Distant Cousins – Branches of my tree

Felix Fortineau L’Oiseau

Felix Fortineau L’Oiseau, aka Forge Bird, was the eldest brother of my maternal grandmother Alice Doris L’Oiseau. Like many of my L’Oiseau relatives, Fortineau anglicised his name. It was never legally changed, but over the years he adopted the name Bird. When I started researching my maternal line I compiled a list of all myContinue reading “Felix Fortineau L’Oiseau”

Week 5 – Branching Out

This week the prompt for 52 ancestors is Branching Out. One of the units I studied as part of my Diploma in Family History through the University of Tasmania was Convict Ancestry. At first, I thought I would just pick one of my husband’s five convict ancestors to research and write about, but then IContinue reading “Week 5 – Branching Out”