Salt Lake City 2015 | Research Trip Journal | Day 4

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I spend most of the day exploring this…

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… 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.

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Well, you have to eat you know. And as you can see I had my veggies for the day.

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Another find for my geneafriend Guillaume.

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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.

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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

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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 →

Salt Lake City 2015 | Research Trip Journal | Day 2

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Yesterday, I planned to work on my schedule but you know how it is, I found such remarkable things that I got distracted.

First of all, I mostly worked on the Catholic Church registry for St. Francis of Portage des Sioux in Missouri. I thought I would only find the burial act of Pierre Tourville, who died at age 7, in 1843 but, oh! other surprises were in for me! More details on my blog in the weeks to come.

Then I made some researches for a geneafriend in microfilms for California and it was like the Klondike! You know what? You are crazy about genealogy when you are as excited to find information on other people’s ancestors as if they were your own.

Today will be kind of quiet. My friend Diane’s flight should be coming in soon. Well, guess what we will talk about non-stop until the NEHGS’ group  meeting at 3 pm? The cocktail is at 6 pm and then dinner.

For those who want to know, the hockey game I attented last night was unfortunately a loss for the local team but the Montréal Habs won again!

Work will resume tomorrow morning. I hope to have some good news for you! 🙂

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Salt Lake City 2015 | Research Trip Journal | Day 1

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Salt Lake City, October 23, 2015

For the last few years, this week is like Christmas time to me.

Just flew in yesterday. I am in Salt Lake City until next Sunday. No matter how beautiful the weather is, I will lock myself in the Family History Library until next Saturday 5 pm. Continue reading →

#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #23 Barbe Hubou

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We have identified five persons who came from Mesnil-Durand in the 17th Century: Guillaume Hubou (about 1627), Barbe Hubou (1639), Mathieu Hubou (1641), Nicolas Goupil (1642) and Françoise Hubou (1662). Here is the story of Barbe Hubou. Continue reading →

The Bangle Files: #2 | The Burial of Adam Bangle

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BANQTwo weeks ago, when we left Adam, he was in a very bad state bedridden at home. Sick as he seemed to be when he had his will made, he must have died not long afterwards. Continue reading →

#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #22 Nina Tourville (?-1910)

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My annual research trip to Salt Lake City is coming up fast and I have started preparing for it. I often get the same comment before leaving: “Again?! Aren’t you done?” No I’m not… 😉 Continue reading →

#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #21 Adélard Charbonneau (1864-1925)

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Genealogy is a lot of fun when you can tell your mother: “Well… did you know that Adélard Charbonneau was 22 years old when he married Emma Tourville? And that she was… 34?!” Continue reading →

The Bangle Files: #1 | The Will of Adam Bangle

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BANQI thought it would be appropriate to begin this journey with the will of Adam Bangle. If you have read the introduction, you already know that there is no marriage record or contract for our couple, William Bangle and Marie Tourville. So let’s see what story this document tells us and how we can find more information about William: Continue reading →

#52Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #20 Adolphus Tourville (1836-1877)

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You may remember having read on this blog a few months ago about Adelia Tourville Pelky Ouimette claiming a pension for her late husband, Adolphus Tourville, who was a soldier in the New York 96th Infantry Regiment, Company F.

I considered very interesting the fact that the witness in the following testimony is Prisk Pelky, brother of Adelia’s second husband, Andrew. Here how it goes : Continue reading →