Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Researching Canadian Soldiers Who Died in the Second World War by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots.
Free Canada High School and College Yearbooks Online by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt.
Identifying Reasons for Emigration Using the Research Like a Pro Process by Nancy Gilbride Casey on Family Locket.
5 Resources for Finding Digitized Historical Books Online and Ultimate Genealogist’s Google Toolbox by Lisa Louise Cooke: Book Review by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.
Review of How to Find Your Family History in U.S. Church Records by Nicole Dyer on Family Locket.
Bringing Ancestors and Family History to Life by Gena Philibert-Ortega on Legacy News.
Articles
Attempting accessibility: The Glenbow Archives’ big move to the University of Calgary by Noel Harper and Christian Kindrachuk, Calgary Journal, Alberta.
Descendants of founder of Detroit didn’t tell anyone they were going to visit city by Meredith Spelbring, Detroit Free Press, Michigan.
What was life in Ireland like during the 1918 flu pandemic?, RTÉ, Donnybrook, Ireland.
Before You Spit in That Vial, Read This Book by Pam Belluck, New York Times, New York, New York.
For more gems like these throughout the week, join the Genealogy à la carte Facebook group. When you submit your request to join, you will be asked to answer two quick questions about your family history research.
Regarding: Descendants of founder of Detroit didn’t tell anyone they were going to visit city by Meredith Spelbring, Detroit Free Press, Michigan.
We in the French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan (FCHSM) will be most willing to see the documentation that we hope will be provided by the Laumet family. No such documentation was presented or, it seems, sought by those who organized the March 8 visit.
The Lamothe Cadillac family (not Laumet,) documented in France after the family returned there from Louisiane in 1717 are Joseph Lamothe Cadillac, the son born in 1702 at Fort Pontchartrain, married to Marguerite de Grégoire 1732, no male children survive, and Joseph cannot be traced beyond about 1744. However, Joseph’s daughter Marie-Thérèse Lamothe Cadillac married in 1760 Barthelélémy de Grégoire. And a female descendant did survive to be granted by the United States the old concession given to Lamothe Cadillac in what is now Maine. (That’s a separate story, and she disappears from the records.) Thérèse Lamothe Cadillac baptized at the fort in 1704, married François Hercule de Pouzargues 1729; son Antoine-Joseph de Pouzargues (not LAUMET) assured descendance to this day. It is a gentleman in this line, Marc Mereaux (not LAUMET), with whom I communicated prior to the celebration of the 300th anniversary of Detroit, and we published his descent in our journal in 2001. Son François Lamothe Cadillac, born at the fort in 1709, married Angélique de Forgole 1744; no male descendants survive, and he died in 1769. Another daughter became a nun in France. Unfortunately, those responsible for the return visit to Detroit by the alleged descendants had months since last December to seek documentation for their claim but did not do so. I sincerely hope such documentation will be forthcoming. We have been telling the true story of the French in Detroit for 40 years. See https://habitantheritage.org/
Gail, thanks for sharing the article about what life is like in Ireland during the flu pandemic in 1918. I had been wondering what that was like and how it compared to now. Also thank you for mentioning my article!
Thank you for the double mention on your list this week, Gail. I appreciate it.
Thanks Gail. I particularly like the Free Canada High School and College Yearbooks Online by Kenneth R. Marks for the province of Quebec. I just discovered a new treasure trove of information!