Welcome to my website.

My name is Mark Drouillard and I was born and raised in the Windsor-LaSalle area. Except for a couple years I was attending school in Sault Ste. Marie, I've been here all my life.

Way back in high school one of our history projects was to draw out a family tree. I really didn't do a lot of research and just by asking family members was able to complete the tree as far back as my great grandparents. More recently, when my nieces and nephews were talking about doing their family tree history project, I dug up mine to pass the information on to them. I noticed a few mistakes and also noted something interesting….My grandparents on my father's side were both Drouillards.

In December of 2002 I had a greater interest in finding out more about the family so I began researching. For about one year that project was a bit of an obsession. I came upon many road blocks and dead ends. With the help of family and friends, and the many people I've met at libraries, churches and of course the Internet, I've been able to piece together some my family's history. I've spent a great deal of time searching through parish records, government records and newspaper articles and turned a one page history project into a small book.

People say that once you start tracing your roots you never really stop. They're correct! Being somewhat satisfied with the work I've done on my own history, I've decided to share some of my findings with you. I'm in the process of transferring the data I've collected onto the computer and formatting it so it's available on my website.

Please have a look around, use the searches to locate relatives and by all means, contact me and ask questions, submit your family data, make suggestions or just to say hello.