You could be right about them sailing from La Rochelle Frances, as there is a waxworks museum there giving the full story of how girls were sent from La Rochelle at the time of the Revolution, in order for them to marry soldiers serving in Canada and possibly America too. They were given one golden Louis, probably worth quite a lot of money, to set themselves up for their new lives. I probably have lots of pictures of La Rochelle, as we have spent quite a few holidays there. It's a city really, probably the same size as Southport where I live (which is NOT a city, it's a town). The same size population, about 100,000. I can visualise myself living there as it is a REAL place and not like a lot of the nice little villages in Brittany where people only come for the summer months. I know people will have sailed from La Rochelle during the whole of the 18th century. Marj > > Would you have any pictures of there..?? The > reason for my curiosity is that I 'feel' that my > maternal ancestors would have left France from > there when they came to Canada in l7l2...It would > be nice to have pics of what it is like now... > Thanks a bunch if you can help me out here. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.350 / Virus Database: 196 - Release Date: 17/04/02