Did any one tape this show? Bud ----- Original Message ----- From: "leisa" <leisa@netonecom.net> To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] LaFRAMBOISE blanket on "Antiques Roadshow" > My sister called me the day this aired, the Joseph the woman is referring > to here, was the son to Madeline and Joseph Laframboise of Mackinac > Island. > Madeline was my 6th great aunt. I have been trying to contact the show to > get information or pictures, and they aren't helping at all. I even wrote > them so I could buy a copy of the whole set of tapes they made in MN and > just got their reply back today: > > Thanks for writing to shop.wgbh.org! > > At this time there are no plans to release the program you refer to on > video > or DVD. Antiques Roadshow no longer distributes their programs on VHS or > DVD > > > Thanks again for your inquiry and for your generous support of WGBH. > > Best regards, > > Your friends at shop.wgbh.org > > Did anyone possibly catch this show on tape? I am willing to pay for a > copy > of it if you did. Did anyone get pictures of this? I missed the show and > didn't get to see it and am wanting to badly. > > I was lucky, as when the 97 year old man who owned Madeline's house had it > for sale, he gave me a tour of it. This was prior to it becoming a bed and > breakfast. When they turned it over to the B&B they destroyed it...I just > wish I wouldn't have missed that show...Can anyone give a hand? > > Thanks...and thanks for the name and article RD...I didn't even have that > much.. > > Cindy > > -------Original Message------- > > From: RDWinthrop > Date: 01/21/05 11:11:49 > To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NISHNAWBE] LaFRAMBOISE blanket on "Antiques Roadshow" > > "'A Family Treasure Beyond Measure; Blanket A 'Roadshow' Hit" > Star Tribune (Minneapolis MN), January 19, 2005 > > "As soon as she heard the words 'national treasure' and the number > '$60,000 -or more,' Rita Joerg of Preston, Minn., knew where to store > her great-great-grandmother's handwork: in a bank safe-deposit box. > Joerg said Tuesday she took the beadwork to the St. Paul filming of > the 'Antiques Roadshow' and learned, much to her amazement, that it's > a museum-quality Dakota woman's dance blanket, used in ceremonies in > the 1800s. Her great-great-grandmother, Jane Dickson LaFRAMBOISE, who > was three-quarters Dakota and Ojibwe and one-quarter white, made it in > about the 1840s of tiny beads and ribbons, all imported from England > as trade goods. > > Because the blanket was made about the time she married Joseph > LaFRAMBOISE, an interpreter to the Dakota and Ojibwe Indians in > Minnesota, it's possible that the bride made the dance blanket for her > 1845 wedding, considered the first Christian marriage in Nicollet > County. Recent generations have had no idea of its value or even its > use. They called it a table cover. Joerg said it was stored and > sometimes displayed at the Sleepy Eye MN library from 1940 to 1972, > but with no hint it was so valuable. After that it was in her mother's > cedar chest and later in the cedar chest of Joerg's sister, Diane > Arndt of Fairfax MN. > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.1 - Release Date: 1/19/2005 > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.1 - Release Date: 1/19/2005

Hi People just want to thank everyone who is sending info. on how to get what you need from the internet on Canadian roots, thanks again. elaine ----- Original Message ----- From: bud <bud@alliancecom.net> To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 6:27 AM Subject: Fw: [NISHNAWBE] LaFRAMBOISE blanket on "Antiques Roadshow" > Did any one tape this show? Bud > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "leisa" <leisa@netonecom.net> > To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 11:21 AM > Subject: Re: [NISHNAWBE] LaFRAMBOISE blanket on "Antiques Roadshow" > > > > My sister called me the day this aired, the Joseph the woman is referring > > to here, was the son to Madeline and Joseph Laframboise of Mackinac > > Island. > > Madeline was my 6th great aunt. I have been trying to contact the show to > > get information or pictures, and they aren't helping at all. I even wrote > > them so I could buy a copy of the whole set of tapes they made in MN and > > just got their reply back today: > > > > Thanks for writing to shop.wgbh.org! > > > > At this time there are no plans to release the program you refer to on > > video > > or DVD. Antiques Roadshow no longer distributes their programs on VHS or > > DVD > > > > > > Thanks again for your inquiry and for your generous support of WGBH. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Your friends at shop.wgbh.org > > > > Did anyone possibly catch this show on tape? I am willing to pay for a > > copy > > of it if you did. Did anyone get pictures of this? I missed the show and > > didn't get to see it and am wanting to badly. > > > > I was lucky, as when the 97 year old man who owned Madeline's house had it > > for sale, he gave me a tour of it. This was prior to it becoming a bed and > > breakfast. When they turned it over to the B&B they destroyed it...I just > > wish I wouldn't have missed that show...Can anyone give a hand? > > > > Thanks...and thanks for the name and article RD...I didn't even have that > > much.. > > > > Cindy > > > > -------Original Message------- > > > > From: RDWinthrop > > Date: 01/21/05 11:11:49 > > To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [NISHNAWBE] LaFRAMBOISE blanket on "Antiques Roadshow" > > > > "'A Family Treasure Beyond Measure; Blanket A 'Roadshow' Hit" > > Star Tribune (Minneapolis MN), January 19, 2005 > > > > "As soon as she heard the words 'national treasure' and the number > > '$60,000 -or more,' Rita Joerg of Preston, Minn., knew where to store > > her great-great-grandmother's handwork: in a bank safe-deposit box. > > Joerg said Tuesday she took the beadwork to the St. Paul filming of > > the 'Antiques Roadshow' and learned, much to her amazement, that it's > > a museum-quality Dakota woman's dance blanket, used in ceremonies in > > the 1800s. Her great-great-grandmother, Jane Dickson LaFRAMBOISE, who > > was three-quarters Dakota and Ojibwe and one-quarter white, made it in > > about the 1840s of tiny beads and ribbons, all imported from England > > as trade goods. > > > > Because the blanket was made about the time she married Joseph > > LaFRAMBOISE, an interpreter to the Dakota and Ojibwe Indians in > > Minnesota, it's possible that the bride made the dance blanket for her > > 1845 wedding, considered the first Christian marriage in Nicollet > > County. Recent generations have had no idea of its value or even its > > use. They called it a table cover. Joerg said it was stored and > > sometimes displayed at the Sleepy Eye MN library from 1940 to 1972, > > but with no hint it was so valuable. After that it was in her mother's > > cedar chest and later in the cedar chest of Joerg's sister, Diane > > Arndt of Fairfax MN. > > > > > > ============================== > > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429 > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.1 - Release Date: 1/19/2005 > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.1 - Release Date: 1/19/2005 > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >