My sister Jeanne first interested me in digging into our family Roots. She and my other sister, Betty were interested in proving our ancestral links to Mayflower passengers and, through our mother`s lines, were indeed successful in connecting us to two pilgrim families: the William Brewsters and the William Whites.
Our mother`s lines take us back to the very early colonial days and though we`ve been able to trace our dad`s line back five generations I have yet to discover our immigrant BARDUE. The old, well used source, `Family Lore,` tells us he, along with Peter Shumway on Mom`s side, was probably French. Otherwise, my ties are almost 100% with the British Isles.
As I have the time and gumption I`ll be adding notes and more photos to my Tribal Pages site so keep tuned and If you need any further info on any of my ancestors, please email me and I`ll see if I can help.
Dave Bardue