Jan 25/10
  The following comes from "genealogy society & club" newsletters I receive - No, I 
didn't make them up!
  A "chuckle for today".
Enjoy!
             BROWSING OLD CEMETERIES

Thurmont, Maryland cemetery:
Here lies an Atheist, all
dressed up and no place to go.

A London England cemetery:
Here lies Ann Mann, Who
lived an old maid but died an
old Mann. Dec. 8, 1767

Harry Edsel Smith Albany NY
Born 1903--Died 1942.
Looked up the elevator shaft
to see if the car was on the
way down. It was.

Ruidoso, New Mexico cemetery:
Here lies Johnny Yeast... Pardon
him for not rising.

 - more to come - - - 



January 24/10
New Pictures added - thanks Gary.

Do you ever wonder where "that old saying" comes from? Here's a couple from Life in 
the 1500 (hundred's):
    
  Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was 
the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals 
(mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the 
animals would slip and off the roof. Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."

  The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the 
saying "dirt poor". 

More to come - keep checking back
And - Please sign the GUEST BOOK,
Linda

January 6, 2010
  A New Year - a NEW START!

I am changing this site to enable the descendants from George's siblings to be 
included!  Our starting couple is now George's parents - Alexis Pelletier & Albertine 
Bechard. I will also be adding not only the Pelletier line but the Bechard line back 
in time. For those that I don't have email addresses for, PLEASE PASS MY EMAIL ON TO 
THEM so they too can be included. 
  Please send pictures and life events of your families - it will renew the TIE THAT 
BINDS US!
Thanks you to the cousins that have passed on information, corrections, pictures and 
comments! 
Happy New Year 2010 !
Linda & Doug 


December 2009
 Send me your new pictures!

 Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to All - may 2010 bring you many Smiles!
Linda & Doug 

June 24, 2009
Just a short update:  Check out the following great site for "Pelletier" created by 
(another) George Pelletier, M.D. = his site can be found by typing "Pelletier 
Genealogy" and it is also listed on many other Quebec sources.

  I added our "Pelletier" family-from Doug's grandparents, Alexis & Albertine, down 
to our own grandchildren. 
  
     http://gapellet.brinkster.net/douglas3.htm

* to follow the line back just click on the underlined parents - all the way back to 
Nicolas; the first Pelletier to come to Canada (New France) 1636! Lots of interesting 
reading!

Have a GREAT SUMMER! - one more comment - - George, I SHOOK THAT TREE! & SEE "who" 
fell out!!
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Dec 31, 2008
Well - I did it - I have CONFIRMED the connections on both sides of the PELLETIER and 
CARON Families!  I will enter all my information with SOURCES in my FAMILY TREE 
PROGRAM - also I will be printing a "book" to be available sometime in 2009!

All of the LAKE of the WOODS CEMETERY, KENORA, ONTARIO is online now at Murray 
Pletsch's site at:  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~murrayp/
For location of a grave site you may contact Gloria Harvie,chairperson for A.S.K., at 
gjhavie@shaw.ca
Our genealogy group has plans for updating the cemetery in the spring/summer of 2009.
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HAPPY, HEALTHY, NEW YEAR 2009!  ( may your year be successfull! in "what is most 
important to YOU!" ) 
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  Oct/2008 Check out the online site for pictures of Lake of the Woods Cemetery in 
Kenora at Northern Ontario Canada Gravemarkers Gallery  
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~murrayp/kenora/kenora/woods/index.ht
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* Please sign my GUESTBOOK - I would love to have email addresses for all relatives! 
or UPDATE YOUR EMAIL with me! 

NOTE* MY NEW EMAIL ADDRESS  kpalace@shaw.ca
** Send my site to any relatives that might be interested.
http://lolakee.tribalpages.com   or just have them email me!
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April 25/2008
Well it is (supposed to be) Spring Time in Keewatin but just may get a bit of snow 
tonight!  This gives me an excuse to fix up my family files since I sure don't want 
to go outside.
I will add the grandchildren of George & Antoinette's and great-grandchildren too. 
This winter I have found little bits of new info and have tried out a mini book 
format but hope to inprove before I feel it is ready for printing.

Local stuff in Kenora: Doug & I attended "Sharing our Stories". It was different 
local people who talked about the pioneer days in our area of Lake of the Woods.  It 
helps to bring their hardships and accomplishments alive! Some of the speakers spoke 
about their own ancestors. I have also taken out library books written on our local 
area by local authors.  I feel this helps in family history to understand why they 
settled here.  It is also Keewatin's 100th Anniversary this year. Even though we are 
now a part of the City of Kenora, we must celebrate Keewatin.  It was a very thriving 
town with interesting history for our Lake of the Woods area. Many different events 
will/and has been held to celebrate it's history throughout this year! 

Ancestors of Kenora Genealogy group (ASK) is planning a project to digitally 
photograph our Lake of the Woods Cemetery and have the pictures available for 
genealogy research.  Talks are "in the works" with the Cemetery Manager in hopes of 
working with them as a partner.  This valuable resource will take time to accumulate 
and organize as there are approx. 8000-10000 tombstones.  It is also our hope to have 
the names and dates of any unmarked graves that are known.  There are so many people 
who don't know where there ancestors are buried! These cemetery records when compiled 
will sometimes give birth dates, wife's names, and death dates.  This helps so much 
in family searches to put the pieces together. I will update this project in the 
future.

I may take a few days to enter more names in this tree - so check back often. Please 
leave a note in the guestbook!