Table of Contents
Preface 11 Introduction 13 How I Became Obsessed 14 Assumptions 18 What You May Not Know 21 Great Expectations 24 The Numbers 25 Royalty 27 Explorers, Celebrities and Victims 30 The Ancestors You Don't Want to Know About 32 Two Stories 36 Scenario One - Descent from the French Pioneers 38 A Visit to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City 40 The New World 43 An Alien Place 43 The French Colonies in North America 44 Why Did Our 17th Century Ancestors Leave France? 46 Kidnapping in the Colonies 51 Life in New France 52 The End of New France 53 They Were Special 54 Scenario Two - Descent from More Recent French Migrants 57 A Later Wave of Migration 57 Tracing My Ancestry 58 "On Your Mark, Get Set... " 63 Your Tool Kit 65 Resources 73 "Talk to Aunt Marie" 74 Download GEDCOM Files 78 PRDH Database 84 Ancestry.com Website 90 Departmental Archives of France 92 Translation Programs 95 Resources to Trace Royal Ancestors 97 Google Books 98 Smaller Archives and Genealogical Libraries 100 Discover Your Pedigree 103 Primary Research versus Assembly 103 The Steps 104 An Imaginary Example 106 The Rumor 106 Step One - Your Great Grandparents 107 Step Two - Rootsweb and GEDCOM Files 108 Step Three - Look for the King and Queen 118 Step Four - Fixing Broken Branches 125 Step Five - Start Over 142 Discover Your Cousins 145 Step One - Finding Subjects 146 Step Two - Find Their Grandparents 147 Step Three - Find GEDCOM Files 148 Step Four 148 Expected Results 149 A Word on Relations that are "Removed" 150 English Roots 153 The Norman Conquest of England 153 Kidnapped! 157 Additional Resources 162 DNA Testing 165 The Decision to Get an Ancestry DNA Test 165 Initial Results 166 Updated Results 168 Relatives 170 Take a Trip 173 Ancestral Adventures 178 For the Children of More Recent Immigrants 178 Places for Your "Bucket List" 179 The Séance 179 Conclusion 189 Glossary of Terms 192 About the Author 202 Also by the Author 204 Excerpt - French Canadian Roots 205 Excerpt - The Journey to Glastonbury 206
