Catch-up by Dan

The first photo is taken at a museum of French emigrants to "New France", which is now Quebec. I am pointing to my great, great, great.... grandfather's name, Jean Royer, who left France in the 1650's. (Close up in the next photo.)

We then visited the actual village where he was born and baptized. It is called Saint Cosmos-en-Verais. The next photo is of a map of the village. In a close-up you can see that there is a place there still called le Royer. Apparently there are still Royer's in the town because one of them runs a garage.

Finally, another view of Azay-le-Rideau. The chateau must have been built for Kathy because inside we found the perfect dwarf bed built just for her!Read more