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Deuxcents

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4. Back in the 80's before Ancestry.com, my sister, a couple of aunts and I attended a family reunion...

Sun May 11, 2025, 12:30 AM

May 11

Most unbelievable event..people from all over the world were there! It took some time to put together all the branches of our families, birth certificates, marriage certificates, baptisms and property documents. Pictures of people, their homes, graves, weddings..it was all so throughly done n put in a book for us going back to 1630 and how they settled in NO. Most of the first 300 years is all in French but the explanations were helpful! Some real hard detective work and lots of time and effort and I cherish it…my son could care less, which I don’t get and my grandchildren don’t care, either. 😔
Maybe someday. I’m a big fan of Finding your Roots on PBS..fantastic series

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Digging into Pope Leo XIV's New Orleans Creole roots - CBS News [View all] Rhiannon12866 May 10 OP

I'm intrigued by this tid bit of information as I can trace my father's ancestry to that very cathedral in NO Deuxcents May 10 #1

Very cool! My ancestors never traveled very far that I know of and were fairly recent immigrants, Ireland and Poland Rhiannon12866 May 11 #2

Back in the 80's before Ancestry.com, my sister, a couple of aunts and I attended a family reunion... Deuxcents May 11 #4

Wow! This is the coolest thing I've read today! No wonder you can trace your roots, you've met them! Rhiannon12866 May 11 #5

So interesting! Kali May 11 #3

Thanks, my friend! It's particularly cool that this pope is so well traveled - and obviously accepts everyone Rhiannon12866 May 11 #6

When I heard American, I was sure Kali May 11 #7