Well, the past month or so has seen little little in the way of progress on the ancestry hunt war front, but things have changed drastically in the last week.
Several months ago I posted a request for assistance on Ancestry.com regarding the Lemay family line. It wasn't until Dec 31st that I finally got a reply that someone was able to help. This someone, who is appearing more and more like a godsend happens to have, both Lemay and Mageau lineage as well. Not sure how we are connected, but somehow I am sure there is a common ancestor. The best part, she lives in Ontario and is willing to search for and translate documents for me.
In the last few days she has sent me, via email, several Baptismal records for:
- Joseph William Lemay
- Marie Jeanette Yvette lorette Lemay
- Marie Yvonne Lauretta Lemay
All three of these are the siblings of Joseph A. Lemay (My Great Grandfather) and the children of Joseph P. Lemay and Marie Alphonsine Lemay (Moquin)
I also received the baptismal record for Ovila Mageau. Guess what? That's not his full name! His full baptismal name happens to be - Charles Joseph Avila Majeau. Looks like it was he or maybe his wife Elizabeth Mary-Louise Mageau (Camerlin) that changed the "J" to a "G" in Mageau.
Each day sees new evidence with translations being sent to me from Canada. These new developments have re-motivated me to continue on. So much so that I purchased semi-professional genealogy software and have been inputting my data (with sources when known).
Now all I need is a year's subscription to ancestry.com's worldwide access, but the cost is prohibitive right now. Oh well, I will press on without!
Until next time,
Keith
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