I've been researching mostly French Canadian ancestry in the Kankakee and Iroquois County area since 1987. I'm currently writing a book about Petite Canada. This was a settlement 2 1/2 miles Northwest of Bourbonnais Illinois along Davis Creek and Kankakee River. Some of the surnames I'm researching are : Audet, Balthazor, Dandurand, Goyette, Benoit, Betourney, Deschampes, Davis, Rantz, Bray, Poutre, Poitras, Moreau, Pelletier, Melancon, Desnoyer, Guay, Yost. You'll notice a few Yankee names in this list. They lived in the same area and intermarried with these Canadians so must be included....

I've been researching mostly French Canadian ancestry in the Kankakee and Iroquois County area since 1987. I'm currently writing a book about Petite Canada. This was a settlement 2 1/2 miles Northwest of Bourbonnais Illinois along Davis Creek and Kankakee River. Some of the surnames I'm researching are : Audet, Balthazor, Dandurand, Goyette, Benoit, Betourney, Deschampes, Davis, Rantz, Bray, Poutre, Poitras, Moreau, Pelletier, Melancon, Desnoyer, Guay, Yost. You'll notice a few Yankee names in this list. They lived in the same area and intermarried with these Canadians so must be included....