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Happy Father’s Day (US and France); Fontfroide Abbey

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Our Church Week —We are beginning to make the last rounds for any wanting one-on-one help with genealogy.  So this is our last ditch, full-on effort.  It’s had really good results so far.  Marc really enjoys genealogy so he has been able to help most members in the branche, many who did not even have a www.familysearch.org account yet.  The account is free to members and non-members alike. Our new Sunday classes —We started having mini classes on the 3 rd Sunday of each month.  When you are in a Branch, modify is the name of the game.  With everyone coming from long distances to church on Sunday, middle of the week activities are a challenge because of the distances and the time schools get out—between 6-7pm.  That is really late on a school night as dinner is traditionally at 7-9pm.  All of France seems to be home eating at the same time.  It’s tradition.  With an hour drive each way for our biggest family, it’s just too much. So, our modification is to have some mini classe