Norm, I am enthralled with the Roots Magazine that you send out every
month. My grandfather is a descendent of Francois Arsenault who founded
Cocagne New Brunswick along with his son-in law Joseph Goguen. We are
Mi'kmaq, Abenaki ( on my grandfather's side) and French Canadian. My
brother and I went on the Ancestral tour of Canada this summer to Old
Quebec where we saw the home of Eustache Lambert (we are from the father
of Eustache Lambert and his son Gabriel Lambert) and we also found the
memorials to our relatives in Cocagne. We visited Bencanour Abenaki
Reserve and our G g great grandparents town of Trois Rivier and Riverie du
Loup. I live in Montana onn the Flathead indian Reservation and it was so
wonderful to have all of my family history before me. thank you for the
inspiration you give everyone to keep searching for their roots. I know
who I am now and I have the documentation to show. We are Abenaki from the
Gagnon of Madawaska and Riviere du Loup...bless you ...Lor
Dr. Lorelei A. Lambert, Ph.D., RN
Medical Ecology
Faculty Trainer: e-Learning Department
Salish Kootenai College
P.O. Box 70
Pablo, Montana 59855
Phone: 406.275.4842
Fax: 406.275.4812
http://www.skc.edu/atd/lori.htm
From: "masmith" masmith@pathwaynet.com
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 01:16:34 -0400
Hi, Norm,
VERY, VERY sorry, if you are ending this wonderful email publication. I
have been reading it faithfully for months...years???....and really enjoy
it. Also have gotten a lot of valuable information about some of the
family connections, as well as a better insight into the lives our ancestors
led.
I realize there is a lot of time and work connected with anything of this
sort, but if you want a vote of confidence to continue to publish this
monthly.. ( or maybe bi-monthly???? If that would help???) please know
you have mine.
Mary Anne Smith
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:19:44 -0400
From: Marie mrundqui@starpower.net
Hi, Norm,
I notice that the majority of readers favor your remaining in the publishing business -- I'm one of them. Your page rank is quite high for most google searches I do -- so, you are obviously hitting a mark, albeit a highly-qualified mark -- it is an important one.
Please think about ways to reduce the amount of work you have to do to publish -- maybe trim the number of issues (bi-monthly perhaps?) -- this could be just the thing to keep you charged up -- but not over-worked.
Also, you may want to think about bringing along an "intern" -- somebody to whom you could delegate many of the more routine tasks (website maintenance, etc.) leaving you time for the more pleasurable aspects of your newsletter. Anyway, I'm linking to you from my website now - as I'm sure many are as well.
FYI...I've finished the writing of my second effort, "Revisiting Anne Marie," the book that completes the research of a subject that I touched upon when I wrote the first article that you published on your site.
There was so much more to this story -- I knew it when I wrote the article, and I'm going to prove it when I publish the follow on book.
I'm going through an intensive edit cycle and working through footnotes, photographs, and illustrations. Then, I approach an editor/publisher.
I am inspired by your site, and the enthusiasm of your readers -- it's wonderful to know that our family histories mean so much to so many.
Take care and best of luck to you. I'm so glad that Doug Miller introduced me to your newsletter and to you.
--Marie
From: "albert belanger" skipb@rcn.com
Subject: Hope you reconsider
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 08:43:11 -0400
Bonjour,
I hope you do not end the newsletter. I know it takes lots of time, and appreciate all your efforts. A suggestion: if a monthly edition is too consuming, why not do what some organizations do and put together a quarterly edition?
Your humble servant, &c., &c.,
Albert
Albert Edward Belanger
128 Middle Road
Brentwood, NH 03833
Researching the 1851 Oregon Trail Migration
Subject: CONTINUATION OF NEWSLETTER
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 09:14:37 -0500
From: CAMPBELL@BOSTONEMS.ORG
Dear Norm:
For the sake of all your work on behalf of your cousin, Kateri s Cannonization, I pray for you to continue with your work.
It is not easy to work for the Creator on behalf of all; there are many who try to set up traps so that we will fall; (Jesus Himself fell 3 times on His journey to Golgatha; Our Lamb was an inspiration to us all).
Regardless of my 2 surgeries (right & left hands for carpal tunnel) I have never forgotten that I promised you I d work on a portrait of Kateri; (and God willing), before it is my time to go home, I intend to do just that!
There is a chain-of-command with regard to who goes home and when; whether it s Mother Theresa, Princess Dianna, Pope John Paul, or Sister Lucy; all reaching out for each other to enter God s kingdom&.. and as Sister Lucy (one of the three children of Fatima) quoted; It is diabolical disorientation with regard to the destruction of the churches.
,You keep going, Warrior! We are behind you! Your crown awaits you in God s kingdom.
Ami, Dee
From: "William Brennan" brennan01@cox.net
To: "'Norm Leveillee'"
Subject: RE: December issue - Kessinnimek-Roots-Racines
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 13:01:18 -0500
Salut, Norm,
It's sad day, but now you're emancipated. You've done a great thing but it's
time to move on.
Thanks and best wishes,
Bill
From: "Diane Goodwillie" diane.goodwillie@pacific.net.au
To: "Norm Leveillee"
Subject: Re: December issue - Kessinnimek-Roots-Racines
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:24:44 +1000
Norm
I think the magazine has gotten a lot of its energy from you...so thanks for that and best wishes for future endeavours.
Diane Goodwillie
Coolum Beach, Queensland Australia
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:29:24 -0400
From: william.lonc@smu.ca
Subject: RE: December issue - Kessinnimek-Roots-Racines
Norm, Many thanks for the update, and I think you made the right
decision for the current situation. But, this does not mean that you are
down and out. It simply means that for the time being, that particular
project ran its course; it had a beginning, a middle, and an end. Great!
Another course lies in the future.
Cheers in Our Lord
Fr. Bill
From: REPAGE@aol.com
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:09:24 EST
Subject: Re: Information
Please let us know when the new CD is available. I want to add it to my other CD. And a deep and sincere Thank You for your past efforts. I can't adquately express my enjoyment and the knowledge I have gained from your publication.
Bob
Robert Evans Page
From: "Andy Scott" greydale@hughes.net
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:24:21 -0500
Good Evening Norm,
Although I did not comment prior, I will miss the magazine. But, I also know
that this was a labor of love and a hugh amount of sharing for the rest of
us, therefore a hard decision to make.
Andrea SCott
From: "Renee Cummings"
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:47:24 -0500
HI Norm
Sorry to see the end of that magazine.
Good luck with what ever you do next.
I looked forward to it every month, enjoyed reading the stories and all the great information provided. I always learned something new..
Good luck
Renée
Date: 13 Nov 2007 09:11:55 EST
From: Winter.Center.For.Indigenous.Traditions@valley.net (Winter Center For Indigenous Traditions)
Dear Norm,
Thank you for all of your hard work over the years. This
has been an incredible long-term project and you have
done a wonderful job of service to everyone.
I will miss the postings and the bit of contact they have
provided me with you.
Ktsi wl'lini for all you do.
Donna Roberts-Moody
From: "Connie Halverson"
Subject: RE: CD order
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:40:23 -0600
Hello Norm,
I'm happy to support your work; all my ancestors are French-Canadian or
Acadian (including Pierre Couc and Marie Miteouamegoukoue). I have been
greatly impressed by the quality of your publication and I'm happy to wait
for the final CD.
I wish you all the best in your future endeavors. Merci beaucoup for your
extensive contribution to the genealogy community.
Connie (Cartier) Halverson
From: "Henry Gosselin" hgosseli@gwi.net
Subject: Re: Your thoughts and opinion
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:08:33 -0500
Norm,
You can take pride in the fact that you are publishing an excellent magazine, as anyone in the editorial field who is a reader of your magazine would reassure you !
For nearly 30 years, I served as editor of the Church World, Maine's Catholic weekly, which won TOP national awards in the American Catholic Church. And a few years after I retired and had been replaced by the lady who had served as the associate editor, the Diocese ceased its publication. It did not have the readership of most of the Maine Catholics !
It seemed to me that just the fact that the paper was NOT read by the majority of the Catholics was NOT reason enugh to cease its publication. How about all those who WERE subscribing and benefitting from what they read ?
And I wonder if it is the publishing cost of your magazine that forces you to cease its publication ? If so, I wonder if there are agencies throughout the country that would help you keep your publication !
Anyhow, best wishes !
Henry
