Rick Dondo's Family Tree
What's New (past 30 days)
Date of Last GEDCOM Import: 1 Sep 2026 13:40:40
2026/09/01
I have refreshed the site with data from a current (to this date) data extract; version sixty-seven. There are changes resulting from various avenues of research, many undertaken in response to queries from people who noticed the presence of a relative or ancestor on this site.
OF SPECIAL NOTE:
I reenabled the display on this site of the details I have captured about facts and events represented on the site. This includes information such as:
- birth, marriage, and death registration identifiers and content
- census record content, including homestead designations and locations
- departure and arrival information, including vessel names
This allows anyone interested to better understand "how" I know what I am presenting about my results.
Special attention was paid to these subjects:
- consolidation / correction of location names for burials in Winnipeg-area cemeteries
- integrated more references to parallel profiles for those on my tree to existing ones on the FamilySearch service
- integrated Q2 MB Vital Statistics Birth (1926), Marriage (1946), and Death (1956) Registration data
- extended my collection of self-defined reports focused on burials and source citations
- work was done to extend and elaborate branches on my tree for people near and far who recognised connections to people profiled on my tree
Research done in this period resulted in the count of individual profiles on my tree passing 23,240
All comments and suggestions are welcome!
2026/08/10
I have refreshed the site with data from a current (to this date) data extract; version sixty-six. There are changes resulting from various avenues of research, many undertaken in response to queries from people who noticed the presence of a relative or ancestor on this site.
Special attention was paid to these subjects:
- consolidation / correction of location names for burials in the St Boniface Cemetery (Archibald), resulting in:
--- the extension of some family lines
--- the addition many burial details
--- the reclassification of many images as headstones
--- the addition of birth, marriage and death registration details, and a significant number of obituaries
- in some cases, the above work led to the integration of details from Civil registrations from sources in French Departments
- integrated thousands more references to parallel profiles for those on my tree to existing ones on the FamilySearch service- integrated Q1 MB Vital Statistics Birth (1926), Marriage (1946), and Death (1956) Registration data
- established a collection of self-defined reports focused on burials and source citations
- began to leverage the University of Calgary's Digital Collection
Research done in this period resulted in the count of individual profiles on my tree passing 23,000
- work was done to extend and elaborate branches on my tree for people near and far who recognised connections to people profiled on my tree
Research done in this period resulted in the count of individual profiles on my tree passing 23,000
All comments and suggestions are welcome!
2026/05/12
I have refreshed the site with data from a current (to this date) data extract; version sixty-five. There are changes resulting from various avenues of research, many undertaken in response to queries from people who noticed the presence of a relative or ancestor on this site.
Special attention was paid to two information domains:
- work was done to extend branches on my tree for family friends who had previously unrecognised connections to people already profiled
- integrated hundreds of references to parallel profiles from those on my tree to existing ones on the FamilySearch service
All comments and suggestions are welcome!
All comments and suggestions are welcome!
2026/04/29
I have refreshed the site with data from a current (to this date) data extract; version sixty-four. There are changes resulting from various avenues of research, many undertaken in response to queries from people who noticed the presence of a relative or ancestor on this site.
Special attention was paid to two information domains:
- work was done to extend branches on my tree for family friends who had previously unrecognised connections to people already profiled
- integrated hundreds of references to parallel profiles from those on my tree to existing ones on the FamilySearch service
All comments and suggestions are welcome!
All comments and suggestions are welcome!
As will be the case for the foreseeable future, that data was transformed considerably to ensure that more information pertaining to sources and citations is available to demonstrate why I believe what I have published.
Think I'm wrong? Bring your evidence and we will discuss your suggestions!
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*** Ongoing ***
Updates reflect changes to a variety of profiles on my tree that really centre around six ongoing activities:
- capture of current events observed by your host
- extension of the heritage my tree records for selected people based on expressed interest
- rendering visible more details from certain sources to enhance the understanding of why my tree reflects certain events and people
- rendering visible more of the citations my tree holds to support the events it reports (including other Ancestry Family Trees)
- adding more entries in the "Media" section, especially links to the "local history books" that are part of the University of Manitoba's Digital Collection and pertinent to the families on the tree
- an ongoing low-level effort to "normalize" place names for events that happened prior to Canadian Confederation in places that were NOT to become Manitoba
*** Cemeteries ***
As has been for some time and will continue to be the case: My work to catalogue graves and other final dispositions represents my contribution to bringing closure to as many people as possible by ensuring access to the virtual versions of the tributes made to those who have gone ahead. In my opinion, these efforts may assist many in planning visits to the physical locations in which the physical tributes persist. I expect to continuously improve this asset as I uncover misalignments between the best definitions of those places and many profiles on my tree. Correcting them will always improve the records offered here, and to Ancestry offering me new information about the affected people and their families. The tree is better for it. I invite you to browse the available list of cemetery definitions.
*** Public Sources ***
My work includes an interest in making available to all, selected information from my Ancestry tree that can be readily accessed via free and public resources. This is especially true of the links to memorials on the Find a Grave service, but extends to some of the Government of Canada resources organized by its "Library and Archives" department, in particular, and other departments.
I invite all visitors to seek out and read carefully the descriptions of those resources here. These are wonderful places to start your OWN research!
*** Subscription Sources ***
Also -- Still the case and expected to be this way for a long time:
Many of the records (items) specifically cited, regrettably, are stored in databases as part of the Ancestry service; to view them, an active Ancestry account is required. However, as part of my efforts to transform the data provided to me by Ancestry, an effort is made to make much more of the "descriptive" information about them available on this site.
That being the case: should you identify a SPECIFIC document or record cited to be of high value to you in remembering and honouring your ancestors, please feel free to get in touch. I will very likely be both willing and able to provide you with a digital copy of some kind.
*** Current Status ***
My research continues and new information and connections are revealed on nearly a daily basis. For the foreseeable future, as was the case for the past many months, I plan to continue to update this site on an irregular basis; one that I expect to be no less than once a month.
The site allows anyone to see all of the information I have recorded about deceased people. Without an account and specific privileges assigned to it, access to information about living people other than their name on this tree is restricted. Even with such privileges, at your host's discretion, they may give you access to only information about people with whom you share direct ancestors. In the event you want to see more, please get in touch.
Documents
![Goulet Ancestry by Linda Anne Dupuis [2025]](documents/Tree.png "Goulet Ancestry by Linda Anne Dupuis [2025]")
Histories
| Thumb | Description | Linked to | Last Modified |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Key Public Resources - Joseph Dondo (1862) and Marie Mathurine Le Boulch (1864) A framework document that provides access to more detailed information about the family and its legacy here. The resources there include lists of the descendants of some common ancestors which demonstrate the fact that there are many “double cousins”, even distant ones, among them. | 1 Sep 2026 | |
| Histories of the RM of St Andrews This is part of the area that was settled by the Russin family, as well as many families with whom they shared a culture and / or family ties. Two editions are on offer, published 20 years apart. The Red River North Heritage group offers many fascinating resources related to early life in the area. | 1 Sep 2026 | |
 | Centre interuniversitaire d'études québécoises (CIEQ) - Espace Espace CIEQ est voué à la valorisation de la recherche historique sur le Québec. Il met en valeur les projets de chercheurs et les principales productions qui en sont issues: Atlas historique du Québec, bases de données, projets exploitant des SIG historiques et outils de recherche. | 29 Aug 2026 | |
| Centre interuniversitaire d'études québécoises (CIEQ) - Atlas L’Atlas historique du Québec est une collection d’ouvrages de synthèse et de référence sur l’évolution de la société québécoise, soutenus par la cartographie, l’iconographie et la représentation graphique. | 29 Aug 2026 | |
 | Maintain Our Memories RCMP Graves Inspection and Maintenance Program Maintain Our Memories | 28 Aug 2026 | |
 | The National RCMP Grave Discovery Website & Database True and Fascinating Canadian History Preserving the legacy of the North West Mounted Police, the Royal North West Mounted Police, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCMP Graves | 28 Aug 2026 | |
| Ukrainian Homecoming The village name on your document probably does not exist. Not because the place is gone — because the name was written down by a clerk who had never heard it, in a language that was not Ukrainian, and has been renamed once or twice since. Type it exactly as it appears on your paper. You will get the most likely places it refers to today. | 23 Aug 2026 |
Individuals
| ID | Last Name, Given Name(s) | Born | Location | Tree | Branch | Last Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I402050180908 |
 Turcotte, Albert Omer |
b. 14 Dec 1903 | Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, The Territories, Canada  | Rick Dondo's Family | 4 Sep 2026 |
| I402148473532 |
Smith, Gordon Paul |
b. 16 Feb 1958 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Rick Dondo's Family | 4 Sep 2026 |
| I400016412023 |
Vandersteen, Joanna "Ann" "Johanna" |
b. 16 Apr 1917 | Marble Ridge, RM of Bifrost, Manitoba, Canada | Rick Dondo's Family | 4 Sep 2026 |
| I402065330198 |
Smith, Clifford Ralph "Kip" |
b. 3 Oct 1921 | Moncton, Westmoreland, New Brunswick, Canada | Rick Dondo's Family | 4 Sep 2026 |
| I402390742862 |
Pilla, Frances Régina |
b. 9 Oct 1923 | Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada | Rick Dondo's Family | 4 Sep 2026 |
| I402367355093 |
Salichuk, Eleanor |
b. 1 Jul 1937 | Polson, RM of Armstrong, Manitoba, Canada | Rick Dondo's Family | 4 Sep 2026 |
| I402367077039 |
Paluch, Edward "Ed" |
b. 5 Jul 1929 | Manitoba, Canada | Rick Dondo's Family | 4 Sep 2026 |
| I402048676031 |
Wallace, Eleanor "Gertrude" |
b. 15 Dec 1887 | Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada | Rick Dondo's Family | 4 Sep 2026 |
| I402034454928 |
O'Neill, Dominic John "Dominick" |
b. 9 Mar 1889 | Carleton, Ontario, Canada | Rick Dondo's Family | 4 Sep 2026 |
| I402360464724 |
Swan, Stephen |
b. 1881 | Emneth, Wisbech, Norfolk, England, UK | Rick Dondo's Family | 4 Sep 2026 |
Families
| ID | Father ID | Father's Name | Mother ID | Mother's Name | Married | Tree | Branch | Last Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F2127 | I402024304193 | Grouette, Louis "David" | I402054300808 | Grouette, Vitaline | 8 Oct 1924 | Rick Dondo's Family | 2 Sep 2026 |
| F5418 | I400166705691 | Baker, Frederick Francis "Fred" | I402436426187 | Nichols, Doris May | 1980 | Rick Dondo's Family | 1 Sep 2026 |
| F9083 | I402051169314 | Bachman-Andrews, Sina L | Rick Dondo's Family | 1 Sep 2026 | |||
| F9089 | I402127441341 | Balez, Marie-Louise | Rick Dondo's Family | 1 Sep 2026 | |||
| F9056 | I402543019426 | Barbasovschi, Mary | Rick Dondo's Family | 1 Sep 2026 | |||
| F9067 | I400155474795 | Barnes, T. | Rick Dondo's Family | 1 Sep 2026 | |||
| F9049 | I402038310745 | Bernard, Marie Louise | Rick Dondo's Family | 1 Sep 2026 | |||
| F9096 | I402541239123 | Bonin, Elizabeth | Rick Dondo's Family | 1 Sep 2026 | |||
| F9008 | I402047360220 | Burge, Annie Florence Amelia | Rick Dondo's Family | 1 Sep 2026 | |||
| F9077 | I402056992543 | Chaput-Johnson, Leona | Rick Dondo's Family | 1 Sep 2026 |