Laperles and Beauregards

Well, Renee suggested that I actually contribute to our mother/daughter blog (otherwise, I suppose it would be just a daughter blog, or a daughter who is also a mother blog), but honestly, the pressure of writing something that will be on the same blog as my very talented writer-daughter is immense. The problem is, I am not a writer. I mean, I CAN write, and I DO write, but usually cards, or an occasional letter, but nothing like a blog!

Now that I have lowered any expectations about this entry... Our venture into the past has not (as of yet) uncovered any fantastic criminals, actors, or spies (although, if Ancestry.com knew that someone was a spy, I suppose they would have not been a very good spy), but we have been able to follow the Plouffe family back to Isidore and Philomene Laperle, who lived in St. Hyacinthe, Quebec in the mid to late 1800s. They would have been the grandparents of my grandfather, Joseph, and were married in St. Jude, Quebec according to a written narrative called the Vital and Church Records. The document is still in the process of being translated from Canadian French to English, so most of the information is still unclear. Let me tell you, if you think you know a little bit of a language, and think you can perhaps determine the general meaning of something written in that language, finding a copy of a handwritten record from 1871, will dispel that belief. Despite our inability to determine the meaning of the text, on the side of the writing appeared the names of Isidore and Philomene, showing Philomene's maiden name – I am assuming that the narrative will reveal that this is some sort of marriage record. It appears that Philomene's maiden name was Beauregard. At this point, the name Laperle has shown up on both sides of my family tree, and the name Beauregard has appeared on both sides of the tree that ends with my kids. Are they just common names without any relation, or do they lead to some of the same ancestors? Hopefully, those answers can be found somewhere on our online voyage – along with some criminals, actors, and spies (a girl can hope!).