We have been aware for quite some time that we are not the only Violette family in North America. In fact, our genealogical database has six distinct families with one of those names! And there may be more. (Note: in this story the numbers shown as (Pnnnn) are the person IDs from that database. You can go to VioletteRegistry.com/FamilyTree and do searches using those numbers under Advanced Search and you will find the individual and can trace forward and backward in their tree.) Continue reading
Category Archives: Genealogy
The Violette Family Book, by Peter R Violette
Cover of Violette Family Book, available for purchase at Amazon. Click the image to go there.
Another book about the Violette Family was written by Peter R. Violette (VFA #1793) and published in December 2015. It is available from Amazon using this link. This book starts with the known history of our family starting with Francois’ grandparents, Louis and Marie, and continues on to tell the story how the family came to move from France to Louisbourg. He traces the history at Louisbourg with excellent details and insights,and continues with the family history in southern New Brunswick and the later move to the Upper St John River, where Francois and his family pioneered. Continue reading
What’s my number?
Figure 1: This bumpersticker was sold at some Reunions
Violette Family Association members are coming in contact with a new set of “numbers” now that they have access to search in their Family Tree. Knowing this may be confusing to some, let’s explain the three different systems that apply to us Violettes. Continue reading
Updates and additions
Thanks to the dozens of people who have contacted Rod Violette (VFA #12), our Genealogist, in the last week or so with corrections, additions, and updates to our genealogical database! The database now has 80,971 people in 32,238 families.
And thanks to the dozens of VFA members who responded to Dave Violette’s (VFA #621) emails asking for updates on member emails. Dave is working on updates to the Association member database in preparation for an added feature at our web site – VioletteFamily.org.
For those who have not checked out our new Family Tree function, go to the website and hover over Genealogy and click the Family Tree tab. This will take you to the area where you can search out your own information or any other in the database. Continue reading
Search your family
Search home screen for Charles Violet, Francois’ son
Finally, the ability to search your family tree is available at our web site – VioletteFamily.org. No login is required. Go to the web site and select Genealogy, then click on Family Tree. That brings you to the search home page. From there, enter a last and first name, and click the Search button, and you will get a list of all those in the database meeting those criteria. Scroll through the list to find the one you are looking for. If you pause and hover over any name a popup will provide a little more information about that person so you can see if that is the one you are looking for. When you find the correct one, click on it to bring up a Personal Information form giving more info. Continue reading