Research Committee Chairman, Roger Durand, Reports Proposal--reviewed 7 Mar 2005

As the chairman of the research committee, I promised the Board of Directors a mission statement proposal. I would appreciate comments from the research committee members or anyone else on the adequacy of the statement below:

The research committee is the main body which will attempt to gather, document, and consolidate Durand family data and sources of a historical nature. The activities will focus on time periods other than the contemporary or recent past. While dates, places, and individuals constitute the fabric of our family history, the research committee will strive to tell the family story in light of other, non-family historical events (i.e., migrations, occupations, wars, economic events, etc.).

Specific responsibilities of the research committee

Catalog and preserve present knowledge

Transmit present knowledge

Develop new knowledge relating to the Durand family

France roots

Early Quebec

Voyageur activitiy

Domestic activity

Late Quebec

Domestic activity

Contacts with US and events leading to migration

US Migration

Faribault experience and documentation

Early US history

Family Movements within US

Present US status

History of Durand picnics

Family descendent list

Develop timetables for the young to link their family history to other history

Comments to Roger Durand, send him mail.