| I’m Bob Landry the son of Leon Landry and Delia David of Petit de Grat, Ile Madame. I got interested in genealogy about four years ago when an Internet friend from Florida sent me the URL to George Rose’s site. I followed his links to other sites, including Jeanne Joyce-Stone’s site, did quite a bit of reading and printing and came away amazed at what they had done. From then on, I was hooked on genealogy and Acadian history. I have found out that I am descended from most of the Acadian families that returned to Ile Madame after 1763, that I am related to myself many times over and that I am related in one way or another to most of the members of this list. |
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I attended St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish from 1964-1968 where I earned a Bachelor’s in Business Administration. I was accredited as a Certified General Accountant (Ontario, 1972) and a Chartered Business Valuator (Alberta, 1987). |
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After graduating, I lived in Ottawa (1968-73), Halifax (1973-80) and since then in St. Albert, Alberta, just north of Edmonton (1980 to now). |
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I’ve spent the last 33 years crunching numbers in one form or another. I worked for government for nearly 18 years, leaving in 1985 to work for a major accounting firm. I operated my own accounting / tax / valuation /consulting practice beginning in 1991. On June 18, 2001 I returned to government employment. |
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For the past three years, I’ve gathered information on my more recent ancestors. When I got my copy of Part 1 of Stephen White’s Dictionnaire, my research on the old ancestors really took off. Of the nearly 15,000 names in my database, more than ½ are from the Dictionnaire and were born before 1750. |
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I jumped at the chance to attend the Isle Madame Genealogy Summit in August 2000. I met George and Jeanne and Jeanne Belford and Ron Frazier and a lot of other members on this List when I was there. |
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The experience of being back home led me to start thinking of ways to move back there. I really don’t want to spend move over 3000 miles and try to start a new accounting practice … I’m getting too old for that. The question therefore became, what could I do? Maybe I have the answer. In January, I went back to school … I’m halfway through the second course in Athabasca University’s Master of Arts Integrated Studies Program. I’m doing all that work on line in the evenings and weekends. Over the next three-four years I will concentrate on learning research techniques, history and Canadian Studies in order to complete this program. Hopefully, it will enable me to better understand and interpret our common history. It may also open some opportunities to change my career path and return to Acadie. Bob |
