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More on Dit Names

Here is the extract for Joseph Saurette:

Notice the entry is titled Sauret-Larose. Here’s a great example showing how Larose is a ‘dit’ name for more than one surname. This screen shot:

was taken from the same register as Joseph’s entry. There aren’t any entries under the Larose heading either - you need to go to […]

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Dit Names

Recently, I have received a few e-mails concerning some of the people in my genealogical database. There is some confusion out there about which last name was used by whom and when they used it. There are plenty of Saurettes out there, but also a lot of Larose/La Rose people as well.
Jacques Soret came to […]

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Yet More CDs Are Here

I purchased several more marriage record CDs and have begun to dig thru them to find some of “my people.” I have found a bunch of Saurette people to enter. On a lot of the new CDs I have to also look under Larose. It usually says Saurette-Larose under the S section […]

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Genealogy Workings

I have gotten some more genealogy completed recently. My latest burst of work was inspired by a couple of e-mails with regards to the Saurette surname. I have always known that there are some Saurette descendants who use the Larose/La Rose surname. It wasn’t always that way, however. To try and […]

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