Christmas greetings everyone, and what a great one it is with this announcement, as posted to the GHC-Liste: (here is my translation of the original message below) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ <We are pleased to announce that, as a Christmas present to all who have been waiting so impatiently, the Etat Civil [vital statistics registers] of Martinique have just been made available online. The church and civil registers of Martinique, housed in the Archives Nationales d'Outre-mer, begin in 1666. They have been digitized and indexed to permit their consultation online. The acts/registers can be searched using several criteria: commune, date, and type of act. Period of research: 1662 [sic] - 1909 Merry Christmas and happy researching to all! Anne Chauvel Communications liaison Archives Nationales d'Outre-mer ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For those who are not familiar with the ANOM website, go to: http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/ To the left you will see Etat Civil / Recherche par critères/ choisir un territoire. To the right of the "Choisir..." window, click on the little black down arrow. A drop-down list will appear. Simply click on the territory/colony that you wish to research. Then you can narrow your search by commune, type of act, theme, year, etc. Simply click on the <Lancer la Recherche> button to access the digital images of the register you have requested. Amusez vous bien !! :- ) Bonne année! Augusta Elmwood à la Nouvelle Orléans -----Original Message----- From: ROSSIGNOL Bernadette (Le Pecq) Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 15:36 To: ghcaraibe@listes.u-picardie.fr Subject: [ghcaraibe] registres de la Martinique sur le site des ANOM Bonjour à tous Nous vous transmettons un messager envoyé à notre association par les archives nationales d'outre-mer d'Aix en Provence : De : "CHAUVEL anne" <anne.chauvel@culture.gouv.fr> >À : GHCaraibe@noos.fr >Objet : LA MARTINIQUE EN LIGNE !!!!!! >Date : 20/12/2010 12:18:52 CET > >Comme un cadeau de Noël à tous les chercheurs qui attendaient > impatiemment, l'état civil de la Martinique vient d'être mis en ligne et > nous sommes très heureux de vous l'annoncer. > > La collection des registres paroissiaux et d'état civil de la Martinique > conservée aux Archives nationales d´outre-mer commence en 1666. Ces > registres ont fait l´objet d´une numérisation et d´une indexation afin > de permettre la consultation en ligne. > > Procédure de recherche : Le formulaire d´interrogation propose plusieurs > critères. Le choix peut se faire par commune, dates et type d´actes. > > Période de la recherche : 1662 à 1909 > > Joyeux Noël à tous et bonnes recherches !!! > Bien cordialement > > Anne CHAUVEL > Chargée de communication > Archives nationales d'outre-mer Grand merci aux ANOM pour la poursuite de leurs travaux de mise en ligne ! Et joyeux Noël à vous tous. Cordialement Bernadette et Philippe Rossignol Généalogie et Histoire de la Caraïbe Pavillon 23 12 avenue Charles de Gaulle 78230 Le Pecq le site : http://www.GHCaraibe.org la liste : http://listes.u-picardie.fr/wws/info/ghcaraibe

Merry Christmas and or Happy Holiday to all listers who celebrate during this season. Hope each of you sees good things in the coming year Thanks for making the list a place of learning and discovery Regards; Chris Codrington (List-keeper)

Merry Christmas Cod ----- Original Message ----- From: "CM Codrington" <cmcod@optimum.net> To: <caribbean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 8:11 AM Subject: Re: [Carib] Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday > Merry Christmas and or Happy Holiday to all listers who celebrate during > this season. > > Hope each of you sees good things in the coming year > > Thanks for making the list a place of learning and discovery > > Regards; > > Chris Codrington > > (List-keeper) > > *************************** > The Caribbean List now has a Resources Page at Historic Antigua and > Barbuda http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CARIBBEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

And I would heartily second that, and leave you all with a thought: No prizes for those who recognise these patterns Im afraid. THE THIRTEEN COMMANDMENTS FOR NAMES The Genes Bible (1). Thou shalt name your male children: James, John, Joseph, Josiah, Abel, Richard, Thomas, William. (2) Thou shalt name your female children: Elizabeth, Mary, Martha, Maria, Sarah, Ida, Virginia, May. (3) Thou shalt leave NO trace of your female children. (4) Thou shalt, after naming your children from the above lists, call them by strange nicknames such as: Ike, Eli, Polly, Dolly, Sukey.---making them difficult to trace. (5) Thou shalt NOT use any middle names on any legal documents or census reports, and only where necessary, you may use only initials on legal documents. (6) Thou shalt learn to sign all documents illegibly so that your surname can be spelled, or misspelled, in various ways: Hicks, Hicks, Hix, Hixe, Hucks, Kicks or Robinson, Robertson, Robison, Roberson, Robuson, Robson, Dobson. (7) Thou shalt, after no more then 3 generations, make sure that all family records are lost, misplaced, burned in a court house fire, or buried so that NO future trace of them can be found. (8) Thou shalt propagate misleading legends, rumours, and vague innuendo regarding your place origination: (A) you may have come from : England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales....or Iran. (B) you may have American Indian ancestry of the______tribe...... (C) You may have descended from one of three brothers that came over from______ (9) Thou shalt leave NO cemetery records, or headstones with legible names. (10) Thou shalt leave NO family Bible with records of birth, marriages, or deaths. (11) Thou shalt ALWAYS flip thy name around. If born James Albert, thou must make all the rest of thy records in the names of Albert, AJ, JA, AL, Bert, Bart, or Alfred. (12) Thou must also flip thy parent's names when making reference to them, although "Unknown" or a blank line is an acceptable alternative. (13) Thou shalt name at least 5 generations of males and dozens of their cousins with identical names in order to totally confuse researchers. Author unknown ----- Original Message ----- From: "CM Codrington" <cmcod@optimum.net> To: <caribbean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 1:11 PM Subject: Re: [Carib] Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday > Merry Christmas and or Happy Holiday to all listers who celebrate during > this season. > > Hope each of you sees good things in the coming year > > Thanks for making the list a place of learning and discovery > > Regards; > > Chris Codrington > > (List-keeper) > > *************************** > The Caribbean List now has a Resources Page at Historic Antigua and > Barbuda http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CARIBBEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message