This section is an attempt to explain terms used in the web site.

A Taillandier  Craftsman who makes any kind of tools for the carpenters, the cartwrights, ploughmen like forgery, axes, knocked, bill hooks 
A Cartwright That which makes carriages, carts, trains of car and particularly of the wheels
Charron Translated means Cartwright
LaFerrière Translated means Iron Forger
How to figure a birth date

Remember the number 8870. This is not an error, it is the number to remember when you want to find the birth date of someone when you only have the date of death and age.

Suppose the person died May 6, 1889, at the age of 71 years, 7 months, 9 days.

1. Write the year, month, day as: 18890506
2. Subtract the age at death:  710709
3. This gives the figure    18179797
4. Now subtract   8870
5. The result is    18170927

Year 1817, 9th month (Sept), 27th day or 27 Sept, 1817