Welcome to Les Pelletier!
This site was created so all members of the Pelletier/Peltier family can view their family tree and read about
family members. The information was gathered using a variety of sources including United States as well as
Canadian census records, records from Assumption and St Anne Catholic Churches, Association des Familles Pelletier
associationpelletier.ca/menu_eng.html as well as other Pelletier genealogical sites.
Many people wonder how to start researching family history. I will offer a few basic tips to help things go smoothly to start. Begin by talking to as many elderly relatives as possible to get information on family members; talk to parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, include aunts/uncles and great-aunts/great-uncles. Ask about names, dates of events like births, weddings, deaths etc. Ask about the places these relatives lived, what they did for a living or if in the military and encourage story telling. Now that you have this information, write it down! Begin with a simple tree (can be downloaded from the internet and printed) and write all of the names and dates on the tree. Next write down all of the information that did not go on the tree like military history, and stories that were told. Now you can go to the next step and research for yourself what was not remembered or not known. We are fortunate these days because a lot of information can be found through the internet, so you can instantly go directly to the sources.
Some great sources for information are census reports because they contain a large amount of information like the exact addresses and names of everyone who was living in the residence at that time. Early census' also give ethnicities as well as the occupation of everyone who was employed. Another great resource is church records, especially Catholic church records, because they record the sacraments and record the names of the person/people receiving the sacrament as well as their parents.
I recommend joining a family tree website like geni.com or ancestry.com because these sites offer links to sources and often search through documents which makes the work much easier. There are also forums available that people can talk directly to other people who are researching family members with similar family names.
An important issue to remember while searching is that first names as well as family names can change. For instance, Honorius Pelletier was known by family as Henry Pelletier, but was also in records as Henrí Pelletier and was buried as Henry Peltier.
Those who have Native American ancestry have a similar problem in that there is a Native name and a Christian name. So while researching, it is important to keep an open mind and do not insist on a name or certain spelling.
Good luck with your search and I hope you can add to this tree.
My goal is to continue with
this research, add more branches and to encourage as many Pelletier/Peltier family members as possible to add to this site.
This site was created so all members of the Pelletier/Peltier family can view their family tree and read about
family members. The information was gathered using a variety of sources including United States as well as
Canadian census records, records from Assumption and St Anne Catholic Churches, Association des Familles Pelletier
associationpelletier.ca/menu_eng.html as well as other Pelletier genealogical sites.
Many people wonder how to start researching family history. I will offer a few basic tips to help things go smoothly to start. Begin by talking to as many elderly relatives as possible to get information on family members; talk to parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, include aunts/uncles and great-aunts/great-uncles. Ask about names, dates of events like births, weddings, deaths etc. Ask about the places these relatives lived, what they did for a living or if in the military and encourage story telling. Now that you have this information, write it down! Begin with a simple tree (can be downloaded from the internet and printed) and write all of the names and dates on the tree. Next write down all of the information that did not go on the tree like military history, and stories that were told. Now you can go to the next step and research for yourself what was not remembered or not known. We are fortunate these days because a lot of information can be found through the internet, so you can instantly go directly to the sources.
Some great sources for information are census reports because they contain a large amount of information like the exact addresses and names of everyone who was living in the residence at that time. Early census' also give ethnicities as well as the occupation of everyone who was employed. Another great resource is church records, especially Catholic church records, because they record the sacraments and record the names of the person/people receiving the sacrament as well as their parents.
I recommend joining a family tree website like geni.com or ancestry.com because these sites offer links to sources and often search through documents which makes the work much easier. There are also forums available that people can talk directly to other people who are researching family members with similar family names.
An important issue to remember while searching is that first names as well as family names can change. For instance, Honorius Pelletier was known by family as Henry Pelletier, but was also in records as Henrí Pelletier and was buried as Henry Peltier.
Those who have Native American ancestry have a similar problem in that there is a Native name and a Christian name. So while researching, it is important to keep an open mind and do not insist on a name or certain spelling.
Good luck with your search and I hope you can add to this tree.
My goal is to continue with
this research, add more branches and to encourage as many Pelletier/Peltier family members as possible to add to this site.