I don't specifically know that mine were the same family as the Hart dit Jolicoeur family from Clinton County, NY that other people have been discussing, It seems more than one family may have done this antic with their name. I know that A Hart dit Jolicoeur family was from Napierville and LaPrairie Counties, and I have a list of abaout five churches where someone found records. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <cushkaren@gwi.net> To: <tiggernut24@yahoo.com>; <hart-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [HART-L] Hart dit Jolicoeur of Plattsburg NY area - need information Do you know where they were in Canada? My Hart ancestors were in Bishops Mills, south of Ottawa, in Ontario. They arrived there in 1840. Karen Hart Anthony Original Message: ----------------- From: Dora Smith tiggernut24@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:43:37 -0500 To: HART-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HART-L] Hart dit Jolicoeur of Plattsburg NY area - need information Jo: I'm not following you. Let's make sure we're clear. They used the name Hart in Canada. In Canada, they never used the name Jolicoeur. When they got to this country, they tended to change Hart to Jolicoeur. In Canada, Jolicoeur is a rare name. Noone knows why they started using a fancified semifictional French name that didn't, as nearly as anyone can tell, belong to them, in this country. Or atleast, that's what people who have all dematerialized were posting at genforum six years ago. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jo Taylor" <jo.taylor@wanadoo.fr> To: <HART-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 4:39 AM Subject: Re: [HART-L] Hart dit Jolicoeur of Plattsburg NY area - need information >> I found old posts here about a Hart dit Jolicoeur line from Canada, that >> lived in Clinton County, NY. But no mention of Francis, only a >> different >> Joseph, and the Jolicoeur connection was rather unclear. Unclear if >> this >> line is really Hart dit Jolicoeur and if not why they think they are. >> Jolicoeur is sure a funny name to carry around if your name is Hart and >> the >> name Jolicoeur does not belong to you. > > Not that strange : coeur = heart. (Jolie = pretty, nice.) > > A fairly logical name-change if they moved to a non-French-speaking > region. > > Jo Taylor > -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006