October 8, 2009
Bonjour Cousins,
Allie Guidry and her team have completed another issue of our Les Guédry
d'Asteur newsletter "Generations". I know everyone will enjoy perusing this
issue - devoted almost entirely to a review our Guédry-Labine & Petitpas Reunion
in Bathurst, New Brunswick on August 16th. The newsletter is filled with
photographs of the Reunion and events during the Congrès Mondial.
But, while enjoying the Reunion reviews, don't miss the very interesting old
newspaper articles about members of our family in the Historic Tidbits section.
And why not whip up a few Eggplant Fritters to enjoy while reading
"Generations". Can't remember how to make them? Then you need to visit Bon
Appetit on page 10 of "Generations".
We've reviewed a couple of quite interesting books in the Book Nook. I think
most will enjoy both of these.
Allie continues to make improvements in our newsletter with each issue.
"Generations" by far is one of the very best organizational newsletters
published today. Not only does it have superb content with a variety of
articles about our family and Les Guédry d'Asteur, but the eye-appeal,
readability and layout are outstanding. Thanks, Allie, for another superb issue
of "Generations".
Finally, we still have a few momentos left from the Reunion. Several are shown
near the end of the newsletter. This may be the last opportunity to purchase
some of these items. Several have the Reunion logo on them, but others have
only the "Les Guédry d'Asteur" wording and are not specific to the Reunion. Conside
purchasing a few of these momentos and support Les Guédry d'Asteur.
WE NEED YOUR HELP
We are planning a new feature in "Generations" and need your help. We want to
begin publishing a few older pictures of our Guédry and Petitpas family members.
(I use the name Guédry to represent all variations and spellings of the name
including Guidry, Geddry, Jeddry, Labine, LaBean, Gidry, etc. The same is true
of my use of the name Petitpas.)
Please send us via email a photo or two of your grandparents,
great-grandparents, etc. or a photo of a special occasion as a family reunion.
We don't need a big write-up with the photo, but identify the people in the
photo that you know, the approximate date of the photo, the place where it was
taken if relevant and, if significant, a pertinent fact or two of the photo (as
the occasion for the photo). You may also provide the Guédry/Petitpas family
line of the folks in the photo if you wish. We'll publish several of the
photos in each issue of "Generations".
Send your photo(s) to either:
Allie Guidry at txguidry2000@yahoo.com
or
Marty Guidry at guidryrm@cox.net
Also, we would like to reach more our Guédry and Petitpas cousins and invite
them to be a part of Les Guédry d'Asteur so they can keep up with our activities
and participate in them. You can help by sending Marty Guidry (
guidryrm@cox.net ) the name ad email address of your cousins and
Guédry and Petitpas friends.
Remember that we use the names Guédry and Petitpas in the general sense to
represent all variations of these surnames. Also, don't limit your
submittals to just folks with these our family surnames - we want to include
anyone that has our surname in their family history (perhaps their grandmother
was Guidry) or anyone that has an interest in our family.
Louisiana Reunion in 2011
You may notice on page 1 of this issue of "Generations" that Louisiane Acadie is
planning a major international Acadian festival in south Louisiana during
October 2011. We will know more of the format of this festival a little later,
but family reunions will be a major part of it. AND, YES,
WE WILL HAVE A GUEDRY-LABINE & PETITPAS REUNION IN
LOUISIANA IN OCTOBER 2011. Stay tuned for more information, but do make
plans to attend. It will be a fun time for all.
Merci,
Marty
Martin Guidry
6139 North Shore Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
225-755-1915 (home)
225-202-2478 (cell)
guidryrm@cox.net
Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guedrylabinefamily
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/Guedry-Labine
Acadian Attractions in New Brunswick
(this will open a new window)
UPDATE ON BUS TRIP -
10 JUNE 2009
For Louisianians
interested in a Bus Excursion to New
Brunswick -
The Acadian Memorial and CAFA
(Confederation of Acadian Families
Association) are teaming together to
sponsor a bus trip to the 2009
Congres Mondial Acadian to be held
on August 7 thru August 23rd in the
Acadian Peninsula of New Brunswick.
For those who are interested in
joining the trip, call (337)
298-8965, (337) 288-2681 or (337)
394-2258.
July 19, 2009
Bonjour Cousins,
Online is the Summer 2009 issue of "Generations" - the newsletter of Les Guédry d'Asteur. We hope that you enjoy this extra issue of "Generations"
for 2009. Our editor Allie Guidry has edited another superb issue that
provides the latest information on the Guédry-Labine & Petitpas Reunion
(Bathurst, New Brunswick on Sunday, 16 August 2009). We all thank her for
her continuing commitment to excellence in producing "Generations".
Also is a photograph of Charlene Guidry Lacombe, our Membership
Chairperson, presenting two Guédry-related books to Dr. Gerald Patout,
Librarian of the Louisiana State University at Eunice Library. Charlene
donated these books to the LSUE Library as a representative of Les Guédry
d'Asteur.
On 10 July 2009 the Vancouver Olympic Games Organizing Committee notified
Les Guédry d'Asteur member Andre Labine of Fernie, British Columbia that he
has been selected as a volunteer crew worker for the Alpine Ski Racing
Events at the February 2010 Winter Olympics. Although the work will be
difficult, what a great 'seat' Andre will have during the Olympics.
Congratulations, Andre, on this terrific opportunity. We will all be
looking for you on the television.
In November 2008 Ms. Brittany Guidry, daughter of Craig and Vickie
Pontiff-Guidry, won the Miss Teen Louisiana title. Brittany is a junior at Vandebilt Catholic High School in Houma, LA. She is now in her final
preparations for the Miss Teen USA Pageant being held at Paradise Island,
Bahamas on 31 July. Since winning the LA title, Brittary has been very busy
working at charity events as the Special Olympics of Louisiana, the Jerry
Lewis Telethon and the Susan G. Komen Foundation Breast Cancer Fundraiser.
Good luck, Brittany, in the Miss Teen USA Pageant.
Finally, Les Guédry d'Asteur has received nice publicity recently from
several media. Articles about Les Guédry d'Asteur appeared in the "Daily
Comet" newspaper (Lafourche Parish, LA) in January of this year and recently
in the "Le Courrier de la Nouvelle-Écosse" newspaper (Nova Scotia) on 26
June 2009. Additionally, Radio-Canada recently aired an interview with
Martin Guidry of Les Guédry d'Asteur about our upcoming Reunion.
On Tuesday, 21 July 2009 at about 8:15 am CST Martin Guidry will be
interviewed on KLRZ-FM radio (LaRose, LA) about Les Guédry d'Asteur, the
Congres Mondial Acadien 2009 and our Guédry-Labine & Petitpas Reunion in
Bathurst. Prior to Martin's interview, Mr. A. J. LeBlanc will discuss Les
Guédry d'Asteur and our Reunion in Cajun French. Those interested in
hearing A. J.'s discussion can listen on the internet at CIFAFM.com. Tune
in about 7:55 am CST. It is uncertain at this time if Martin's interview
will be broadcast on the internet. If so, it will be on KLRZFM.com and will
begin about 8:15 am CST. For those in southeast Louisiana KLRZ-FM is at
100.3 on your radio dial and for our Nova Scotia cousins CIFA-FM is at 104.1 on
the radio dial.
Looking forward to seeing everyone at Bathurst,
Marty
Martin Guidry
6139 North Shore Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
225-755-1915 (home)
225-202-2478 (cell)
guidryrm@cox.net
Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guedrylabinefamily
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/Guedry-Labine
July 7, 2009
Bonjour à vous tous,
The Guédry-Labine and Petitpas
Reunion is very near - just about a
month away. We have completed all
of the planning and have the
schedule set now. Our team has put
together a very entertaining and
informative reunion while still
setting aside a lot of time for each
of us to meet our cousins and enjoy
the time together. I want to thank
Lorn Guidry and Jason Guidry in
Bathurst for doing the yoeman's work
of lining up the facilities and
securing the entertainment. They
have stepped in and put together a
great facility and agenda.
We are working hard at this time to
issue another edition of
"Generations" just before the
Reunion. I believe we will make
that deadline. Look for it soon.
WE NEED YOUR HELP
Our Guédry-Labine & Petitpas Reunion
is near and our program is
excellent. Our only concern is the
slow rate that folks are
registering. I am sure part of this
is the sluggish (no, terrible)
economy. Also, I know folks are
concerned about housing in the
Acadian Peninsula; however, I have
been assured that housing is still
quite available. And New Brunswick
is not the 'roots' to us Acadians as
Nova Scotia is where we 'began' and
our history lies. On a positive
side for those in the U.S. - the
American dollar is strengthening on
the Canadian dollar meaning this
will be a less expensive vacation.
If we had the Reunion right now,
our Canadian cousins would outnumber
our American cousins almost three to
one. I encourage you to reconsider
attending our Reunion. Each Congres
Mondial has been an unforgettable
experience and this one promises to
be the same.
And please let your family,
relatives and friends that are
interested in the Guidry, Guedry,
Gaidry, Guildry, Geddry, Jeddry,
Gedry, Jedry, Labine, LaBean,
Petitpas, Pitts and Perro families
(and other variations of our name)
know about our Reunion. I only have
email addresses for a small
percentage of our total family. We
need your help in reaching everyone
and giving them the opportunity to
meet and join our Family. A
Registration Form is on our
Guédry-Labine Family Website at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guedrylabinefamily/reunionregistration2009.htm
Don't forget our incentive for
register early. We will give each
family (or individual) registrant
that registers on or before 15 July
2009 a set of two CD's containing
music performed by approximately 50
musicians of our Guédry family. The
music ranges from Cajun to Acadian,
swamp pop to rock-n-roll, west coast
swing, blues and gospel to
religious, heavy metal, electronic
and rap. We have a broad range of
musical talent in our family and
this is your chance to sample it
all. I believe you'll be impressed
with the selections.
FAMILY AND REUNION SOUVENIRS
Cindy Herdt, our Sales Committee
Chairperson, has been very active
this year designing and ordering
momentos of our family and of our
Reunion experience for folks to
purchase. Some will only be sold at
the Reunion; however, we are
offering some items early so folks
can purchase them and bring them
(wear them) to the Reunion or leave
them at home due to travel limits.
Not all items are specific to the
Reunion; some are general to our
family. The quality of these items
is well above what you envision as a
souvenir. You can order some of the
items on the Merchandise Page of our
website at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guedrylabinefamily/merchandise.html
We have added PayPal to the website
so you can pay that way or with a
check through the mails.
RECENT NEWS
If you plan to attend other events
associated with the Congres Mondial
such as the concerts, you can
purchase your tickets online at this
weblink:
http://www.billetterieacces.ca/
For those in Louisiana wishing to
travel with a group to the Congres
Mondial, History Break Tours of
Carencro, LA is having a fully
catered tour by bus. The bus will
depart from Lafayette, LA on 6
August 2009 and return to Lafayette
on 28 August 2009. You do have
the option to fly to Bangor and join
the bus there on 9 August. There is
flexibility in the bus schedule so
you can attend your family reunions
and other activities that you would
like to do. The package includes 22
days of motorcoach transportation,
21 nights of accomodations, 21
breakfasts, 3 lunches, 4 dinners and
luggage handling for one suitcase
and lot of fun. Call one of these
telephone numbers soon to reserve
your spot: 337-288-2681,
337-394-2258 or 337-298-8965.
So much for all of the formal
planning. So what can you do:
One - attend the Reunion and meet
your cousins - talk with them, share
your experiences and family, view
the displays, get excited about our
family.
Two - share something with all of us
- a big part of our Reunion is the
display area: some displays are
rather formal; others are very
informal; all are informative and
interesting. Why not bring a
display to the Reunion? It can be
as formal as you like - a complete
display board with some aspect of
your family presented or it can be
very informal as copies of some
interesting photographs or family
documents, an interesting object
associated with our family as a
hand-crafted instrument, an old map
showing family land grants, a copy
of an old diary, a sportscard
collection of family athletes,
family correspondence from the war
years, etc. Bring it along and let
others enjoy seeing it.
The Acadian Peninsula of New
Brunswick is a truly French region
where Acadian French is the
predominant language. In that
tradition we are planning a
bilingual reunion with both French
and English segments. Don't worry
if you are not bilingual as we are
designing it so you will be able to
follow and understand. Areas that
will be predominantly French include
the French Rosary, the Cajun and
Acadian music and the presentation
by Sister Corinne LaPlante. (An
English outline of Sister LaPlante's
presentation will be available.)
Areas that will be predominantly
English will include the remaining
presentations and the Master of
Ceremony comments. The opening Mass
will be bilingual.
GUEDRY-LABINE & PETITPAS REUNION -
BATHURST, NEW BRUNSWICK - 16 AUG
2009
The Guédry-Labine & Petitpas Reunion
will be on
Sunday,
August 16, 2009 in the
Conference Centre at Danny's Inn in
Bathurst, New Brunswick.
Registration information is
available on our Guédry-Labine
Family website. To obtain a Reunion
Registration form just click on the
red '2009 Reunion Registration'
button at the bottom of the page.
To reach this website page, click
on this link:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guedrylabinefamily/2009reunion.html
(You may need to copy the entire
link and paste it into the URL
location at the top of your browser
window - for example, Google, Yahoo,
etc.)
The website for Danny's Inn is:
http://www.dannysinn.com/site/AboutUs.aspx
Major events planned during the 2009
CMA include:
* August 7 - Opening Ceremony -
Acadian March (Lameque, Shippagan &
Miscou)
* August 15 - Acadian Natinal
Holiday - Grand Tintamarre (Caraquet)
* August 16-20 - Space 2009 - Acadie
Invents (Pokemouche)
Note: August 18th - Louisiana
will be highlighted at Pokemouche
* August 23 - Closing Ceremony -
Acadie Gathers (Tracadie-Sheila-Neguac
Area
* Conferences including the Great
Youth Gathering, Women's Summit,
Business
Event and Acadie Welcomes
* Artistic and Cultural Treasure
Series including Invincible Roots,
Maritime
Short Plays, Sound and Light,
Acadian Popular Theater, Grand
Peninsula
Concert, Voir L'Acadie, Weaving
the Acadian Thread and much more
* Family Reunions throughout the
festival period
We will have an all-day Reunion
beginning at 8:30 am and lasting
until 5:00 pm with an excellent full
buffet dinner at Danny's Inn about
noon. Activities will include
talks, music, displays, etc as well
as time to mingle and get to know
your cousins.
Father Benoit (Ben) Drapeau will
celebrate our opening Mass with us.
I had the honor of meeting Father
Drapeau two weeks at the 50th
anniversary of his ordination.
Interestingly, he was ordained in
Bathurst in 1959 and has family
living only two blocks from the Holy
Family Church. You would never know
Father Drapeau has been a priest for
50 years. He is so vibrant and
active, his wit is unbelievable. On
meeting him, you feel like you've
known him forever. Father Drapeau
grew up in New Brunswick and was
ordained in Bathurst as a Eudist
Missionary Father. He then served
in New York, south Louisiana and is
now in Phoenix, Arizona. He is
looking forward to celebrating the
Mass with us. The link below has a
short article and photograph taken
during the 50th Anniversary
Celebration in Rayne, LA. Our own
Jeanette Guidry Leger was
instrumental in organizing this
wonderful event.
http://www.raynetoday.com/content/former-pastor-honored
Shortly before Mass begins, Ms.
Pierrette Guidry of Colorado will
lead us in the French Rosary. For
those that have not heard or
participated in the French Rosary,
it is quite beautiful and moving.
Plan on arriving by 8:15 am so that
you can participate in the French
Rosary, our unique entrance to the
altar and the bilingual Mass with
Father Ben. After Mass, we will all
journey to Danny's Inn for
registration and a fun-filled day
with our cousins.
The
agenda for our Guédry-Labine &
Petitpas Reunion includes:
* 8:30 am - Opening Mass at Holy
Family (Sainte Famille) Catholic
Church
(430 St. Peter
Avenue; Bathurst, NB)
- French Rosary led by Pierrette
Guidry of Colorado (8:15 am)
- Opening Procession honoring our
ancestors (8:30 am)
- French Mass celebrated by Father
Benoit Drapeau of Arizona
- Closing Procession
* 9:45 am - Reunion Registration at
Danny's Inn Conference Center
[1223 Route 134
(Rue Principale) just north of
Bathurst, NB]
* 10:00 am - Larry Miller and his
Cajun Band
(Including Cajun
two-step & waltz demonstrations)
* 10:45 am - Break (View displays,
meet cousins, sales table, etc.)
* 11:00 am - Presentation (Larry
Miller of Louisiana) -
Cultures of
Louisiana Cajuns and Maritime
Acadians
including an
actual Courir de Mardi Gras (Cajun
Mardi Gras Run)
* 11:45 am - Break (View displays,
meet cousins, sales table, etc.)
* 12:00 noon - Dinner Buffet
* 1:00 pm - Presentation (Sister
Corinne LaPlant of New Brunswick) -
History of the
Acadians of the Baie-des-Chaleurs
Region
* 1:45 pm - Break (View displays,
meet cousins, sales table, etc.)
* 2:00 pm - Presentation (Eileen
Avery [Petitpas] of California) -
Petitpas Genealogy
- Recent Discoveries Using DNA
Techniques
* 2:45 pm - Break (View displays,
meet cousins, sales table, etc.)
* 3:00 pm - New Brunswick Acadian
Band
* 3:45 pm - Break (View displays,
meet cousins, sales table, etc.)
* 4:00 pm - Presentation (Elaine
Clement of Louisiana) -
Louisiana Cajun
French and Acadian French of Canada
-
How Similar Are
They
* 4:30 pm - Break
* 4:45 pm - Closing Ceremony
Throughout the day we may have a
special magician mingling among us.
In addition, we'll have family
history displays in the back of the
room and a sales booth where you can
purchase items related to our family
and our reunion. We will have
several breaks during the day so
that everyone can meet each other
and can visit the displays and sales
booth.
Here's a couple of websites on Larry
Miller:
http://members.cox.net/jireaux/larry.htm
http://www.accordions.com/bonteecajun/
We'll have a superb buffet lunch
about noon at the Conference Center.
It'll be a Hot & Cold Dinner Buffet
that includes roast beef smothered
in peppercorn gravy, sweet & sour
meatballs, lasagna, chicken wings,
potato casserole, coleslaw, tossed
green salad, carrot salad, rolls,
carrot cake, cherry cheesecake,
fresh fruit salad, coffee and tea.
The cost of the buffet will
be approximately $25.00 per person.
It is not too early to secure
lodging. Remember, unlike airline
reservations, you can easily cancel
hotel/motel and rental car
reservations within a few days of
arrival with no penalty. So don't
procrastinate in making hotel/motel
reservations and/or rental car
reservations. Lodging space and
rental cars will be very limited in
the Acadian Peninsula of New
Brunswick, but they are still
available in the Bathurst area -
especially bed and breakfasts and
cabins. The website below contains
a number of motels, hotels and bed &
breakfasts in the Bathurst area.
http://www.bathurst.ca/english/home/index.cfm?id=195
I look forward to seeing everyone at
Bathurst and enjoying a wonderful
Reunion together.
Marty
Martin Guidry
6139 North Shore Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
225-755-1915 (home)
225-202-2478 (cell)
guidryrm@cox.net
Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guedrylabinefamily
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/Guedry-Labine
Bonjour Cousins,
Les Guédry d'Asteur has been invited
to be one of the families
participating in the "Fete de
Famille" at Longfellow- vangeline
State Park in St. Martinville, LA on
June 22, 2009 from noon to 3:00 pm.
We
will have a demonstration family
reunion with Guédry family exhibits
and a display table. We need members
of our family to attend this free
event and enjoy the small
mini-reunion.
The PRESS RELEASE below discusses
the mini-reunion and why we are
doing it. Briefly, Louisiana is
making a major bid to host the 2014
Congres Mondial - which will be a
great boost to our Acadian
poplulation. The "Fete de Famille"
will showcase Louisiana's commitment
and ability to again host the
Congres Mondial. Judges of the
Congres will be present. We will
need people to attend and
participate in the event by just
being there and enjoying the
festivities. And it is all FREE.
If you have an afternoon free on
Monday, June 22nd, please trek to
St. Martinville and lend your
support to Louisiana's bid for the
2014 Congres Mondial. The Congres
will announcement the winning site
in August 2009. We are competing
with Quebec and with the Madawaska,
Maine region.
Thanks,
Marty
Martin Guidry
6139 North Shore Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
225-755-1915 (home)
225-202-2478 (cell)
guidryrm@cox.net
Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guedrylabinefamily
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/Guedry-Labine
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Local organization invites public to
Congrès bid event
Lafayette, LA The organization
Louisiane-Acadie is encouraging
community members to participate in
an event for the 2014 Congrès
mondial acadien bid. As part of the
presentation, organizers will host a
party dubbed "Fête de Famille",
which will take place from noon to 3
p.m. on Monday, June 22 at the
Longfellow-Evangeline State Park in
St. Martinville.
This unique event will showcase
various aspects of the planned
programs for the 2014 Congrès. Some
of the scheduled activities include
a Cajun jam, a simulated family
reunion, cooking demonstrations,
lectures, a performance by
Renaissance Cadienne and more.
However, this effort will only be
effective if people participate.
"Making Louisiana's presentation
memorable is key, and we invite
anyone interested in having a good
time, meeting new people and
contributing to this state-wide
effort to come join us at
Longfellow-Evangeline State Park,"
announced Louisiane-Acadie
vice-president Elaine Clément.
"Bring your mother, father, kids,
grand-kids and venez passer un bon
temps!" Admission is free.
The Congrès mondial acadien (World
Acadian Congress) is a gathering of
all the Acadians, of the world and
it happens but once every five
years. It's a time to meet Acadian
cousins, to discover Acadian areas
and to bridge the gap that was
created by forced separation when
the Acadians were deported from
Acadie over 250 years ago.
Louisiana hosted a successful
Congrès in 1999, which was part of
the yearlong Francofête celebration.
The 2009 Congrès mondial acadien
will be held in the Acadian
Peninsula in New Brunswick, Canada.
For more information, contact
Rachelle Dugas at 337.291.5489 or
Ray Trahan 337-288-2681e-mail at
rachelle@louisiane-acadie.com. or
Ray@louisiane-Acadie.com
June 5,
2009
Bonjour à vous
tous,
I hope everyone is enjoying the
latest issue of "Generations"
(Spring 2009) edited by Allie Guidry
of Virginia. Our newsjournal
continues to be one of the best
among all genealogical societies.
Allie does a tremendous job
selecting material, laying out the
material in an eye-appealing way and
using superb colors and
illustrations throughout the
journal. Thanks, Allie, for
producing a superb journal for us
all.
WE NEED
YOUR HELP
Our Guédry-Labine & Petitpas Reunion
is fast approaching and we have now
completed preparations. We have an
excellent program with an excellent
mix of Cajun and Acadian music,
informative talks on the local
Acadian region, on our family
history and on the Cajun and Acadian
cultures, superb table displays and
lots of time to meet and enjoy your
cousins. Unfortunately,
pre-registrations have come in very
slow. If we had the Reunion right
now, our Canadian cousins would
outnumber our American cousins
almost three to one. I
strongly encourage everyone to
register now so we can better
prepare for the Reunion. A lot of
our preparations is based on our
best guess of the number of
attendees. We need your help to
firm up this number.
And please let your family,
relatives and friends that are
interested in the Guidry, Guedry,
Gaidry, Guildry, Geddry, Jeddry,
Gedry, Jedry, Labine, LaBean,
Petitpas, Pitts and Perro families
(and other variations of our name)
know about our Reunion. I only have
email addresses for a small
percentage of our total family. We
need your help in reaching everyone
and giving them the opportunity to
meet and join our Family. A
Registration Form is on our
Guédry-Labine Family Website at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guedrylabinefamily/reunionregistration2009.htm
As an incentive to register early,
we will
give each family (or individual)
registrant that registers on or
before 15 July 2009 a set of two
CD's containing music performed
by approximately 50 musicians of our
Guédry family. The music ranges
from Cajun to Acadian, swamp pop to
rock-n-roll, west coast swing, blues
and gospel to religious, heavy
metal, electronic and rap. We have
a broad range of musical talent in
our family and this is your chance
to sample it all. I believe you'll
be impressed with the selections.
FAMILY
AND REUNION SOUVENIRS
Cindy Herdt, our Sales Committee
Chairperson, has been very active
this year designing and ordering
momentos of our family and of our
Reunion experience for folks to
purchase. Some will only be sold at
the Reunion; however, we are
offering some items early so folks
can purchase them and bring them
(wear them) to the Reunion or leave
them at home due to travel limits.
Not all items are specific to the
Reunion; some are general to our
family. The quality of these items
is well above what you envision as a
souvenir. You can order some of the
items on the Merchandise Page of our
website at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guedrylabinefamily/merchandise.html
We are working to add PayPal to the
website. Please bear with us on
this. In the meantime you can order
the items from Cindy using the
old-fashioned system - mail and a
check.
RECENT
NEWS
If you plan to attend other events
associated with the Congres Mondial
such as the concerts, you can
purchase your tickets online at
this weblink:
http://www.billetterieacces.ca/
For those in Louisiana wishing to
travel with a group to the Congres
Mondial, History Break Tours of
Carencro, LA is having a
fully
catered tour by bus. The bus
will depart from Lafayette, LA on 6
August 2009 and return to Lafayette
on 28 August 2009. You do have
the option to fly to Bangor and join
the bus there on 9 August. There is
flexibility in the bus schedule so
you can attend your family reunions
and other activities that you would
like to do. The package includes 22
days of motorcoach transportation,
21 nights of accomodations, 21
breakfasts, 3 lunches, 4 dinners and
luggage handling for one suitcase
and lot of fun. Call one of these
telephone numbers soon to reserve
your spot: 337-288-2681,
337-394-2258 or 337-298-8965.
Our Guédry-Labine & Petitpas Reunion
is only two months away. With the
tremendous help of Jason Guidry and
Lorn Guidry of Bathurst, New
Brunswick, Jeanette Guidry Leger of
Rayne, Louisiana, Elaine Clement of
Lafayette, Louisiana and several
other cousins, preparations are now
complete.
Cindy Herdt of Entiat, Washington,
Chairperson of our
Sales
Committee, has designed and
selected several momentos for the
Reunion. We will have these for
sale at the Reunion. They include
pens, key chains, T-shirts, lapel
pins, notepads, totebags and other
items. I have seen several of these
and they are quite nice - definitely
a grade above the 'normal' items you
see at Reunions. We also may have a
couple of books about our families
for sale. Some of the items will
have the Reunion logo on them and
others will have only the "Les
Guédry d'Asteur" wording on them so
that they will not 'age' with the
end of the Reunion. Some of the
items currently can be purchased on
our Guédry-Labine Family Website at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guedrylabinefamily/merchandise.html
Additional items will be added
shortly.
So much for all of the formal
planning. So what can you do:
One -
attend the Reunion and meet your
cousins - talk with them, share
your experiences and
family, view the displays, get
excited about our family.
Two -
share something with all of us -
a big part of our Reunion is the
display area: some
displays are rather formal;
others are very informal; all are
informative and interesting.
Why not bring a display to the
Reunion? It can be as formal as you
like - a complete
display board with some aspect
of your family presented or it can
be very informal as
copies of some interesting
photographs or family documents, an
interesting object
associated with our family as a
hand-crafted instrument, an old map
showing family land
grants, a copy of an old diary,
a sportscard collection of family
athletes, family
correspondence from the war
years, etc. Bring it along and let
others enjoy seeing it.
The Acadian Peninsula of New
Brunswick is a truly French region
where Acadian French is the
predominant language. In that
tradition we are planning a
bilingual reunion with both French
and English segments. Don't worry
if you are not bilingual as we are
designing it so you will be able to
follow and understand. Areas that
will be predominantly French include
the French Rosary, the French Mass,
the Cajun and Acadian music and the
presentation by Sister Corinne
LaPlante. (An English outline of
Sister LaPlante's presentation will
be available.) Areas that will be
predominantly English will include
the remaining presentations and the
Master of Ceremony comments.
For Louisianians interested in a Bus
Excursion to New Brunswick -
The Acadian Memorial and CAFA
(Confederation of Acadian Families
Association) are
teaming together to sponsor a bus trip to the 2009 Congres Mondial
Acadian to be held on
August 7 thru August 23rd in the
Acadian Peninsula of New Brunswick.
For those who are
interested in joining the trip, call
(337) 298-8965, (337) 288-2681 or
(337) 394-2258.
GUEDRY-LABINE & PETITPAS REUNION -
BATHURST, NEW BRUNSWICK - 16 AUG
2009
The Guédry-Labine & Petitpas Reunion
will be on Sunday, August 16, 2009
in the Conference Centre at Danny's
Inn in Bathurst, New Brunswick.
Registration information is
available on our Guédry-Labine
Family website. To obtain a Reunion
Registration form just click on the
red '2009 Reunion Registration'
button at the bottom of the page.
To reach this website page, click
on this link:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guedrylabinefamily/2009reunion.html
(You may need to copy the entire
link and paste it into the URL
location at the top of your browser
window - for example, Google, Yahoo,
etc.)
The
website for Danny's Inn is:
http://www.dannysinn.com/site/AboutUs.aspx
Major
events planned during the 2009 CMA
include:
* August 7 - Opening Ceremony -
Acadian March (Lameque, Shippagan &
Miscou)
* August 15 - Acadian Natinal
Holiday - Grand Tintamarre (Caraquet)
* August 16-20 - Space 2009 - Acadie
Invents (Pokemouche)
Note: August 18th - Louisiana
will be highlighted at Pokemouche
* August 23 - Closing Ceremony -
Acadie Gathers (Tracadie-Sheila-Neguac
Area
* Conferences including the Great
Youth Gathering, Women's Summit,
Business
Event and Acadie Welcomes
* Artistic and Cultural Treasure
Series including Invincible Roots,
Maritime
Short Plays, Sound and Light,
Acadian Popular Theater, Grand
Peninsula
Concert, Voir L'Acadie, Weaving
the Acadian Thread and much more
* Family Reunions throughout the
festival period
We will have an all-day Reunion
beginning at 8:30 am and lasting
until 5:00 pm with an excellent full
buffet dinner at Danny's Inn about
noon. Activities will include
talks, music, displays, etc as well
as time to mingle and get to know
your cousins.
The
agenda for our Guédry-Labine &
Petitpas Reunion includes:
* 8:30 am - Opening Mass at Holy
Family (Sainte Famille) Catholic
Church
(430 St. Peter
Avenue; Bathurst, NB)
- French Rosary led by Pierrette
Guidry of Colorado
- Opening Procession honoring our
ancestors
- French Mass celebrated by
Father Benoit Drapeau of Arizona
- Closing Procession
* 9:45 am - Reunion Registration at
Danny's Inn Conference Center
[1223 Route 134
(Rue Principale) just north of
Bathurst, NB]
* 10:00 am - Larry Miller and his
Cajun Band
(Including
Cajun two-step & waltz
demonstrations)
* 10:45 am - Break (View displays,
meet cousins, sales table, etc.)
* 11:00 am - Presentation (Larry
Miller of Louisiana) -
Cultures of
Louisiana Cajuns and Maritime
Acadians
including an
actual Courir de Mardi Gras (Cajun
Mardi Gras Run)
* 11:45 am - Break (View displays,
meet cousins, sales table, etc.)
* 12:00 noon - Dinner Buffet
* 1:00 pm - Presentation (Sister
Corinne LaPlant of New Brunswick) -
History of the
Acadians of the Baie-des-Chaleurs
Region
* 1:45 pm - Break (View displays,
meet cousins, sales table, etc.)
* 2:00 pm - Presentation (Eileen
Avery [Petitpas] of California) -
Petitpas
Genealogy - Recent Discoveries Using
DNA Techniques
* 2:45 pm - Break (View displays,
meet cousins, sales table, etc.)
* 3:00 pm - New Brunswick Acadian
Band
* 3:45 pm - Break (View displays,
meet cousins, sales table, etc.)
* 4:00 pm - Presentation (Elaine
Clement of Louisiana) -
Louisiana Cajun
French and Acadian French of Canada
-
How Similar Are
They
* 4:30 pm - Break
* 4:45 pm - Closing Ceremony
Throughout the day we may have a
special
magician mingling among us. In
addition, we'll have family history
displays in the back of the room and
a sales booth where you can purchase
items related to our family and our
reunion. We will have several
breaks during the day so that
everyone can meet each other and can
visit the displays and sales booth.
Here's a couple of websites on Larry
Miller:
http://members.cox.net/jireaux/larry.htm
http://www.accordions.com/bonteecajun/
We'll have a superb
buffet
lunch about noon at the
Conference Center. It'll be a Hot &
Cold Dinner Buffet that includes
roast beef smothered in peppercorn
gravy, sweet & sour meatballs,
lasagna, chicken wings, potato
casserole, coleslaw, tossed green
salad, carrot salad, rolls, carrot
cake, cherry cheesecake, fresh fruit
salad, coffee and tea. The cost of
the buffet will be
approximately $23.00 per person.
It is not too early to secure
lodging.
Remember, unlike airline
reservations, you can easily cancel
hotel/motel and rental car
reservations within a few days of
arrival with no penalty. So don't
procrastinate in making hotel/motel
reservations and/or rental car
reservations. Lodging space and
rental cars will be very limited in
the Acadian Peninsula of New
Brunswick, but they are still
available in the Bathurst area -
especially bed and breakfasts and
cabins. The website below contains
a number of motels, hotels and bed &
breakfasts in the Bathurst area.
http://www.bathurst.ca/english/home/index.cfm?id=195
I look forward to seeing everyone at
Bathurst and enjoying a wonderful
Reunion together.
Marty
Martin Guidry
6139 North Shore Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
225-755-1915 (home)
225-202-2478 (cell)
guidryrm@cox.net
Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guedrylabinefamily
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/Guedry-Labine
May 15, 2009
Bonjour à vous tous,
Our Guédry-Labine & Petitpas Reunion is only three months away.
With the tremendous help of Jason Guidry and Lorn Guidry of
Bathurst, New Brunswick, Jeanette Guidry Leger of Rayne,
Louisiana, Elaine Clement of Lafayette, Louisiana and several
other cousins, preparations are almost complete.
We are still working to contract with an Acadian group from New
Brunswick to provide Acadian musical entertainment. At this
time we have several contacts with whom we are working and hope
to complete the negotiations soon.
Cindy Herdt of Entiat, Washington, Chairperson of our Sales
Committee, has designed and selected several momentos for the
Reunion. We will have these for sale at the Reunion. They
include pens, key chains, T-shirts, lapel pins, notepads,
totebags and other items. I have seen several of these and they
are quite nice - definitely a grade above the 'normal' items you
see at Reunions. We also may have a couple of books about our
families for sale. Some of the items will have the Reunion logo
on them and others will have only the "Les Guédry d'Asteur"
wording on them so that they will not 'age' with the end of the
Reunion. Some of the items currently can be purchased on our
Guédry-Labine Family Website at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guedrylabinefamily/merchandise.html
Additional items will be added shortly.
So much for all of the formal planning. So
what can you do - two major roles. One
- attend the Reunion and meet your cousins - talk with them,
share your experiences and family, view the displays, get
excited about our family. Two
- share something with all of us - a big part of our Reunion is
the display area: some displays are rather formal; others are
very informal; all are informative and interesting. Why not
bring a display to the Reunion? It can be as formal as you like
- a complete display board with some aspect of your family
presented or it can be very informal as copies of some
interesting photographs or family documents, an interesting
object associated with our family as a hand-crafted instrument,
an old map showing family land grants, a copy of an old diary, a
sportscard collection of family athletes, family correspondence
from the war years, etc. Bring it along and let others enjoy
seeing it.
The Acadian Peninsula of New Brunswick is a truly French region
where Acadian French is the predominant language. In that
tradition we are planning a bilingual reunion with both French
and English segments. Don't worry if you are not bilingual as
we are designing it so you will be able to follow and
understand. Areas that will be predominantly French include the
French Rosary, the French Mass, the Cajun and Acadian music and
the presentation by Sister Corinne LaPlante. (An English
outline of Sister LaPlante's presentation will be available.)
Areas that will be predominantly English will include the
remaining presentations and the Master of Ceremony comments.
For Louisianians interested in a
Bus Excursion to New Brunswick -
The Acadian Memorial and CAFA (Confederation of Acadian Families
Association) are teaming together to sponsor a bus trip to the
2009 Congres Mondial Acadian to be held on August 7 thru August
23rd in the Acadian Peninsula of New Brunswick. For those who
are interested in joining the trip, call (337) 298-8965, (337)
288-2681 or (337) 394-2258.
GUEDRY-LABINE & PETITPAS REUNION
- BATHURST, NEW BRUNSWICK - 16 AUG 2009
The Guédry-Labine & Petitpas Reunion will be on Sunday, August
16, 2009 in the Conference Centre at Danny's Inn in Bathurst,
New Brunswick. Registration information is available on
our Guédry-Labine Family website. To obtain a Reunion
Registration form just click on the red '2009 Reunion
Registration' button at the bottom of the page. To reach this
website page, click on this link:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guedrylabinefamily/2009reunion.html
(You may need to copy the entire link and paste it into the URL
location at the top of your browser window - for example,
Google, Yahoo, etc.)
The website for Danny's Inn is:
http://www.dannysinn.com/site/AboutUs.aspx
Major events planned during the 2009 CMA include:
* August 7 - Opening Ceremony - Acadian March (Lameque,
Shippagan & Miscou)
* August 15 - Acadian Natinal Holiday - Grand Tintamarre (Caraquet)
* August 16-20 - Space 2009 - Acadie Invents (Pokemouche)
Note: August 18th - Louisiana will be highlighted at
Pokemouche
* August 23 - Closing Ceremony - Acadie Gathers (Tracadie-Sheila-Neguac
Area
* Conferences including the Great Youth Gathering, Women's
Summit, Business
Event and Acadie Welcomes
* Artistic and Cultural Treasure Series including Invincible
Roots, Maritime
Short Plays, Sound and Light, Acadian Popular Theater,
Grand Peninsula
Concert, Voir L'Acadie, Weaving the Acadian Thread and
much more
* Family Reunions throughout the festival period
Plans for our Reunion are being finalized at this time. We
will have an all-day Reunion beginning at 8:30 am and lasting
until 5:00 pm with an excellent full buffet dinner at Danny's
Inn about noon. Activities will include talks, music, displays,
etc as well as time to mingle and get to know your cousins.
The agenda for our Guédry-Labine &
Petitpas Reunion includes:
* 8:30 am - Opening Mass at Holy Family (Sainte Famille)
Catholic Church
(430 St. Peter Avenue; Bathurst, NB)
- French Rosary led by Pierrette Guidry of Colorado
- Opening Procession honoring our ancestors
- French Mass celebrated by Father Benoit Drapeau of
Arizona
- Closing Procession
* 9:45 am - Reunion Registration at Danny's Inn Conference
Center
[1223 Route 134 (Rue Principale) just
north of Bathurst, NB]
* 10:00 am - Larry Miller and his Cajun Band
(Including Cajun two-step & waltz
demonstrations)
* 10:45 am - Break (View displays, meet cousins, sales table,
etc.)
* 11:00 am - Presentation (Larry Miller of Louisiana) -
Cultures of Louisiana Cajuns and Maritime
Acadians
including an actual Courir de Mardi Gras
(Cajun Mardi Gras Run)
* 11:45 am - Break (View displays, meet cousins, sales table,
etc.)
* 12:00 noon - Dinner Buffet
* 1:00 pm - New Brunswick Acadian Musical Entertainment
* 1:45 pm - Break (View displays, meet cousins, sales table,
etc.)
* 2:00 pm - Presentation (Eileen Avery Petitpas of California)
-
Petitpas Genealogy - Recent Discoveries
Using DNA Techniques
* 2:45 pm - Break (View displays, meet cousins, sales table,
etc.)
* 3:00 pm - Presentation (Sister Corinne LaPlant of New
Brunswick) -
History of the Acadians of the
Baie-des-Chaleurs Region
* 3:45 pm - Break (View displays, meet cousins, sales table,
etc.)
* 4:00 pm - Presentation (Elaine Clement of Louisiana) -
Louisiana Cajun French and Acadian French
of Canada -
How Similar Are They
* 4:30 pm - Break
* 4:45 pm - Closing Ceremony
Throughout the day we may have a
special magician mingling among us.
In addition, we'll have family history displays in the back of
the room and a sales booth where you can purchase items related
to our family and our reunion. We will have several breaks
during the day so that everyone can meet each other and can
visit the displays and sales booth.
Here's a couple of websites on Larry Miller:
http://members.cox.net/jireaux/larry.htm
http://www.accordions.com/bonteecajun/
We'll have a superb buffet lunch about noon at the Conference
Center. It'll be a Hot & Cold Dinner Buffet that includes roast
beef smothered in peppercorn gravy, sweet & sour meatballs,
lasagna, chicken wings, potato casserole, coleslaw, tossed green
salad, carrot salad, rolls, carrot cake, cherry cheesecake,
fresh fruit salad, coffee and tea.
It is not too early to secure lodging. Remember, unlike airline
reservations, you can easily cancel hotel/motel and rental car
reservations within a few days of arrival with no penalty. So
don't procrastinate in making hotel/motel reservations and/or
rental car reservations. Lodging space and rental cars will be
very limited in the Acadian Peninsula of New Brunswick. The
website below contains a number of motels, hotels and bed &
breakfasts in the Bathurst area.
http://www.bathurst.ca/english/home/index.cfm?id=195
I look forward to seeing everyone at Bathurst and enjoying a
wonderful Reunion together.
Marty
Martin Guidry
6139 North Shore Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
225-755-1915 (home)
225-202-2478 (cell)
guidryrm@cox.net
Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guedrylabinefamily
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/Guedry-Labine
May 9, 2009
Bonjour Mes Cousins,
On Saturday, May 9, 2009 from 10:00 am until 12:00 noon we're
having a meeting of Les Guidry d'Asteur at the CODOFIL offices
in Lafayette, LA. [FOR DIRECTIONS - SEE BELOW]
This is the fourth of a series of monthly meetings that we are
having in various locations of south Louisiana and southeast
Texas. Our goal is to meet in locations more accessible to
family members and to visit areas where our Guédry family
members reside. Areas being considered are St. Martinville
12/6/2008), Houma, Cutoff-Galiano area (1/24/2009), Lake Charles
(3/8/2009), Lafayette (5/9/2009) and the Beaumont, TX area. If
you would like to help set up a meeting in your area, please let
me know by emailing me at guidryrm@cox.net.
GUEDRY-LABINE & PETITPAS REUNION - BATHURST, NEW BRUNSWICK -
16 AUG 2009
The Guédry-Labine & Petitpas Reunion will be on Sunday, August
16, 2009 in the Conference Centre at Danny's Inn in Bathurst,
New Brunswick. Registration information is available on our Guédry-Labine Family website. To obtain a Reunion Registration
form just click on the red '2009 Reunion Registration' button at
the bottom of the page. To reach this website page, click on
this link:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guedrylabinefamily/2009reunion.html
The website for Danny's Inn is:
http://www.dannysinn.com/site/AboutUs.aspx
Major events planned during the 2009 CMA include:
* August 7 - Opening Ceremony - Acadian March (Lameque,
Shippagan & Miscou)
* August 15 - Acadian Natinal Holiday - Grand Tintamarre (Caraquet)
* August 16-20 - Space 2009 - Acadie Invents (Pokemouche)
* August 23 - Closing Ceremony - Acadie Gathers (Tracadie-Sheila-Neguac
Area
* Conferences including the Great Youth Gathering, Women's
Summit, Business
Event and Acadie Welcomes
* Artistic and Cultural Treasure Series including Invincible
Roots, Maritime
Short Plays, Sound and Light, Acadian Popular Theater, Grand
Peninsula
Concert, Voir L'Acadie, Weaving the Acadian Thread and much more
* Family Reunions throughout the festival period
Plans for our Reunion are being finalized at this time. We will
have an
all-day Reunion beginning at 8:30 am and lasting until 5:00 pm
with an
excellent full buffet dinner at Danny's Inn about noon.
Activities will
include talks, music, displays, etc as well as time to mingle
and get
to know your cousins.
Our tentative agenda includes:
* 8:30 am - Opening Service (Mass) at Holy Family (Sainte
Famille) Catholic
Church[Opening Procession honoring our ancestors, French Rosary,
Mass,
Closing Procession] (430 St. Peter Avenue; Bathurst, NB)
* 9:45 am - Reunion Registration at Danny's Inn Conference
Center
* 10:00 am - Larry Miller and his Cajun Band (two-step & waltz
demonstrations)
* 10:45 am - Break (View displays, meet cousins, sales table,
etc.)
* 11:00 am - Presentation - Cultures of Louisiana Cajuns and
Maritime
Acadians (including a Cajun Mardi Gras Run)
* 11:45 am - Break (View displays, meet cousins, sales table,
etc.)
* 12:00 noon - Dinner Buffet
* 1:00 pm - New Brunswick Acadian Musical Entertainment
* 1:45 pm - Break (View displays, meet cousins, sales table,
etc.)
* 2:00 pm - Petitpas Genealogy - Recent Discovery Using DNA
Techniques
* 2:45 pm - Break (View displays, meet cousins, sales table,
etc.)
* 3:00 pm - Presentation - History of the Acadian Peninsula and
the
Acadians
* 3:45 pm - Break (View displays, meet cousins, sales table,
etc.)
* 4:00 pm - TBD
* 4:45 pm - Closing Ceremony
Throughout the day we may have a special magician mingling among
us. In
addition, we'll have family history displays in the back of the
room and a
sales booth where you can purchase items related to our family
and our
reunion. We will have several breaks during the day so that
everyone can
meet each other and can visit the displays and sales booth.
Here's a couple of websites on Larry Miller:
http://members.cox.net/jireaux/larry.htm
http://www.accordions.com/bonteecajun/
We'll have a superb buffet lunch about noon at the Conference
Center. It'll
be a Hot & Cold Dinner Buffet that includes roast beef smothered
in
peppercorn gravy, sweet & sour meatballs, lasagna, chicken
wings, potato
casserole, coleslaw, tossed green salad, carrot salad, rolls,
carrot cake,
cherry cheesecake, fresh fruit salad, coffee and tea.
It is not too early to secure lodging. Remember, unlike airline
reservations, you can easily cancel hotel/motel and rental car
reservations
within a few days of arrival with no penalty. So don't
procrastinate in
making hotel/motel reservations and/or rental car reservations.
Lodging
space and rental cars will be very limited in the Acadian
Peninsula of New
Brunswick. The website below contains a number of motels, hotels
and bed &
breakfasts in the Bathurst area.
http://www.bathurst.ca/english/home/index.cfm?id=195
If you have ideas or thoughts about what Les Guédry d'Asteur
should be
doing (at the 2009 Reunion, a project we could do, etc.), please
e-mail me
at guidryrm@cox.net and let us know.
Let's get together, renew old acquaintances and start looking
forward to our
future plans.
The tentative agenda for the meeting is:
* Opening and welcome
* Membership Report (Charlene Lacombe)
* Financial Report (Chuck Guidry)
* Update on Guedry Crest (Marty Guidry)
* Our French Language/Culture Lesson (Elaine Clement)
* Update on Guedry-Labine and Petitpas
Reunion in New Brunswick (location, activities, etc.)
* An Interesting Personality from Our Family
* Sales Committee Report (Wayne Simoneaux / Marty Guidry)
* Genealogy Committe Report (Daryl LaBine / Marty Guidry)
* Newsletter Update (Allie Guidry / Marty Guidry)
* Website Update (Becky Boggess / Marty Guidry)
* Other Business (new Guedry-Labine projects)
* Closing and Lunch
So let's gather together for some comradeship and discussion on
what we can
do for our family during the next two years. We need your ideas.
If you
can't attend, please email me and let me know what you'd like to
see Les
Guidry d'Asteur do for the family.
Everyone's welcome and encouraged to attend. It'll be a lot of
fun.
Elaine has selected a nice cafe in Lafayette for all of us to
gather for
lunch after the meeting. For those that have never attended one
of our
meetings, this is where the real fun begins. The conversation is
great, the
laughter abounds and we all have a great time together.
So come and join us for this meeting.
Laissez les bon temps roulet!
Marty
Martin Guidry
6139 North Shore Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
guidryrm@cox.net
Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
Les Guedry d'Asteur Genealogical Association
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guedrylabinefamily
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/Guedry-Labine
DIRECTIONS TO MAY 9th MEETING:
From I-10 take the I-49/Hiway 90 exit and go south (toward
Lafayette).
You'll now be on the Evangeline Thruway. Continue on the Thruway
until you
reach Jefferson Street (about 5 or 6 red lights; there's a
Burger King on
the right corner). Turn right on Jefferson Street and continue
through the
underpass and three red lights. The first street after the 3rd
red light is
W. Main Street. Turn right on W. Main Street and go one block to
the stop
sign. The courthouse will be immediately ahead of you. Turn left
onto
Buchanan Street and then make a quick right back onto W. Main
Street on the
left side of the courthouse. The CODOFIL office is on your left
at 217 W.
Main Street. It's a two-story, red brick, Victorian-style,
narrow building
with a green balcony on the second floor. Park anywhere in the
area as
parking meters are not patrolled on Saturday and Sunday. We'll
meet in the
reception area on the first floor.
If you'd like to pay your membership fees for 2009, please
complete the form
below and send it to Charlene Guidry Lacombe at the address
below.
Les Guidry d'Asteur
Membership Application
(Formulaire d'adhésion)
Name (Nom)
______________________________________________________________
Last (Nom de famille) First (Prénom) Middle (Deuxième prénom)
Spouse (Épouse)
____________________________________________________________
Maiden (Nom de jeune fille) First (Prénom) Middle (Deuxième
prénom)
Children (Enfants)
____________________________________________________
Address (Adresse)
_____________________________________________________
Street (Rue)
______________________________________________________________________
City (Ville) State (État/Province) Zip Code (Code postal) (Pays)
Telephone (Téléphone)
________________________________________________
Fax (Numéro de télécopieur)_______________________________________________
E-mail Address (Courriel)
_______________________________________________
Hobbies or Special Talent
_____________________________________________
(Passe-temps ou talent particulier)
Type of Membership (Type de cotisation):
_____ Individual (Individuelle) $ 6.00 U.S. Dollars
(Dollars américains)
_____ Family (Familiale) $10.00 U.S. Dollars
(Dollars américains)
Benefactor Levels (Niveaux de bienfaiteur):
_____ dit Jovial Level $50.00 U.S. Dollars
(Dollars américains)
_____ dit Labine Level $100.00 U. S. Dollars
(Dollars américains)
_____ dit Grivois Level $500.00 U. S. Dollars
(Dollars américains)
Please return form and payment to:
(Retournez le formulaire et le paiement à:)
Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
Charlene Guidry Lacombe
Membership Chair
226 Bulldog Lane
Iota, LA 70543
Make check payable to: Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
(Libellez le chèque à: Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.)
March 31, 2009
Bonjour Cousins,
Planning for our Guédry-Labine &
Petitpas Reunion is progressing on
track. Lorn Guidry and Jason
Guidry in Bathurst, New Brunswick
have really been helping organize
the Reunion.
Our Reunion promises to be another
great experience to learn about
our family and meet your many
cousins from throughout North
America. Folks from all over
North America are attending the
Guédry-Labine & Petitpas Reunion.
Registrations include Arizona,
Texas, Louisiana, Colorado,
California, Virginia, Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick, Ontario and other
locations.
Recently the Congrès Mondial
Acadien sent us a check for $1000
to help with our Reunion funding.
This money is most welcome and
will be used to secure speakers
and musicians for our Reunion.
Thanks to Elaine Clement,
Vice-President of Les Guédry
d'Asteur, and Rachelle Dugas of
Congrès Mondial Acadien for
helping us secure this funding.
Cindy Herdt (Washington),
Chairperson of our Sales
Committee, has begun designing and
ordering momentos for the Reunion.
We will have a variety of momentos
for sale including pens, key
chains, T-shirts, lapel pins,
magnets, notepads, totebags and
other items. I have seen several
of these and they are quite nice -
definitely a grade above the
'normal' items you see at
Reunions. We also may have a
couple of books on the family for
sale. Some of the items will have
the Reunion logo on them and
others will have only the "Les
Guédry d'Asteur" wording on them
so that they will not 'age' with
the Reunion. Within the next
month we will begin selling some
of the items on our Guédry-Labine
Family Website at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guedrylabinefamily/merchandise.html
Currently at this webpage you can
order several items including a
number of things having our new
Guédry family crest (in the name
variation that you desire). Check
in at the Sales website and order
early.
Finally, I encourage everyone to
register early and assist us in
planning the Reunion. If
circumstances prevent you from
attending and you have registered,
we will refund your registration
fees on request.
THE
BASICS
The Guédry-Labine & Petitpas
Reunion will be Sunday, August 16,
2009 at the Conference Center of
Danny's Inn between Bereford and
Bathurst, New Brunswick. Danny's
Inn is on Highway 134 just south
of Beresford.
The Reunion will open at 8:30 am
and the closing ceremony will
conclude at approximately 5:00 pm.
The fee to attend the Reunion is
$40 for a family or $20 for an
individual which includes all
costs except the optional Dinner
Buffet at noon. The Reunion fee
includes your 2009 Membership in
Les Guédry d'Asteur.
A Registration Form for the
Reunion is attached. if you wish
to attend our Reunion, please
complete the Registration Form,
attach your payment and mail it to
the address indicated on the form.
At noon we will have a Dinner
Buffet that includes roast beef
smothered in peppercorn gravy,
sweet & sour meat balls, lasagna,
chicken wings, potato casserole,
coleslaw, tossed green salad,
carrot salad, rolls, carrot cake,
cherry cheesecake, fresh fruit
salad, coffee and tea. The buffet
will cost approximately $23 U.S.
per person.
The Dinner Buffet is optional and
you can go to a local restaurant
for lunch if you prefer, but
please consider enjoying the
buffet lunch with all of us. On
the Registration Form indicate
your preference for the buffet
lunch, but do not send any money
for the buffet at this time. We
will collect the cost of the
buffet lunch at the beginning of
the Reunion on August 16, 2009.
Your preference now is not binding
and can be changed until shortly
before the Reunion. We just need
an indication of the number of
buffet lunches at this time.
Bathurst has a rich Acadian
history with most of the local
population being bilingual. Plan
on spending some time exploring
the history and beauty of this
unique town.
THE
CONGRES MONDIAL ACADIEN
The Congres Mondial Acadien (CMA)
for 2009 will be held on the
Acadian Peninsula in New Brunswick
from 7 August - 23 August 2009.
CMA activities will be centered
around Caraquet, New Brunswick.
The Guédry-Labine & Petitpas
Reunion is part of the Congres
Mondial Acadien - a major congress
held every five years to bring
together Acadian families from
throughout the world. Besides the
many family reunions planned,
there will be a host of other
activities during this 18-day
world congress.
Click on the CMA Website link
below to keep up with the events
planned for the 2009 CMA.
http://www.cma2009.ca/
For your preferred language click
the red 'Francais' or 'English'
tab at the upper right corner of
the webpage. Not all pages are
available in English at this time.
The Guédry-Labine & Petitpas
Family is listed on the CMA
website. To view information about
the various family reunions, click
on "Families" near the top and
scroll down the alphabetical
list.
Major events planned during the
2009 CMA include:
* August 7 - Opening Ceremony -
Acadian March (Lameque, Shippagan
& Miscou)
* August 15 - Acadian Natinal
Holiday - Grand Tintamarre (Caraquet)
* August 16-20 - Space 2009 -
Acadie Invents (Pokemouche)
* August 23 - Closing Ceremony -
Acadie Gathers (Tracadie-Sheila-Neguac
Area
* Conferences including the Great
Youth Gathering, Women's Summit,
Business Event and
Acadie Welcomes
* Artistic and Cultural Treasure
Series including Invincible Roots,
Maritime Short Plays, Sound
and Light, Acadian Popular
Theater, Grand Peninsula Concert,
Voir L'Acadie, Weaving the
Acadian Thread and much more
* Family Reunions throughout the
festival period
A complete listing with a detailed
description of each activity is on
the CMA website (see weblink
above) - just click on "The
Program" icon.
THE
AGENDA FOR THE GUEDRY-LABINE &
PETITPAS REUNION
Plans for our Reunion are being
finalized at this time. We will
have an all-day Reunion beginning
at 8:30 am and lasting until 5:00
pm with an excellent full buffet
dinner at Danny's Inn about noon.
Our tentative agenda includes:
* 8:30 am - Opening Service (Mass)
at Holy Family (Sainte Famille)
Catholic Church
[Opening Procession honoring our
ancestors, French Rosary, Mass,
Closing Procession]
(430 St. Peter Avenue; Bathurst,
NB)
* 9:45 am - Reunion Registration
at Danny's Inn Conference Center
* 10:00 am - Larry Miller and his
Cajun Band (two-step & waltz
demonstrations)
* 10:45 am - Break (View
displays, meet cousins, sales
table, etc.)
* 11:00 am - Presentation -
Cultures of Louisiana Cajuns and
Maritime Acadians
(including a Cajun Mardi Gras
Run)
* 11:45 am - Break (View
displays, meet cousins, sales
table, etc.)
* 12:00 noon - Dinner Buffet
* 1:00 pm - New Brunswick Acadian
Musical Entertainment
* 1:45 pm - Break (View displays,
meet cousins, sales table, etc.)
* 2:00 pm - Petitpas Genealogy -
Recent Discovery Using DNA
Techniques
* 2:45 pm - Break (View displays,
meet cousins, sales table, etc.)
* 3:00 pm - Presentation -
History of the Acadian Peninsula
and the Acadians
* 3:45 pm - Break (View displays,
meet cousins, sales table, etc.)
* 4:00 pm - TBD
* 4:45 pm - Closing Ceremony
Throughout the day we may have a
special magician mingling among
us. In addition, we'll have family
history displays in the back of
the room and a sales booth where
you can purchase items related to
our family and our reunion. We
will have several breaks during
the day so that everyone can meet
each other and can visit the
displays and sales booth.
Here's a couple of websites on
Larry Miller:
http://members.cox.net/jireaux/larry.htm
http://www.accordions.com/bonteecajun/
TRAVEL INFORMATION
Unlike Nova Scotia in 2004 where
family reunions and CMA activities
occurred over the entire province,
in 2009 all reunions and CMA
activities will occur within the
Acadian Peninsula. Bathurst is at
the southern end of the Peninsula
and Caraquet is near the northern
edge. The driving distance between
Bathurst and Caraquet is only 41
miles (66 kilometers).
As is true throughout the Acadian
Peninsula, accomodations in the
Bathurst area are limited. To see
the major motels and hotels in the
Bathurst area, click on the
website link below, go to
"Visitors Information" in the left
column and click on "Accomodations".
This website also has a lot of
information on the history of
Bathurst as well as interesting
sites to explore.
http://www.bathurst.ca/english/home/index.cfm?id=156
The 2009 CMA website has an
excellent page on accomodations
within the Acadian Peninsula.
Visit it by clicking on this link:
http://www.cma2009.ca/?page=hebergement&start=0
[Remember unlike airline
reservations that have signicant
cancellation penalties,
motels/hotels and rental cars
generally allow cancellation up to
24 hours before your scheduled
arrival with no penalty. So do not
hesitate to book your motel/hotel
reservation and rental car
reservation now even if you are
now absolutely sure you will
attend.]
For those traveling to New
Brunswick by air, here are some
airport options:
Bathurst has a commercial airport.
It is small with only a couple of
flights a day to and from
Montreal.
http://www.airbathurst.com/en/#
(Bathurst Airport Website)
The nearest large commercial
airport is Moncton. The are
numerous daily flights to and from
this airport. The highway distance
from Moncton to Bathurst is 138
miles (about 2.5 to 3 hours by
car). Canadian highways generally
are very nice.
http://www.gmia.ca/ (Moncton
Airport Website)
The Fredericton Airport is a
medium-sized commercial airport
and is just a bit further from
Bathurst at 157 miles. It has 6-8
arriving and departing flights
daily.
http://yfcmobile.ca/ (Fredericton
Airport Website)
The Halifax, Nova Scotia Airport
is a large commercial airport that
you may want to consider if you
are planning on doing any
sightseeing in Nova Scotia during
the trip. The Halifax Airport is
218 miles from Bathurst (about 4.5
- 5 hours by car).
[Note: During the drive from
Halifax to Bathurst, you will pass
within 1/2 mile of the old Acadian
Beaubassin Village and within 2
miles of Fort Beausejour from
which the first Acadians were
exiled on July 28, 1755. They are
definitely worth a visit.
Beaubassin is located right behind
the current Nova Scotia Visitor
Center at the Nova Scotia - New
Brunswick border and Fort
Beausejour is just over the border
in New Brunswick. They both have
nice displays to view. You'll also
pass through Truro which was the
area of old Cobequid, Acadia and
through Moncton where the Centre
d'Etudes Acadiennes (Center for
Acadian Studies) is located.]
http://www.hiaa.ca/ (Halifax
Airport Website)
The official New Brunswick Tourism
Website is at the link below. You
can learn about interesting
locations, sites and activities at
this website. By clicking on the
word "Guides" in the left column
of the page, you can order a free
2008 Experience New Brunswick
Vacation Planner" which is
excellent.
http://www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca/en-CA/GeoLanding_US?source=other
As we have additional information
on our Guedry-Labine & Petitpas
Reunion and on the Congres Mondial,
we will send it to everyone.
Hope to see everyone in Bathurst
on August 16th.
Marty
Martin Guidry
6139 North Shore Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
guidryrm@cox.net
Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
Les Guedry d'Asteur Genealogical
Association
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guedrylabinefamily
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/Guedry-Labine
.
Les Guédry d'Asteur
.
REGISTRATION
for 2009 REUNION
. (L'enregistrement
pour 2009 Réunion)
Name
(Nom)_________________________________________________________
Last (Nom de
famille) First (Prénom)
Middle (Deuxième prénom)
Spouse (Épouse)______________________________________________________
Maiden
(Nom de jeune fille) First (Prénom)
Middle (Deuxième prénom)
Children (Enfants)
_____________________________________________________
First
Names of Children (Prénoms de
enfants)
Address (Adresse)_____________________________________________________
Street
(Rue)
_____________________________________________________
City
(Ville) State
(État/Province) Zip Code (Code
postal)
Telephone (Téléphone)
_________________________________________________
Fax (Numéro de télécopieur)_____________________________________________
E-mail Address (Courriel)
_______________________________________________
Number of People Attending (Le
numéro de Gens qui assistent
________________
No. of Buffet Meals at Reunion
________________
(Buffet meal will cost $20-$25 per
person / Le repas de buffet
coûtera $20-$25 par
la personne)
Registration: Includes Reunion &
2009 Membership in Les Guédry
d'Asteur /
L'enregistrement: Inclut la
Réunion & 2009 Sociétariat dans
Les Guédry d'Asteur)
Family -Parents and Children under
22 (Famille - Les parents et les
Enfants sous 22):
_____ $40.00 Dollars (Canadian
dollars for Canadians; U. S.
dollars for U. S. residents)
(Dollars canadiens
pour Canadiens; Dollars américains
pour Américains)
Individual (Individuelle):
_____ $20.00 Dollars (Canadian
dollars for Canadians; U. S.
dollars for U. S. residents)
(Dollars canadiens
pour Canadiens; Dollars américains
pour Américains)
Please return form and payment to:
(Retournez le formulaire et le
paiement à:)
Les Guédry d'Asteur, Inc.
Martin Guidry, President
6139 North Shore Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
Make
check payable to: Les Guédry
d'Asteur, Inc.
(Libellez le chèque à:
Les Guédry d'Asteur,
Inc.)
Bonjour Mes Cousins,
On Sunday, March 8, 2009 from 1:00 pm until 2:30 pm we're
having a meeting of Les Guédry d'Asteur at the Calcasieu
Parish Library (301 W. Claude Street) in Lake Charles,
Louisiana.
Lake Charles is at the southwestern corner of Louisiana in
Calcasieu Parish. It is the home of many prairie Acadians
including lots of Guidry's. These Acadians originally settled
to the east - primarily in the Opelousas and Attakapas regions
near the area between present-day Opelousas, LA to St.
Martinville, LA. They raised cattle on vast vacheries (open
ranges) containing waist high grasses blowing in the wind like
the waves of the ocean. Gradually many of these Acadians moved
westward - settling the prairies from the eastern edges to the
Lake Charles area where "No Man's Land" began. "No Man's Land"
was the disputed border between the Spanish and United States
- an area settled by robbers, murderers and other men sought
by the law. Later with the need for labor in southeast Texas
during WWI (energy businesses, ports and WWII (oil refineries,
ports), many Acadians continued the westward migration and
made southeast Texas in the Orange - Port Arthur - Beaumont
area a true "New Acadie".
This is the third of a series of monthly meetings that we are
having in various locations of south Louisiana and southeast
Texas. Our goal is to meet in locations more accessible to
family members and to visit areas where our Guédry family
members reside. Areas being considered are St. Martinville
12/6/2008), Houma, Cutoff-Galiano area (1/24/2009), Lake
Charles (3/8/2009), Lafayette and the Beaumont, TX area. If
you would like to help set up a meeting in your area, please
let me know by emailing me at guidryrm@cox.net.
GUEDRY-LABINE & PETITPAS REUNION - BATHURST, NEW BRUNSWICK -
16 AUG 2009
The Guédry-Labine & Petitpas Reunion will be on Saturday,
August 16, 2009 in the Conference Centre at Danny's Inn in
Bathurst, New Brunswick. Registration information is available
on our Guédry-Labine Family website. To obtain a Reunion
Registration form just click on the red '2009 Reunion
Registration' button at the bottom of the page. To reach this
website page, click on this link:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guedrylabinefamily/2009reunion.html
The website for Danny's Inn is:
http://www.dannysinn.com/site/AboutUs.aspx
We will begin about 8:30 am and have activities until 5:00 pm.
We are working on the the last few activities for the agenda.
Once we have secured all commitments, we'll send it out to
everyone. Activities will include talks, music, displays, etc
as well as time to mingle and get to know your cousins.
We'll have a superb buffet lunch about noon at the Conference
Center. It'll be a Hot & Cold Dinner Buffet that includes
roast beef smothered in peppercorn gravy, sweet & sour
meatballs, lasagna, chicken wings, potato casserole, coleslaw,
tossed green salad, carrot salad, rolls, carrot cake, cherry
cheesecake, fresh fruit salad, coffee and tea.
It is not too early to secure lodging. Remember, unlike
airline reservations, you can easily cancel hotel/motel and
rental car reservations within a few days of arrival with no
penalty. So don't procrastinate in making hotel/motel
reservations and/or rental car reservations. Lodging space and
rental cars will be very limited in the Acadian Peninsula of
New Brunswick. The website below contains a number of motels,
hotels and bed & breakfasts in the Bathurst area.
http://www.bathurst.ca/english/home/index.cfm?id=195
If you have ideas or thoughts about what Les Guédry d'Asteur
should be doing (at the 2009 Reunion, a project we could do,
etc.), please e-mail me at guidryrm@cox.net and let us know.
Let's get together, renew old acquaintances and start looking
forward to our future plans.
The tentative agenda for the meeting is:
* Opening and welcome
* Special Presentation on Origins of Guédry family in
Louisiana
* Membership Report (Charlene Lacombe)
* Financial Report (Chuck Guidry)
* Our French Language/Culture Lesson (Elaine Clement)
* Plans for the August 2009 Guedry-Labine and Petitpas
Reunion in New Brunswick (location, activities, etc.)
* Sales Committee Report (Wayne Simoneaux / Marty Guidry)
* Genealogy Committe Report (Daryl LaBine / Marty Guidry)
* Newsletter Update (Allie Guidry / Marty Guidry) - Next issue
- Feb 2009
* Website Update (Becky Boggess / Marty Guidry)
* Other Business (new Guedry-Labine projects)
* Closing and Lunch
So let's gather together for some comradeship and discussion
on what we can do as a family association. We need your ideas.
If you can't attend, please email me and let me know what
you'd like to see Les Guédry d'Asteur do for the family.
Everyone's welcome and encouraged to attend. It'll be a lot of
fun. Bring a friend or relative and let them learn of all that
our family is doing.
So come and join us for this meeting.
Laissez les bon temps roulet!
Marty
Martin Guidry
6139 North Shore Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
guidryrm@cox.net
Les Guédry d'Asteur, Inc.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guedrylabinefamily
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/Guedry-Labine
January 28, 2009
Bonjour Mes Cousins, A
large group of Guidry's packed the meeting room at the South
Lafourche Parish Library in Galliano for the Les Guidry
d'Asteur meeting on January 24, 2009.
Marty Guidry welcomed everyone and discussed the origins and
purpose of Les Guidry d'Asteur. Les Guidry d'Asteur was
founded in 1998 to organize the 1999 Guidry Family Reunion in
Houma, LA as part of the Congres Mondial Acadien. Since that
time, it serves to bring together all Guedry's worldwide and
to provide an avenue for sharing historical and genealogical
information about the Guedry family. The name "Guedry" and
"Guidry" includes all spelling variations of our family
surname as well as our maternal family the Petitpas.
In a superb presentation Velton Guidry of Galliano, LA
discussed the origins of the several lines of Guidry's from
lower Bayou Lafourche. Throughout his discussion were
interesting family stories and unique tidbits of information.
Velton has spent his life researching the Guidry family within
the geographical confines of lower Bayou Lafourche. Pens were
busily writing as Velton moved from one Guidry line to another
during his presentation.
Our Membership report showed that currently we have members
from thirteen states (AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, LA, MA, MI, MN, MS,
TX, VA, VT) and four Canadian provinces (British Columbia,
Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec). A quick check on the
internet confirms that we have at least one Guedry family in
every state of the United States and most of the Canadian
provinces. Wouldn't it be nice to have that distribution as
members of Les Guidry d'Asteur?
With 2009 now here it is time to renew your membership in Les
Guidry d'Asteur. Our dues are very low ($6 for individuals and
$10 for a family). Dues are the primary income source for Les
Guidry d'Asteur. All of our funds are used to provide
resources for our family as Guedry family gatherings and
aiding and encouraging research into the Guedry family history
and genealogy. These activities include family reunions,
purchasing and placing Guedry genealogy books in key libraries
in the U.S. and Canada, publishing a Guedry Family Cookbook,
erecting historical markers at Lunenburg and St. Alphonse and
developing a Guedry Family Crest. (Remember if you register
for the 2009 Guedry Reunion at Bathurst, your registration fee
includes your 2009 dues.)
A Membership Application is available at this link for those
wishing to mail in their dues:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guedrylabinefamily/membership.html
(If the link does not work on your computer, copy it with your
mouse and paste it into the address line of your web browser
as Internet Explorer)
Treasurer Chuck Guidry reported that Les Guidry d'Asteur has
approximately $2700 in the bank. Most of these funds will be
used for the upcoming Guedry Reunion in Bathurst.
The Guedry Reunion will be Sunday, August 16, 2009 at Danny's
Inn in Bathurst, New Brunswick. We will have a full day of
activities beginning with an opening Mass at Holy Family
Church in Bathurst at 8:30 am. After Mass we will reunite at
Danny's Inn at 10:00 am for a day of music, historical,
cultural and genealogical presentations, dinner buffet,
displays on the Guedry and Petitpas families and plenty of
time to meet your cousins. We will end the Reunion about
4:30 pm with a unique closing ceremony. The registration
fee for the Guedry Reunion is $20 for an individual and $40
for a family. The dinner buffet at noon is extra (cost
will be approximately $25 per person and is optional)
These two website links provide information on the Guedry
Reunion, on activities of the Congres Mondial, on airports
near Bathurst and on accomodations near Bathurst and the
Acadian Peninsula of New Brunswick.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guedrylabinefamily/
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guedrylabinefamily/
If you would like to register for the Reunion, here is a link
to our Registration Form:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guedrylabinefamily/reunionregistration2009.html
(If the link does not work on your computer, copy it with your
mouse and paste it into the address line of your web browser
as Internet Explorer)
Allie Guidry plans to publish a new edition of our newsletter
"Generations" in February 2009. It will be filled with
interesting articles and tidbits including a discussion of
Guidry's (Guildry, Labine) who served as voyageurs for the
Canadian trading companies in the late 1700's, recent research
on Guedry's who were deported from Halifax to North Carolina
in late 1755, a biographical sketch of an influential
Louisiana Guidry and much more.
Becky Boggess continues to update and enhance the
Guedry-Labine Family Website. When you have a few moments,
surf over to it and peruse the many interesting articles, all
prior newsletters and a wealth of information on our Guedry
and Petitpas families. It can be found at this link:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guedrylabinefamily/
The meeting closed after a brief question and answer session
on varous aspects of researching the history and genealogy of
the Guedry family.
We are always seeking articles for our newsletter
"Generations". Every line of the Guedry and Petitpas families
has an interesting history with many unique tales. Please
consider writing an article about some aspect of your Guedry
or Petitpas line. Perhaps you have an interesting story about
a grandparent or an uncle in your family. Or perhaps you have
a recent research discovery on our family to share with
everyone. We would all like to hear it. Length or brevity does
not matter. If you would like us to edit the article for
readability, we'll be happy to do that. Send your article to
our newsletter editor Allie Guidry at txguidry2000@yahoo.com
or myself at guidryrm@cox.net.
Thanks,
Marty
Martin Guidry
6139 North Shore Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
225-755-1915 (home)
guidryrm@cox.net
Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guedrylabinefamily
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/Guedry-Labine
December 13, 2008
Bonjour Cousins,
THE BASICS
The Guedry-Labine & Petitpas Reunion will be Sunday, August
16, 2009 at the Conference Center of Danny's Inn between
Bereford and Bathurst, New Brunswick. Danny's Inn is on
Highway 134 just south of Beresford.
The Reunion will open at 8:30 am and the
closing ceremony will conclude at approximately 5:00 pm.
The fee to attend the Reunion is $40 for a family or $20 for
an individual which includes all costs except the optional
Dinner Buffet at noon. The Reunion fee includes your 2009
Membership in Les Guidry d'Asteur.
A Registration Form for the Reunion is attached. if you wish
to attend our Reunion, please complete the Registration Form,
attach your payment and mail it to the address indicated on
the form.
At noon we will have a Dinner Buffet that includes roast beef
smothered in peppercorn gravy, sweet & sour meat balls,
lasagna, chicken wings, potato casserole, coleslaw, tossed
green salad, carrot salad, rolls, carrot cake, cherry
cheesecake, fresh fruit salad, coffee and tea. The buffet will
cost approximately $23 U.S. per person.
The Dinner Buffet is optional and you can go to a local
restaurant for lunch if you prefer, but please consider
enjoying the buffet lunch with all of us. On the Registration
Form indicate your preference for the buffet lunch, but do not
send any money for the buffet at this time. We will collect
the cost of the buffet lunch at the beginning of the Reunion
on August 16, 2009. Your preference now is not binding and can
be changed until shortly before the Reunion. We just need an
indication of the number of buffet lunches at this time.
Bathurst has a rich Acadian history with most of the local
population being bilingual. Plan on spending some time
exploring the history and beauty of this unique town.
THE CONGRES MONDIAL ACADIEN
The Congres Mondial Acadien (CMA) for 2009 will be held on the
Acadian Peninsula in New Brunswick from 7 August - 23 August
2009. CMA activities will be centered around Caraquet, New
Brunswick.
The Guedry-Labine & Petitpas Reunion is part of the Congres
Mondial Acadien - a major congress held every five years to
bring together Acadian families from throughout the world.
Besides the many family reunions planned, there will be a host
of other activities during this 18-day world congress.
Click on the CMA Website link below to keep up with the events
planned for the 2009 CMA.
http://www.cma2009.ca/
For your preferred language click the red 'Francais' or
'English' tab at the upper right corner of the webpage. Not
all pages are available in English at this time.
The Guedry-Labine & Petitpas Family is listed on the CMA
website. To view information about the various family
reunions, click on "Families" near the top and scroll down the
alphabetical list.
Major events planned during the
2009 CMA include:
* August 7 - Opening Ceremony - Acadian March (Lameque,
Shippagan & Miscou)
* August 15 - Acadian Natinal Holiday - Grand Tintamarre (Caraquet)
* August 16-20 - Space 2009 - Acadie Invents (Pokemouche)
* August 23 - Closing Ceremony - Acadie Gathers (Tracadie-Sheila-Neguac
Area
* Conferences including the Great Youth Gathering, Women's
Summit, Business Event and Acadie Welcomes
* Artistic and Cultural Treasure Series including Invincible
Roots, Maritime Short Plays, Sound and Light, Acadian Popular
Theater, Grand Peninsula Concert, Voir L'Acadie, Weaving the
Acadian Thread and much more
* Family Reunions throughout the festival period
A complete listing with a detailed description of each
activity is on the CMA website (see weblink above) - just
click on "The Program" icon.
THE AGENDA FOR THE GUEDRY-LABINE & PETITPAS REUNION
Although plans for our Reunion are being developed at this
time, we will have an all-day Reunion beginning at 8:30 am and
lasting until 5:00 pm with an excellent full buffet dinner at
Danny's Inn about noon.
We are still developing our agenda for the Reunion, but do
have some activities tentatively booked. Tentative activities
include:
* 8:30 am - Opening Service (Mass) at Holy Family Catholic
Church
[Entrance March honoring our founding ancestors, French
Rosary, etc.]
* 10:00 am - Resume reunion at Danny's Inn Conference Center
* Louisiana Cajun Band
* Cultural presentation on differences and similarities of
Louisiana Cajun Music and the Acadian Music of the Atlantic
Provinces
* 12:00 noon - Dinner Buffet
* Petitpas Genealogy - Recent Discovery Using DNA Techniques
* Presentation on the History of the Acadian Peninsula
* Local New Brunswick Band
* 4:30 pm - Closing Ceremony
We plan to have one or two additional program activities.
Throughout the day we may have a special magician mingling
among us. In addition, we'll have family history displays in
the back of the room and a sales booth where you can purchase
items related to our family and our reunion. We will have
several breaks during the day so that everyone can meet each
other and can visit the displays and sales booth.
TRAVEL INFORMATION
Unlike Nova Scotia in 2004 where family reunions and CMA
activities occurred over the entire province, in 2009 all
reunions and CMA activities will occur within the Acadian
Peninsula. Bathurst is at the southern end of the Peninsula
and Caraquet is near the northern edge. The driving distance
between Bathurst and Caraquet is only 41 miles (66
kilometers).
As is true throughout the Acadian Peninsula, accomodations in
the Bathurst area are limited. To see the major motels and
hotels in the Bathurst area, click on the website link below,
go to "Visitors Information" in the left column and click on "Accomodations".
This website also has a lot of information on the history of
Bathurst as well as interesting sites to explore.
http://www.bathurst.ca/english/home/index.cfm?id=156
The 2009 CMA website has an excellent page on accomodations
within the Acadian Peninsula. Visit it by clicking on this
link:
http://www.cma2009.ca/?page=hebergement&start=0
[Remember unlike airline reservations that have signicant
cancellation penalties, motels/hotels and rental cars
generally allow cancellation up to 24 hours before your
scheduled arrival with no penalty. So do not hesitate to book
your motel/hotel reservation and rental car reservation now
even if you are now absolutely sure you will attend.]
For those traveling to New Brunswick by air, here are some
airport options:
Bathurst has a commercial airport. It is small with only a
couple of flights a day to and from Montreal.
http://www.airbathurst.com/en/# (Bathurst Airport
Website)
The nearest large commercial airport is Moncton. The are
numerous daily flights to and from this airport. The highway
distance from Moncton to Bathurst is 138 miles (about 2.5 to 3
hours by car). Canadian highways generally are very nice.
http://www.gmia.ca/ (Moncton Airport Website)
The Fredericton Airport is a medium-sized commercial airport
and is just a bit further from Bathurst at 157 miles. It has
6-8 arriving and departing flights daily.
http://yfcmobile.ca/ (Fredericton Airport Website)
The Halifax, Nova Scotia Airport is a large commercial airport
that you may want to consider if you are planning on doing any
sightseeing in Nova Scotia during the trip. The Halifax
Airport is 218 miles from Bathurst (about 4.5 - 5 hours by
car).
[Note: During the drive from Halifax to Bathurst, you will
pass within 1/2 mile of the old Acadian Beaubassin Village and
within 2 miles of Fort Beausejour from which the first
Acadians were exiled on July 28, 1755. They are definitely
worth a visit. Beaubassin is located right behind the current
Nova Scotia Visitor Center at the Nova Scotia - New Brunswick
border and Fort Beausejour is just over the border in New
Brunswick. They both have nice displays to view. You'll also
pass through Truro which was the area of old Cobequid, Acadia
and through Moncton where the Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes
(Center for Acadian Studies) is located.]
http://www.hiaa.ca/ (Halifax Airport Website)
The official New Brunswick Tourism Website is at the link
below. You can learn about interesting locations, sites and
activities at this website. By clicking on the word "Guides"
in the left column of the page, you can order a free 2008
Experience New Brunswick Vacation Planner" which is excellent.
http://www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca/en-CA/GeoLanding_US?source=other
As we have additional information on our Guedry-Labine &
Petitpas Reunion and on the Congres Mondial, we will send it
to everyone.
Hope to see everyone in Bathurst on August 16th.
Marty
Martin Guidry
6139 North Shore Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
guidryrm@cox.net
Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
Les Guedry d'Asteur Genealogical Association
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guedrylabinefamily
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/Guedry-Labine
December 6, 2008
Bonjour Mes Cousins,
On Saturday, December 6, 2008 from 10:30 am until 12:00 noon
we're having a meeting of Les Guidry d'Asteur at the Acadian
Memorial in St. Martinville, LA. We'll meet in the upstairs
conference room at the Memorial. [FOR DIRECTIONS - SEE BELOW]
In 1765 one of the earliest groups of Acadians
to reach Louisiana was settled by the Spanish in the St.
Martinville area. Today this area is often recognized as the
heart of the Acadian region where French is still spoken
widely. Before coming up
to the 2nd floor of the Memorial for the meeting, venture onto
the pavillion behind the Memorial and view our Guedry Crest on
the patio. After the meeting we will enjoy lunch together a
local restaurant near the town squaure and then return to the
Memorial to tour the Heritage Center and the Acadian Memorial
itself. For anyne not
familiar with the St. Martinville area that would like to
visit the old St. Michael's Cemetery (just across Bayou Teche
from the Memorial) and/or the town square around St. Martin de
Tours Catholic Church, please let me know and I'll be happy to
arrive early (ca. 9:00 am) and provide a brief tour of these
areas.
The website for
the Acadian Memorial is at this link:
http://www.acadianmemorial.org/english/index.html
This begins the first of a series of monthly meetings that we
are having in various locations of south Louisiana and
southeast Texas. Our goal is to meet in locations more
accessible to family members and to visit areas where our
Guedry family members reside. Other areas being considered are
Houma, Cutoff-Galiano area, Lake Charles and the Beaumont, TX
area. If you would like to help set up a meeting in your area,
please let me know by emailing me at
guidryrm@cox.net.
GUEDRY-LABINE & PETITPAS REUNION - BATHURST,
NEW BRUNSWICK - 16 AUG 2009
The Guedry-Labine & Petitpas Reunion will be on Saturday,
August 16, 2009 in the Conference Centre at Danny's Inn in
Bathurst, New Brunswick. We will be sending out registration
information very shortly.
The website for Danny's Inn is:
http://www.dannysinn.com/site/AboutUs.aspx
We will begin about 8:30 am and have activities until 5:00 pm.
More on the agenda, activities and displays is forthcoming and
will include formal sessions with music, presentations, etc.
as well as time to mingle and get to know your cousins.
We'll have a superb buffet lunch about noon at
the Conference Center. It'll be a Hot & Cold Dinner Buffet
that includes roast beef smothered in peppercorn gravy, sweet
& sour meatballs, lasagna, chicken wings, potato casserole,
coleslaw, tossed green salad, carrot salad, rolls, carrot
cake, cherry cheesecake, fresh fruit salad, coffee and tea.
It is not too early to secure lodging.
Remember, unlike airline reservations, you can easily cancel
hotel/motel and rental car reservations within a few days of
arrival with no penalty. So don't procrastinate in making
hotel/motel reservations and/or rental car reservations.
Lodging space and rental cars will be very limited in the
Acadian Peninsula of New Brunswick. The website below contains
a number of motels, hotels and bed & breakfasts in the
Bathurst area.
http://www.bathurst.ca/english/home/index.cfm?id=195
"GENERATIONS" - FALL 2008 EDITION - PUBLISHED
Our Fall 2008 issue of "Generations" was published in Ocotber
and sent by email to all on our Distribution List. Shortly it
will be on our website. Check it out. I believe you will enjoy
the articles and be proud of the superb quality of our
newsletter. The link to our Guedry- abine Family website is:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guedrylabinefamily/newsletters.html
If this link on your screen is larger than one
line, you may need to copy it using your mouse and then paste
it into the URL (Address) line of your web browser (Google or
Internet Explorer).
GUEDRY CREST
We now have a Guedry Crest for everyone in the family to use.
It tells the story of our Guedry family from its French
origins through its settlement in Acadia, being deported
throughout the Atlantic area and final resettlement across the
Western Hemisphere. It will be the official crest of our
Guedry family and will represent all variations (spellings) of
our name. We have a descriptive paper that discusses the
meanings of the symbols and colors on the crest and lists the
numerous name variations represented by the Guedry Crest.
If you have ideas or thoughts about what Les Guidry d'Asteur
should be doing (at the 2009 Reunion, a project we could do,
etc.), please e-mail me at guidryrm@cox.net and let us know.
Let's get together, renew old acquaintances and
start looking forward to our future plans.
The tentative agenda for the meeting is:
* Opening and welcome
* Membership Report (Charlene Lacombe)
* Financial Report (Chuck Guidry)
* Update on Guedry Crest (Marty Guidry)
* Our French Language/Culture Lesson (Elaine Clement)
* Plans for the August 2009 Guedry-Labine and Petitpas Reunion
in New Brunswick (location, activities, etc.)
* An Interesting Personality from Our Family
* Sales Committee Report (Wayne Simoneaux / Marty Guidry)
* Genealogy Committe Report (Daryl LaBine / Marty Guidry)
* Newsletter Update (Allie Guidry / Marty Guidry)
* Website Update (Becky Boggess / Marty Guidry)
* Other Business (new Guedry-Labine projects)
* Closing and Lunch
So let's gather together for some comradeship and discussion
on what we can do as a family association. We need your ideas.
If you can't attend, please email me and let me know what
you'd like to see Les Guidry d'Asteur do for the family.
Everyone's welcome and encouraged to attend.
It'll be a lot of fun. Bring a friend or relative and let them
learn of all that our family is doing.
So come and join us for this meeting.
Laissez les bon temps roulet!
Marty
Martin Guidry
6139 North Shore Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
guidryrm@cox.net
Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
Les Guedry d'Asteur Genealogical Association
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guedrylabinefamily
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/Guedry-Labine
DIRECTIONS TO DECEMBER 6th MEETING:
From I-10 take the I-49/US-90E exit (Exit 103) and go south
(toward Lafayette). This is often called the Evangeline
Thruway. Continue on the Thruway past the Lafayette Airport
until you reach Broussard, LA (about 10 miles). At Broussard
turn left onto LA Highway 182 (also called E. Main Street).
Continue about 0.8 miles and then turn left onto LA Highway
96. Continue on LA Highway 96 for about 7.4 miles to St. Martinville. In St. Martinville LA Highway 96 becomes W. Port
Street. At the intersection of W. Port Street (LA (^) with S.
Main Street, continue straight unto Evangeline Blvd. Continue
to the end of Evangeline Blvd and turn left on S. New Market
Street (at the Evangeline Oak). Park in any of the designated
parking spots. Go into the Acadian Memorial (the second
building from the Evangeline Oak) and tell the receptionist
that you are here for the Guedry family meeting. Go out the
back door of the Memorial to the Pavillion. (Don't forget to
see our Guedry Crest near the gate of the Pavillion). Go up
the stairs to the balcony, enter the second floor of the
Memorial and go to the conference room in the back. We'll meet
in this conference room.
If coming from the Houma area to the south using US-90, turn
right onto LA Highway 182 at Broussard and follow the above
instructions from that point.
To register for the Guedry-Labine & Petitpas Reunion on 16
August 2009 in Bathurst, New Brunswick, please complete the
form below and send it with your Registration Fee to the
address indicated.
Les Guidry d'Asteur
REGISTRATION for 2009 REUNION
(L'enregistrement pour 2009 Réunion)
Name (Nom)
______________________________________________________
Last (Nom de famille) First (Prénom) Middle
(Deuxième prénom)
Spouse (Épouse)
_______________________________________________________
Maiden (Nom de jeune fille) First (Prénom) Middle (Deuxième
prénom)
Children (Enfants)
_______________________________________________________
First Names of Children (Prénoms de enfants)
Address (Adresse)
_______________________________________________________
Street (Rue)
_______________________________________________________
City (Ville) State (État/Province) Zip Code (Code postal)
(Pays)
Telephone (Téléphone)
___________________________________________________
Fax (Numéro de télécopieur)
_________________________________________________
E-mail Address (Courriel)
_________________________________________________
Number of People Attending (Le numéro de Gens qui assistent )
__________________________
No. of Buffet Meals at Reunion (A l'intention de Manger des
Repas à la Réunion) _______________
(Buffet meal will cost $20-$25 per person / Le repas de buffet
coûtera
$20-$25 par la personne)
Registration: Includes Reunion & 2009 Membership in Les Guidry
d'Asteur / L'enregistrement: Inclut la Réunion & 2009
Sociétariat dans Les Guidry d'Asteur)
Family -Parents and Children under 22 (Famille - Les parents
et les Enfants sous 22):
_____ $40.00 Dollars (Canadian dollars for Canadian payments;
U. S. dollars for U. S. payments)
(Dollars canadiens pour les paiements Canadiens; Dollars
américains pour les paiements américains)
Individual (Individuelle):
_____ $20.00 Dollars (Canadian dollars for Canadian payments;
U. S. dollars for U. S. payments)
(Dollars canadiens pour les paiements Canadiens; Dollars
américains pour les paiements américains)
Please return form and payment to: Make check payable to: Les
Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
(Retournez le formulaire et le paiement à:) (Libellez le
chèque à: Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.)
Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
Martin Guidry, President
6139 North Shore Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
October 29, 2008
Allie Guidry and the editorial team have done
another outstanding job with the Fall 2008 issue of
"Generations". I believe you will really enjoy this issue with
articles by several of our members. Glance through the
contents on Page 1 and I am sure that you'll find an article
or two that you cannot wait to read.
As we approach our 2009 Reunion on August 16th
in Bathurst, New Brunswick, you should begin considering
making your housing reservations. "Generations' contains lots
of information on the limited housing in the Acadian Peninsula
of New Brunswick. Remember, unlike airline reservations which
have a penalty to change or cancel, motels have no penalty to
change or cancel a reservation until just before the day of
arrival (usually within 24 hours of arrival). So don't
hesitate to make a housing reservation even if you are not
sure of the exact dates that you will need. Rental car
reservations also have no penalty to change or cancel until
just before the day of rental.
The nearest large airport to Bathurst is at Moncton, New
Brunswick (about 140 miles to Bathurst by car). You might also
consider flying into Halifax, Nova Scotia (approximately 230
miles to Bathurst by car). Both drives are very nice and quite
interesting with sites to see on the way. Bathurst has a small
airport with two flights daily to and from Montreal.
So, as the cold weather approaches and the
fireplace softly warms the room, sit back and enjoy this
superb issue of "Generations".
Marty
Martin Guidry
6139 North Shore Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
guidryrm@cox.net
Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
Les Guedry d'Asteur Genealogical Association
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guedrylabinefamily
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/Guedry-Labine
August 27, 2008
Bonjour Cousins,
On 14 August 2008 Elaine Clément, daughter of Charles Clement and Enid
Guidry Clement, received the distiguished Acadian Heritage Preservation
Award at Vermilionville in Lafayette, LA. Elaine Clément is the Publicity
Chairperson of Les Guidry d'Asteur and very active in our association. She
works with the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL)
to preserve the French language in Louisiana's Acadian community. Please
join me in congratulating Elaine on this outstanding award and thank her for
her service to the Acadian community.
We also congratulate Alana Catherine Immel, daugher of Peter and Alexa John
and of Jeff & Rachel Immel, on being crowned Miss Crowley, Louisiana 2008.
Alana is the great-granddaughter of Rose Guidry Shreve and granddaughter of
Rose May Shreve Corman.
Attached to this memo is the Guédry Crest and an explanation of the meaning
of the colors and components of the Guédry Crest. This is the official
crest of Les Guidry d'Asteur and all of its members. It can be used by all
of us on clothing, stationary, etc. The Guédry Crest tells the story of our
Guédry family from its French origins, its settlement at Merigueche and life
with the Mi'kmaq people, its struggle through the years of exile and finally
its survival and expansion throughout North America and Europe.
Last Friday, 15 August 2008, National Day of the Acadians, the Guédry Crest
was unveiled on the Plaza of the Acadian Memorial. The Guédry Crest is one
of several crests of Acadian families displayed in the Plaza of the Acadian
Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana. Each of the crests are artistically
done in ceramic on the Plaza. See the attached photographs of the Guédry
Crest on the Plaza.
Looking forward to seeing everyone at Bathurst in August 2009,
Marty
Martin Guidry
6139 North Shore Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
guidryrm@cox.net
Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
Les Guedry d'Asteur Genealogical Association
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guedrylabinefamily
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/Guedry-Labine
August 24, 2008
Bonjour Cousins,
The 2009 Guédry-Labine and Petitpas Reunion will be on Sunday,
August 16,
2009 in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada. The Reunion will
begin about 8:30
am and end about 5:00 pm with all but the opening Mass being
at the
Conference Center of Danny's Inn.
The fee to attend the Reunion is $40 for a family or $20 for
an individual
which includes all costs except the optional buffet meal at
noon.
The Reunion fee does include your 2009 Membership in Les
Guidry d'Asteur.
Please consider enjoying the buffet lunch with all of us. On
the
Registration Form indicate your preference for the buffet lunch, but do not
send any money for the buffet at this time. We will collect
the cost of the
buffet lunch at the beginning of the Reunion on August 16,
2009. Your
preference now is not binding and can be changed until shortly
before the
Reunion. We just need an indication of the number of buffet
lunches at this
time.
Looking forward to seeing everyone at Bathurst,
Marty
Martin Guidry
6139 North Shore Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
guidryrm@cox.net
Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
Les Guedry d'Asteur Genealogical Association
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guedrylabinefamily
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/Guedry-Labine
Les Guidry d'Asteur
REGISTRATION for 2009 REUNION
(L'enregistrement pour 2009 Réunion)
Name (Nom)
_________________________________________________________________
Last (Nom de famille) First (Prénom) Middle (Deuxième prénom)
Spouse (Épouse)
____________________________________________________________
Maiden (Nom de jeune fille) First (Prénom) Middle (Deuxième
prénom)
Children (Enfants)
_________________________________________________________
First Names of Children (Prénoms de enfants)
Address (Adresse)
__________________________________________________________
Street (Rue)
__________________________________________________________
City (Ville) State (État/Province) Zip Code (Code postal)
Telephone (Téléphone)
___________________________________________________
Fax (Numéro de télécopieur)
_______________________________________________
E-mail Address (Courriel)
_______________________________________________
Number of People Attending (Le numéro de Gens qui assistent
________________
No. of Buffet Meals at Reunion ________________
(Buffet meal will cost $20-$25 per person / Le repas de buffet
coûtera
$20-$25 par la personne)
Registration: Includes Reunion & 2009 Membership in Les Guidry
d'Asteur /
L'enregistrement: Inclut la Réunion & 2009 Sociétariat dans
Les Guidry
d'Asteur)
Family -Parents and Children under 22
(Famille - Les parents et les Enfants sous 22):
_____ $40.00 Dollars (Canadian dollars for Canadian payments;
U. S. dollars for U. S. payments)
(Dollars canadiens pour les paiements Canadiens;
Dollars américains pour les paiements américains)
Individual (Individuelle):
_____ $20.00 Dollars (Canadian dollars for Canadian payments;
U. S. dollars for U. S. payments)
(Dollars canadiens pour les paiements Canadiens;
Dollars américains pour les paiements américains)
Please return form and payment to: Make check payable to:
Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
(Libellez le chèque à:
Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.)
(Retournez le formulaire et le paiement à:)
Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
Martin Guidry, President
6139 North Shore Drive
.
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
October 30, 2008
Bonjour Cousins,
Several folks have asked if we could have several items with
our Guédry crest available for sale before the Reunion.
Clicking on the link below will open our website containing a
variety of items including t-shirts, caps, mugs, clocks,
magnets, buttons, postcards, prints, note cards and stickers
with the Guédry crest on them. You may order directly from the
website. Your purchases will help Les Guidry d'Asteur continue
implementing programs to support our family and its heritage.
http://cafepress.com/guedry
Furthermore, if you would like to have a variation of the
Guédry surname (as Labine, Geddry, etc.) on the upper banner,
please email me what name you would like and we'll create a
store with that surname on the crest for you. You can then
purchase items with that surname.
We hope this gives everyone the opportunity to obtain desired
gifts, clothing, etc with our Guédry crest.
Thanks to Rachel Hardee for developing and managing our Guédry
crest store.
Merci,
Marty
Martin Guidry
6139 North Shore Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
guidryrm@cox.net
Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
Les Guedry d'Asteur Genealogical Association
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guedrylabinefamily
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guidryrm/Guedry-Labine
DEDICATION OF THE PLAQUE COMMEMORATING
AUGUSTIN GUEDRY & MAIRE JONSON
AND
THE GUEDRY-LABINE AND PETITPAS REUNION OF 5 AUGUST 2004
(12 AUGUST 2007 AT 4:00 PM)
Protect Our Family Tombs
Read more
Februrary 2007
Bonjour Cousins,
The year 2007 is now upon us and
with that the renewal of our membership in Les Guidry d'Asteur
for another year.
Your Board of Directors hopes
that you'll consider renewing or joining Les Guidry d'Asteur
this year. We have kept membership dues very low to encourage
everyone with an interest in the Guedry family to become a
member.
Your dues are our major source
of income for the many projects that we fund each year for our
family.
Some of these include:
* Our outstanding newsletter
³Generations²
* Our family website ³The
Guedry-Labine Family²
* Our genealogy website ³The
Guedry-Labine Family Genealogical Database²
* Promoting our family worldwide
and assisting cousins trying to connect with our family
* Donating Guedry-related books
to libraries throughout the U.S. and Canada
* Our ³Guedry-Labine Family
Cookbook²
* Query responses to aid family
members in their genealogical research
* Honoring our ancestors with
historical plaques as at Lunenburg and St. Alphonse, NS
* Occasional local Guedry family
reunions
* The Guedry-Labine and Petitpas
Reunion every five years at Congres Mondial Acadien
Dues for 2007 will remain:
Individual $ 6.00 U.S.
Family $10.00 U.S.
Benefactor Levels, which include
family membership, are:
dit Jovial Level $ 50.00 U.S.
dit Labine Level $100.00 U.S.
dit Grivois Level $500.00 U.S.
Please send your dues to:
Les Guidry d'Asteur, Inc.
Charlene Guidry Lacombe
Membership Chair
141 Lesim Lane
Jennings, Louisiana 70546
A membership form is available
by double-clicking on this website link:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guedrylabinefamily/membership.html
Archived Meetings
Attendees
at the March 29, 2003 meeting of Les Guidry d'Asteur members.
Left to right: Martin "Marty" Guidry, Gayle Guidry, Warren
Guidry, Elaine Clement,
Jeanette Guidry Leger, and Charlene Guidry Lacombe.
Photo was taken by Preston Lacombe.
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