A Tale of Two Families

Return now to thethrilling days of yesteryear.Travel back in time withyour ancestors in MedievalFrance as they survive theHundred Years War theBlack Plague and the Warsof Religion. Discover thatthe name Marsolais meansYoung Marcus and hasbeen in Normandy sincethe Romans occupied it.Lemieux which meansThe Best has been inNormandy since thedreaded Viking invasions.Together the Lemieux andMarsolais lived in the cityof Rouen Normandyduring the 1600s.Sometimes members of thesame parish they changedfrom Catholic to Protestantand back again---as neededto survive. Explore withthem as they are among thefirst Europeans to cross thevast Atlantic Ocean tosettle in the New World. Intheir search for a better lifethey contributed their skillsto establish Quebec Cityand open the NorthAmerican continent.Follow them as theybecome citizens of theUnited States at the turn ofthe Twentieth Centuryaround the time of theIndustrial Revolution.Chart the expansion ofthese families as theirdestinies bring themtogether again with amarriage at Ft. BraggNorth Carolina.