having a nice cup of coffee, I drink Nescafe at home and Tim Horton's when I go anywhere. For the ones of you who do not know about Tim Hortons , well there are Tim Horton Coffee shops all around Canada,and in some parts of the USA. When I go to the city , I usually stop at a Tim Horton along the way for my coffee and tea biscuit. It is a ritual with me. grin.
Well I finally finished doing the Memramcook Cemetery, it was a big job, but I am so pleased that we have it on line Lucie and I. I am greatful to Lucie (Leblanc) Consentino for letting me share this project with her. Togetherness is a nice thing . And she is like my teacher smile, when I get stuck she is there to help, so Lucie thank you.
I have now begun the Bouctouche Cemetery, I am doing part one at the moment so check out our sites, the images are on Lucie's site http://www.acadian-home.org , the names will be on my site http://www.acadian-roots.com
And if you just surfed in and need help with your acadian roots, you can always come to our yahoo group acadianroots , my members are all a great bunch of folks, willing to help if they can do so. I have to add that our group is one big family who gets along great.
Well back to work for me. Thank you for listening . Hello Eve and Cindy.
Have a great day
Aline
Well I finally finished doing the Memramcook Cemetery, it was a big job, but I am so pleased that we have it on line Lucie and I. I am greatful to Lucie (Leblanc) Consentino for letting me share this project with her. Togetherness is a nice thing . And she is like my teacher smile, when I get stuck she is there to help, so Lucie thank you.
I have now begun the Bouctouche Cemetery, I am doing part one at the moment so check out our sites, the images are on Lucie's site http://www.acadian-home.org , the names will be on my site http://www.acadian-roots.com
And if you just surfed in and need help with your acadian roots, you can always come to our yahoo group acadianroots , my members are all a great bunch of folks, willing to help if they can do so. I have to add that our group is one big family who gets along great.
Well back to work for me. Thank you for listening . Hello Eve and Cindy.
Have a great day
Aline
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Well I must do my blog tonight, I have been quite busy lately doing my cemeteries. I have now copied the names off of 6 pages from Lucie's Memramcook Cemetery images and I have page 7 all ready to add, then all I have left of Memramcook is page 8, so soon I shall be finished that one. Then next cemetery I intend on doing is the Bouctouche cemetery. As soon as Lucie's gets it on her website. I believe that this joint cemetery project that Lucie and I are doing will benefit many of you. But this would really not be possible so fast if Hector Boudreau, his wife Jeannita and Francis Leblanc had not taken all the images of those cemeteries. I do know that the cemeteries that I did with a pen and a book took a long time to do. So I would like to suggest to some of you who like hunting down ancestors to go to your nearest cemetery, copy or take photos of the names on the tombstones. It would be a great asset for many people.
Now if any of you come into my site and read this, I am helping a young lady with her family research , we are looking for the parents of Pierre Chayer or Chaille married to Blanche Roy, Pierre was born 1858 and Blanche 1875. If any of you surfed in and can help please add a coment at the bottom of this message. Oh and Pierre and Blanche were in Chicoutimi Quebec, Bagotville in 1901 and 1911.
Have a great day
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Now if any of you come into my site and read this, I am helping a young lady with her family research , we are looking for the parents of Pierre Chayer or Chaille married to Blanche Roy, Pierre was born 1858 and Blanche 1875. If any of you surfed in and can help please add a coment at the bottom of this message. Oh and Pierre and Blanche were in Chicoutimi Quebec, Bagotville in 1901 and 1911.
Have a great day
Aline
Saturday, January 06, 2007
Well hello again, nice to see you. I imagine you probably came in through my website . So you have probably noticed I have added new things in my site. I have added part one and two of the Memramcook Cemetery from the images on Lucie's site, and I have added the nuns buried in Memramcook. I was always fascinated by the nuns when I went to school, I even though at one time I would have loved to become a nun. But that was before my late husband came into my life. grin. Then I only wanted to be a wife......and mother....
You will notice a photo on my nun page, that is me when I was 14 years old, and that nun was my teacher in grade eight. I remember after I left school many years ago, I worked at a nursing home and one day I was making the beds up when this beautiful lady came in and helped me, she did some volunteer work there, it was the first time I had saw her there, anyway she looked at me and said you are Aline Williams are you not? I looked at her in total awe, yes I replied . She said you don't remember me do you? I looked at her and all I noticed was she was very pretty, no I answered, well she said I taught you in grade eight, I am sister Elise Marie. Yes she was the nun in that picture you see with me. I only had pictured her with her habit, and never saw her in ordinary clothes. What a difference. She was a good teacher. You never know maybe she is reading my blogs somewhere. smile.
Now that my nun page is done, I will probably continue doing the Memramcook Cemery part 2 and 3. So I do hope you are all doing well in your genealogy research and please drop in again. A special hello to my new found cousin Eve and her daughter Cindy , because I do know they are reading this.
Have a great day everyone
Aline
You will notice a photo on my nun page, that is me when I was 14 years old, and that nun was my teacher in grade eight. I remember after I left school many years ago, I worked at a nursing home and one day I was making the beds up when this beautiful lady came in and helped me, she did some volunteer work there, it was the first time I had saw her there, anyway she looked at me and said you are Aline Williams are you not? I looked at her in total awe, yes I replied . She said you don't remember me do you? I looked at her and all I noticed was she was very pretty, no I answered, well she said I taught you in grade eight, I am sister Elise Marie. Yes she was the nun in that picture you see with me. I only had pictured her with her habit, and never saw her in ordinary clothes. What a difference. She was a good teacher. You never know maybe she is reading my blogs somewhere. smile.
Now that my nun page is done, I will probably continue doing the Memramcook Cemery part 2 and 3. So I do hope you are all doing well in your genealogy research and please drop in again. A special hello to my new found cousin Eve and her daughter Cindy , because I do know they are reading this.
Have a great day everyone
Aline
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Well I think it is time I come in and have a cuppa coffee with you, well today I am having tea.
We are now beginning the year 2007 and it is time to begin new projects and finish the old ones. I have complete adding the names of the Sainte Marie de Kent Cemetery on my website. Lucie has added lots of cemetery images on her site, this is thanks to Hector, Jeannita and Francis who have travelled through the cemeteries taking photos with their cameras, It had to be a great task, because I did some cemeteries with a pen and paper, that was some job, if you look at the Grand Digue cemetery you will notice all the names I found, and Sainte Paul , and Richiboucto Village, and Notre Dame, and Irishtown, I walked through all of them, had I known beforehand that it would or was done by our friends I may have thought twice haha.....My first cemetery I did was the one on the Lewisville Road in Moncton, it is an old cemetery and now they are not burying anymore. I was up and there by 7 am , cars would go by (probably thinking what is that NUT doing there? but little did they know I am a GENEALOGY NUT grin).
So I will be adding more cemetery names on my site soon, and that is thanks to Lucie for getting together on that project. They say two heads are better than one, so everyone you now have double trouble , Lucie and I. grin.
I do hope you all have a great day.
Aline
We are now beginning the year 2007 and it is time to begin new projects and finish the old ones. I have complete adding the names of the Sainte Marie de Kent Cemetery on my website. Lucie has added lots of cemetery images on her site, this is thanks to Hector, Jeannita and Francis who have travelled through the cemeteries taking photos with their cameras, It had to be a great task, because I did some cemeteries with a pen and paper, that was some job, if you look at the Grand Digue cemetery you will notice all the names I found, and Sainte Paul , and Richiboucto Village, and Notre Dame, and Irishtown, I walked through all of them, had I known beforehand that it would or was done by our friends I may have thought twice haha.....My first cemetery I did was the one on the Lewisville Road in Moncton, it is an old cemetery and now they are not burying anymore. I was up and there by 7 am , cars would go by (probably thinking what is that NUT doing there? but little did they know I am a GENEALOGY NUT grin).
So I will be adding more cemetery names on my site soon, and that is thanks to Lucie for getting together on that project. They say two heads are better than one, so everyone you now have double trouble , Lucie and I. grin.
I do hope you all have a great day.
Aline
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Hello everyone, I hope all of you are doing ok. As for me, well I am doing just fine. Christmas Eve I delivered the gifts to my grandchildren, then went to My Mothers. At my mom's place we were quite a few, and everyone had a stocking filled with lots of goodies, we had a nice lunch, and then I came home early. Christmas Day I went to my son's home for turkey supper with my friend. It is the first christmas that I do not have a turkey dinner for my son and his family, I missed it. Next year if God is willing I will make my turkey meal. I took lots of pictures. Tomorrow is New Year's eve and we are 4 couples going out, the hall is not far away so I am happy with that.
Now on a different note, I have finished copying all the names on the Saint Anselme Tombstones that Lucie has on her site, I have put them on my site . For the ones who do now know where Saint Anselme is, well it is in New Brunswick Canada. While doing the names I came across an uncle of mine, that I thought was buried in another cemetery. So if you would like to see the tombstone of your ancestor if he or she is buried in Saint Anselme, go to my website http://www.acadian-roots.com if he or she is listed then go to Lucie's site at
http://www.acadian-home.org and you will be able to find the stone much easier the way we are doing this. I would like to end this blog by wishing each and everyone of you a Very Happy New Year, may the new year bring you much love, happiness and good luck
have a great day
Aline
Now on a different note, I have finished copying all the names on the Saint Anselme Tombstones that Lucie has on her site, I have put them on my site . For the ones who do now know where Saint Anselme is, well it is in New Brunswick Canada. While doing the names I came across an uncle of mine, that I thought was buried in another cemetery. So if you would like to see the tombstone of your ancestor if he or she is buried in Saint Anselme, go to my website http://www.acadian-roots.com if he or she is listed then go to Lucie's site at
http://www.acadian-home.org and you will be able to find the stone much easier the way we are doing this. I would like to end this blog by wishing each and everyone of you a Very Happy New Year, may the new year bring you much love, happiness and good luck
have a great day
Aline
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Hello again, thank you so much for dropping by. Well I do hope you all had a lovely christmas. I had a nice christmas, on christmas eve I went to my Mother's home, and spent time with my siblings, some of my nieces and nephews showed up also, it was nice seeing them. My brother had hung us each a filled stocking and he made us each a DVD of our last two Christmases that we had spent together, it made us laugh seeing some of the photos he had used. On Christmas day I went to my son's house for turkey and had a chance to spend time with my grandchildren. Boy they sure grow fast. The turkey was perfect and we had cheesecake for dessert,mmm.
Now I am back to genealogy, I have been filling my database in my new Legacy Family Tree software. And I have begun to do the Saint Anselme Cemetery names it may take a while but I will have it on my site soon.
I am also helping a friend to trace his Comeau line. So as you can see I have a lot of projects in the works. In my Yahoo acadian roots club I have decided to set my messages on the boards so that I can monitor them first in order to avoid as much spam as possible.
I do hope some of you received genealogy related gifts.
Have a great day
Aline
Now I am back to genealogy, I have been filling my database in my new Legacy Family Tree software. And I have begun to do the Saint Anselme Cemetery names it may take a while but I will have it on my site soon.
I am also helping a friend to trace his Comeau line. So as you can see I have a lot of projects in the works. In my Yahoo acadian roots club I have decided to set my messages on the boards so that I can monitor them first in order to avoid as much spam as possible.
I do hope some of you received genealogy related gifts.
Have a great day
Aline
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Hello everyone, nice of you to drop in during the holidays which are very very near. I must say that during these times traffic is very heavy, so please drive safe while you are out and about.
I received an early present, my brother could not wait to give it to me because he knows that I love genealogy, and he came across the Personal Historian software and he bought it for me. I now have it on my computer, and I later found that I also needed Legacy Family software to go with it. So I decided to buy the Legacy familytree software. It really looks quite easy to use to far. I will also need to learn how to transfer the data to my personal historian. What I am going to like about the personal historian I shall be able to add stories such as I have been doing for such a long time in my books that I have researched.So after I have mastered the software I will let you know what I think of it.
I am very greatful to my brother, he too is into genealogy and he loves to save old photos as I too love to do. Earlier I told you that I had gone to the genealogy center and to make a long story short I received a CD that was redone for me from an old movie that contained my mother my father their house their cow their dogs my father's grandmother take around 1937. I had copies made for my siblings and my brother added it to a movie he made from photos taken at my mothers 88 birthday , and he did a fabulous job with it.....These are all things that may be appreciated when we are gone and the decendents have them in their possessions. I know I would love to find photos of some of my old Williams dit Bristol ancestors, since there are two branches that come down to me, my father's paternal line and my mother's father's maternal line. My father's line comes down from Augustin son of Thomas Bristol and Anne Landry, my mother's line comes down from Lucien Bristol son of Elie Bristol,(which are also Williams).
Maybe one day I will come across some of these old photos.
Have a great day
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I received an early present, my brother could not wait to give it to me because he knows that I love genealogy, and he came across the Personal Historian software and he bought it for me. I now have it on my computer, and I later found that I also needed Legacy Family software to go with it. So I decided to buy the Legacy familytree software. It really looks quite easy to use to far. I will also need to learn how to transfer the data to my personal historian. What I am going to like about the personal historian I shall be able to add stories such as I have been doing for such a long time in my books that I have researched.So after I have mastered the software I will let you know what I think of it.
I am very greatful to my brother, he too is into genealogy and he loves to save old photos as I too love to do. Earlier I told you that I had gone to the genealogy center and to make a long story short I received a CD that was redone for me from an old movie that contained my mother my father their house their cow their dogs my father's grandmother take around 1937. I had copies made for my siblings and my brother added it to a movie he made from photos taken at my mothers 88 birthday , and he did a fabulous job with it.....These are all things that may be appreciated when we are gone and the decendents have them in their possessions. I know I would love to find photos of some of my old Williams dit Bristol ancestors, since there are two branches that come down to me, my father's paternal line and my mother's father's maternal line. My father's line comes down from Augustin son of Thomas Bristol and Anne Landry, my mother's line comes down from Lucien Bristol son of Elie Bristol,(which are also Williams).
Maybe one day I will come across some of these old photos.
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Thursday, December 14, 2006
A special Christmas Story I would like to share with you. Now some of you have heard this story before, some of you haven't. Since this is the Christmas season, I am thinking about my late husband, so here is my story.
My husband was diagnosed with Alzheimers disease in 1995. That was really a shock because he was a very intelligent man, he was an electrician and he knew his stuff. He could do cryptoquotes in his head by looking at the puzzle and figuring it out. Anyway to get to my story, he became worse and worse from walking to not being able., to talking and not being able to, to eating and then later having to have his food pureed. And he became bedridden and teminally ill, so I wanted to get him something the christmas before he died, I wanted to get him the Cassette of Ave Maria by Perry Como, I searched everywhere for that cassette, I even went to Ontario, but no luck. And on our local tv station there was this show called Yvonne Colbert on your side, and you could write to her if you needed help. So that Christmas I never got the cassette, and I wanted to much to get it. So in June I wrote to Yvonne Colbert and said, my husband is terminally ill, I am trying to find a cassette of Ave Maria. On July the fourth I got a phone call it was from Starr Dobson, she said Aline we went to a pawn shop and found an LP of Ave Maria by Perry Como, we have made it into a cassette for you, so Ron Shaw will be there tomorrow to present it to you and your husband. And the next day, I was presented with the cassette tape and the LP , and I went near my husband's bedside, and put the cassette in the tape recorder and I said to my husband, "listen honey" the song began to play and I saw a tear roll down his eye... I knew right then he was very happy.... That was July the 5, he passed away July 27. So that was my last gift to him.... I cherish this memory.....Oh and the pawn shop dealer heard that I wanted that song, and he gave it to them , no charge.
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My husband was diagnosed with Alzheimers disease in 1995. That was really a shock because he was a very intelligent man, he was an electrician and he knew his stuff. He could do cryptoquotes in his head by looking at the puzzle and figuring it out. Anyway to get to my story, he became worse and worse from walking to not being able., to talking and not being able to, to eating and then later having to have his food pureed. And he became bedridden and teminally ill, so I wanted to get him something the christmas before he died, I wanted to get him the Cassette of Ave Maria by Perry Como, I searched everywhere for that cassette, I even went to Ontario, but no luck. And on our local tv station there was this show called Yvonne Colbert on your side, and you could write to her if you needed help. So that Christmas I never got the cassette, and I wanted to much to get it. So in June I wrote to Yvonne Colbert and said, my husband is terminally ill, I am trying to find a cassette of Ave Maria. On July the fourth I got a phone call it was from Starr Dobson, she said Aline we went to a pawn shop and found an LP of Ave Maria by Perry Como, we have made it into a cassette for you, so Ron Shaw will be there tomorrow to present it to you and your husband. And the next day, I was presented with the cassette tape and the LP , and I went near my husband's bedside, and put the cassette in the tape recorder and I said to my husband, "listen honey" the song began to play and I saw a tear roll down his eye... I knew right then he was very happy.... That was July the 5, he passed away July 27. So that was my last gift to him.... I cherish this memory.....Oh and the pawn shop dealer heard that I wanted that song, and he gave it to them , no charge.
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Hello and nice to see you. I know you must be busy getting ready for the holidays so thank you for stopping by. Would you like some eggnog or a cuppa coffee? smile. Well I have done a bit more work on my website, I have finished putting the obit index I took from the Evangeline paper on the Cormier and Legers. It took me a long time to find them at the genealogy center, I went through a lot of microfilms. Sometimes I did them while I was searching for other information, other times I went to the genealogy center especially to do them. So I do hope that all my work will benefit someone out there, at least it gives them an idea where these people lived and when they died...I now have the LeBlanc page to finish. Next I need to add more cemetery names from Lucie's tombstone images that she has on her site. So that you may benefit from both of our sites.
Later on I will go to the genealogy center to see if there is something else I can add to our site.
There are so many things online that it is hard to find something that is not already there but I am still keeping my eyes open just in case.
So now I am going to close and get a cuppa coffee, thank you for listening.
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Later on I will go to the genealogy center to see if there is something else I can add to our site.
There are so many things online that it is hard to find something that is not already there but I am still keeping my eyes open just in case.
So now I am going to close and get a cuppa coffee, thank you for listening.
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Sunday, December 10, 2006
Hello everyone , today I would like to talk a little about our group called acadianroots in yahoo. We are over 300 members and growing. Our room is not like the usual genealogy room, our room has feelings not saying other rooms do not , but the members of our group are willing to help if need be and looking for help also. But at times we do talk about other personal things, things that make you smile, and add to the fun of genealogy. If our ancestors were here, they would agree that we don't only want Joe was the son of Henry who was the son of Francis, they would want little tidbits said also. What I am trying to say, is if we have a little humor into our genealogy research I think it is a wonderful thing. It makes us want to go back to the group . So to you members reading this let's find our roots but let us also lighten up a bit .We are growing to be one big family and I really like that idea.. And in the room there is a location where you can opt not to receive all the messages in your email, you can change your messages to no mail.....That is what I have done, I go to the group and read the messages on our board........
At the moment we are also on the subject of DNA, which is very interesting. It is amazing to be able to determine if your ancestors were European, Native American, etc. I would encourage especially the women to have their maternal lines done, especially if you descend from an acadian woman, because as you know there were lots of woman who were thought to be Native American, because no information on them were found, so through DNA some have already been found to be European and some were Native American....So this is a way of knowing once and for all who these first ladies in Acadie were . So in other words , no more guessing, now down to the truth or proof.
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At the moment we are also on the subject of DNA, which is very interesting. It is amazing to be able to determine if your ancestors were European, Native American, etc. I would encourage especially the women to have their maternal lines done, especially if you descend from an acadian woman, because as you know there were lots of woman who were thought to be Native American, because no information on them were found, so through DNA some have already been found to be European and some were Native American....So this is a way of knowing once and for all who these first ladies in Acadie were . So in other words , no more guessing, now down to the truth or proof.
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Saturday, December 09, 2006
Hello everyone, I know you are all busy getting ready for the holidays but I see that you took the time to drop in have a cuppa tea coffee or hot chocolate and read my blog. I have most of my shopping done, but I would like to talk a little about Christmas and suggest what you could ask for yourself for Christmas,well do not really ask but sort of hint, grin. Why don't you mention you would love genealogy books for Christmas? I know that if I got the New Brunswick provincial marriages I would love that or if I got the 1851 census for Westmorland County, I would love that, or if I got some parish records that have been done.Or the family tree software or even something for your computer like anti virus software.You can order most of the above online, the New Brunswick Provincial Archives have books for sale, the Centre D'etude Acadienne has books for sale and you can order online, and many genweb sites have books on sale, I have a publication page on my site you can order from and I noticed so has Lucie. Now I am mentioning New Brunswick but I am certain Nova Scotia has books for sale, so has PEI etc.
So if you of if you know others into genealogy this would be a great gift.
On another note I have finished both parts of the Barachois Cemetery and added them on my site .So the names are all in alphabetical order on my site and the location is listed on where to go on Lucie's site to find the tombstones. Boy some of those stones were hard to read, there are maybe about 4 or so that I could not read. Some I read partially. Lucie is getting Memramcook and Bouctouche among others so I think the next cemetery I will do will be Bouctouche and then Memramcook, these are big cemeteries, Memramcook is larger than Bouctouche. So it will probably take me much longer to do them .But I will do my best.
So hope you have a great day
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So if you of if you know others into genealogy this would be a great gift.
On another note I have finished both parts of the Barachois Cemetery and added them on my site .So the names are all in alphabetical order on my site and the location is listed on where to go on Lucie's site to find the tombstones. Boy some of those stones were hard to read, there are maybe about 4 or so that I could not read. Some I read partially. Lucie is getting Memramcook and Bouctouche among others so I think the next cemetery I will do will be Bouctouche and then Memramcook, these are big cemeteries, Memramcook is larger than Bouctouche. So it will probably take me much longer to do them .But I will do my best.
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Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Good morning, nice to see you. Well if you read my winter blog you will see that we have a our first snowstorm. My son phoned me last night and he told me that the roads home from work were very slippery, there were lots of fender benders, seeing people have to adjust their driving speed. I have a little Saturn so I will not venture out onto the road unless they are well salted.
Well I have finished the Pre D'en Haut Cemetery. I never realized how big the cemetery was, I have driven through that little community long ago, my late husband had cousins living there and I came across their tombstones while I was copying the names from Lucie's site. As you know this is a project between Lucie and I on these cemeteries that are on her site. She will be adding more possibly after the holidays , unless she decides to do some before. I am not going to do the Saint Paul ones from her site since I did that cemetery myself not long ago. So I already have the names but not the exact location in the cemetery. You can still go to Lucie's site for Saint Paul but you will have to look for the stones. Maybe later on I may compare her stones with my names and give the location. But I want to first add two cemeteries which Lucie and I both agree should be online for you.So keep checking our sites. I think you will all be pleased in the new year.
Hope you all have a great day
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Well I have finished the Pre D'en Haut Cemetery. I never realized how big the cemetery was, I have driven through that little community long ago, my late husband had cousins living there and I came across their tombstones while I was copying the names from Lucie's site. As you know this is a project between Lucie and I on these cemeteries that are on her site. She will be adding more possibly after the holidays , unless she decides to do some before. I am not going to do the Saint Paul ones from her site since I did that cemetery myself not long ago. So I already have the names but not the exact location in the cemetery. You can still go to Lucie's site for Saint Paul but you will have to look for the stones. Maybe later on I may compare her stones with my names and give the location. But I want to first add two cemeteries which Lucie and I both agree should be online for you.So keep checking our sites. I think you will all be pleased in the new year.
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Monday, December 04, 2006
Today I would like to take the time to wish each and everyone of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I would like to thank you for coming in to read my blogs day after day, that has made me enjoy writing them all the more. To my friends in Scotland, thank you and have a happy christmas I am so happy to have you as my friends . To Lucie Merry Christmas, thank you for all the help you have given me. To My New Found Cousins Eve , Cindy and all the family Merry Merry Christmas from my home to yours. To Carol, and Effie,who I do know are reading my blogs Have a very happy holiday... And to all the members of my acadian roots group, Merry Christmas Everyone, thank you so much for joining and for helping others and having confidence in me.Happy Holidays.
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Saturday, December 02, 2006
Hello everyone, I hope you all had a great day. because today was not really mine. grin. First of all my water pump stopped my friend is in the hospital so I had to try and solve the problem , the plumber will be here tomorrow. Now that is not all that happened to me. I must tell you that I am terrified of mice and rats, and today I was sitting on the rocking chair minding my business, watching television, I had just put the dogs out for their run. And lo and behold, something was running across the floor, I could not believe my eyes, there was this little mouse going about 90 miles an hour and no table for me to jump on , and there I was facing this mouse. Gulp. What should I do? Shoo I said, Get out of here. He just looked at me , now I did not want to be attacked by a ferocious rodent like him or her, so from the corner of the room I spied the broom, so I slowly walked towards the broom, and ran all I could to get the mouse...... I did!!!!! grin. I figured it was either him dying or me dying of fright. Now I did not want to touch that little furry thing so I swept it in the dustpan and tossed him out as far as I could. Whew. Now I feel safer.... smile. Maybe I should stay up tonight with a shotgun in case others come. smile.
I am now in the process of doing the Pre D'En Haut Cemetery to add to my site with the url to go to Lucie's site to see the images on her site. I have copied all the names and now I am putting them in alphabetical order so it won't be too long before I am finished. Lucie has acquired two cemeteries that I know you will all be anxious to see on line, so after the holidays we will get right to it..
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I am now in the process of doing the Pre D'En Haut Cemetery to add to my site with the url to go to Lucie's site to see the images on her site. I have copied all the names and now I am putting them in alphabetical order so it won't be too long before I am finished. Lucie has acquired two cemeteries that I know you will all be anxious to see on line, so after the holidays we will get right to it..
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Friday, December 01, 2006
Well here we are the first day of December, my how time goes by fast. I told you I would share the little poem I made while I was sitting in a hospital room, now bear in mind that it is not very good but it kept my mind occupied. Are you ready to listen? Ok have your cuppa coffee and here goes.
Once there was an acadian guy
Who thought and thought
And wondered why.
Why did his people have to go
And leave their homes that
They loved so.
To other lands across the sea
Will they return
He'll wait and see.
But now he knows in
two thousand and nine
Their descendents will
meet one more time.
See I told you it was not that good. smile.
On another note, I have finished doing the Haute Aboujagane Cemetery, so if you have ancestors buried there check out my site then go to Lucie's site and find the stone.. I also added the marriages of Adamsville NB on my site.
I am quite busy these past few days , and I am enjoying my new found cousins very much. What very nice folks that they are, I am so lucky to have them in my life.I am hoping that the future will include our meeting in person, maybe next summer.......
Have a great day
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Once there was an acadian guy
Who thought and thought
And wondered why.
Why did his people have to go
And leave their homes that
They loved so.
To other lands across the sea
Will they return
He'll wait and see.
But now he knows in
two thousand and nine
Their descendents will
meet one more time.
See I told you it was not that good. smile.
On another note, I have finished doing the Haute Aboujagane Cemetery, so if you have ancestors buried there check out my site then go to Lucie's site and find the stone.. I also added the marriages of Adamsville NB on my site.
I am quite busy these past few days , and I am enjoying my new found cousins very much. What very nice folks that they are, I am so lucky to have them in my life.I am hoping that the future will include our meeting in person, maybe next summer.......
Have a great day
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