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Permalink Reply by Judith Hayman on August 9, 2011 at 2:11pm

Kathleen,

 

FamilySearch and I are old buddies, thanks to a friend who happens to be Mormon and got me connected years ago.  They have been invaluable.  I'm also on Ancestry, and use multiple other sources.  Nonetheless, thanks for the suggestion.  It never pays to assume people know about what's around.

 

Judith

Permalink Reply by Robert Omer LaBonte Sr. on August 9, 2011 at 2:05pm

Hello, my name is Robert LaBonte 66 years old. My grandparents were Jules Marcheterre married Demerise Gagnon. We of the Dandurand dit Marcheterre line. My mother is Germaine Marcheterre married Ernest LaBonte, and I am looking for my ancestors, so that we can match intelligence and fill in empty spaces, I am from Eugene Oregon, United States, I moved here from Salem, Massachusetts.

Permalink Reply by Judith Hayman on August 9, 2011 at 2:28pm

Robert,

 

Those sound like French Canadian families to me.  I had a look at Ancestry censuses.  Jules and Demerise are in Salen in 1930 and 1920.  In 1910 and 1900 they are in Cyr Plantation, Aroostook, Maine.  More to the point in 1900 they are living with Jules' parents Prospere and Locadie, with two children of their own, Laura and Mary.  In 1891 Jules is living with his parents in St. Basile, Victoria, New Brunswick.  You can follow Prospere and Lacedie back through several censuses.

 

Hope that helps!

 

Judith

Permalink Reply by Robert Omer LaBonte Sr. on August 9, 2011 at 4:22pm

Thank you Judith, I have Jules up to Jean Dandurand:b 1637 in France. My father ( LaBonte ) I have his ancestor Herbert 1 de Beauvilliers of France in the year 1035  [ 31 generations ] .

Thank you for your time.

Robert

 

Permalink Reply by Catherine Lively on August 9, 2011 at 4:29pm
I live in Florida. I started out knowing nothing of where I came from and what I was told when I was younger turns out not to be true. I am so excited about learning about my ancestors. At the moment I am looking up for different blood lines and I have found a little on all of them except for one. The most interesting but the hardest so far is when I hit a wall after finding out my ancestors came from Germany and that is where I am now. Some of the surnames I am looking for is Rans, Keller-Oglesby, Lively, and Shick/ schick/ scheich/ schako..
Permalink Reply by Vickey L Baggott on August 9, 2011 at 5:10pm

Hi.  I'm a native "Florida Cracker" living in the FL panhandle.  My maternal grandmother got me started on genealogy by showing me the penciled family trees she had created.  I'm three quarters Southerner (AL, FL, GA, NC, SC) and 1/4 Yankee (NY), with a few drops of Muscogee Creek Indian.

 

Right now, I'm working on building my Revolutionary War connection.  All 3 of my ARW ancestors are on the Yankee side of my family and doing New York state research from the Deep South is dang near impossible.  :-P  Oh, well.  I'll persevere as best I can.

Permalink Reply by Vonnie Hardesty on August 9, 2011 at 5:45pm

Hi my name is Vonnie Hardesty I live in Denver, Colorado and I have just started researching my husbands family their Surnames are...

HARDESTY, KING, SNYDER, EDELEN, and ROYAL. I am having so much fun do this!

Permalink Reply by Robert Omer LaBonte Sr. on August 12, 2011 at 8:14am
I have found out that as much as 70% of  americans are decendents of the Mayflower ..
Permalink Reply by Tami K. Pelling, PLCGS on August 14, 2011 at 11:50am

Hello, I have been researching my family history since I was 17 years old and have been assisting other researchers for over 15 years.  My family research consist of Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Iowa, and Kansas.  I conduct cemetery restoration in Indiana and offer numerous cemetery based PowerPoint presentations along with other genealogical content.  For five years, I was editor of our quarterly family newsletter.  I work part-time as a Librarian Assistant and part-time as an Administrative Assistant.  I had completed ProGen3 and only have a few more courses to complete at the National Institute for Genealogist Studies.

 

Permalink Reply by Vickey L Baggott on August 15, 2011 at 10:10am
Hi, Tami.  Does the National Institute for Genealogical Studies "certify" genealogists?  How does one pursue certification in genealogy?  I have 2 Masters in Library Science but would be interested in adding a certificate to my list of educational accomplishments.
Permalink Reply by Gena Philibert Ortega on August 15, 2011 at 1:19pm

HI Vickey,

 

No, the National Institute does not certify genealogists.  However, they do issue certificates upon completion of a program. You can see what classes are available from the website at www.genealogicastudies.com.

 

Gena Philibert-Ortega

Director, Genealogical Service

National Institute for Genealogical Studies

Permalink Reply by Vickey L Baggott on August 24, 2011 at 2:24pm

Thank you for the information.  I'm definitely interested in pursuing this further.

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