Québecois Heritage: Marie Rollet
Who Was Marie Rollet? Marie Rollet was born about 1580 in Paris, France. She was the daughter of Jean Rollet and Anne Cogu, an upper-middle-class family. As part of her…
Québecois Heritage: Louis Hébert
Who Was Louis Hébert? Louis Hébert was born in Paris, France in the parish of Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois about 1575. His father, Nicolas, was an apothecary and Louis continued the family tradition.…
Wikitree: Acadian Project
I’ve been doing a lot of research on the Guerins of Acadie for my next blog post. What started as a simple idea blossomed into something pretty major. I use…
C’est Moi: a Guerin of Massachusetts, Part One
This post is the first of a series detailing some of the references of and research behind my own family tree. For this endeavor, I am going to ignore details…
The Origins of the Guérin Surname
The origins of the Guérin surname, whether with or without l’accent aigu, are ancient. As I pursued the mystery of my own family origin, numerous sources kept pulling me to…