Castle of Arques

History of the castle in French. I found a translation on the web. Where it references Jeanne D'Arcy, it translates to Joan of Arc. She was imprisoned her before they burned her at the stake.

Dorsey Trifecta

July 30th 2012
Monday, Day 14 We started this day in Reims and drove north to the port city of Dieppe. It is in the eastern side of the Normandy coast. We wanted to visit here for a special reason. The Dorsey family has an interesting history. My cousin, Jimmy Dorsey, has a coat of arms that indicates the family came by way of Dieppe. His father and my uncle, Sanford Dorsey, gave it to him years ago. Jimmy ... read more

Europe » France » Upper Normandy » Dieppe

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15th August 2012

Kathie Kirts
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high school French
it's amazing how useful my 2 years of high school French is when reading Uploadedfile8:)

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Tom Dorsey

High School French
I had two years of French but had terrible time translating. Jackie did much better so I'll give credit to your Cross Keys teacher.

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