Product Description
by Karen Basli (Author)
The 2014 San Francisco Book Festival awarded this book an Honorable Mention in the General Non-Fiction category. Looking For LeBarons is the story of Karen Basli's journey while discovering the family history of the descendants of Dr. Francis LeBaron, particularly those descended from his son James LeBaron of Middleborough, Massachusetts. This version of the 465 page book has a color cover with a black & white interior. The book is also available on Amazon.com in full color inside and out. The story covers nine generations of LeBarons and also includes extended families such as Hitchcock, Bush, Wilder, Eames, Hovey, Johnson and many others.Looking For LeBarons is not a genealogy register, rather a story of the migration from Plymouth Colony to Sheffield, Massachusetts and upstate New York before migrating to the Eastern Townships of Quebec when the British Crown was granting land. It goes on to describe why some descendants left Canada and settled in Sonoma County, California.The story is rich in American and Canadian history and contains the historical highlights of each generation, as well as, many biographical sketches of certain LeBaron descendants. The book is also a great road map for beginning genealogists. It contains approximately 350 images. For the best quality of images it is recommended that you purchase the full color version at www.createspace.com/4707273 or at amazon.com.
Author Biography
Karen Basli is the author of two previously published cookbooks, and was the Food Editor for Brooks Community Newspapers in Fairfield County, Connecticut. She has created an extensive family tree to compliment this book at www.ancestry.com titled "Ancestors of Scott A. LeBaron" .
