May 12^th, 2007

Hi,

After more than 1 year of silence, here is the version 4 of the family tree. Since Wanadoo is now renamed into Orange, please note the new link (the old one is automatically re-routed to this one, and FYI, this link usually is part of my e-mail signature):

http://perso.orange.fr/catherine.puzo/

The main changes since July 2005 are:

• BERNIER ancestry has been deeply updated. Lily MY originally compiled it in the 1930's. Jean MY updated it later on in the 1970-80's. Then I handed it over thanks to CGNC microfilms regarding the Bourbon island's period and writing to various record offices (in Australia and France). However, I have never succeeded to go any further than Albert BERNIER and Marie-Anne PASCAULT DE LA JONCHERE from Tourraine, France. This is now over:
  • Claudie and André HERON have forwarded to me a link to the LOUBERT's web site (www.loubert.org, broken down at the moment).
  • I have got in touch with several other BERNIER relatives on http://www.geneanet.com:
    • I have imported Jean-Thierry BRAULT's compilation (Geneviève GASCOIN's son in law) as well as Julien BERNIER - Marguerite DESCHAMPS section thanks to Bernard BERNIER.
    • For whose wondering about our connection to Ferdinand DE LESSEPS and Napoléon III: This connection has been added thanks to Pierre Yves LECLERC's compilation forwarded by Bernard BERNIER. Honnestly I would consider this connection as a very distant relation. Anyway, now it is available. I've put the minimum required to make the connection, if anyone is interested in more details, I'll add them. I have them.
  • La chaumière africaine from Charlotte DARD has been republished at Editions l'harmattan (thanks to Claudie and André HERON for this precious information). I would recommend Doris Y. Kadish presentation as well as the bibliography, very usefull (some books are in English). My thoughts often went to Jean MY. He would have enjoyed such reading very much. For those listening to French, the following link "C.A. Picard et J. Dard, auteurs. Deux Bourguignons au Sénégal au 19e siècle" by Daniel CLAUSTRE, is a very interesting 30 min presententation. Do not forget to activate the volume!
• CHENEVIER ancestry has also hopped over a few generations, thanks to Nelita CHENEVIER and Farino family meeting.
• ENGLER and BERNIER descendants have also been updated during another family party that took place in Paris, this time, last December. My thoughts go to Françoise HUET who recently died. Too tired, she did not joined us. Some visited her the day before.
• PADDON ancestry has also very recently been updated in particular with James PADDON's exact date of birth. I have only partially updated this family data based on Alan Paul THOMPSON's on-line family tree http://www2.tribalpages.com/. Indeed, there are some differences bewteen our two family trees that need to be clarified first. Thanks to Colette and Ronald MARTIN for having introduced me to Catherine KALDIRIMDJIAN who has provided me with the link to this site. I've been looking for this particular date for so long!
• The HOISE branch has also been updated thanks to Madeleine HOISE and Christophe MICHELLE who died since then.
• Some of you have informed me of some changes, additions or corrections.

All comments are, of course, welcome, especially, if you don't like a picture, or consider you have a better one or that gives a better idea of that person, feel free to contact me. if you would like to speed up the site illustration, please do not hesitate to directly provide scanned pictures!

For those who did not received previous e-mails, here are some additional information:

Each of you should find him or herself.

However, in order to preserve everyone's private life, only deceased people (or without date of birth) appear with their collected data.

For all the others, only given names first letter is mentioned, and research in the index or in the surname list is disabled.

Best regards,