Post 799!
Rosh used that expression in a comment after I wrote this:
Don’t read too many in one day.
Don’t rush into this.
Your head will spin
She wrote back…
I know. It already is. I’ll make sense of it over time. I’ve spent years figuring out who’s who in my zoo.
Comments are most often overlooked which is a shame.
Here are a few gem comments posted lately.
From Richard Lemaire about my posts on the Myers and Chrétien Lemaire…
My ancestor Jean-Baptiste Lemaire married Marie-Madeleine Darche at St. Joseph in Chambly in 1786.
He was born in Besancon, Doubs, Franche Comté circa 1753, son of Joseph or Claude Joseph Lemaire and Jeanne Costille. Tradition says he was with the French Troops under Rochambeau along with a brother Claude (Marie) Lemaire and uncle Laurent Costille.
Claude returned to France via Barbados. JB and uncle went on to Canada.
I am writing this as I had a researcher insists JB was Chretien’s son. I know there were two JBs in Chambly at this time.
Thanks for reading.
Richard
From Aquila about my post on Find a Grave…
I have to agree with what he wrote, Pierre. I was preparing the memorial for a family member and when I went to add it to Find a Grave discovered that someone else had already entered a memorial but with no real information. I asked if they would transfer the memorial to me and was told no, it would reduce their collection of memorials. I would rather see the control of the memorials on Find a Grave in the hands of family members rather than collectors. It was a painful and sad realization that my family member was no longer mine in death and that their memorial was a just a way of counting coup and had no other meaning for the person in control of it.
As a footnote to this 799th post…
My father was born on August 31st, 1927.
He would have been 87 today and be a great-grandfather for a fourth time.
Instead he had decided to leave this Earth completely broken by life at 69 on August 27th, 1995.
August 27th, 1995. That’s the last time I saw him even if he was too ashamed to see his three loving children before he left this Earth.
Around 11 PM he turned towards me and this broken-hearted little child found inner peace.
799 posts! You’re a very prolific writer Pierre! Nice tribute to your father. It’s too bad he didn’t get to spend more time with you and your siblings before he departed. Sometimes they just can’t move beyond the brokenness.
Thank you for mentioning my comment. You’re so kind:-)
My father taught me to be kind with other people. You can read between the lines.
Prolific?
I have been writing since 2009. That’s five long years.
I would be prolific if I had more than one blog…
Love that “Who’s who in my zoo”!!! I have found real joy in finding my ancestors. I often wonder what their lives were really like and if they had joy in their heart or carried a heavy burden. Would they even care that someone in their future generations found and recorded them in a family tree so they might not be forgotten again. Pierre, I thoroughly enjoy reading your blog! Have a nice day, Susan
I enjoy writing about these wonderful people.
Beautiful tribute to you father. Sometimes the pain is just too much.
Thanks for using my comment, maybe it will make a small difference.
Making a difference, probably not, but I will use this FAG anecdote again to prove another point.