This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0NC.2ACE/311.1.2.1.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi Diane, I really should have got the fact that there were two Jonathan W. Myers’ in Orono; especially as I had seen death notices for the younger. The younger’s marriage is at: http://portalx.bisoex.state.me.us/pls/archives_mhsf/archdev.marriage_archive.display_info?v_id=228441 and notes: Jonathan W. Myers of Orono, ME m. 1DEC1945 Wilsie M. Glover of Tullahoma, Tennessee A classic case of ‘name’s-the-same’ Genealogy; and I should have thought about that. Especially since, at the Social Security Death Index, at family search, it is indicated that this Jonathan W. Myers was very likely the Jonathan Myers of Bangor, Gleazie and Glenburn, Penobscot Co., ME, b. 11MAR1917, d. 31AUG1998. To make my error worse, at a Legion website at: http://www.bairnet.org/organizations/legion84/taps.htm was a list of deceased members of what appears to have been the American Legion Post 84, Orono; including Jonathan W. Myers and Alexander Myers. The three items suggest this younger Jonathan was in WWII, possibly served in Tennessee, and brought his fiancee home to get married after the war. The locations suggest a possible relative, but of a definitely younger generation. Breau (Breaux, Brault, etc.) would suffer from the inability of officials (census enumerators for example) to spell surnames; especially Acadian surnames. Also, the person who originally provided the information may have heard it, but never had seen it spelled. As a rule, I only note parents, without following up on them; unless there is a special reason to do so. Acadian families, while often researched, are scary; so I tend to avoid them. Very complex. All I have is that amongst the earliest settlers in Tabusintac were: Anselme, Jacques, Charles, Francis and Victor Breaux; and that Victor was a brother of Anselme, arrived in the area about 1775, and later founded nearby Neguac. Jacques Breau is considered the first to have settled in the area. If you go to: http://www.angelfire.com/nb/tabusintac/history.html and follow the link to: http://www.3acres.org/tabusintac/ there is a further link to subscribe to a mailing list of various researchers on Tabusintac Families. Once subscribed, you can post a query, and I assure you there will be someone who knows more than I do. You also really want to visit: http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/charlotte_taylor/index.htm for basic, background info. I would also suggest looking at: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=bellisle_hall&id=I00451 In this latter site, it keeps mentioning ‘Miramichi, Northumberland Co., NB’, at times (mid-1700’s) when New Brunswick and Northumberland Co. did not exist. This is mis-leading, as Miramichi is a (relatively) new city, comprised of amalgamated municipalities. It would be more appropriate to say something like, ‘ . . . on the Miramichi in that part of Acadia which is now New Brunswick.’ The words, ‘on the Miramichi’, indicated the river (a rather large area), rather than the city. There is also a website at: http://www.pinette.net/genealogy/acadian4.html on Acadian families. Some of this website is misleading. The Armorial section is particularly misleading, as it fosters the myth of ‘family coats-of-arms’. Especially as some of the arms displayed are obviously modern, and may have nothing to do with Acadians. The LeBlanc arms (the colourful one) is a ‘family’ coat-of-arms in that it belongs to the LeBlanc Family Association, and presumably could be used by active members of the association. The Sicard arms are probably actually French; and I doubt that the Sicards’, Secord’s , Sicar’s in North America have any connection of a meaningful nature. Besides, the Sicar’s and their descendants, the Secord’s, were Huguenot’s, not Acadians. Simoneau (note the tricouleur effect and the maple leaf) may be arms granted to an Acadian of that name, a family association, or assumed by someone. The Boulanger arms do not resemble anything I would expect of a pro! per heraldic authority. (The term, ’family crest’, by the way is a giveaway indicating general ignorance. Anyone selling them is generally looked upon with disgust by those familiar with Heraldry.) In spite of my uneasiness about the appropriateness of the armorial, there are some very good segments, including the 1698 census of Port Royal which has: Germain SAVOYE 46; Marie BRAULT (wife) 36; Germain 16; Francois 14, Marie 12; Pierre 8; Jean 5; Magdeleine 4; paul 2; 12 cattle, 14 sheep, 13 hogs, 16 arpents, 12 fruit trees, 1 gun. So, there seems to be a lot of information; it’s just a matter of tracking in down. Thomas