Dear Bob and Laurette: Very pleased to hear from you, as it is always nice to connect with another cousin! Just recently I heard from Bob ARBEAU for the first time. I am quite glad that your line has some serious researchers, as it is the only way to get to the bottom of this big mystery. I sure wish we had a little more documentation about Joseph ARBOUR (b ca1766). Perhaps it would make ascertaining his origins a little easier. Have you ever looked at land records? Do you have a death record? There had to be a church in his part of NB, don't you think? Was he Catholic like his ancestors? I look forward to pursuing this line a lot more. Please let me know what you discovered at the Fredericton Archives. Shannon :)