Hi Dick, Philippe and Karen (please see note to you at the end of this mail), I noted with great interest the discussions between Karen Lombard, Dick Meyers and Philippe Rossignol on St.Lucia and Martinique families. So far I have focused my research primarily on St.Lucia and have gone through a number of LDS films etc. However, I have not yet started to look at Martinique, which is where I hope you can help, if you are able and have the time to do a couple of look-ups for me. Otherwise any advice would be most appreciated, to get me moving in the right direction. Here are my areas of interest: 1) Uranie-Pierre SYLVESTRE, born Ducos, Martinique. I have no DOB, but she was married in St.Lucia in 1871 (to Samuel BERNEZ), so estimate born 1840 to 1850? 2) Samuel BERNEZ, born in France, but residing in Martinique around 1860. 3) ALCEE (Alcée). I have very little information, but understand that there were two brothers who came to St.Lucia 1740 to 1780 from Martinique (originally from France). 4) Rene Louis MORTEAU. In St.Lucia the mid to late 1700''s. Not sure whether there is a connection with Martinique here. Karen, We've been in touch before, as we both research the name BONNETT / BONNET. Please note that on the LDS film 1093929 ~ 1764 there are a lot of DE BERNARDS. Also on the same film there are lots of BONNETS in Soufriere ~ 1751 to 1788 (I have no detail, but just made a brief note on some surnames I recognised). Looking forward to your response, Many thanks in advance, Penny

Hi. I am relatively new to geneaolgy and so far I've dedicated most of my search to my side of the family. I actually started to search to (eventually) create a somewhat complete, professionally documented and published collection to present to my daughter when she gets older. Since she's only two now, I've have loads of time :)!! Anyway, your topic interested me because I have found that some of my maternal grandmother's family is from St. Barts and possibly Martinque (ZINGUE). My daughter's family, on her father's side is almost entirely from St. Lucia (CAMSEL and KING, FORTUNELLE/FONTANELLE, ST. CATHERINE). Have any of you run by any of these surnames or can offer any tips on researching the LDS to find Caribbean/French heritage? Monie <PennyKilbane@aol.com> wrote in message news:148.11af2e71.2bf7ee08@aol.com... > Hi Dick, Philippe and Karen (please see note to you at the end of this mail), > > I noted with great interest the discussions between Karen Lombard, Dick > Meyers and Philippe Rossignol on St.Lucia and Martinique families. So far I > have focused my research primarily on St.Lucia and have gone through a number > of LDS films etc. However, I have not yet started to look at Martinique, > which is where I hope you can help, if you are able and have the time to do a > couple of look-ups for me. Otherwise any advice would be most appreciated, > to get me moving in the right direction. Here are my areas of interest: > > 1) Uranie-Pierre SYLVESTRE, born Ducos, Martinique. I have no DOB, but she > was married in St.Lucia in 1871 (to Samuel BERNEZ), so estimate born 1840 to > 1850? > 2) Samuel BERNEZ, born in France, but residing in Martinique around 1860. > 3) ALCEE (Alcée). I have very little information, but understand that there > were two brothers who came to St.Lucia 1740 to 1780 from Martinique > (originally from France). > 4) Rene Louis MORTEAU. In St.Lucia the mid to late 1700''s. Not sure > whether there is a connection with Martinique here. > > Karen, > We've been in touch before, as we both research the name BONNETT / BONNET. > Please note that on the LDS film 1093929 ~ 1764 there are a lot of DE > BERNARDS. Also on the same film there are lots of BONNETS in Soufriere ~ > 1751 to 1788 (I have no detail, but just made a brief note on some surnames > I recognised). > > Looking forward to your response, > Many thanks in advance, > Penny >