Re: Rivers Lawerence of Canada
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Re: Rivers Lawerence of Canada
melanie rockwood 2/25/06
Melanie, could you please not use ALL CAPS? Most people find that hard to read.
We don't need exact dates, approximates will do to start.Do you know about when your grandmother was born, or when she married?
There's a Buck Lake in Alberta, is this the area you mean?
http://bucklake.info/map.asphttp://bucklake.info/map.asp
http://136.159.239.228//loc_hist/page.aspx?id=679372http://136.159.239.228//loc_hist/page.aspx?id=679372 - the Huguenot Wars were back in the late 1500s, so it would have had to have been a very great-great-great-great uncle!But a number of French families left around this time so this could have been the origin of the family in Canada.
Without certificates, you might find yourself struggling a bit - you could try and see if they're found in the Alberta newspapers which are here, free:
http://136.159.239.228//newspapr/http://136.159.239.228//newspapr/