Hi folks, Just finished reading the newly received "Michigan's Habitant Heritage" magazine, April 2003, from cover to cover, and saw so many French names I recognized this time! Pays me to keep working on all these difficult connections and sending in my French-Canadian Heritage Society membership to the Frenchtown (Monroe county) Chapter! Thanks for your continuing encouragement! Re: NAMES in April 2003 issue: It was fun to recognize the Celine DION ancestry names, and Le Neuf Family...(Page 49-55) especially in the part about DION's relative Elizabeth "Sissi," princess in Bavaria (page 54 of HERITAGE), From DESROISERS on page 53, their Generation VIII, "Anne du Herisson and Antoine DESROISERS," They also had a daughter, Mary DESROISERS, married Alexander RAOUL listed in Denissen's page 1024, so Celine DION is related to our Mary Ann ELDER ROE, who married JULIUS ROE (we now know his father Dominic James ROE/RAU/REAU on Page 1025 of Denissen's, is linked to Alexander RAOUL). >From Marie Catherine Quirein <JAQuirein@cox-internet.com> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 ....from the files at St. Joseph's Church in Erie Michigan... .."In 1833, Julius and Daniel REAU sons of Dominic REAU and Genevieve ST. BERNARD were baptised at St. Joseph's. Godparents for Julius were Julian LaPointe and Olive Reau. Godparents for Daniel were Isadore Cousineau and Lucide Reau.." Love these French connections! NancyP ===== Nancy Elder Petersen, Retired School Librarian New Address: 7808 NE 51st St, Apt. 139, Vancouver, WA 98662 USA Same Phone: 360-882-1039 E-mail: NancyElderPETERSEN@yahoo.com or nancyp@teleport.com ELDER, DROUILLARD Genealogy: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search.yahoo.com