Re: French word ?

by Denis Beauregard <denis.b-at-francogene.com@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jan 4, 2008 at 11:41 AM

Le Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:31:32 GMT, Wes Groleau
<groleau+news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> écrivait dans soc.genealogy.french:

>This is a query from a Spanish teacher to other teachers
>on a mailing list:
>
> > My father has a working knowledge of French and a couple of
> > dictionaries but he is stumped by a word. In retirement his
> > hobby has been genealogical research. Looking through Quebec
> > census records from the 1880s he came to a profession listed
> > as "golfat". Can anyone offer some insight?
>
>If there's  an answer here, I can relay it to him.
>A French teacher married to a French citizen has already
>said he doesn't know.

It can be another word misread.  Can he make a photo and send
it to cjoint.com so that we can view the original record ?


Denis

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