Family History

I haven't had time to research any of it yet, but today my dad filled me in on a few more family tree tidbits that he recently received.

I've known for awhile now that my great-great-great-great grandfather on that side of the family was a Frenchman named Baptiste Bourgeois and he was a tax collector in the early 1800s during Napoleon's reign. I find out today that he was in Cologne, and the timing is such that it certainly is possible. I also got a couple of cryptic notes that his wife, who I thought was Italian, was actually from Corsica, and there's another side note that says "Sicilian". If I remember correctly, one way to insult a Sicilian is to call him an Italian, but I'm not positive on that. I'm not sure if Corsican is an actual nationality or not. I'm going to have to check on that.

In other nationality news, I guess I can add Dutch to my list of nationalities via a great-great-great-grandmother. The ones that I know for sure:

• French
• Italian/Sicilian/Corsican?
• German
• Dutch
• Irish
• English

There have been rumors of others, but I haven't seen anything definitive. I think that's enough to qualify me as a proud mutt though.