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Lori Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704216740379817173.post-28707871859569704292012-12-07T06:17:00.001-08:002012-12-07T06:17:25.006-08:00VINTAGE SANTA POSTCARD<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-yigh8UuQD8c/UMH6cQtjXNI/AAAAAAAAL2o/ebGDWVSt_io/s1600-h/IMG_1103%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_1103" border="0" alt="IMG_1103" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-m7VIY-y2Ybc/UMH6c_J6zkI/AAAAAAAAL2w/F-zth1gmnVs/IMG_1103_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="310" height="492" /></a></p> <p><font size="5" face="Bradley Hand ITC">Part of my huge Santa collection includes old postcards. Some have Christmas messages on the back and I have even found the people involved on old census forms in the past. </font></p> Lori Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704216740379817173.post-87763109172522658372012-03-10T19:43:00.000-08:002012-03-10T19:45:57.973-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I have done a product review on my other blog for a software program for scrap booking. There is a contest over there to win a copy of their My Memories Suite program. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a special for all of my readers here is a Share the Memories code that provides a $10 discount off the purchase of the My Memories Suite Scrapbook software and a $10 coupon for the MyMemories.com store - $20 value!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Just so you know I also receive payment when this code is used so feel free to use it all you like and tell your family and friends to use it too. Here are some samples of what I created today.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Did you ever have an Auntie Mame? You know what I mean. The wild, madcap Aunt. The fun Aunt. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I did. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My darling Aunt Gertie. I hadn't seen her in many, many years but it seems like just last week she had me laughing my head off. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">She would make you put on wigs and act silly. She would drive like a maniac down the highway yelling at the top of her lungs "Watch out McDonalds" <span style="font-size: small;">(taken from an old tv commercial) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">She would dress in the most....interesting ways and we always wondered what she would have on when she was coming over. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Her sense of humour was quick and saucy. I can't even repeat here some of the stuff she said on here but I will tell those stories for years to come. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">So with a sad heart I say goodbye to my mother's sister more commonly known with love in our family as Dirty Gertie...rest in peace Widow Brown. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gertrude Champagne - March 24, 1928 to December 24, 2011 </span> </span> </span>Lori Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704216740379817173.post-3940218256835081132011-11-24T07:12:00.001-08:002011-11-24T07:12:42.168-08:00THANKSGIVING WISHES FROM CANADA<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-aNl0bOm4rIY/Ts5e6DBmx_I/AAAAAAAAKLc/-CqMz0DzF84/s1600-h/thanksgiving_wish%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="thanksgiving_wish" border="0" alt="thanksgiving_wish" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ULAtUPcFIY0/Ts5e6biEW8I/AAAAAAAAKLk/chEGJoVdU9k/thanksgiving_wish_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="494" height="353" /></a> Lori Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704216740379817173.post-21116542564749796422011-10-18T07:35:00.001-07:002011-10-18T07:35:05.342-07:00A LIFELONG CAREER–VIC LEMIRE<p><font size="5" face="Bradley Hand ITC">My brother has been involved in hockey his whole life. He was a goaltender and has played for a couple of US universities as well as one here in Canada. He played on the Brandon Wheat Kings team and also for the Vancouver Junior Canucks team. </font></p> <p><font size="5" face="Bradley Hand ITC">After leaving university he began running his own very successful hockey schools around the world even running them in Japan, Minnesota, & Florida. </font></p> <p><font size="5" face="Bradley Hand ITC">He had a couple ground breaking creations he made for his hockey schools, using his background in mechanical engineering.</font></p> <p><font size="5" face="Bradley Hand ITC">Here is a newspaper article about his reflex tunnel to measure the abilities and weak points of his goaltending students. They could improve their reaction times without fear of being hit by a real puck. Brilliant. Remember this was before computers were available to regular people. </font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-nMCeh1yduKs/Tp2OloyKsvI/AAAAAAAAJ9U/PfrfMbC8F28/s1600-h/ps_2011_08_20___10_26_08%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="ps_2011_08_20___10_26_08" border="0" alt="ps_2011_08_20___10_26_08" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-VO7isivkonk/Tp2OmJa-ZgI/AAAAAAAAJ9c/lOrHb0GX-qc/ps_2011_08_20___10_26_08_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="229" height="244" /></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" face="Bradley Hand ITC">You can click on the picture to read the article in a larger size.</font></p> <p align="left"><font size="5" face="Bradley Hand ITC">How about you? Do you have any inventors in your family?</font></p> Lori Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704216740379817173.post-56367232219095146442011-10-07T06:59:00.001-07:002011-10-07T07:04:56.551-07:00WE NEED YOUR VOTE<span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: large;">I need you to help out a local charity and it will cost you nothing but a few minutes of your time to vote online. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: large;">This is one post I would like to see go viral amongst bloggers. I would love it if you would share it. If you do share it ask your readers to share it too. You can tweet it or Facebook it right from the web page. Please. Share. It costs nothing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: large;">In the Vancouver East side there is a lot of poverty. Without getting into politics or discussions of parental responsibilities lets try to help this School win a large grant. How do you do that? Simply vote for their project to win. You do this online by signing in with an email address and then searching out their project by number. 11733…. you can vote for them everyday for 15 days straight. If they make it on to the next round we will hope for your support again. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: large;">Here is a link to their page <a href="http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf11733" title="http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf11733">http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf11733</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: large;">Here is a bit of their information taken from the voting site:</span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: small;">“Admiral Seymour Elementary School is located in Vancouver's Downtown East Side and is one of our city's needy inner city schools. Seymour's population is made up of 133 students enrolled in 7 divisions, including a district class for students with special needs. (Learning Disabilities + Behaviour Disorders) The demographics of our learning community are diverse; over 70% of our students speak another language at home other than English, which amounts to 42% of our population qualifying to receive ESL support, 32% of our students are aboriginal, and 25% of our students have been identified with having special learning challenges such as learning disabilities, behavioral challenges, medical diagnosis etc. Many of our students do not have designations that warrant ministry funding for support from counselors, art therapists or expressive art therapists. However, they are our most vulnerable children. The ones who are perpetually filled with sadness and anxiety. These are the children who seem to be falling through the cracks.”</span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: large;">I know how kind and generous all of you are. Please take a moment to vote for this project and remember to vote each day for 15 days or up to the cut off date. Please…….thank you. </span></span>Lori Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704216740379817173.post-60118067293341142632011-10-02T11:31:00.001-07:002011-10-02T11:32:52.320-07:00DOMAIN NAME SCAM<span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: large;">I received a letter in the mail today from the Domain Registry of Canada, advising me that my registration for familytreesmaycontainnuts.com will expire in February, 2012. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: large;">My domain names <b>are not registered</b> with this company. I use another company. I have no idea how they got my home address. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: large;">I did a search right away on this company and came across a good post at </span><a href="http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/domain-registry-of-canada-scam-with-direct-mail-and-online/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: large;">Six Pixels of Separation</span></a><span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: large;">. I suggest you have a look at the post and make any decisions you have on the direct marketing scam for yourself with your own research. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: large;">The letter doesn’t say I am registered with Domain Registry of Canada it says this:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: large;">You must renew your domain name to retain exclusive rights to it on the Web, <b>(Lori here: yes of course we do),</b> and now is the time to transfer and renew your name from your current Registrar to the Domain Registry of Canada. Failure to renew your domain name by the expiration date may result in a loss of your online identity making it difficult for your customer and friends to located you on the Web. <b>(Me again:well yes it will…but the expiration date is between me and Go Daddy and not this company)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: large;">Spread the word people. this company likely has a US version as well. This is a scam from Domain Registry of Canada. <b>Scam, SCAM, can you say SCAM!!!!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: large;">And thanks again to </span><a href="http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/domain-registry-of-canada-scam-with-direct-mail-and-online/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: large;">Six Pixels of Separation</span></a><span style="font-family: Bradley Hand ITC; font-size: large;"> for the information. </span>Lori Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704216740379817173.post-38958288090542435282011-06-05T13:27:00.001-07:002011-06-05T13:27:24.398-07:00ZEPHIRIN CHAMPAGNE<p><font size="5" face="Bradley Hand ITC">My grandfather, Zephirin Champagne, Metis. I find this to be such an odd photo and I don’t know why. </font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-paQaJH47AZM/TevmockG7_I/AAAAAAAAJfE/aCURV_scpC4/s1600-h/Zephirin%252520Champagne%252520-%252520Copy%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Zephirin Champagne - Copy" border="0" alt="Zephirin Champagne - Copy" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mt4R9AzNE6o/Tevmq5cmduI/AAAAAAAAJfI/ijUY34oyMVI/Zephirin%252520Champagne%252520-%252520Copy_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="471" height="393" /></a></p> <p><font size="5" face="Bradley Hand ITC">It would have been taken in Manitoba most likely but they did spend time in North Dakota. </font></p> Lori Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704216740379817173.post-15975238461469055822011-06-04T09:56:00.001-07:002011-06-04T09:56:34.579-07:00HOW WOULD YOU SOURCE THIS?<p><font size="5" face="Bradley Hand ITC"></font><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qS6wj6Rl_HA/TepjvC9Aq3I/AAAAAAAAJe0/1uBMKBf4VNQ/s1600-h/top%252520left%252520Zephirin%252520and%252520Octavie%25252C%252520bottom%252520Pierre%252520Lavoie-1%252520-%252520Copy%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="top left Zephirin and Octavie, bottom Pierre Lavoie-1 - Copy" border="0" alt="top left Zephirin and Octavie, bottom Pierre Lavoie-1 - Copy" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-8jkZ9A_adEM/TepjvhNnPWI/AAAAAAAAJe4/0FFGgSlOR0c/top%252520left%252520Zephirin%252520and%252520Octavie%25252C%252520bottom%252520Pierre%252520Lavoie-1%252520-%252520Copy_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="402" /></a></p> <p><font size="5" face="Bradley Hand ITC">I have this newspaper clipping for my Grandmother’s obituary. I don’t know where it came from although I would imagine it was from Windsor, Ontario where she lived and died. </font></p> <p><font size="5" face="Bradley Hand ITC">So how would you experienced genealogists site this source? I can say it is a newspaper clipping but what else? </font></p> <p><font size="5" face="Bradley Hand ITC">Octavie Carriere Champagne was widowed 14 years before she died. </font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-RlQXF_U4DLU/Tepjv-4hWvI/AAAAAAAAJe8/2NJ_xZ20Jb8/s1600-h/top%252520left%252520Octavie%252520Carriere%252520%252528l%252529%25252C%252520Denise%252520%252528r%252529%25252C%252520top%252520right%252520%252528L%252520to%252520R%252529%252520Rita%25252C%252520Octavie%25252C%252520Gertrude%25252C%252520Bottom%252520Zephirin%252520and%252520Fred%252520Carriere%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="top left Octavie Carriere (l), Denise (r), top right (L to R) Rita, Octavie, Gertrude, Bottom Zephirin and Fred Carriere" border="0" alt="top left Octavie Carriere (l), Denise (r), top right (L to R) Rita, Octavie, Gertrude, Bottom Zephirin and Fred Carriere" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-sU2Ty4Jmodg/TepjwVRuvXI/AAAAAAAAJfA/G6GMLte-f_s/top%252520left%252520Octavie%252520Carriere%252520%252528l%252529%25252C%252520Denise%252520%252528r%252529%25252C%252520top%252520right%252520%252528L%252520to%252520R%252529%252520Rita%25252C%252520Octavie%25252C%252520Gertrude%25252C%252520Bottom%252520Zephirin%252520and%252520Fred%252520Carriere_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="343" height="449" /></a></p> <p align="left"><font size="5" face="Bradley Hand ITC">Here she is with her eldest daughter, Denise. Denise went on to marry Pierre Lavoie but they had no children. Denise was widowed in middle age and never remarried.</font></p> Lori Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704216740379817173.post-9821994244786032292011-03-23T06:38:00.000-07:002011-03-23T06:38:36.508-07:00OUT OF THE BLUE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wutaCEHEBYs/TYn31bu3uKI/AAAAAAAAJHw/OoVPCmBbZBg/s1600/email.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="137" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wutaCEHEBYs/TYn31bu3uKI/AAAAAAAAJHw/OoVPCmBbZBg/s320/email.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><br />
I came home from work yesterday to an email from a young woman asking for the password to access my online family tree.<br />
I am always cautious with these requests as I don't want the tree thieves to swoop in and copy the tree in order to sell the information via CDs. I love to share the tree with family members though, no matter how far removed from my actual line.<br />
Turns out her father is actually my first cousin. I have tried a few times through the years to locate him or his brother. All I knew was their names and where they lived as children. I had a copy of a newspaper clipping of a photograph of them with their father, my uncle, at a parade many years ago.<br />
I have my email address out there in so many places and I am so glad I do. I have kept the same email address for years.<br />
Have you ever tried to contact someone online only to find out that their email address is no longer in use. <br />
Have you changed your email address? Did you update the message boards out there with your new one? What a shame it would have been had my email address been incorrect. This person would not have been able to contact me.<br />
So go and check out what email address you have out there. You may be missing out on contact with a family member. Lori Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704216740379817173.post-74714469133869751732011-01-08T08:06:00.000-08:002011-01-08T08:07:20.387-08:00RED RIVER SETTLEMENT MAP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TSiKUM0ZvxI/AAAAAAAAI4I/QjRyHySXd7E/s1600/Capture.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TSiKUM0ZvxI/AAAAAAAAI4I/QjRyHySXd7E/s400/Capture.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> click on map to enlarge</div>This map of the Red River Settlement in Manitoba is from the Metis Resource Centre <a href="http://www.metisresourcecentre.mb.ca/">http://www.metisresourcecentre.mb.ca/ </a>Most of my mother's family lived in the St. Boniface sections with some also in St. Norbert and St. Vital.Lori Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704216740379817173.post-81795569597568047442010-11-24T06:08:00.000-08:002010-11-24T06:08:00.543-08:00AFRO=LOUISIANA SLAVE INFORMATIONAlthough this site doesn't pertain to my family tree I thought I would mention it here in case anyone else might be able to use it.<br />
I have been indexing some estate records for Low Country Africana from Footnote on South Carolina but today heard of another database that may be of use to people researching their families.<br />
<b>AFRO-LOUISIANA HISTORY AND GENEALOGY 1719-1820 </b>is available.<br />
In an email notice from World Vital Records it says:<br />
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<i><span id="labDescription">Distinguished New Orleans writer and historian, Dr. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, has dedicated her time and expertise to discover and reveal the background of 100,000 slaves who were brought to Louisiana in the 18th and 19th centuries. Documents and archives collected from France, Spain, Texas and Louisiana uncover African slave names, genders, ages, occupations, illnesses, family relationships, ethnicity, places of origin, prices paid by slave owners, and slaves' testimony and emancipations.<br />
Because the French and Spanish proprietors of Louisiana kept far more detailed records than their British counterparts at slave ports on the Atlantic coast, the records show precious historical data as well as valuable genealogy data. The Afro-Louisiana dataset given by Dr. Hall is a priceless treasure that genealogists and historians alike will treasure for centuries to come.</span></i><br />
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If you are interested in these records you can access them at this link:<br />
<a href="http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=laslave">http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=laslave</a>Lori Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704216740379817173.post-24177975752145269342010-11-11T06:51:00.000-08:002010-11-11T06:51:35.027-08:00WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/HTkkecBIC60AH5DYC6QShNYMXF_y80qMf2OXdUlmHVM?feat=embedwebsite" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img height="400" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TNFjmrHtC6I/AAAAAAAAIwY/uS10D1nZggk/s400/remembrance-day-poppy.jpg" width="362" /></a></div>Lori Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704216740379817173.post-28541445652274443932010-11-09T20:12:00.000-08:002010-11-09T20:12:47.536-08:00OUT OF THE CLOSET<span style="font-size: large;">I just heard about the museum in San Antonio, Texas that took down a wall and found a bunch of historical items in the closed closet. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">There were roughly 200 items in there. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TNoZfAuId1I/AAAAAAAAIxs/0FtRqqG3skI/s1600/200px-KJV-King-James-Version-Bible-first-edition-title-page-1611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TNoZfAuId1I/AAAAAAAAIxs/0FtRqqG3skI/s400/200px-KJV-King-James-Version-Bible-first-edition-title-page-1611.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Not the actual photos.</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">There was a bible printed in the 1600s. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">There are various items relating to the civil war era including a letter written by Joseph Wood to his sister in 1861 about the Confederate troops taking over San Antonio. </span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">U. S. Grant</span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TNoZfskvUUI/AAAAAAAAIxw/EJUpW-0ysnA/s1600/245px-Ulysses_Grant_1870-1880.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TNoZfskvUUI/AAAAAAAAIxw/EJUpW-0ysnA/s320/245px-Ulysses_Grant_1870-1880.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Not the actual photo</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Also in the closet were World War II posters, including some from Canada and the Philippines, and a rare group of Japanese posters, a Union officer's photo album with family papers and images of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Photos of the Alamo, local missions and street scenes of San Antonio from the 1920s also were found.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">They don't know why the closet was closed off but they are going through the library meeting minutes to see if they can find out whose brilliant idea it was to hide this stuff away. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TNoalBSdxtI/AAAAAAAAIx4/7kDAnhLLBDQ/s1600/messy+closet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TNoalBSdxtI/AAAAAAAAIx4/7kDAnhLLBDQ/s400/messy+closet.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.flickr.com/photos/debcll/4102584182/</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Not my closet. No really it isn't. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">One day someone will have to sort through all my special stuff in my closets...and drawers...and shelves...and counters. I wonder if they will view it with the awe and delight that I am sure the workers in San Antonio did when they found their treasure. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;">This post will also be on my other blog. </div>Lori Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704216740379817173.post-50084547311608212212010-11-07T14:06:00.000-08:002010-11-07T14:06:14.405-08:00GUILTY OR INNOCENT - EMMANUEL BEAUGRAND DIT CHAMPAGNEI have posted here before about Emmanuel Beaugrand dit Champagne. Luckily for me I was contacted by a distant relative (hey there Susan) who also has him in her tree. She gave me some information about him and I was able to find a copy of the text she quoted.<br />
These are Sessional papers from the Government of Canada regarding his character after the Northwest Resistance/Rebellion.<br />
Emmanuel was taken in leg irons and handcuffs as seen<a href="http://storiesofmyancestors.blogspot.com/2009/06/emmanuel-beaugrand-dit-champagne.html"> here</a> after the battles. What to do when you may be executed for taking part in a fight to protect your land and families. Were they coerced into participation by threats? Damned if you do and damned if you don't I guess.<br />
What I do know by reading this is that regardless of his position during the fighting he tried to be a decent human being.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TNcgrOMPrVI/AAAAAAAAIxc/XSn21YC1dXI/s1600/EMMANUEL+BEAUGRAND1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TNcgrOMPrVI/AAAAAAAAIxc/XSn21YC1dXI/s400/EMMANUEL+BEAUGRAND1.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TNch8mB6NUI/AAAAAAAAIxg/pv0df5buDv0/s1600/EMMANUEL+BEAUGRAND2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TNch8mB6NUI/AAAAAAAAIxg/pv0df5buDv0/s400/EMMANUEL+BEAUGRAND2.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TNch_AOgqsI/AAAAAAAAIxk/csVGooGXoak/s1600/EMMANUEL+BEAUGRAND3.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TNch_AOgqsI/AAAAAAAAIxk/csVGooGXoak/s400/EMMANUEL+BEAUGRAND3.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TNch_i_Z-kI/AAAAAAAAIxo/KHqwNonwkbY/s1600/EMMANUEL+BEAUGRAND4.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TNch_i_Z-kI/AAAAAAAAIxo/KHqwNonwkbY/s400/EMMANUEL+BEAUGRAND4.PNG" width="400" /></a></div> NAMES OF OTHERS IN THIS DOCUMENT: Joseph Arcand, Pierre Henri, Ignace Poitras (the elder), Ignace Poitras (the younger), Pierre Parenteau, Moise Parenteau, Jospeh Albert Monkman, Maxime Dubois, Alex. P. Fisher, Patrice Tourond and Francis Tourand.Lori Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704216740379817173.post-46582805127887422372010-10-03T14:39:00.000-07:002010-10-03T14:39:53.412-07:00DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE LOVED?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TKjuisK089I/AAAAAAAAIow/9Mb4-3-5rrE/s1600/img014-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="271" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TKjuisK089I/AAAAAAAAIow/9Mb4-3-5rrE/s400/img014-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I have a brother. I have a brother that I don't know if he is dead or alive. We didn't have a fight or anything like that. In fact the last time I saw him was for a huge family celebration that he had come back into our lives. Alas he is gone again and none of us know where he is.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I miss my brother. I love my brother. There is a big hole in my heart where he should be.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My brother is a brilliant guy as it runs in the family. He created a great business for himself throughout the years and was quite successful. I was always so proud of him.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">He played hockey as a youngster. He was a goalie and he was good. At one point he was on an NHL hockey team's farm team. He lived and breathed hockey his whole life. He played for 3 universities. He also played in the Western Hockey League for the Brandon Wheat Kings. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">He has published a few books on goaltending. Goaltenders Are Not Targets was his first. Off The Post was another. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TKj2GnKcSZI/AAAAAAAAIpI/RcBTHWVtdoM/s1600/vic%27s+book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TKj2GnKcSZI/AAAAAAAAIpI/RcBTHWVtdoM/s400/vic%27s+book.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My brother used to make hockey masks back in the day when they were not very fancy. He would make them in his basement and many a young goalie had one made. This is pretty old school but at the time they were impressive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He was a hockey coach and ran his own goalie schools all over the world. He has even taught hockey in Japan. He had run local schools here and schools in Minnesota and Wisconsin. He coached in Florida too I think but by this time he was no longer in contact with us.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So what happens when someone in your family chooses to no longer be a part of your life?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> What happens when we search for our ancestors and we have that one elusive person who we can't account for? Why did they remove themselves from the family? Were they asked to leave? Were they as missed as my brother is by all his siblings? </span> <br />
<div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=348c065f-76cc-4366-9a13-49969102d378" style="border: medium none; float: right;" /></a></div>Lori Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704216740379817173.post-68294389697965252172010-07-31T19:59:00.000-07:002010-07-31T20:00:38.191-07:00YOU HAVE TO GET SNOOPY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TFTg1iCm0tI/AAAAAAAAIOw/VfDd_dEa0Dg/s1600/Top.bmp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TFTg1iCm0tI/AAAAAAAAIOw/VfDd_dEa0Dg/s400/Top.bmp.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I recently found this photo of my grandparents, Rosana Pinard (1877-1946) and Joseph Omer Lemire (1867-1950). They lived in Trois Rivieres, Quebec. I never knew them as they died before I was born.<br />
The photo was found while I was snooping through my sister's big box of photos. She had a bunch of interesting ones in there and I think we were both surprised that this one was in there.<br />
My point is that if you don't get snoopy you may miss out on some great finds. Ask your relatives if you can see their photos. They may not know what they have or they may not even care.<br />
I borrowed several to copy and I made sure I gave them back to her the very next time I saw her...today. You may even have to use a camera to photograph the pictures instead of taking them out of someones home. Not many people would let you I am sure.Lori Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704216740379817173.post-30597684403817259172010-07-04T10:07:00.000-07:002010-07-04T10:07:22.347-07:00BLOOD RESERVE CENSUS 1901<span style="font-size: large;">The Blood Reserve was Canada's largest reserve at one time. The Blood were also known as the Kainai. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This census from 1901 shows names that would not necessarily be accurate. Were these names given by the people themselves or were they written by a census taker using his own criteria for naming? Many were very insulting and I didn't use a photo of those pages. This is why I question how the names were arrived upon. You can click on the picture to make it bigger. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TDC7RB4lL1I/AAAAAAAAIBw/AqY3cUIgXeo/s1600/BLOOD+RESERVE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="307" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TDC7RB4lL1I/AAAAAAAAIBw/AqY3cUIgXeo/s640/BLOOD+RESERVE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Some of the names are:</span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: large;">Long Time Pipe Woman</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Crop Ear Wolf</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Taking Gun in Night</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Bruised Head </span></li>
</ul><span style="font-size: large;">These are not insulting at all but I assure you on subsequent pages there were many that were. I could be wrong but I don't think they referred to themselves in some of those derogatory terms. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">There is a beautiful book by George Webber about this reserve called People of the Blood. </span>Lori Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704216740379817173.post-76406029259061249852010-07-04T09:27:00.000-07:002010-07-04T09:28:57.386-07:00ORGANIZATION IS KEY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TDC0NWOLprI/AAAAAAAAIBo/3z1ReJDXQMY/s1600/messy+desk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TDC0NWOLprI/AAAAAAAAIBo/3z1ReJDXQMY/s400/messy+desk.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/82325649@N00/2775149207">flickr.com/photos/<wbr></wbr>82325649@N00/2775149207</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-size: large;">I used to have lots of time to work on family trees. Since going back to work full time however things have obviously changed. When I found a little extra time this weekend I started going back through the emails I had saved into my family tree folder. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Over the last several months (and some longer) I have saved emails from distant relatives who have contacted me and are sharing pictures and pedigrees with me. I would have had the time to add them into my tree but first I will have to check out the information for myself and find some sources for each and every person. This will take a lot of time. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I really appreciate the generosity of these people (keep it coming) but I feel badly that I haven't updated things with these new found family members. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">How about you? Do you have stacks of data just waiting to be proved before you add it to your tree? Have you ever added stuff in without checking and then found it all to be incorrect? <b>YES!!!! </b>Have you sent information to someone and then noticed they never added it to their trees? </span><b> </b></span></span></div>Lori Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704216740379817173.post-64992030216601189642010-06-12T19:49:00.000-07:002010-06-12T19:49:28.538-07:00JEAN BAPTISTE MALATERREI came across this notation years ago and kept it even though Jean Baptiste Malaterre is not related to me that I know of.<br />
"<i>On July 12, 1851, a small band of Métis buffalo hunters from Saint Francois-Xavier on the Assiniboine River in the Red River Settlement encountered and on July 13 and 14 fought and defeated some hundreds of Sioux warriors on the first slope of the Grand Coteau of the Missouri southeast of Minot in what is now North Dakota. This was the most formidable, as it was the last, of the encounters between the buffalo hunters of Red River and the Sioux of the American plains.</i><br />
<i>It did not end well for many but for Jean Baptiste it was especially violent. </i><br />
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<i>MAL À TERRE Jean-Baptiste<br />
d. and s. 13 Jul 1851*<br />
Witnesses Pascal Breland, Charles Montmini<br />
* Burried near the rivière des Chayenne, killed by the Sioux, feet and hands cut, scalped, with a broken scull, his brain lying on the ground. He had gun wounds, 67 arrows and three knives sunk in his body. The exact quote: «Nous soussigné avons inhumé près de la rivière des Chayennes le corps de l'infortuné Jean Baptiste Mal à terre, massacré le même jour par les Sioux. Il fut retrouvé les piés et les mains coupés, la chevelure levée, le crâne cassé et la cervelle répandue sur la terre et ayant dans le corps en outre des trous coups de fusil, soixante sept flèches et trois couteaux plantés."</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">MHS Transactions</span><span style="font-size: small;">, Series 3, 1959-60 season</span><i>MHS Transactions</i> were originally published by the Manitoba Historical Society on the above date. We make online versions available as a free, public service. As an historical document, <i>Transactions</i> may contain language that is no longer in common use and which may offend some readers. They should not be construed to represent the views of today’s Manitoba Historical Society.Lori Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704216740379817173.post-75991294311678521972010-05-30T09:15:00.000-07:002010-07-04T15:08:52.465-07:00THOMAS BRUNEAU AND ADELAIDE LANDRYMy second great grandparents, Thomas Stanislaus Bruneau and Adelaide Landry were married in 1857. In 1860 the St. Boniface church which held so many records for the area, burned to the ground and pretty much all was lost. <br />
Some 27 years later Thomas Bruneau swore out a statement declaring their marriage information likely to establish claim for Scrip payment for Metis of the area.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TAKJDHPMYKI/AAAAAAAAHzQ/BwlknVEzuI0/s1600/bruneaulandrymarriagedoc..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SIu8YOH_6-w/TAKJDHPMYKI/AAAAAAAAHzQ/BwlknVEzuI0/s400/bruneaulandrymarriagedoc..jpg" width="336" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/e/e001/e000011114.jpg </span></div><i>"I Thomas Bruneau of the Parish of St. Peter, Rat River in the county of Provencher, and Province of Manitoba; farmer; make oath and say, that on or about the twenty fifth day of January A.D. 1867, I was joined in the Holy <strike>Hands</strike> Bonds <b>(thanks TK)</b> of matrimony with Adelaide Landry; at the Parish of St. Boniface; </i><i>Red River Settlement, </i><i>by the Reverend father Beremont; who was </i><i>then acting as Parish Priest. That subsequently through fire; the records of the said Parish of St. Boniface were destroyed, and no records now to be found to establish my said marriage."</i><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><i> his</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i> Thomas <b>X </b>Bruneau</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i> mark</i></div><i>Sworn before me at </i><br />
<i>Winnipeg in the county Selkirk this 17 day </i><br />
<i>of September a.d.1880 </i><br />
<i> S. Macdonald</i><br />
<i></i>Lori Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.com7