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RESEARCH HOT SPOTSWhile my research is scattered among several families, my geographic concentration is fairly narrow. Primarily, my family can/could be found in
Southeastern Louisiana (the Mississippi delta): All of my mother's ancestors and family are in this area. That includes Galiano/Galliano (a town is named for my great great grandfather), Autin, Bergeron, Due/Duhe/Duet, Danos, Gisclair, Guidry, Ledet, Pitre, Schouest/Chouest.
Washington County, Missouri and neighboring counties: My paternal grandfather's family are in this area. They include Boyer (both the lines of Claude and Nicholas Etienne), Crites, Dean, Dicus, Farrow(Farrar), Kennedy, Mercil/Merseal/Mersille, Oster, Portais/Portell, Roussin, Staples
Glengarry County, Ontario This is where my Kennedy clan entered North America. They came from Scotland and settled in Kenyon Township near Alexandria. Around 1860, my great great grandfather Donald Hugh Kennedy left the family behind and moved to Missouri. Many Kennedy descendants are still living in this area.
Birmingham, Alabama and vicinity: My paternal grandmother's parents came from this area, where their forebears settled on their migration from the colonies. The families include Burgin, Ellard, Frazier, George, Hickman, Killough, Lindsey, McMath, Perkins, Posey, Pullen, Self, Shackelford, Sandifer, Tally/Talley, Truss, White
OTHER LINES OF INTEREST
Boucher from France to Quebec and on to Missouri and Louisiana. The Boucher family has been quite a surprise for me in my research. Early on, I had tracked my Boucher ancestry through my mother and eventually up through her Autin lineage. Many months later, I finally made a critical connection on my father's Portell family line. The excellent volumes prepared by the Institut Genealogique Drouin named the Dictionnaire National des Canadiens-Francais provided me with over one hundred ancestral names in one trip to the Tampa Library. (That hasn't happened again - darn it!) As I entered the names into my files, I noticed one ancestor already had a child. This was odd since I was entering upward, ancestor by ancestor. As I stepped down from Marin Boucher, I realized that my father and mother were related. Albeit by ten generations, the Boucher clan had spread independently through Missouri and Louisiana to create a couple that would meet and marry in the 1940s. Surprise, I am a tenth cousin once removed to my sister.
Epherium Frazier and Elizabeth Blackwell This line is provided by P. Johnson. I do not know of any connection to my own Frazier lines.
LINKS
Queries posted on this site Some Name Droppers
Worldwide
American
Genealogical Lending Library
Acadia
Acadian GenWeb Site
Acadian Genealogy Exchange
Our Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home
Chouest
Chris
Tidwell's Web Site
Dicus
Carrol's
Corner
Dicus Family Site by Jacob M. Dicus
Foret, Forest, de Forest
Association of
Forest, Foret and de Forest of America
Guidry
Daryl
Labine's Home Page
Hickman
Hickman
Family Genealogy Forum
Cindy Griggs
Family Tree Maker Page
LaLumiere, Lalumondiere, Lalumondier,
Lalumaudiere
Tom
LaLumiere's Web Site
Ledbetter
Rick Parker's Ledbetter Page Offers GEDCOM files and other Ledbetter links
Ledet
Chris
Tidwell's Web Site
Lindsey
Oster
Roger/Rogers/Caissy
The
Roger/Rogers/Caissy Family Site
Roussin
Other Pages
Will & Sandi Pearson's Cyber Home offering research on Campbell, Hamilton, Houston, Mullins and Murray
The Webre Family of Louisiana
Alabama
Birmingham Genealogical Society
Louisiana
Louisiana State GenWeb
Jefferson Parish GenWeb
Terrebonne Parish GenWeb
Louisiana State GenWeb
Jefferson Parish GenWeb
Terrebonne Parish GenWeb
Missouri
State of Missouri
St. Louis Genealogical Society
Crawford County
Franklin County
Jefferson County
St. Francois County
Ste. Genevieve County
Washington County
Washington County Library - Potosi
Iron County Genealogical Society
Mine au Breton Historical Society
Old Mines Area Historical Society
Jefferson County Missouri Historical Society
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Glengarry County, Ontario
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