Genealogy – Page 2 – Tales of a Family

New Lands and the Allen Family

Published on June 20, 2019June 13, 2020 by Ann Marie Bryant11 Comments

When my youngest brother, Keith, was in school, he had to research our family names. When my grandfather discovered the meaning for the surname of Allen, he agreed with the description, for he maintained the Allen men were as strong as a rock and extremely handsome!

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Madeleine

Published on June 17, 2019June 17, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant15 Comments

“My daughter, Jeanne, also sailed to New France almost two years ago. Although she sent word through the nuns in Ville-Maria that she was fine, I do not hear from her. She does not know how to write.”

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Family Names

Published on June 9, 2019June 10, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant3 Comments

I tried wracking my brain, trying to recall if he slept on the couch that night. If not, he should have.

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Happy Mother’s Day

Published on May 12, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant6 Comments

To the world, you are a mother, but to your family, you are the world.
unknown

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Scratching my Head!

Published on April 12, 2019April 12, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant14 Comments

But for the life of me, one area that has created many a sleepless night was the DNA New Ancestor Discoveries.

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Stop the Press!

Published on March 31, 2019March 31, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant4 Comments

In order to hereunto, the Publisher will take what pains he can to obtain a Faithful Relation of all such things: and will particularly make himself beholden to such Persons in Boston whom he knows to have been for their own use the diligent Observers of such matters.
Benjamin Harris

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The Lives of Gaspard Boucher and Nicole Lemaire: 12x great grandparents

Published on March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant13 Comments

The people best fitted for this country are those who can work with their own hands.
Pierre Boucher

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The Land of Milk and Honey

Published on March 16, 2019February 3, 2020 by Ann Marie Bryant2 Comments

If the Lord is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us.
Numbers 14:8

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The Ties that Divide

Published on February 24, 2019February 24, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant8 Comments

Like many grand narratives, some of the best were often rooted in legends and a bit of mystery. This tale was no exception. As details emerged, so did the many questions that raced through my mind as I hit one brick wall and then another.

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Home

Published on February 19, 2019February 19, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant4 Comments

In the fall of 1961, a smiling couple poses for a photo. The handsome man drapes his arm around his lovely bride while she holds their three-month-old daughter. In the background, the family ranch stretches across the mesa.

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