Welcome to ISSU
Issu is a french word which means "came from, to come from, born from, originate from".
"Issu", have you ever wondered? This may be the site for you. The site is very much a family project and is definitely still in it's trial and development stage. It is intended to front end a genealogy effort. The starting family names are Lacerte. Longtin, Plessis and will grow as the interest dictates.
The family trees will be held by Webtrees which does a beautiful job of collecting and presenting genealogy information. You can reach those trees from the menu above. However, we find that genealogy sits within a much larger historical context. It's because of these larger stories, which are not necessarily attached to an individual, that this site is considered.
I may not always know where we are going, but I can always look back to get an idea of which direction I'm heading. That is where I am right now. This project began when I was somewhat housebound and started wondering. This wondering for me usually ends up in another project to add to all those other unfinished ones. It looks like this one won't be the exception.
My paternal grandfather had immigrated directly from France to Manitoba in 1891. He came with his widowed mother, his sister and her husband with two children. Years ago, I had unsuccessfully made a few attempts to connect my Plessis lineage to ancestors in France. Now, in a moment of idleness, I decided to try again. With the available time, this time, success!
The next wondering question was, "What am I going to do with this stuff"? Oh yes, share it! And the emails with attachments started - documents in French and many with illegible handwriting. Eventually I woke up, this material didn't have tabloid popularity. Oh yes, you were all polite with, "I storing them carefully to read on a rainy (or was that stormy?) day". I was already swamping my Plessis clan with information which most couldn't even read; and I hadn't even sent a quarter of the material yet. The solution must be to find a more suitable way to present the information?
I wonder, is web genealogy software the answer?