[Research Journal #7, Entry #3] Thinking that with names like Philias, Elzyre, and Alphonse this should be a breeze, I headed off for the 1920 Census. I was in for a big surprise. There were more Boisverts than you could shake a stick at. Philias? Alphonse? It seemed that everyone had a Philias and Alphonse…
Pinpointing Alphonse’s Parents
[Research Journal #7, Entry #2] Unbeknownst to me, Boisvert was a common surname on the East Coast and even more so in Canada. It wasn’t going to be easy sorting them out from the other families. My brother-in-law’s mother knew very little about her family. She knew that her grandfather was name Philias, but wasn’t…
The Boisvert Family
[Research Journal #7, Entry #1] My brother-in-law’s mother’s line was Boisvert and Murphy. I thought I’d start with Boisvert since it seemed a heck of alot easier to research than Murphy. The family story was that Alphonse Boisvert married Katherine Murphy in Schenectady, New York around 1920. Alphonse and Katherine were born in New York,…
Research Journal #7: The Boisverts Are Lost
You’ve waiting a long time for the next journal. My sincere apologies! Hopefully, it was worth the wait. Journal #7 takes us to the Boisvert family of New York who have French Canadian heritage.
Research Journals 1-6
In January, I completed research journal #6. This is a recap of all the research journals I have posted so far. Each journal starts at the bottom of the page and may carry over into the next month. Look in the left hand column under archive to find the following month’s entries. These are the…