Davids of New France is a non-profit geneaological collaberative project offered by and to all French descendents of Jean Pierre David dit Saint Michel and the descendents of his ancestors throughout New France and the seat of his and our origin, France. It is the mission of this website to provide, as factual as possible, an account of the lives and times of our David (phonetic pronunciation \'da-veed\) ancestors.

Hopefully, Davids of New France will evolve as a portal back and forward in time, beyond and after, the 17th century to discover all that is known and recorded of this David family and their French origin. It is the intent of this website to not only provide names, dates and places of the life events of our ancestors but attempt to piece together historical information uncovered in primary and secondary source records, as well as transcriptions, translations, extracts and/or abstracts of those source documents to tell their life stories.

In addition, this website will provide the opportunity for, and encourage, fellow genealogist to submit, share and exchange the results of their David family research and actively participate in this project.

The key to the success of this project is that it must be based on sourced or citationed information gathered from original historical documents. However, since a day-by-day recorded account of our ancestors' life stories is unavailable, assumptions of life events may be made based on what historical information is available and can be logically pieced together. In every case, when assumptions are portrayed, they will be duly noted.

It is the intent of this website to be dynamic, and a constantly evolving historical account of our ancestor's lives as new and old information is uncovered and/or verified.

Finally, this website is currently in a state of development, and in some cases, content will be incomplete and require further proofing. Please accept our appologies in this matter. As the 1st phase of this project is completed, we will post a notice on the website.

About Davids of New France

The About Davids of New France web page will provide below a detail explanation of how this website is designed and the built in tools that will allow you to navigate and interact with the website and the authors of the website.

Vertical Navigation Menu Bar

The primary navigation tool into the website is the vertical navigation menu bar on the left side of each webpage of the website. It begins with the standard Home page link that will bring you to the initial entry point of the website. The 2nd link you will see is this About Davids of New France web page which explains how to use the webste.

The 3rd link on the navigation bar begins the descending links to our Ancestor family generation web pages. These links will begin with the generation of The Family of Jean Pierre David dit Saint Michel web pages followed by The Family of Michel David dit Saint Michel web pages, etc. As the website evolves the subsequent Ancestor family generation web pages will be added. When you click on an Ancestor navigation link a submenu will drop down listing further links to the web pages of the father, mother and children of that generation's family.

The navigation links following the Ancestor generation links are the links to the website support web pages. These website support links begin with the Information Exchange web page link which allows and encourages website visitors and fellow genealogist the opportunity to interact with the authors of the website by submitting and sharing the results of their David family research and actively participate in this project.

The Resources link navigates to the web page which provides website visitors with a list of other useful genealogy research websites for locating primary and secondary source document images. It is at these websites that source information has been located which has made this Davids of New France possible.

The Links web page provides site visitors with a list of links to other genealogy research websites that may assist researchers in their quest for information.

The Notes webpage is the bibliography of source materials, footnotes and endnotes referenced to within this website.

Finally, the Contact Us web page provides website visitors with general contact information to authors and webmasters of this Davids of New France website.

The Design of the Ancestor Web Pages

The design of the Ancestor web pages provides a unique place and time structure that promotes the story line for each ancestors life story.

Location and Date
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Primary Source and Picture Images
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Primary and Secondary Source Citations
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Other Compiled Abstracts
The Other Compiled Abstracts section of an ancestor webpage provide other uncovered compiled secondary abstract information by other researchers which has not be confirmed by primary source documents.

Other Recorded Events
The Other Recorded Events section of an ancestor webpage provide other uncovered primary and secondary documents relating to the ancestor and a discussion regarding those documents. These documents typically relate to records such as baptisms in which an ancestor is listed as a participant in the baptism as a godparent or witness or a marriage where the ancestor is listed as a participant or witness to the ceremony.

Spouse
The Spouse section of an ancestor webpage is a brief overview of the spouse(s) of an ancestor, including the spouse's date and place of birth, baptism, marriage and death, as well as information relating to the parents of the spouse.

Children
The Children section of an ancestor webpage is a summary listing of the children of an ancestor, their date and place of birth, baptism, marriage, including spouse, and death.

History of Updates
The History of Updates section of an ancestor webpage is a chronological list by date of updates that have been made to an ancestors webpage. This list provides visitors with a means of following the latest changes and addtions to an ancestor webpage as new information is uncovered.

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