MY VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO BAINA MASQUELIER WHO HELPED TO CONTRIBUTE 4 GENERATIONS OF BOONE INFORMATION ALONG WITH THE FRENCH TRANSLATIONS AND TO HER FRIENDS CHARLINE VANMANSART, JEAN VANMANSART AND KATHLEEN BARNES WHO DID THE FOOT WORK IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM AS THEY OBTAINED COPIES OF THE BIRTH, DEATH AND MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES. WITHOUT THEIR HELP I WOULD NOT HAVE THOSE ADDITIONAL ANCESTORS-I AM VERY GRATEFUL
AS FOR THE LOPES SIDE, I HAVE TO THANK GENEALOGIST DEBORAH KLEBER WHO STARTED DOING FURTHER RESEARCH AND GENEALOGIST MAYRA F. SANCHEZ-JOHSON WHO CONTINUED RESEARCH ON THE LOPES FAMILY AND WITHOUT WHOSE HELP I WOULD NOT HAVE FOUND MY MADERIAN ROOTS