Then Barbara is AWESOME. Hope you find something on Ed. Let us know because I will get to the Pawtucket Library eventually. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: <f.patnaude@comcast.net> | Lisa, thank you. I will try the site. Barbara has worked there for years. | | Frank | | -------------- Original message -------------- | From: "Lisa Lepore" <llepore@comcast.net> | | > Frank - | > | > I haven't called Notre Dame in quite a few | > years, but I've always gotten great help from | > them. Has Barbara worked there for a long time? | > If so, she is probably the helpful woman who | > answered all my questions :-) | > | > By the way - there are about 60 items for | > Patenaude in the Pawtucket Times at that | > America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922 | > Even if you don't have a subscription, you can see | > a small section of each article at www.genealogybank.com | > enough to maybe tell if they are your family. | > | > Lisa | > | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: "Frank Patnaude" | > | > | Lisa, | > | | > | Thank you for all of the great information. I will call Notre Dame | > Cemetery | > | as my cousin Barbara is the secretary there. This is great. I will get | > back | > | with you when I find something. | > | | > | Thanks, | > | | > | Frank | > | | > | -----Original Message----- | > | From: rigenweb-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:rigenweb-bounces@rootsweb.com] | > | Hi Frank - | > | | > | Ancestry has some directories for Central Falls, | > | but there is a big gap. It jumps from 1896 to 1906. | > | | > | In 1906 Rose is listed as widow of Edouard, so | > | at least that narrows it down to 1900 - 1905/1906. | > | The Pawtucket Public library has a full run of the directories. | > | I don't know if they do lookups there or? but you could give | > | them a call. I'd like to get to the library in the next couple of | > | months. I'll add this to my to do list, or maybe someone will be | > | going there sooner. | > | | > | Have you found where Rose is buried? | > | | > | The catholic cemeteries are not completely included | > | in the RI Database. Did you call Notre Dame in Pawtucket? | > | They are very helpful, and they are the only cem that can | > | look up your people without a death date. | > | | > | Another cemetery in Central Falls is | > | Moshassuck | > | 978 Lonsdale Ave | > | Central Falls, RI 02863 | > | (401) 723-1087? | > | | > | You could also try the State Archives for a death cert. I think they | > | can work with a 5 year time frame, or again, if someone is going there | > maybe | > | they can check for you. | > | | > | Finally, there is a database called | > | America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922 | > | I can only see the index of articles with my Boston Public | > | library access, but I looked for Edouard there and did not | > | find him. I don't know how complete the Pawtucket paper | > | is. | > | | > | If you are on the Quebec Research list, ask there if someone | > | has the book "Franco-American Burials of RI" published by | > | Quintin. | > | | > | Lisa | > | llepore@comcast.net | > | | > | ----- Original Message ----- | > | From: "Frank Patnaude" F.Patnaude@comcast.net | > | | > | | > | Linda, | > | | > | Thank you for the information. All I know is Edouard was in the 1900 | > census | > | and not in the 1910 but his wife was. So he died between 1900 and 1910. | > | That is all I have. I wish there was more. WE are not even sure who his | > | parents are. We are guessing at this time. I do not know what cemetery he | > | is buried in. Most of my Patenaude/Patnaude relatives are buried in Notre | > | Dame Cemetery, Pawtucket and this is where lived. I checked the RI | > cemetery | > | database and came up with nothing. I checked the RI tombstone and again | > | nothing. It is very frustrating to live so far away. Many of my | > immediate | > | family are buried in St Ann's and I have not been there since my father | > died | > | in Korea in 1952. | > | | > | Thanks, | > | | > | Frank | > |