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of the Jean-Baptiste Sirard descendency: Our initial venture into tracking our Sirard ancestors was bleak and we had about decided that there was no way to find out about the early foundations of the family. A number of e-mails to French Canadian newsgroups initially left us thinking that we were never to find our ancestors. Then, as you saw on the Home page, we had a chance encounter with first one and then a second priest in Québec who not only bore the name Sirard/Syrard but were interested in the genealogy of the family. We learned that the "Oliver" we were looking for was actually named "Avilla" and that his name was recorded, as happens so often in studying our past, probably because he was not understood. That would explain the first permutation of the name from Avilla to Ovila in the newspaper announcement of his wedding. It was not difficult, then, see how it became Oliver when he went to work for a large utility company in California that was unfamiliar with French names. As we looked for Sirards in Canada and the United States we discovered that they do not constitute a large group. Even in France there are few who carry the name. It became clear that if we were to find our "cousins" we would have to use the Internet as the vehicle of choice. Given that decision we felt an obligation to share as much of the information as we could with those cousins. Information shared on the web site would allow us to add any direct line information to our tree as we had time, and include the complete family trees of those Sirard researchers who wanted to share their information with others. It is our desire to include information on anyone connected to the Famille Sirard on this site. If you wish to share your information you may forward it to as a GEDCOM file. It will be privatized for all living members and then become a part of this site for other researchers to study and hopefully add to. With a little effort we may yet have a more complete picture of the descendents of the Jean-Baptiste Sirard who started this particular line with his marriage to Marie-Anne Brien dit Desrochers on 12 November 1753. |
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Contact Information Donald L. Robinson 11915 W. 66th Street Shawnee, KS 66216-2717 |
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