Saurette and Oligny Genealogy

Thanks to the Visitors

Steve Rock — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:55:22 +0000

To everybody that has visited Saurette.com I would like to say thanks. Not only do you help me open up new avenues to explore, but you also append/correct and add your own valuable genealogy information to this site.

The past couple days I have been adding a slew of information as it relates to the Mallet/Maillet surname. There are many deviant spelling variations, so if you can’t find it under one, try another. This research stemmed from an e-mailer who was trying to figure out a connection with somebody who was in my tree, an Oligny. We cleared up that mystery and I decided to add as much of the Mallet surname as I could verify to my database - which was uploaded today.

Be sure to check out the new information in either phpGedView or Retrospect-GDS - it all depends on how you like your information presented to you. And, as always, keep on keeping in touch with me - it keeps me motivated to stay current and keep documenting the database. Cheers, all.

Steve Rock
srock@saurette.com

Getting More Work Done

Steve Rock — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:36:04 +0000

I have found some time to get some more work done with the genealogy. Mainly, I have been cleaing up the database and sourcing things as I find them in the Drouin. It takes a long time to do that sort of work, but I am slowly plugging away.

There is some new data that I will mention - it is in the Voghel surname. I have been corresponding with another person about Charles Arthur Voghel and his ancestors, etc. While this is not my direct line, my Saurette line did marry into it. An interesting item from the Voghel line is that it was founded in Canada by Etienne Voghel. He was from Germany and fought in the Revolutionary War on the side of the British. After the war, he settled in Canada. Very interesting stuff.

In the near term, I will be re-running my .PDF reports regarding my Saurette and Oligny ancestry. Besides adding some people, I have added dates as well. Other than that, I continue on with the work - slow and steady.

Searchable (sort of) Drouin

Steve Rock — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:28:12 +0000

The Drouin records that are over at Ancestry.com are now indexed - kind of. It is not a perfect system, but it works remarkably well if you know what you are looking for. The past couple days, I have found new information on people in my direct lineage that I thought I would never find since I can’t spend weeks reading old French records on the computer.

I’m in the process of updating my local database to reflect the changes and new additions. For those people who have their own pages on this site, I have tried to update those as I go.

Some advice to those people who are whining and complaining about the quality of the index on Ancestry for the Drouin records: knock it off. The index is just another tool in the genealogist’s toolbox. It is not meant to do your research for you. If all you know is the name, then you are going to be greatly disappointed. If you have names, dates and/or places, then it is a great tool for verifying information or uncovering new information. I have read too many people complaining about how they can’t find what they are looking for. Well, maybe dig into the records themselves, or at least come armed with more information than my great-great-grandfather Joseph so-and-so was born in Quebec. Yeah, good luck with that one.

New database will be uploaded soon.

Wordpress Upgrade

Steve Rock — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:44:05 +0000

I have just completed the upgrade to Wordpress 2.5. Everything seems to be working as it did before, but there might be the occasional glitch here and there. If anybody runs into any problems, please let me know via email.

I had uploaded the newest iteration of my data recently. It contains some more expanded information on a few surnames, but no new Saurette and Oligny information. I have been trying to do some work via Ancestry.com but have had issues with using some of their databases. Bother.

Completely Searchable

Steve Rock — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:16:09 +0000

One downside with using Wordpress for my genealogy was the poor search function. You could search on the site, but you would only get results if they were in posts - not pages. Well, I use pages as the main way to post information about my Saurette and Oligny forebears. I have fixed this issue.

With the help of a plugin, you can now type whatever you want in the search box and it will bring up results from posts and pages thus making the site a lot more useful. Note, it only searches Wordpress stuff. If you want to search in phpGedView or Retrospect, then you need to visit those pages and do the searches there.

I have also been making redirects for my old .html pages which no longer exist. I used to do all the site coding by hand until I moved to the Wordpress platform, but some search results are still popping up the old links. Now, you should be redirect to the corresponding page in Wordpress (if it has one).

I also uploaded the database with some new data and more corrections. Thanks for all the people who have e-mailed me. I do enjoy keeping the site up and running.

Plugging Away

Steve Rock — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:31:38 +0000

I have uploaded yet another revised database today. I have done some clean up work with the data and some more verifications with the Drouin images at Ancestry.com.

On the site, itself, you will find an expanded Drouin area that has been updated today. I added a bunch of images on the Saurette side and a couple on the Oligny side. I’m gonna take a break on that for today, but it has been nice to get some new material uploaded. As always, feel free to drop a note to me.

Working Hard

Steve Rock — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:23:39 +0000

It may not seem like it, but I have been working very hard on the genealogy - perhaps not overtly on the pages of this site, but in the database itself. I have been combing thru the Drouin records at Ancestry.com to find dates, places, etc. for births and deaths. I have been uploading the database every few days to reflect the changes I have found. I will also have to re-run all the descendant reports I have on this site as well - to better reflect the work I have done.

If anyone out there wants me to look up something in the Drouin - just drop me an email, srock@saurette.com, and I will do my best.

Database Uploaded

Steve Rock — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:36:13 +0000

I want to thank those people who have emailed me or posted comments the past few months. I was able to help some people, but more importantly, you were able to help me by providing me with more research material. I did upload the database today, which has been cleaned up (an ever-present job) and added to as well.

The surnames that got some work (some but not too much) were: Gamache, Belanger & Guyon-Dion. You can easily see all those people in either phpGedView or Retrospect-GDS. For a quick overview of a surname and its members, I would start with Retrospect and then move into phpGedview.

Keep those emails/comments coming!

Steve Rock

New Primary Source

Steve Rock — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:25:01 +0000

I was perusing Ancestry.com today and came across a neat document that I have added onto the site. I have a document that shows Almeric Saurette’s family listed on a manifest for entry into the United States. I knew that they came into this country from Quebec in December of 1907, but I didn’t have any other information about that.

Well, now I have it. You can access the new information directly off of Almeric’s Page or take the quick-n-easy way here.

Morier Issue

Steve Rock — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 22:44:01 +0000

Okay, I had to do some fixing today and this was due to an e-mail that I received. It turns out that I had made a mix-up with Desire Morier and his wives. I had him listed as having only 2 wives and his son, also Desire Morier, having 2 waves as well. Upon further review, it turns out that Desire Sr. was married 3 times and his son once. I had the 3rd wife attached to his son. I have since fixed the issue in question and uploaded the database this evening to reflect the changes. I hope this clears things up for some people. This is why I post my work to the web - for people to look at and find problems with. I haven’t done any genealogy in quite some time, and this was a refreshing change for me. Thanks to the e-mailer!