Durand Heritage Foundation



Family Tree Board Info Current Events Family Store Stories Membership Info Archives Tell A Friend Home		Tell your story! Family stories wanted for the DHF Newsletter. Remember the time we sat around the supper table and laughed at stories about this uncle or that aunt? How Sister Ignase exclaimed to Uncle Adelard about Heaven's chariots of gold -- "They were gold Adelard! Real gold!" How Uncle Art witched wells with a metal rod once used to measure gas in a bulk storage tank? How Uncle Felix built the house trailer in which he moved his family to Oregon? How a couple of nephews once fiddled with the steering mechanism on Uncle Lewie's tractor so that the front wheels turned just opposite the way the Uncle Lewie wanted to go? Remember how so many of the uncles, speaking French as their first language, said "turdy" for "thirty" and "tree" for "three?" One of the jobs of the Durand Heritage Foundation is to collect and preserve some of our favorite family stories -- not just the substance, but the sound and flavor too -- our oral history, if you will. Preseving such stories will help lend meaning to our family history for the next generation and those who come after. We'd like to hear from you. We don't need works of art. Just jot down a sentence or two and send it to one of us, or send a note in your Christmas card saying, "Hey, I've got a good story! Give me a call." Our job is to follow up. How to write a newsletter story Here's how to get in touch: John Durand 624 East Market St. #103 Elkhorn, WI 53121 Tel. 414-723-7750 E-mail...jcdurand3391@charter.net Ellen Olson 1020 North Edgewood Mill Valley, CA 94941 Tel. 415 388-3911 E-mail.... ELLENOLSON@AOL.COM Family History Research Articles The Legend of Louis Durand, Early French Canadian Voyageur How the Durand's in Minnesota & Wisconsin are related. Kay Durand Lumley's Eulogy Archives Durand Heritage Foundation Library Archives Military Service Project Military Service Project Information Other Resource Sites Association des Familles Durand d' Amer'ique This web site is located in Quebec Canada, and is all in French. It is similar to the Durand Heritage Foundation, except they have been in existence for ten years. Wisconsin's French Connection Visit this site to explore an interesting project, and to learn about Wisconsin's efforts to preserve their French Heritage.

Tell your story! Family stories wanted for the DHF Newsletter.