Lets keep in touch. Are you missing?

2018 Aug contents

Table of Contents for Aug 2018 newsletter. Click on image to download the newsletter.

You know how it is with families – when cousins only see each other for weddings and funerals it is easy to not be close. And when your children and theirs start having children the distance seems to get greater. We have so much going on in our own lives.

Well, the Violette Family Association may not have been the best “cousin” for staying in touch. Our interactions with you have been sporadic over the last years – usually when we have something to say about Reunions.  Continue reading

Updates and additions

Thanks to the dozens of people who have contacted Rod Violette (VFA #12), our Genealogist, in the last week or so with corrections, additions, and updates to our genealogical database! The database now has 80,971 people in 32,238 families.

And thanks to the dozens of VFA members who responded to Dave Violette’s (VFA #621) emails asking for updates on member emails. Dave is working on updates to the Association member database in preparation for an added feature at our web site – VioletteFamily.org.

For those who have not checked out our new Family Tree function, go to the website and hover over Genealogy and click the Family Tree tab. This will take you to the area where you can search out your own information or any other in the database. Continue reading

Search your family

Charles search

Search home screen for Charles Violet, Francois’ son

Finally, the ability to search your family tree is available at our web site – VioletteFamily.org. No login is required. Go to the web site and select Genealogy, then click on Family Tree. That brings you to the search home page. From there, enter a last and first name, and click the Search button, and you will get a list of all those in the database meeting those criteria. Scroll through the list to find the one you are looking for. If you pause and hover over any name a popup will provide a little more information about that person so you can see if that is the one you are looking for. When you find the correct one, click on it to bring up a Personal Information form giving more info. Continue reading