Valerie Harrison
Honor Code SignatorySigned 1 Mar 2013 | 218 contributions | 12 thank-yous | 473 connections
ValerieX has been researching her family history for over 15 years and has traced her maternal ancestry back to the first 300 French families to arrive in New France prior to 1655.
The extended Rainville/Renville/Ranville family have been extensively, and painstakingly researched by many people but there are still some areas of conflict in dates and exact names and family affiliation as so many names are similar. I am looking forward to seeing new information from WikiTree members.
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