April 19^th, 2019

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Hi,

The main changes since last year are:

• MERMOUD ascending tree update from les Contamines-Monjoie thanks to Nicole DEMARGNE and Jeanine GARCIA.
• BOISSERY / LUCOTTE ascending tree update, thanks to Christian BLUM from geneanet.org. Several generations jumped at once.
• James PADDON's brothers and sisters, his descendants, thanks to Alan THOMPSON, FindMyPast.co.uk, and Andrea BROCK and Noreen KLOCK from ancestry.com. I created my first page on wikipedia (french version) dedicated to James PADDON. The first pioneer and settler in New Caledonia did not have any. Thanks to Ronald and Colette MARTIN for their meticulous review. An English version would still be a plus. Anyone willing to contribute is more than welcome.
• Boutan ascending tree thanks to Alain GARCIA, who stayed 30 years in New Caledonia and leaves in Lussan, where Adolphe BOUTAN came from.
• FOREST / ARRIGHI families thanks to Marie-Noëlle ARRIGHI's on-line tree, also from geneanet.org.
• FLEURIE - LANGLOIS families, Rose Caroline PICARD and Claude RICHARD's descendants from la Réunion, thanks to new connections via this web site contact form, as well as last updates on the family on-line trees from geneanet.org.
• PUZO / KILROY part thanks to an article I chanced upon The Story of One Immigrant Family in Lisson Grove as well as new connection Amanda KILROY-GOLD from myheritage.com and ancestry.com
• I keep updating step by step the family tree with articles or sketches from Calédoniens by Patrick O'REILLY, published by the Société des Océanistes. Some of these articles were already transcribed by Bernard BERNIER.
• Some of you have informed me of some changes, additions or corrections.

When you surf through the family pages, do not hesitate to click on:

• the name and surname in the frame , to view the exhaustive person sheet. Some are very detailed, with many references.
• , to surf on the ascending family tree
• to spot other pictures if any

All comments are, of course, welcome, especially:

• If you detect some errors or inconsistencies, or for any update, please, contact me!
• 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!

Some figures:

People	13'758
Families	9'560
Surnames	3'617
Places	1'179

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,