Saurette and Oligny Genealogy

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.

I have been busy looking thru the scanned in images of from the Canadian Census of 1851. You cannot search by surname, but only by location. I scanned thru the St-Jean-Baptiste, Rouville, Quebec section looking for some Saurette people. I did find some and now I am putting the information together and making sure it all matches up with what else is know.

I should have some information to post in the next few days relating to the Saurette side. I am going to try and find some Oligny names too, but I have not been able to find St-Remi in the database. Stay tuned for images and my comments.

I’ve done some cosmetic updates on the genealogy side of the website. I’ve made the links appear bold so that they are easier to spot. On the individual pages of my ancestors I have added appropriate links to the mother and spouse of the individual. Those links will take you to that person’s entry in the phpGedView database. Continue Reading »

Wow. It has been a long time since I have posted anything of note here. The wife and I were gone all of last week. We were in Boston for a conference. While there, I had the opportunity to visit the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Happily, it was within easy walking distance from where we were staying. I had my ancester report all printed out and ready to go, but I really didn’t know what information I was going to look for.

The building that the society is in is pretty neat. It is six stories tall and old looking on the outside. I was very impressed by the number of books and other things that they had in their collection. The main thing I decided to look at were vital records for Quebec church parishes. A lot of information that I am lacking is death dates for my ancestors in the 1800s. This ended up being a good thing/bad thing kind of thing. Continue Reading »