ABOUT THE AUTHOR
André Dufresne is a notary and title attorney in Laval, Quebec, near Montreal. He has done extensive research in Canada, France and the United States and has written numerous articles for the Association Internationale des Familles Rivard magazine, La Rivardiere, and Philatélie Quebec. André has been a president of the Association Internationale de Familles Rivard. He has also been president of the Fédératon Québécoise de Philatélie and of the Académie Québécoise d'études Philatéliques. He also gives frequent talks on genealogy and philately.
His hobbies of genealogy, philately and paleography, along with being a notary, help in his being able to find and read the documentation that is so evident in his writings.
André Dufresne's first publication of his ancestors was the French language book, De Rivard a Dufresne, une histoire de famille that was published in 2002. Jim Rivard translated three chapters, the first three generations into English. André Dufresne published this English version in 2005 under the title of Nicolas Rivard Sieur de la Vigne, Captain of Militia. The next three chapters, also translated into English by Jim Rivard, published under the title, The Rivard Family, Taking Root continues the Rivard dit Dufresne line for the next three generations.
André loves the forest and the countryside. He is prone to go for long hikes and bicycle rides. He is the happy father of one daughter and grandfather to a grandson who is the apple of his eye. His love and companion, Johanne, shares his passion for books. Together they have a collection of over 5,000 volumes.
