Good morning: About the Comeau Family, we have a typical piece of Acadian wishful thinking. I have been assembling both Acadian and French-Canadian Genealogy for almost 30 years. My own ancestry is 97% Acadian, 3% French-Canadian. Until 2 years ago,I lived close to excellent French-Canadian data sources. Almost invariably, such sources will supply the points of origin in France, including names of parents, and the actual parish. Acadian genealogy, on the other hand, was based largely on data gotten from census reports. Such data lent itself to error. Bona Arsenault, who was NOT a genealogist, used methods that often produced erroneous conclusions as to who married whom. I had the good fortune of consulting with Steve White many times, several times in his office. Frequently, I have read letters asking why we hold Steve up as a God. Simply, Steve and his operation in Moncton are by far the most thorough, best organized Genealogical organization doing any sort of French Genealogy. For many years, there have been letters tying Commeau to deCommeau, LeBlanc to French royalty,parents of JEAN BLANCHARD, and of FRANCOIS GUERIN,etc.,etc. It has been several years since these errors have been corrected by Steve White. If one has a significant amount of Acadian ancestry, I would urge the purchase of the Steve White "DICTIONNAIRES". However, I must caution that, generally, errors (often in Arsenault) that were made on Genealogy after 1714 will not show up in these books.There then are two alternatives, 1)to go to CENTRE d'ETUDE ACADIENNES, in Moncton, or 2) to wait for the next set of books, later this year. ACADIAN genealogy is NOT easy !! For those who do not have a lot of Acadian, write in with your problems, and hope that your answers have up-to-date and correct answers. As for spellings of names, my own name has 30+ spellings. The first BARRIEAU(BARILLOT) could not write,so the first census taker use a spelling with which he was familiar. Very probably, the same thing occurred with COMEAU.What is correct? WE DO NOT KNOW !! Hope this letter throws a little light !! ED BARRIEAU Albuquerque, NM 87114 edlor13@comcast.net