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Since Yahoo/Geocities shut down their free websites, the new website for Andre Dufresne's books is: http://nicolasrivardbooks.yolasite.com/
Ann how did you make your raffle? we are having a reunion in July for Bergeron-Damboise, I have prizes to give and am going to have an auction on a painting, do you have any suggestion on how I should do this?
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- At 6:22am on April 15, 2009,
Aline Cormier said…
- Thank you Ann, might look into the Tee-Shirts.
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- At 10:28pm on April 14, 2009,
Aline Cormier said…
- We have one painting that we want to auction , we are also giving out some prizes not as a raffle tho. Where did you get your Tee shirts made?
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- At 10:25pm on April 14, 2009,
Aline Cormier said…
- Ann thank you,I like the idea for the Tee-Shirts too,
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- At 4:03pm on April 2, 2009,
Ann Loranger said…
- Hi Leo, Great I immediately entered Blais for your Mom's surname. I usually update my database on Rootsweb after I've entered 500 people. I will try to update this weekend tho and send you the link to your family. I noticed that the main database only goes as far as your father and his siblings. Any info you have there would help a bunch to enter more descendants into the database. Again, you can email me direct at alorange@maine.rr.com
Yes, I am in OOB - a fun place in the summer- not so much in the winter! There are some family links on my website: http://.www.annloranger.com
I am also a retired CFO - now doing accounting and genealogy. I have one son, and two grandkids. My mom lives with me in OOB. I don't speak French but I do read it. I've had a bit of practice - I helped Andre translate the footnotes for the second book from French to English. LOL...
- At 3:53pm on April 2, 2009,
Leo Roger Lavigne said… - Hi Cousin Ann: That is corrrect....my mother was Alice Blais and a descendant of Pierre Blais, Poitu, France and St. Jean, I'lle de Orleans....I have a strong French ancestry...My parents insisted that we speak both languages in the home...Thank God... PS I see that you live in OOB, ME. My oldest daughter is a RPT and graduate of UNE in Biddeford...
- At 1:43pm on April 2, 2009,
Leo Roger Lavigne said…
- Hi Ann: I am planning on getting my sisters and spouses to attend the 2009 gathering. I am a descendant as follows: Leo Roger Lavigne, (me), Leo Frederick born in CT, Joseph Archille born in St. Gertrude, Nicolet, Joseph, Augustin, Charles, Luc Antoine, Francois, Francois, Pierre and then Nicolas. My father was born in 1908 in Norwich, CT first born in New England, USA. I have four children, son Leo Jr. has two more Lavigne sons, Leo Raymond and Cole Roger....all together 8 grandchildren. I am a retired CFO...Genealogy a strong hobby as well as Antique Automobiles.
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Rivard Descendents might want to read "Nicolas Rivard, Sieur de LaVigne, Captain of Militia" by Andre Dufresne
The first of two books in English by Andre Dufresne, "Nicolas Rivard, Sieur de LaVigne, Captain of Militia" chronicles the life of the first Rivard to come from Perche, France to New France. It also tells of Nicolas' younger brother, Robert Rivard, dit Loranger, who also settled in New France.
The second book, "The Rivard Family, Taking Root" begins where the first book left off. Both books are excellent reading and show how life was in the earliest days of Quebec.
The website for… Continue
The second book, "The Rivard Family, Taking Root" begins where the first book left off. Both books are excellent reading and show how life was in the earliest days of Quebec.
The website for… Continue
Posted on December 3, 2009 at 3:07pm — 2 Comments
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