I hope to return to Quebec someday, or perhaps go to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, where another branch of my family lived…who’s coming with me?

As I explain at the top of the Ancestor reports linked to here, this file contains information from other family trees on Ancestry.com that has not been verified yet. Source material information from Ancestry.com is included wherever possible. Some day I hope to replace all the secondary (or tertiary, or greater) sources with copies of primary source material, but I fear that day is long in the future! Until then I’ll keep check the documents on Ancestry.com, as they seem to have the largest selection of records to peruse, and their collection is always growing.

So, without further ado, here are my mother and father’s ancestors: Marcella Martin Weber and Everett (Bud) Weber.

The Celtic peoples have a rich history which lends itself well to the Archetypes of Tarot. Several authors and artists have accepted the challenge of connecting the classic figures found in the cards with Celtic deities and legends. On this page (which was created in 2005) begins an exploration of the multitude of tarot decks featuring archetypes and themes from Celtic history.

Overview of Celtic Decks ~ See Below

Celtic Tarots ~ Major Arcana Compared

This analysis and summary of Celtic Tarots is meant to illustrate the strengths of each deck and to illuminate areas which some readers may consider weaknesses. While this is not an exhaustive list, it contains some of the most popular decks which also have accompanying books, thus allowing the tarot reader a more intimate portrait of the creators’/illustrators’ intentions. It also leaves out decks with a more pagan/wiccan theme. More decks may be added in time.

Each deck below has a theme which harkens back to the gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines of the ancient Celts. Some decks concentrate on Arthurian legends, while others combine the Matter of Britain with more ancient Celtic mythological deeds and persona from all over the British Isles and the European continent.

To find out more about Celtic mythology go to the Encyclopedia Mythica.
CLICK on the cards to see the BACKS.

Legend: The Arthurian Tarot

Created and Illustrated by Anna-Marie Ferguson
First published by Llewellyn Publications in 1995

Size — 2.75″ x 4.625″

Backs — Technically they’re non-reversible,
but the design lends itself to reversed readings anyway.

Minors — Illustrated with a small, pip-like emblem.

Titling –Arabic numerals on Majors, written numbers on Minors. Titles at the top of the cards, meaning or name of associated figure at the bottom.

Book — A Keeper of Words, 256 p, b/w illustrations, bibliography, index.

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The Arthurian Tarot

Created by Caitlin and John Matthews
Illustrated by Miranda Gray
First published by The Aquarian Press in 1990

Size — 3.25″ x 4.75″

Backs — Non-reversible.

Minors — Illustrated.

Titling –Roman numerals on Majors, written numbers on Minors. Title or name of associated figure on majors only; minors show suit name followed by their number: “spear three“, for example.

Book — The Arthurian Tarot: A Hallowquest Handbook, 149 p, b/w illustrations, bibliography.

NOTE: The Matthews’ have also written two other books about this deck: Hallowquest: Tarot Magic and the Arthurian Mysteries by Caitlin & John Matthews, which goes into more detail on the mythology of the Athurian mysteries; and The Arthurian Tarot Course by Caitlin Matthews, which is a year-long study course for the deck that uses meditation, journaling, and spreads to seek “the empowerments of the Sword, Spear, Grail and Stone in the realms of the four season.”

NOTE: Cards may be difficult for some people to shuffle due to their larger size.

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The Celtic Wisdom Tarot

Created by Caitlin Matthews
Illustrated by Olivia Rayner
First published by Godsfield Press in 1999

Size — 3.5″ x 5.5″

Backs — Non-reversible.

Minors — Illustrated.

Titling –Roman numerals on Majors, written numbers on Minors. Title of card on Majors and Minors.

Book — The Celtic Wisdom Tarot, 143 p, color illustrations, bibliography.

NOTE: Cards are very slick and stiff; also may be difficult for some people to shuffle due to size.

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The Celtic Tarot

Created by Julian de Burgh, Illustrated by Mary Guinan
First published by Rider House/Random Books UK in 2000

Size — 2.75″ x 4.75″

Backs — Non-reversible.

Minors — Illustrated.

Titling –No numerals on Majors, written numbers on Minors. Title of card on Majors and Minors.

Book — The Celtic Tarot Instruction Book, 175 p, no card illustrations, but there are illustrations of a Celtic Cross and a relationship spread, bibliography.

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The Glastonbury Tarot

Created and Illustrated by Lisa Tenzin-Dolma
First published by Samuel Weiser, Inc. in 1999

Size — 3.125″ x 4.75″

Backs — Non-reversible.

Minors — Illustrated.

Titling –Roman numerals on Majors and arabic numerals on Minors at the top of each card. Title of card and meaning or name of associated figure at the bottom of each card.

Book — The Glastonbury Tarot, 167 p, b/w illustrations, forward by John & Caitlin Matthews, bibliography.

NOTE: Cards are very slick and stiff; also may be difficult for some people to shuffle due to size.

Where images of cards are still copyrighted to their respective designers, artists, and publishers, they are shown here for example purposes only. No copyright infringement is intended.

Celtic Majors Compared

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Here are a few javascript crossword puzzles for you to enjoy. When you get to the puzzle, just click on a blank word to see the clue for that word. Click again to switch between Across and Down clues. I hope to do a few more in the coming months, so check back soon. Have fun!

Major Arcana Crossword
Historical Tarot Names Crossword
Modern Tarot Authors Crossword

I’ve put a compilation book up of my latest research going back about 6 generations on the Weber side and the Martin side. The book includes information on the military regiment in Canada that ancestors in several of the older generations belonged to, as well as information on the “Filles du Roi” or “King’s Daughters”, which were young French women who traveled to Canada in the 1600′s to marry the French settlers there. (I’ll update with further generations when I figure out how to do it so it’s not 400 pages long! Also, the compilation is in PDF format, for which you need Adobe Acrobat Reader.)

‘DIT’ NAMES
To  help alleviate this problem, the French Canadians would give people a form of nickname that could be based on any one of a number of sources: Where the person was from, what their occupation was, if they were the ‘younger’ one with that name or the ‘older’ one, and so on. These nicknames are called “Dit” names, because the word ‘dit’ means ‘called’ in French, as in, “Catherine (dit LeJeune) Joseph”. I put these Dit names in parentheses within the name, as in the example just shown.

DUPLICATE NAMES
Despite the practice of using “Dit” names, many of my ancestors who gave their children similar names through succeeding generations are difficult to tell apart in a long list of names. Thus, a Jean-Baptiste might name his son Jean-Baptiste, who might also name his son Jean-Baptiste. Also, most of these families have 6 or more children, so there end up being a great many people with the same name. To cut down on the confusion I’ve added short descriptions in parentheses within some people’s name which help establish how a person relates to other individuals within the family tree. In these cases, I tend to use French terms, so I will show examples in both French and English.

When succeeding generations are named the same I use the words ‘grandfather’, ‘father’, and ‘son’.

• Jean (grandpere) Baillargeon – (grandfather)
  
• Jean (pere) Baillargeon – (father)
  
• Jean (fils) Baillargeon – (son)

When siblings and children of siblings are hard to tell apart I use ‘daughter of’ and ‘son of’.

• Anne (fille de Francois) Brun – (daughter of Francois)
  
• Charles (fils d’Antoine) Brun – (son of Antoine)
  

Occasionally using ‘father of’ is the more appropriate designation to make things clearer.

• Vincent (pere de Sebastien) Brun

ACCENTS
I have elected to leave out accents for purely selfish reasons. Accented names sort differently in the Family Tree Maker program than unaccented names, and until I take the time to go through the entire list and rename everyone, I’ll be leaving the accents off of most names.