Here's some information I just received on another list - this is a paraphrase: RootsWeb has been having some problems with its main listserver, resulting in a backlog of messages on many lists. It is hoped that these messages will materialize today, but they may be badly out of order.. So the word is: be patient; it's not your server's fault! Ginny Virginia Crawford list owner: ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com VCrawf@aol.com Carmel Valley CA USA

How about adding Indiana to the list where they migrated? Karen

Hello Carol Anne: Thanks for responding so quickly. I do not have a Peter Bonvallet in my Tree, however my Bonvallets are fairly incomplete. It is my Aunt's family. Albert Pierre (1856-1929) was married to Alice Lavisa Porter (1865-1948) in 1889. They had seven children; two of which are related to me. Erv

Dear Ginny, thank you somuch for all the work you have done with the old site and this new one. All though I have had little to contribute up to now Ihave connected with some very helpful people. It is so wonderful to have a more complete picture of our ancestors lives, wherer they lived and how that was for them. Thank you so much for enabling that gift. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <VCrawf@aol.com> To: <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2000 12:04 PM Subject: [ILSTANNE] Official description of list > > Bonjour, St. Anners. I have slightly revised Rootsweb's official > description of our list to include countries of origin for our emigrant > ancestors and also Illinois county names; this description will appear in > RootsWeb's lists, Cindy's List of Links, John Fuller's list, etc. > > Here, FYI, is what we're all about: > <<<ILSTANNE. A mailing list that concentrates on the genealogy and related > family/regional history of the French-speaking families who emigrated to > Illinois in the mid-1800s (mostly from Quebec, but also from Belgium, > Switzerland, etc.) to establish the town of St. Anne and other towns in the > St. Anne vicinity (Kankakee and Iroquois counties). We follow those families > back to their earliest origins and track them forward as they move to other > states - notably Kansas, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. You must be a subscriber to > post to the list. To subscribe, send the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) as the only text in the body of a message to > ilstanne-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or > ilstanne-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode). >>> > > Cheers! > > Ginny Crawford > listowner, ILSTANNE family history group > VCrawf@aol.com > Carmel Valley CA USA > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >

Hi everyone.... I have a question pertaining to a document that Kathye Knight forwarded on to me... the document is the records for St. Patrick's Church in Aurora, Kansas and my question is this.... On many of the names where there should be letters with accents the letter Z has replaced them... What I am wondering is what accent would be above the letter e in the name Timothe which in the document came out TimothZ... I suppose my lack of good grades in high school French is showing here.... Let me know if you have an answer is it é or è or perhaps ê or ë. Perhaps the gentleman that transcribed and translated the documents might be able to help? Thank you in advance... Sincerely, Deborah

Bonjour Erv, I have a record of a Peter BONVALLET who died 12 Jul 1909. There is a notation that he was from Wichert. This record is in the Father Charles Chiniquy Ledger. Who is your Albert-Pierre married to? Carol Anne In a message dated 2/19/00 2:39:43 PM Pacific Standard Time, Ervross@aol.com writes: << Am interested in any information on Albert Pierre Bonvallet (1856-1929) and his descendants. They resided in the St. Anne/Wichert, Illinois area and were asparagus growers. >>

Yes, I would like to know also. Richard Graveline Kwirsching@aol.com wrote: > To Dick LeSage or any others interested: I have a birth date and spouse of > your Etienne Boudreau if you want it. Let me know. > Karen > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi

Am interested in any information on Albert Pierre Bonvallet (1856-1929) and his descendants. They resided in the St. Anne/Wichert, Illinois area and were asparagus growers. Erv Milwaukee, WI

It is not St. Patrick's but St. Peter's in Aurora, KS. The Z is apparently for é. I am the one who transcribed the records. Bob

Bonjour, St. Anners. I have slightly revised Rootsweb's official description of our list to include countries of origin for our emigrant ancestors and also Illinois county names; this description will appear in RootsWeb's lists, Cindy's List of Links, John Fuller's list, etc. Here, FYI, is what we're all about: <<<ILSTANNE. A mailing list that concentrates on the genealogy and related family/regional history of the French-speaking families who emigrated to Illinois in the mid-1800s (mostly from Quebec, but also from Belgium, Switzerland, etc.) to establish the town of St. Anne and other towns in the St. Anne vicinity (Kankakee and Iroquois counties). We follow those families back to their earliest origins and track them forward as they move to other states - notably Kansas, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. You must be a subscriber to post to the list. To subscribe, send the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) as the only text in the body of a message to ilstanne-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or ilstanne-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode). >>> Cheers! Ginny Crawford listowner, ILSTANNE family history group VCrawf@aol.com Carmel Valley CA USA

To Dick LeSage or any others interested: I have a birth date and spouse of your Etienne Boudreau if you want it. Let me know. Karen

Thank you so much for the warm welcome. I recently joined a list for Cloud County, Kansas where I was told I might find my great grandparents wedding information... this information came from a very old address book of my grandmothers where she had listed bits of information that she knew about her family. A woman on the list told me that the genealogy society there has these records for Aurora, St. Joseph, Clyde, Clifton, Linn and Palmer and that they were translated by a man named Bob Gieber from the original Latin and French. She apparently has the data base on her computer. The information on my Great Grandparents marriage is as follows St Peter's Catholic Church Records, Aurora, Kansas. Maurice Tremblay, son of Timothe Tremblay & Florence Crepault (?) from Washington State, married Anna Martin, daughter of Joseph Martin & Julie Landry. They were married 17 Feb 1890 Witnesses Louis Hamel & Emma Guennette, Service performed by Father Pierre Fortier. With this information I have just made a connection with the Tremblay Association in Quebec and found that they have my line from Maurice's parents back... and it can be followed back to the late 1600's. The little book that I mentioned before (my grandmothers) also had the name Kankakee listed as the birth place of her mother Anna Marie Martin. My great grandmother had told my mother that where she grew up there were no people that spoke English... and that it was a small town. I am beginning to think that my great great grandfather Joseph Martin may be the Joseph Martin listed as a land owner in the Illinois registries as owning land in Kankakee, which was purchased in 1868 and 1869. Maurice Tremblay met my great grandmother while she was working for one of his relatives in Chicago, Illinois as a maid. Anna Martin was only 14 when she married my Great Grandfather Maurice, he was 14 years her senior. Anna Marie Martin was 1/4 native American Indian, so if anyone on the list has a family that would fit this please let me know... Either Joseph Martin or Julie Landry were half native. As for me.... my name is Deborah and I live in British Columbia, Canada. Thank you again for the warm welcome and for the wonderful information that your list has already supplied me with. Sincerely, Deborah SEARCHING TROMBLEY or TREMBLAY, Quebec; British Columbia; Saskatchewan; Alberta; North West Territories, CANADA; Washington, Illinois, Kansas, Montana, California, USA; also possible connections in Mexico. MARTIN, Quebec, Kankakee, Petit Canada?, Illinois, Kansas, Washington, British Columbia, Alberta Canada CREPEAU, Quebec, Canada; LANDRY, Quebec, Canada; Illinois; Kansas New page under construction...

Hi Vance, Go to the Logan County page below. Logan County was formed from Sangamon County in 1839. You will also find a link to the Sangamon County Web site in the "Neighboring Counties" link http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Good luck, Robert Roach

from John Gaulthier [not a subscriber] <<< I am looking for surnames Barland/Berland/Borland/ and Beland. I have > found them in Iroquois County in about 1860 and again in 1867, but nothing > in between. I have noted that possible ancestors with surname Berland > served with the 12th Illinois Cavalry, which I note was formed in Kankakee > County. I wonder if these families could have moved to Kankakee County > during the Civil War? Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank > you. > Jolhn Gauthier >>>> Please respond to John at << jogauthier@erols.com >> .

Bonjour Carol Ann! I have nothing on either of these women beyond what I copied below from a website. Though the one has the dit name flip-flopped, I suspect they are related, but info on either of these women would be much appreciated! Thank you! --Augustin Bouchard, n ca 1792 | | | | +Marie-Marguerite Gervais dit Talbot, n ca 1797, m 11 Nov 1817 St-Francois-du-Sud --Pierre-Basile Bouchard, bap 15 Sep 1740 St-Thomas | | | | +Marie Talbot dit Gervais, n ca 1741, m 24 Aug 1761 St-Pierre-Riviere-du-Sud >> Patricia Chiniquy@aol.com wrote: > Bonjour Patricia, > > I have tons of TALBOT dit Gervais. That's my line. How can I help you? > > Carol Anne

In a message dated 2/18/2000 8:01:27 AM Pacific Standard Time, gigli.saw@dplanet.ch (Vance Roy) writes: > I may be on a list that will be of no help. Hope someone can tell me. I > am researching a SALMON family in Sangamon County, IL. Good morning, Vance and all: the ILSTANNE list concentrates on those French-speaking families who emigrated to Illinois in the mid-1800s (mostly from Quebec, but also from Belgium, Switzerland, etc.) to establish the town of St. Anne and other towns in the St. Anne vicinity (Kankakee and Iroquois counties, Illinois). We follow those families back to their earliest origins, if we can, and we track them as they move to other states - notably Kansas, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. We look not only for family lines, but also for family and regional history. We are a new list, but an old group. We have been functioning via eMail for a year or so, and just now, when we became a RootsWeb list, we opened for business with 77 subscribers already in place. We are friends and colleagues, all spading the soil in our focus area. As a RootsWeb list, we welcome anyone who thinks he or she may benefit by joining and participating. But since your interest is in Sangamon County, Vance, we may be of no help to you. You may want to look for the Sangamon county list; the address should be on the RootsWeb page that lists the lists. Otherwise or in addition, you may want to stay on ILSTANNE, and we're glad to have you with us. Cheers - er, Salut! Ginny Virginia Crawford listowner, the ILSTANNE list VCrawf@aol.com Carmel Valley CA USA

I may be on a list that will be of no help. Hope someone can tell me. I am researching a SALMON family in Sangamon County, IL. They were catholic. Is St. Anne's a church or county? Or something else? If I am in the wrong place, I am sorry, but can anyone point me in the right direction? Many thanks, Vance Roy gigli.saw@dplanet.ch Surname Research: ROY, WILLIAMS, WHITTEN, VANCE, TATE, and SALMON

Karen, I don't have a marriage date. The information I have comes from oral history as written down about 30 years ago. The age of Napoleon Boudreau would be close to this generation of my ancestor: Ida L'Ecuyer (after 1839, with known birth years for 3 siblings as: 1847, 1852, and 1864) -----Original Message----- From: Kwirsching@aol.com [mailto:Kwirsching@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 7:58 PM To: ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILSTANNE] Hello from Peoria, Illinois Hi Rick: Do you have a marriage date for Napoleon Boudreau and Ida? I have a Napoleon Boudreau b. 8-25-1858 in Kankakee, IL d. July, 1941 Rensselaer, IN. Married Rosemary (Latourneau?) Turner 10-30-1888 in Earl Park, IN. Let me know if this is the same Napoleon as I can help with his side of the family if you need it. Karen

It has been some time since I joined St. Anne's group and I'm not sure how clear I was in providing relevant info when I joined. I will try again on the new "connection." I am Bill LaFountain (William), son of William LaFountain who was b.1885 in Fowler, IN, and raised in Wellington, IL. In turn, he was the son of Lewis/ Louis LaFountain b.1868 in Kankakee, IL; son of Lewis LaFountain, b. 1844 in Plattsburg County, NY; son of Moise/Moses Joseph LaFountain (AKA Fontaine or LaFontaine) b. 1821 Beloeil, QB.....on through Gabriel (1798).. Augustin(1765....Louis-Augustin (1765)....Augustin Fontaine b. 1718 .....Pierre Fontaine dit Bienvenue b.1668 in Orleans, FR, ......and Jacques Fontaine b circa 1618-28 in Orleans, FR. I have lost track of Moise/ Moses (above), who moved to Kankakee area circa 1850-55. He was married to Amelia/Emelie Lamoureux, and probably preceded her in death. His siblings included : Gabriel, Sophrine, Augustin, Rose, and Philomine, Louis-Napoleon. A ! picture from a Kankakee newspaper shows Amelia and 4 other generations of LaFountains around 1905. She may have remarried after Moise's death. Moise and/or Amelia may have been involved in the St. Anne ecclesiastical reform movement. I would like to have information about Moise and Amelia and "whatever." Note: One generation of LaFountains had some connection (marriage?) with the Jesse and Pearl Legg family who farmed in KK county in 1930s and 40s (+?)

St Anne Researchers, Though we are not that far apart on the map, this is the first I've learned of your work. I want to wish you the best of luck for reaching out to the thousands of researchers who daily seek gen. & hist info from the many IL sites available. By limiting your area of search, you may find a smaller no. of emails in your mailboxes than the state & co. wide lists that have popped up in IL. In the same manner, you'll likely attract those who have already done a good deal of family research (in Europe & in the States), which enables them to do a more narrow search in IL! Good Luck, God Bless you! Walter (& Joan) MCELLIGOTT, Peotone, IL (45 mi. so. of Chicago) MCELLIGOTT email list & Rootsweb sponsor <http://www.rootsweb.com/> Historical Society of Greater Peotone Public Relations Director ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.