November 2010
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My wedding got the bump in Rock 'n Roll Bride! →
Word up!
May 2010
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This is pretty romantic. →
April 2010
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March 2010
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Bird of Paradise Mating Dance →
I’ve never seen a bird that looks like a giant face when dancing around.
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Last thing!
And holy smokes… Apparently I’m very distantly related to TWO of the biggest settlers of Montreal (when it was New France)!!!
“….Many of New France’s pioneers arrived unmarried and settled down to found families only later. Those familites that came with children generally had few of them. In contrast, Jacques Archambault, a pioneer of Montreal, already had 6...
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Interesting...
Between 1663 and 1673, 768 Filles du Roi or “King’s Daughters” emigrated to New France under the sponsorship of the French government as part of the overall strategy of strengthening the colony until it could stand on its own without economic and military dependence on France.
In 1663, about 2,500 colonists lived in New France, for the most part on the north shore of the...
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So...
I’ve either followed the trail of a mistaken family member, or I have hit the gold mine with ancestral information. I’ve discovered more of the following:
17th+ 18th century a good deal of my ancestors either arrived or were born in:
River Ouelle, Quebec, Canada
Early 17th century and late 15th century:
Normandie, FR
Ille-de-France
I’m still getting hits. While I am a...