[Charles Martel]

Re: #60 - Thanks for posting the links to the geneology material. I believe that I'm distantly related to the New Orleans branch of the La Vallette family (local spelling "Valette"). It was my great-grandmother's maiden name.

No wonder this stuff stirs my blood.

[freema]

I’ve just spent a couple hours digging. Beyond fascinating, beyond intriguing.

During World War II Malta was relentlessly bombed by German forces in an attempt to take over as Malta is very strategically placed for a European conflict. More bombs were dropped on Malta in two months in 1942 than on London in the whole of the blitz. Still Malta could not be conquered nor the Maltese spirit broken.