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is to serve as a communicator for researching and tracing the Guindon Family history. Our primary focus will be the ancestors and descendants of François Guesdon & Marie Molay’s son, Pierre Guesdon, born 24 Sep 1662, St. Pierre du Martray, Ville du Loudun, township Chaelleraut, diocese Poitiers, Poitou, France.

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François Guesdon

lived on the

Rue de la tour

volue, located near

the gate of

Mirebeau,

Loudun,

France

ST. PIERRE DU

MARTRAY

THE GUINDON FAMILY In our database, we have the following spelling variations of the Guindon name from France in the 1600’s:

Guindon (the one most commonly used in our Quebec documents.) In the late 1800’s the Quebec family name Guindon remained a common name in Quebec. It was Anglicized to various spellings as families migrated from Quebec to other provinces and into the United States—some of these variations are listed below:

Guidon Guydon Guesdonne

Guesdon Guédon Gesdon

Yada Yandreau On the 1871 census for Combermere, Ontario Andrew Yandeau is living next door to Leonard Yandeau. On the 1881-1911 census records, Combermere, Ontario the Andrew Yandeau name is spelt in numerous ways as follows:

Yaddow Yeaudon

Yanda Yedan

Yandan Yeddan

Yandaw Yeddo

Yandeau Yedon Gangeau

Yandeu Yondau Gaugeau

Yando Yondeau Ghauyea

Yandoh Yonden Goyea

Yandon Yondon Goyes

Yandow Yondow Goyeau

Pierre “Guesdon” the son of “François Guesdon” and Marie Molay was baptized in St. Pierre du Martray on 24 September 1622, Ville du Loudun, Vienne, Poitou-Cherentes, France. Pierre and his older brother Jean, both of whom were butchers, left Loudun for New France. On Aug 6, 1688 Pierre was hired by François Hazeur, to work at a water mill under construction at la Malbaie, at the mouth of the Gulf of the St. Lawrence River. Pierre’s brother Jean returned to Loudun, France, married Françoise Guesdon and died at 29 years of age, 1 July 1698 before the birth of his first son Jean Guesdon.

Source: Guindon Newsletter #23 (Guesdon of Loudun, France by Edwin Bezzina)

Pierre Guédon aged 42 years married Catherine Breza aged 27 years 21 Nov 1706 at the Notre Dame Church in Montreal, Quebec. Neither could read nor write. Catherine and Pierre had three children; all baptized at St-Francois-de-Sales Parish on the Isle de Jesus, Laval, Quebec (New France).

1. Jean Guindon b 15 Sept , 1707 d 30 May 1775 2. Pierre Guindon b 6 July 1708 d 7 Oct 1709 3. Paul Guindon b 21 Aug 1710 d 5 Oct 1748

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Letter to Félix Guindon-Yeddeau “Lettre à Félix Guindon-Yeddeau”, originally published in French in the Franco Ontarian quarterly “Le Chaînon” of the société franco-ontarienne d'histoire et de généalogie SFOHG Ottawa Ontario, was translated in English as best she could by the author,

by Suzanne Labelle-Martin—e-mail: rslabelle@rogers.com

Dear Félix, If you were still among us, I would never be so bold as to call my great- great grand-uncle by your given name. But since I have met you through so many documents, I have come to feel very close to you. So much so that I can’t wait any longer to share with you my findings of which, I hope, you will be very proud. A few years back, I discovered that you were, among others, brother of my great great-grandfather Augustin Guindon, born sons of Léandre Guindon and Marie Louise Lefebvre-Laciseraie. On October 5th 1839, at the age of “three days” you were baptized in the parish church of St-Benoît of Deux-Montagnes County in the province of Québec.

According to family lore, the Guindon family chose to leave St-Benoît following the troubles of 1837-1838 in Lower Canada. By 1844, the family was established in Bytown, today Ottawa, Canada’s capital, where two other siblings, Philomène –Justine and Augustin, were born. As research reveals, life in this logging town was not easy but there were ample opportunities for enterprising young men like you and Augustin, later both butchers in your respective shops. I was fortunate enough to know Augustin’s daughter, Marie Eugénie Guindon, my dear great-grandmother. She would share bits and pieces of the tragic life of your two other brothers, Léandre junior and Guillaume also known as William. But she never mentioned you! All I could gather is that great grandma’s sister Joséphine’s daughter, who lived in Minnesota USA, would call on the “Yeddeau cousins while in Winnipeg” before heading down to Ottawa. Not much to go on as you can well agree! Through the years and for many reasons, the name Guindon went under major transformations as other close or distant relatives established themselves in Upper Canada. As great grandma would say “Yindon” instead of Guindon, you also used Riendon or Yindon, then Yaddeau then Yeddeau. One of your nephews even died under the name Grindon! Indeed very phonetically creative, the Guindon families are today found under Yandon, Yondow, Yendon, and Yeaudon to name but a few. Genealogical research would prove that most are descendants of the French pioneer, Pierre Guedon-Guindon. I gather that the need to be understood, to be accepted in the work place or in a society where English was the language of the majority played an important role, even a vital one, in defining one’s self in Upper Canada. Exogamous marriages also helped to propagate hybrid names of Guindon until today one can hardly recognize its origins. Such is the ongoing history of patronyms and the slow process of change. Indeed you must agree that you led a very discreet short life! Finally, I came upon your marriage celebrated on January 6th 1863, in the township of Dalhousie in Lanark County, Ontario, probably in Almonte, a quaint little town 53 kilometers from Ottawa. Under the name Felix Yadeau, son of Léandre (Leane) and Louise, you took as wife, Elizabeth Geddes, daughter of David and Nancy, a Scottish family. However, in the francophone community, you will use the name Riendon as when, on Christmas morning 1871, you stood as witness to the funeral of your sister-in-law Exilda St-Amand, wife of Léandre junior, your brother. During those years in Almonte, you advertised your services as butcher under Yeddeau and Yaddeau and were also known as Yadaw and Yaddo in the Federal Census of 1871 and 1881. May I suggest, without being impolite, that you had a few problems with the Guindon name! As you well know, dear uncle, the Catholic church of St. Mary in Almonte was burnt down in 1868. It is impossible to retrace the baptisms of your children, David James and Ada, born before the fire as well as the first William born around 1864. He died in 1871 under the name Yadaw. The other William was born June 28th 1872 and baptised under Yadeau a month later in St. Mary’s. I surmise it’s after the 1881 Canadian census that you decided to pull up stakes and go out west to Manitoba.

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I was sorry, dear uncle, to discover that your life ended soon after your arrival in Winnipeg. On November the 7th 1889, you passed away, in midlife, at the age of 50. Unlike your wife Elizabeth, you never had the pleasure to know your grandchildren by your only living son David James. Your wife continued to live with him and his family until her death in Winnipeg, on July the 11th 1919. She was 75 years old. According to my research, your son David James was born in Almonte, Ontario on July 14th 1869. He married Elizabeth Bray around 1889 either in Ontario or Winnipeg. The couple had three daughters: Ada, Christina Louise known as Tina and Nettie. But David’s first marriage was short lived as Betsie died in Winnipeg, October the 15th 1897. I suppose your widow took care of her three granddaughters until David’s second marriage on June the 6th 1908. Mary Ellen McKellar was her name and she will bear him two sons, as far as I know: James Felix and David Hugh. By that time, David James had been going up the ladder so to speak. Since 1889, he was a fireman for the city of Winnipeg, Selkirk division. Promoted to Captain, he then became chief of the department. He will retire after a long career following the spectacular fire of the Casa Loma in April 1928. David James will pass away on the 3rd of August 1939, in Winnipeg. My dear Felix, I suppose you are wondering where I’m going with all these reminiscences. Let me tell you that genealogical research takes quite a turn, usually upon finding a simple note like this torn piece from an envelope where Mother had scribbled: “David Yeddeau, ballet, Toronto”. Then and there I had to know the meaning, though I had heard the name before. This David Hugh Yeddeau was born December 20th 1911 and raised in Winnipeg, son of Fire Chief David James Yeddeau and his second wife Mary Ellen McKellar. So he is your grandson! And how proud you should be of him! One only has to access the Internet to find his many accomplishments. He is described as a man endowed with many great talents. Some say a jack-of-all-trades, a one-of-a-kind artist. He is also described as having had a dynamic and charismatic personality, somewhat discreet — indeed he takes after you— yet not afraid to speak his mind. After his post-secondary studies, I find him in 1937, theatre director and producer at Manitoba University, dramatic art professor in Winnipeg schools and adjudicator for the “Manitoba Dramatic League”. From make-up artist to costume and scenic decor designer around 1940, he will go on to be stage manager, production manager, choreographer, general manager for burgeoning dance companies. In 1947, he was instrumental in organizing the first “Canadian Ballet Festival”. But his greatest achievement remains, to this day, the cofounding of the prestigious “Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company”. I still need to know more about this distant cousin Yeddeau who should be recognized as a great Manitoban as well as a Franco Manitoban artist. Known mostly by historians and buffs of classical dance in Canada, David Hugh decisively contributed, along Lloyd and Farrally, Volkoff and McDonald and so many great Canadian dance artists, to the development of a lasting Canadian art scene throughout this beautiful country of ours. At the age of 80, David Hugh Yeddeau passed away in Toronto in 1992. I must admit that this genealogical research was not easy as I had to follow the odd tracks you left as you trekked along three Canadian provinces. Of course, I deliberately left a lot of tedious information as to how I connected Guindon to Yeddeau, but I remain ready to answer any queries about your family that is now part of mine and the huge family of Guindon and its altered names, of course. Who knows, our paths may cross again along some more research on my part or yet, in some other life, for surely, dear uncle Félix, it is but an au revoir… Your second great grandniece Suzanne Labelle-Martin

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Suzanne Labelle-Martin Notes: All references are available with the published French text.

Internet offers hundreds of references on the prestigious career of David Hugh Yeddeau and the paragraph dedicated to him is but a brief description of his many accomplishments.

http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php Manitoba Vital Statistics issue birth information after 100 years plus from the birth date.

In the Canadian Census, from 1871 to 1916, Félix and David James Yeddeau declare that they are of French extraction. The mothers are declared of Scottish origins.

Reference no. 24: In her book, author V. Leah wrote inaccurately that “Five people, including fireman David James Yeddeau, lost their lives in the disaster…” David James didn’t die in the Casa Loma fire on the 14th of April 1928 as he retired the following 1st of May after 39 years battling numerous fires in Winnipeg. “Lettre à Félix Guindon-Yeddeau”, originally published in French in the Franco Ontarian quarterly “Le Chaînon” of the société franco-ontarienne d'histoire et de généalogie SFOHG Ottawa Ontario, was translated in English as best she could by the author,

Contact Suzanne Labelle-Martin for queries and comments

“THEY CALLED THEM BANGOR BRAVES” by Chris Hicks, Centreview, Ontario, Canada

Thanks to Chris Hicks for all the research and work he has put into pulling together information on the early settlers of the Bangor Twp., Hastings County, Ontario area. He is basing his information on the 1871 - 1911 census, church records, provincial records and family stories. He is looking for assistance to publish this book in 2014. You can contact Chris Hicks 613-756-3717 or e-mail croydonacres@hotmail.com

MESSAGE FROM ANCESTRY MESSAGE BOARD JAN 2011 My name is Bryce Goyea, I am the son of Roland and Arlene. I would like to exchange information and build a family tree. My Uncle Albert has a family bible with a large amount of information in it. Also a cousin in Combermere built a large family tree. Beatrice was her name….any information would be helpful. My e-mail is judoka72@hotmail.com Editor’s Note: The headstone below was found at St. Patrick’s (RC) Cemetery, Village of Kearney, Kearney Township , Ontario http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~murrayp/parrysnd/emsdale/kearney/st_pats/page0001.htm

I found Bryce Goyea’s information on the Ancestry message board for Andrew & Jane Yandeau. Andrew farmed next door to my great grandparents Leonard Yandeau and Mary Ann Hoover. It is quite surprising to find the different spellings of the Yandeau name on the census as Guageau, Gangeau, Ghauyea, Goyeau, Goyea. This was the first time I had seen these spelling variations of the Guindon/Yandeau name. Perhaps that is why there are still some missing names to our family tree??

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Thomas Yondau Thomas Adams

m 27 Jan 1866 Bangor, Hastings Co, Ontario m 6 Apr 1911 Rose City, Ogemaw Co. MI

Martha Elcome b 1 Apr 1845 Kent, England d 10 Sept 1919 Montreal, Quebec

Cora Angelina Vaughan b 5 Dec 1865 Hail, Iosco

Co, MI d 23 May 1950

Children: Children:

1. Jane (Jennie) Adelia Yondau 24 Jan 1867 Carlton Place, Ontario

1. Leonard Adams b 2 Dec 1883

2. Ida (Annie) Vanetta Yondau 6 Sep 1870 Combermere, Ontario

2. Harry Franklin Adams, b 23 Jun 1885

3. Eliza Naomi Yondau 12 Sep 1874 Combermere, Ontario

3. Charles Edward Adams b 11 Sep 1887

4. Amy Matilda (Fanny) Yondau 8 Feb. 1876 Combermere, Ontario

4. Ida Mae Adams b 28 May 1889

5. Mary Agnes (Minnie) Yondau 14 Jun 1879 Combermere, Ontario

5. Thomas Arthur Adams b 16 Apr 1891

6. Mabel (Iva) Isabel Yondau 30 Jun 1882 Combermere, Ontario

6. James Willard Adams b 14 Feb 1893

7. John (Jack) Bertram Yondau 20 Jun 1887 Combermere, Ontario

7. Elsa Maude Adams 31 Jul 1895

8. Donald Neil Adams 11 Jul 1897

9. Archie Syrus Adams 7 Apr 1901

10. Edith Leviana Adams 19 Jan 1903

11. George Thomas Adams 11 May 1905

Above children all born in Iosco Co, Michigan Thomas Yondau aka Thomas Adams

DNA TEST CONFIRMS YANDEAU CONNECTION by Archie Lintz

In 1962 I asked my father about his father, and kept a piece of paper on which I had noted the name “Yado” from that conversation. In late 2012 I took a DNA test that led me to a family tree with the name Yandeau, and to a second cousin, which together revealed the family connection. Soon after I received an e-mail from a descendant of a Michigan uncle, who in turn had more pieces to the family puzzle. All of which has led to other contacts, such as a family historian who wrote a book “Where Have All The Yandeau’s Gone?” Many of my Michigan cousins have since got copies of that book, a model of how to write a genealogy, and are now able to know the real story of our original Canadian family roots. One night, as I had been thinking about my grandfather, I had the most vivid dream that I was standing near a cabin somewhere in the Rose City area of Michigan. It was on a day of light snow, but the ground was covered. Before me was a decline at the bottom of which was a snow-covered streambed, and up the other side the ground was cleared to the edge of a pine forest. There stood Thomas Adams dressed light and yet for the cold, with snow shoes and a pack on his back, both just visible over his shoulders. He said, “don’t follow me in the woods, I cannot be tracked there,” and disappeared. Even in a dream, I would not have gone into the woods of lower Michigan, where I was once lost as a boy and maybe that is part of the source of the dream—but I wish that in the dream I could have had a talk with him. But he did leave other tracks I have been able to follow - until we meet again. Contact Archie Lintz for more information: solidshot@liqua.com

Thomas Yondau aka Thomas Adams

1911 Montreal,

Quebec Census

lists a sister to John as

Gladys Yondau

born Mar 1889

United States?

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CAN YOU IDENTIFY THESE PHOTOS? These unknown pictures were in a photo album a man in Weedsport, NY found in an antique store in Red Creek, NY and sent it to Judith Yandoh of Albuquerque, NM. The Guindon Newsletter Spring 2009 #36 p2 features other pictures from this album including ones of a Leon Yandoh, Frank Yandoh, and his father Jules Yandoh. Judith Yandoh identified Eom (Edith (Eady) Gray) as the wife of Frank Yandoh son of Jules Yandoh/Guindon and Victoria Aubin.

EOM KATE ROSE

Caption on back of photo:

AGE 15 SEPT 1900 or 1906

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Thank you to Archie Lintz of Indiana for identifying the uniform of this Federal soldier who is listed on page 7. Is he a Yandeau? The soldier appears in cavalry boots, short tunic, and appears to have a sidearm (pistol) on his left side, so we know he was cavalry; He is a Federal (Union) soldier; his hat suggests a Western soldier. Although the Rebels called all loyal troops “Yankees,” the fact is that a real Yankee was someone from the northeastern States.

http://www.findagrave.com/

John Yendow Birth: May 31, 1867 Death: Oct. 5, 1892 HEADSTONE says erected by Cora Kingston in loving remembrance of her dearest friend. Burial: Evergreen Cemetery Eagle River Keweenaw County Michigan, USA Plot: West of far west path Created by: Dale Safford Record added: Sep 05, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 29580601

Joseph Yandeau Birth: 1821, Canada Death: Sep. 7, 1871, USA Joseph was my gr gr grandfather. Family links: Spouse: Louisa Olivia Ponto Yandeau (1834 - 1888) Children: Eber Yandeau (1854 - 1889)* John William Yandeau (1863 - 1923)* George Yandeau (1863 - 1938)* Leonora Yandeau (1864 - 1883)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Lowville Rural Cemetery Lowville Lewis County New York, USA Created by: Yandeau Record added: Sep 28, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 59312237

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS:

James Barton—New York

Cindy Woodward—New York

Archie Lintz—Indiana

Tim & Debby Lintz—Michigan

Steve & Rita Skinner—Michigan

Jim Belich—Minnesota

Pamela Purkey—Texas

Kay Williams—Florida

Theresa Bourassa—Alberta

Ernie Guindon—Alberta

Yolande Beaudoin—Alberta

Nikki Beach—British Columbia

Jody Yandeau—British Columbia

Patti Perrault—British Columbia

We’re on the web

www.treesearcher.ca

2015 Guindon Reunion Committee We are getting an early start on the organization of our 2015 Guindon reunion to take place in Montreal, Quebec and Loudun, France. The proposed reunion information is on page 11. With the modern technology of the internet we will be using it to co-ordinate our meetings and communication on planning this special event. We are looking for volunteers who are bilingual to work with us on organizing events in Quebec and/or France. If you would like to volunteer to help in anyway we would be glad to add you to the committee. Please contact Laverne Aitchison for more information. The following are the committee members who have confirmed their position:

Debra Fox thefox@telusplanet.net (Edmonton, Alberta)

Bonnie Flannery flanneryhome@interbel.net (Montana)

Carol Walker plumas@mymts.net (Plumas, Manitoba)

Lillian McFadden ljmcfadden@shaw.ca (Edmonton, Alberta)

Gail Fox gfoxyone@aol.com (Edmonton, Alberta)

Joyce Fraser fraserjd1@hotmail.com (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Laverne Aitchison is the contact for Patti Bradley—Travel & Vacation Specialist

Family Reunion Contact volunteers: Lisa Hoecherl (Alberta) Niki Beach (British Columbia)

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Filles du Roi—The King’s Daughters http://www.fillesduroi.org/src/kings_daughters.htm

August 07, 2013 - August 11, 2013 It was in Québec City in 1608 that the whole adventure of New France began. And every summer for the past 17 years, the SAQ New France Festival has been celebrating the arrival of the first Europeans on American soil. The festivities include dance, parades, spectacular shows, and street entertainment- a busy five day program of over 1,000 artistic events that take you inside the walls of Old Québec for a unique journey back to the 17th and 18th centuries. It's the perfect opportunity to dress up in period costume and take a trip back in time right in the heart of Old Québec.

The website http://www.nouvellefrance.qc.ca/ describes the festival with hundreds of photos and a short video of past festivals. Here are a few of the events planned. Aug 7th 2013, 36 Filles du Roi will arrive in Québec on the tall ship Roter Sand and proceed to the Ursuline Convent as their ancestors did. After the five days of Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France, they will then head for Trois-Rivières and Montréal on the ship renamed l'Aigle d’Or (the Gold Eagle) during the commemorations in honor of the Filles du Roi. This ship, belonging to King Louis XIV, carried young women from France to the New World in 1663.

MAISON SAINT GABRIEL

The 36 volunteers chosen in France and Québec to portray these Filles, will bring them to life in various celebrations both in France as well as Québec. A large number of events will take place in towns and villages along the Fleuve St. Laurent where the girls began their new lives. The ship’s journey will end on August 17 in Montréal where, after a welcome at Maison Saint Gabriel, the girls will be taken by calèche, with their future husbands, to the Grand Ball. On the following day, the Montréal Pop Symphonic Orchestra will perform at a concert in their honor.

Montreal, Quebec

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Guindon/Yandeau Reunion 2015 France

For more information click here: Email FRANCE

A WAY TO SEARCH LOUDUN, FRANCE GENEALOGICAL RECORDS ONLINE

NAVIGATION

First – type Conseil Général de la Vienne in your browser http://www.cg86.fr/

Next – hover over La Vienne http://www.archives-vienne.cg86.fr/ and select L’histoire

http://www.cg86.fr/94-l-histoire.htm

Next – go to the end of the L’histoire page and click on Archives départementales

At Archives départementales select Archives en ligne

Next – select Registres paroissiaux et d'état civil http://www.archives-vienne.cg86.fr/639-les-registres-paroissiaux.htm ________________________________________________________________________________________

LOOKING FOR YOUR FRENCH-CANADIAN ANCESTORS?

Find them easily on a unique website giving access to over 8 million baptism, marriages and burial records

covering French Canada, from the beginning of Nouvelle-France to the end of the XXth century.

http://french-genealogy.typepad.com/genealogie/2013/03/prefen-and-early-immigrants-to-quebec.html

Finding Your Roots

LOUDUN, FRANCE

You will find the location of Loudun on the map of France of regions in Lambert 93 coordinates. The city of Loudun is located in the department of Vienne of the French region Poitou-Charentes.

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Guindon 2015 Family Reunion Proposal

From the 2012 Guindon Reunion Survey questionnaire it was a tie between Montreal, Quebec and Loudun, France. Therefore with some research this is some of the information gleaned from working with Patti Bradley of the “ExpediaCruiseShipCenters” in Kamloops., British Columbia. Patti has requested that Laverne Aitchison be the contact person so we can keep e-mail to a minimum and she will not have to filter the contacts. Click here If you have any questions for the 2015 Reunion and please reply with “REUNION” in the subject line.

Option: 1 –

1 week on a private tour of the Montreal and Quebec City area.

Possible points of interest:

Archives

1749 L’Isle Jesus seigneurie of Jean Guindon and Pierre Guindon

Kings Daughters - Filles du Roi (Maison Gabriel)

Laval, Ile Jesus, Quebec

St Benoit, Deux Montagnes, Quebec

Maple Sugar Shack (History of the Maple Syrup in Old Town Montreal)

Free time/ other ideas for stops of interest

Site seeing tour of Old Quebec City ( one day)

*Some may wish to return home at this point or include either/or Option 2, 3 or 4

Option: 2 Flight from Montreal to Paris and spend 1 week with a private tour of the Loudun Area,

tracing family history/heritage (Minimum numbers would apply).

http://www.france-voyage.com/towns/loudun-34309.htm

Option: 3 Additional week of private tour encompassing areas of interest of group.

(Bordeaux, Angers, Le Mans) (Minimum numbers would apply)

Option: 4 Option 1 with either one or two more weeks of individual travel, keeping in mind the departure point for

group pricing will be Paris.

*Air Transat group pricing is based on departure from Montreal and returning from Paris.

(Minimum for group rate is 10 passengers which would be for each of these options.)

TENTATIVELY JULY 2015

REMEMBER THIS IS PRELIMINARY RESEARCH …… WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE

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WEBSITES: GLOBAL GENEALOGY http://globalgenealogy.com/ Everything for the family historian. Select from hundreds of genealogy books, archival supplies, history books and maps. NEW TOOL FOR QUEBEC GENEALOGY http://thatsmyfamily.info/ - The federated search engine offered on this page was launched and is maintained by Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ). Library and Archives Canada (LAC) partners with BAnQ to over-see the evolution of this project which is also supported by the Council of Provincial and Territorial Archivists (CPTA) of Canada. The search tool, free of charge and available in French and in English, leads to genealogy and family history databases hosted by federal, provincial or territorial archives centres and libraries, or by other partners. QUEBEC GENEALOGY & FAMILY HISTORY http://genealogy.about.com/od/quebec/ - Search for your Quebec ancestors in these genealogy and family history records and resources focused on Quebec genealogy. Includes Quebec archives, online records and databases, research guides, lookups, queries, genealogical and historical societies, and Quebec surnames.

FRENCH TRANSLATION http://www.acadian-cajun.com/ http://www.googletranslate.com/ FRENCH GENEALOGY OF NORTH AMERICA http://www.francogene.com/quebec/index.php - Your gateway to Franco-American and French-Canadian Genealogy on the Internet

AMERICAN-CANADIAN GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY http://acgs.org/about/index.html - The American-Canadian Genealogist is the official quarterly journal of the American-Canadian Genealogical Society and a major benefit of membership in our society. Regular segments include letters to the editor, messages from the President and the Editor, Book Reviews, From Other Publications, Queries, New Members, Étoile d'Acadie, and our Readers' Forum. Visit our Genealogist web page to find out more about this great member benefit, and download a free sample issue. Back issues are available through our catalog.

AMERICAN-FRENCH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (AFGS) http://www.afgs.org/ - A read-only mailing list for members of the American-French Genealogical Society (AFGS) or anyone interested in AFGS activities who would like an electronic version of the AFGnewS that is sent bi-monthly by postal mail to members. The AFGS is a genealogical and historical organization dedicated to the study and preservation of the French-Canadian culture. Additional information can be found on the AFGS web page. To subscribe send "subscribe" to afgs-afgnews-l-request@rootsweb.com

IMMIGRANTS TO CANADA http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/thevoyage.html

AN ADMINISTRATIVE ATLAS OF ONTARIO by Marc Schindler http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/search.htm http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/SearchMapframes.php GUINDON WEBSITES http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/genealogielistfirstname.aspx?Family=Guindon_577&lng=en http://surnames.meaniing-of-names.com/genealogy/guindon/ http://lplonline.org/wp-content/uploads/American-Canadian-Marriages-1599-1984.pdf

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Keeping informed of family connections and family reunions.

Guindon.Yandeau.Reunion http://treesearcher.ca/

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