Hello, everyone!

I'd just like to apologize for not being around this site or being able to answer much email and do requests much the last several months.  My basic sob story is just that 2008 has been a crazy year for me, filled with a lot of health problems.  And at the moment, I'm pregnant and sick once again!

So what I'm trying to say is two-fold.  I'm trying to catch up on things but it's going to take me a while.  And secondly, I'd really love to have someone who's at least pretty internet-savvy that I could forward some things to for posting on this site.  If anyone is interested, please let me know via the contact form.  

Thanks all and I hope that everyone has a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

On Monday, August 4th, 2008, we had a visit from Mr. Victor Schreiner and his wife Crystal and Dr. Christoph Jopen and his wife Cornelia.  Mr. Schreiner is the city manager of Bohlsbach in Baden, Germany and Dr. Jophen is a sub-mayor of Offenburg, also in Baden.  Bohlsbach is Ste. Genevieve's Sister City.  There was a public reception for our visitors at the Interpretive Center.  Here are some photos.  If anyone has anything to add, please let me know. 

Click on an image to view it larger.  To navigate, hover near the top right or left for previous and next links.  To close, click off the image somewhere else on the page.

I know I have been really behind on things again lately, but today is the day I'm trying to catch up.  I've gotten my Ste. Genevieve email box down to 12 from a million and one.  :)  Some more updates:

-- Full transcription of St. Joseph's Catholic Church Cemetery (Zell) has been added, thanks Scott Reed for the transcription

-- A mistake was fixed on the Old Stone Cemetery page

-- Lots and lots of surname submits added.  If you haven't searched in a while, take a search (see above right) for your surname and see if someone else researching that name has been added!

I'm not sure what else I have to do now but I'm going to go read all the posts that have been added to the discussion board lately.

Ehhh, the random Flickr images at top left seems to just be showing random images from within the last 2 weeks.  I'm not sure why that is, I can't seem to figure it out yet!!

Kaskaskia Under the French Regime
Natalia Maree Belting

I'm currently at the library and we are looking at this book - what a great find!  This book is full of information on Kaskaskia and full of parish records and other gems of genealogical information.

There's a wealth of info, please check out the amazon.com page for more information on the book: Kaskaskia Under the French Regime

Buy from Amazon.com  

Well, I'm finally doing it.  Finally telling you all about a little photographic tour of Ste. Genevieve.  Visit the following link to go to a map where you can find photos I've taken and plotted.

Tour Ste. Genevieve  

It's a bit hard to explain how this map works,  but I think that if you play around with it a bit you can hopefully find some interesting things.  Note the pages up in the left hand area.  Flip through pages (currently there are three) to find more photos.  Photos are organized partially by date, so as you flip through the pages, the plots on the map will change.  Zoom in (use the zoom thing to the right or double-click on the map in an empty spot to go in a level) and the plots will get more and more specific.  For instance, if you see a plot that says there are 30 photos in a certain area, but zoom in one level, that might split into two plots worth 19 and 11 and so on.  In fact, here's a link that should take you to the heart of downtown, zoomed in all the way.

In fact, play around and feel free to search other locations if you are interested or click to find photos from people other than me!