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Working Hard

By on 17 July 2007 in Steve's Blog

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.

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Database Uploaded

By on 22 April 2007 in Steve's Blog

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

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Morier Issue

By on 27 January 2007 in Steve's Blog

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!

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Surname Expansions

By on 17 August 2006 in Steve's Blog

I bought a couple more CDs of parish marriage records – hoping to add some more information to my database. Tonight, I did some cleaning up in the database. Places that were marked as Ste-Marie were all changed to Marieville, Rouville County (one of the CDs I got). I was able to add some more Bessette individuals using this particular CD.

Almost 2 weeks ago, I added a ton of Desranleau people to the database. There was a shoestring connection with me and I was attempting to help someone out with their research, and I just figured, what the heck, let’s add ‘em in. The more people I have, the easier it might be for somebody to find their surname and ancestry.

I have more work to do with the new CDs, but I have made a start. The other CD is for St-Hyacinthe county – that should be a big task.

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