In my next 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks article, I will write about the family of Michel Tourville and Catherine Marié, parents of 14 children; but this week I would like to bring to your attention the case of their daughter Catherine. Why? Because she’s their only child for whom no baptismal act is available. Continue reading
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The Bangle Files: #3 | The Children of Marie Tourville and William Bangle
Genealogy typically is a work-in-progress, so discoveries made during my Salt Lake City research trip mean that transcriptions need to be done.
Before we find out the reason why Adam Bangle ended up in Terrebonne, let me first introduce to you the initial subjects of my research, Marie Tourville and William Bangle. Continue reading
Salt Lake City 2015 | Research Trip Journal | Day 9
Once on the plane taking me back home after each of my annual stays in Salt Lake City, I can’t help but feel that if only I could have stayed just one more day… Who am I kidding? It would never be done in just one day! Continue reading
#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #24 Olivier Tourville (1848-?) & #25 Amédée Tourville (1855-1899)
For so long I have been complaining about the limitations of the wildcard search on Ancestry.com. The only thing you could do was type the first three characters and then enter either a “*” or a “?”. And then just last week without even thinking about it I tried to search with “*ville” and much to my surprise, it worked. Continue reading
Salt Lake City 2015 | Research Trip Journal | Day 8
Yesterday already felt like running a marathon. Will I get to the finish line?
Salt Lake City 2015 | Research Trip Journal | Day 7
It was one of those days…
I bet that St. Louis County clerk having fun in the deeds book is the one who put the wrong page number references in the index…
Salt Lake City 2015 | Research Trip Journal | Day 6
Saint-Germain de Lisieux, Ladies and Gentlemen! That’s where to look!
If you have read my post on Barbe Hubou, you’ve already seen the tree showing the Hubous we have identified so far who came from France to the New World. Continue reading
Salt Lake City 2015 | Research Trip Journal | Day 5
For those of you who have never been to Salt Lake City, this is the library seen from my hotel room. Nope! Cannot be closer than that!
The time I spent at the library yesterday is quite easy to breakdown.
Most of the day was spent working on the Bangle Family. I wanted to see if I could find some new documents and I did! I am very excited about this as I now have the signature of Adam Bangle. Continue reading
Salt Lake City 2015 | Research Trip Journal | Day 4
I spend most of the day exploring this…
… to find treasures like this one! And in French, when all the other deeds were in English. Toussaint Tourville was still speaking French in Missouri in 1816.
Well, you have to eat you know. And as you can see I had my veggies for the day.
Another find for my geneafriend Guillaume.
In preparation for the lecture on “Migrating Out of New England” by Genealogist David C. Dearborn. Very interesting, especially from a Canadian point of view.
Dinner from the Garden Restaurant in the Joseph Smith Building with a beautiful view of Temple Square.
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Salt Lake City 2015 | Research Trip Journal | Day 3
From left to right: Diane Tourville, Habs Fan and Rhonda McClure, Genealogist at NEHGS, Bruins Fan. The best of friends!
Last night at the Marriott Hotel in Salt Lake City was the welcome dinner for the NEHGS research tour group where genealogists intoduce themselves and tell us about their own expertise. I can’t wait until Tuesday as I booked a consultation to ask about the Bangles, my blog’s pet project. Continue reading