IS IT TIME TO RETIRE THE LIST? NO. Who are you? KATHLEEN EATON - GRANDDAUGHTER of ROSE DELIMA BOUDREAU b. 1882. KANKAKEE, IL of the MICHEL BOUDROT line. Where you are? - Born in California - living in Binghamton, NY past 50+ years Where & when were your families last in one of our "homelands"? DATES ARE APPROXIMATE. NAPIERVILLE,QC, CAN - 1823 L'ACADIE, QUEBEC, CAN -1800's ST.VALENTINE, QC, CAN - various family marriages -1850 LA PRAIRIE, QC, CAN - family probably still there KANKAKEE, BOURBONNAIS, ILLINOIS - 1917 OAKLAND, FRUITVALE, CALIFORNIA - 1906 Under the British Government after the New France <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_France>, the new English settlers use the toponym "Montreal River", a deviant translation of "River of Mount Royal". Upon arrival of the first French settlers in the Haut-Richelieu, the river is named "River of Montreal" (Rivière de Montréal) and "Little River Montreal" (Petite rivière de Montréal). >From the mid-nineteenth century, the segment of the river in the area of Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie is designated "River of Acadia"; it is where the exiled Acadians settled after 1768, however, the segments downstream and upstream, keep the designation of "Little river Montreal". These settlers were deported from Canada named their adopted land "La Cadie", "La Petite Cadie" (little Cadie) or "La Nouvellle Cadie" (New Cadie) in memory of the country of their origin, the old Acadia. The course of the river flows through seven municipalities (or cities): Hemmingford <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemmingford,_Quebec_(township)>, Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington,_Quebec> (where it flows eastward) Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville,_Quebec>, Napierville <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napierville,_Quebec>, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu,_Quebec> (Saint-Luc and Acadia sector), Carignan <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carignan,_Quebec> and Chambly <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambly,_Quebec>. What families are you researching? ACADIAN & FRENCH CANADIAN What Period? EARLY IN NEW FRANCE AND ON Have you had your DNA done which tests? 23 & Me I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THE MINIMAL FRENCH DNA CONNECTION VIA MY 23&Me REPORTS , UNTIL I READ THE POSTS ON THIS BLOG ABOUT FRANCE AND ITS DNA RESTRICTIONS. I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE INPUT ABOUT DNA AND TESTING AND WILL READ MORE - BEFORE ANOTHER TEST. Any other Genealogical projects you are working on? WANT TO PUT THE FAMILY INFORMATION TOGETHER IN DIFFERENT WAYS, VERBALLY AND NON-VERBALLY. PERHAPS CATCH THE ATTENTION OF SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW THEY ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN THE FAMILY GENEALOGY. What else would you like us to know? I TOO HAVE FOUND LARGE AND SMALL LIBRARIES VERY HELPFUL AND REALIZE THAT LEAVING FAMILY INFORMATION IN THESE PLACES MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO ANOTHER INTERESTED PERSON. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY WONDERFUL SURPRISES AND ENCOUNTERS WITH OTHERS IN THE GENEALOGY ROOMS OF THE LIBRARIES. What family associations do you belong to? Do you have a blog, web site or online database you would like to share? NO Any unique resources you will do lookups? Do you like the "how related" we occasionally do? Do more, less, too personal? YES Do you like our holiday breaks with recipes, family stories & traditions? YES Hold your brick walls we will try & work them after the roll call.