Book 18: Men and Women of Renown: My Maternal Ancestry

SYNOPSIS Men and Women of Renown: My Maternal Ancestry is the first maternal genealogy tome from this author. Genevieve Massignon, author of Les Parlers Français d’Acadie, sought to establish the origins of the French Acadian people based on linguistics, making the argument, in 1961, that many Acadians came from the Poitou region, south of Loudun, mainly because they were still speaking the old language, one rich and thick of Rabelais and Montaigne. She was also able to locate a number of records from the Poitou area that bore many of the same surnames found in early Acadie. Some of the villages in this area include Martaize, Aulnay, and La Chaussée. As a young man, Vincent Breau had been recruited as an agricultural worker for the fledging French colony of...

Book 17: Germain Doucet (Sieur de LaVerdure): My Paternal Genealogy

SYNOPSIS Germain Doucet (Sieur de LaVerdure): My Paternal Ancestry Following the St. Germain-en-Laye Treaty of March 29, 1632, it was by order of Cardinal Richelieu (Minister of State to King Louis XIII), that Commander Isaac de Razilly came to re-occupy the colony; so, too, did Germain Doucet (Sieur de La Verdure), the progenitor of this author’s family, accompany him. Sailing from France on July 4, 1632, they arrived with a variety of livestock, seeds, tools, implements, arms, munitions, and other supplies, at La Have (LaHève), located at the mouth of the La Have River in present day Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, on September 8. In keeping with the forced Deportation of the French Acadian people, the family of Joseph Doucet and Anne Surette were exiled from...

Special Message From Nick Bunick

As I work on updating my Portals of Spirit website to a new and improved format, there are some things that I do not want to loose; this message being one of them. SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM NICK BUNICK AUTHOR OF THE NEWLY RELEASED THE COMMITMENT AS WELL AS BOTH IN GOD’S TRUTH AND TIME FOR TRUTH: A NEW BEGINNING SUBJECT OF THE MESSENGERS AS WELL AS CO-AUTHOR OF THE MESSENGERS: FOURTEEN YEARS LATER   AUGUST 13, 2008 To my brothers and sisters who share the common quest of seeking truth and enlightenment. I have just finished reading several of Michele’s outstanding manuscripts; namely, The Ultimate Enlightenment For 2012: All We Need Is Ourselves, The Cosmos of The Soul: A Spiritual Biography, and Turn Off The TV: Turn On Your Mind. It was quite an experience. I...

Genealogy: My Favorite Past Time Activity

Reflecting back on my Junior High days, history was my favorite subject. By the time I entered High School, I was lucky enough to come across a teacher who made the subject area come alive for me; so much so, that upon entering University I was working on a BA while majoring in History. Interestingly, my son began his University career in the exact same manner. My paternal grandmother, Beatrice Muise, transitioned on May 20, 1954. I so wish that I had known her, but I was not born until August 13, 1962. I have no idea what she looked like; there is no individual in the family who seems to have any pictures. My paternal grandfather, Jean-Avite Doucet, know affectionately to everyone he knew as Harvey, transitioned on October 23, 1965. I was just three years old,...

St. Clair Publications

In this day and age, self-publication with a POD (Print on Demand) affiliated company is the best way to go. There are no outlandish costs and there is no overhead. The best decision I could ever have made, in this regard, was to sign on with Stanley J. St. Clair of St. Clair Publications in Tennessee. St. Clair Publications was founded with the desire to help lesser known authors. With them, I am part of an ever-growing family. Stan’s international associations and prominence in many literary and research organizations has allowed St. Clair Publications to offer a great opportunity to many, yet undiscovered, talents. St. Clair Publications is associated and distributed through Ingram Books, Barnes and Noble, Baker and Taylor Books, Amazon and many others....