www.jean-laurendeau.com Web Site
is dedicated to the Memory Keeper Project

What is it all about with that funny
Web Site written in French?

• Genealogy of the Laurendeau* families within North-America
• History of French-Canadians with a capital H
• A short history about Jean Rolandeau, our first ancestor to establish his family in North America

1. Genealogy of the Laurendeau* families within North-America.

Naming the Laurendeau; is the name of the game . . .

At this very moment, we are at the end of our first part project of naming all Laurendeau we came across with. We now have lists of Laurendeau from day one (1673) in Pointe-à-la-Caille (now Montmagny in the Province of Québec, Canada) up to the ones that were born in the 1960's. Our folders are holding almost 8000 files, full to the brim with Laurendeau and members of our allied families.

Our today's figures:

• for the Laurendeau living in the Province of Québec: 95% are listed, if born before the 1960's.
• for those living in the ROC (Rest of Canada): approximately 50% are listed.
• and for our American families: we suppose a weak 10%, maybe 20% are listed.

This Website is the only and
Greatest Gathering of Laurendeau in North America.

Our families are now divided into
4 clans of those indefatigable Laurendeau

What's next . . .

1. We will continue to name the Laurendeau and members of our allied families that are not in our lists.
   • It is not in our plans to search for new names in a near future. Please get in touch with us if you do not see your ancestors' names and your name into our lists.
2. We are now writing the history of each Laurendeau who lived in the province of Québec during the French Regime.
   • This work should end by the middle of 2012.
3. We will tell the story of historical figures that has a link with a member of our families.
   • Our first part project of naming the Laurendeau, put us in contact with of a lot of brilliants Laurendeau and sharp members of our allied families. They are all precious gems. Some of them are poet, musician, businessman, politician, journalist, priest and so on. This is the field in which we will start playing next year. You will be surprised and caught out by their lives.

Some of the other things we have done in our genealogy section:

• We have built our Coats of Arms.
• We explain, in full details, the origin of the Laurendeau and Rolandeau family names and why we switched from Rolandeau to Laurendeau.

2. History with a capital H

Chronology:

We are in the process of building chronological tables of Canadian, French, English and American histories. The significant thing about this work is the insertion, into those famous days, of the Laurendeau important dates and events.

Visit our Input Page for the Chronological History section (in French)

Old House, from French Regime in Canada:

We are proud to show an old stone house, built during the French Regime. This precious historic house talks by itself and demonstrates the way our ancestors were living. As a visitor of this Web Site, you have the privilege to see pictures from the inside and outside of the house. The actual owners are real, pure historians. Do not think they will write books for you. They are physical historians because they continuously search the way our ancestors were working and the methods they were using to build their house. The most fascinating is to see them apply, on their own house, what they have found and learned.

One more very, very, charming thing; this old house had, a long time ago, a neighbour called Jean Rolandeau, our first ancestor.

Look at pictures of this old house

Just two cousins getting acquainted in honor of our ancestors. They gave us life ... and we give life to their story.

These are the words of Wayne Lorandeau, my recently discovered cousin, native to the city of Philadelphia and curently living in Maryland, USA.

Wayne has recently contributed to our website, and we invite you to similarly become part of the project to name all Laurendeau and members of our allied families. Send us the names of you parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. Through the names of your recent ancestors, you have a 99.9% chance of being connected with the first Laurendeau ancestors in Canada. Contact me now, by clicking in the friendly yellow spot below.

United for a good Laurendeau cause.

I've seen the nations rise and fall
I've heard their stories, heard them all
but love's the only engine of survival

Leonard Cohen in The Future