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Pete Violette commented on James P. LaLone's group French-Canadian Descendants

"Thanks James, I'll try and contact Daniel"

Nov 14, 2012

Pete Violette commented on Deborah Ann (Dorscher) Anderson's group Duval or Duvall Genealogy

"I'm following the decendants of Francois Duval dit Duponthaut (abt 1670) who arrived in New France as a Marine in Compagnies franches de la Marine"

Nov 14, 2012

Pete Violette joined Deborah Ann (Dorscher) Anderson's group

Duval or Duvall Genealogy

This group is created for the discussion of the Duval or Duvall Genealogy. If you are related or married into these families, this is your group.See More

Nov 14, 2012

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Pete Violette joined Frankie McGraw-Nicol's group

Canadian Genealogy

Dedicated to helping people research their ancestors in Canada. Do you have an area of expertise in Canadian genealogy? Maybe you could offer tips and suggestions to those just starting out.See More

Nov 14, 2012

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Pete Violette commented on James P. LaLone's group French-Canadian Descendants

"Can anyone help with translating a video from french canadian to english?"

Nov 13, 2012

Wendy Blacoe replied to Pete Violette's discussion French Canadian

"Glad I could help. Sometimes all that is needed is the proper word to search on. If you get stuck or need some help, just let me know - I'm always happy to help, and transcriptions are a specialty of mine. Cheers, Wendy "

Aug 25, 2012

Pete Violette replied to Pete Violette's discussion French Canadian

"Thanks Wendy I did a Google search of French Canadian Paleography and found this site: https://familyhistory.byu.edu/Downloads/French_Extraction_Guide/Default.htm which contains a pdf book titled French Extraction Guide. This appears to be just what…"

Aug 22, 2012

Wendy Blacoe replied to Pete Violette's discussion French Canadian

"Hi Pete, I have a link that may help you to understand the old forms of handwriting better, it is a tutorial from the National Archives of England, from which I taught myself how to read old styles of writing (Palaeography), and I found it…"

Aug 22, 2012

Pete Violette joined James P. LaLone's group

French-Canadian Descendants

All French-Canadians are related as they are descended from about 2.500 people. They also have some of the best kept records in the world. Please feel free to post queries, events, pictures, tell stories, etc.

Aug 20, 2012

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Pete Violette replied to Pete Violette's discussion French Canadian

"Thanks James Those will help. I have the French-English dictionary on order. I wish the records were typed, like your examples. Not knowing French, coupled with the records being had written and hundreds of years old, doesn't help. I can…"

Aug 20, 2012

James P. LaLone replied to Pete Violette's discussion French Canadian

"On the French-Canadian Descendants group here on GenealogyWise in the discussion section is some examples of church records (see attachments) http://www.genealogywise.com/group/frenchcanadiandescendants/forum/topics/parish-register-entries Most are…"

Aug 20, 2012

Pete Violette replied to Pete Violette's discussion French Canadian

"Thanks Richard That helps. I've found Goggle translate works fairly well, but I'm still have a hard time reading the handwriting so many words do not translate because I believe I'm misspelling them"

Aug 19, 2012

RICHARD L.TRUDEL replied to Pete Violette's discussion French Canadian

"Most of the French records in the "drouin collection"-- you have births /marriages/death(burials)- in the registers. On a page you can find in most cases any one of the them. (ex.- S 14)on the left hand side of the entry. S represent…"

Aug 19, 2012

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French Canadian

I need help understanding all the chruch records, that are hand written in French. Is there someone or some place I can go to in order to get help translating these records? Thanks in advance.PeteSee More

Aug 17, 2012

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Aug 10, 2012

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