Thank you very much!! This gives me some clues to follow. There is another mystery that several people in my family have not been able to solve, and I'd welcome suggestions from the group as to how to proceed: My gggfather Julien Giroux came to Bourbonnais in 1851/2 with his wife Marie Angelique Sevigny and several children, including Julien II, Napoleon, Joseph and Mari. They had several more children until Gideon (Jed) was born in 1855. Then, in 1859 Marie Sevigny Giroux married John Tarte, who adopted many of her children. What happened to Julien? We think he died between 1855 and 1859, but there are no death records we've been able to find, either in churches of the area or cemeteries. Several relatives have made trips to the area looking for information, but come back empty-handed. The family seems to have moved to St. Anne by the late 1850's, maybe sooner. Was it common for deaths to go unrecorded in those times? Were private cemeteries popular back then? Any ideas as to where to look to figure out what happened to this fellow? Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "KAREN E VIRKKALA" <KARENV@prodigy.net> To: <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 5:49 PM Subject: [ILSTANNE] Girou > Mike, from St. Marys in Beaverville.... > > Feb 24, 1873 Jules Geronn (Gernon?) 27 year old son of Jules Gernon & > Angelique Lavigne and ______ Eleanore Demers age 18 years Daughter of Louis > Demers & Julienne Joubert > Present: Mr & Mrs Damas Morin, Mr & Mrs Joubert & Mr & Mrs Demarais > > April 18, 1875 Joseph Louis Giroux > Born Mar 22 to Juilo Giroux & Eleanore Demers > Godparents: Petrus Desmarais & Mathilda Remillard > > Also: Dec 31 1873 > Edward Concorde Giroux > Born Dec 17 to Jules Giroux & Delima Demars ???? > Godparents: Baptiste Hart & Marie Hart > > > Karen > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >