I have been contacted by a journalist working for TF1, the French television channel.  She is looking for French families to participate in an upcoming program « Grands Reportages » concerning “French diasporas.”

Specifically, she is looking for French families who, as part of their genealogical research, are trying to connect with descendants of their ancestors who emigrated to Canada or to the United States more than a century ago (between the 16^th century and the beginning of the 20^th century).  This could be by a connection made during a « return to our origins » trip, organized by a local genealogical group, or during a family reunion, marriage, anniversary, etc.  She is exclusively looking for families considering or planning reunion events which will take place in Canada or in USA.

How you can help ? Do you know of anyone who might fit the profile she is seeking ? If, by any chance, you, or someone you know, have been contacted by anyone in France for information about possible descendants in Canada or the US or if you know of any French families who are trying to connect with or find information about US or Canadian descendants, please contact Eugénie Cohen, either by phone:  +33 (0)6 87 12 26 58 or by email:  ecohen.cpi@tf1.fr

Please contact Eugenie by November 15, 2018.  If you have questions about this research, feel free to contact Eugenie, who does speak English, or you can email me.

Lynne

Hello to those of you who have signed up for new posts and have hopefully not had to manage through too many confusing notices about the changes to my website.

At last, I am thrilled to announce that the web site and its blog posts are now all available in French!  All you have to do is click on the French flag in the top right corner of any page to access the French version.  I owe ever so much to my cousin Father Peter Dumont in New Hampshire and his cousin Michel Moisan in Quebec City for all their incredible and invaluable help in making the translation possible!

Once again, thank you for your interest in Jeanne Chevalier, my 8th great grandmother!  I hope to have some new posts available soon (in English and French!)

Most warmly, Lynne

P.S.  Apologies if this is a repeat of a prior message.  We found a few glitches and they are now fixed!

The posts tell the story of Jeanne’s life, set against the backdrop of the history of France and New France at the time.  They provide information on the Filles du Roi (Daughters of the King) program, on the places she lived, and on the individuals in her life.  There are also posts that describe my journey to find and write the story of her life.  The posts are grouped by categories.  However, when they are posted, they do not end up necessarily being arranged in chronological order.  Here is a suggested Table of Contents that describes the flow of the posts.  As new posts are added, I will update this Table of Contents!  Readers are of course invited to pick and choose among the posts as they prefer! [⇒]