When I found a book with my paternal grandmother`s maiden name I started 
checking it out and found I go `way back`.  Reading about them was something 
like reading a history book except this was MY family.  My Mom is helping me 
get all the information entered and is having a lot of fun doing it.  She is a 
history and genealogy lover.  
Most of the information we have besides Grandma`s notes, come from the book, `A 
History of Champenois-Shampanore`(and all the various spellings) compiled by 
Mr. Leland Francois(1933-1997) and his sister, Lois Francois-Free. They were 
direct descendants of Thomas & Mercy (Sutton) Champenois, but a different 
branch than I. 
Just a few of the various spellings of the name: after the original Champenois 
there is Shampnois in New York; Shampanore in New Jersey; Champanois in 
Michigan and Shampnor in Wisconsin.  Other spellings in various records are: 
Champenoys, Champernoy, Chamenois, Champnoix, Champeneys, Champinoes and 
Champnois.  Then I found another in searching for my gg-grandfather, Andrew 
Jackson Shampanore. In the 1880 census he was indexed as A. I. SHAMPANNE. But 
he had all the same dates, children and places. And I continue to find new 
information, so I am not done yet.   
Mom is adding notes and direct quotes from the book. We both agree, it is 
really fascinating reading.
Take a look for yourself and enjoy it. And please sign my guest book while you 
are here.
For more info on my mother`s side, click on the link to her Tribal Pages, "Bunn-
Young of Texarkana".  See "Christine M. Young-Crate", here on my home page.  
They don`t go back quite as far, yet, as the Champenois family does, but they 
are an interesting group. 
NOTE: The maiden names of my mother and my dad`s maternal grandmother are both 
YOUNG. To date, there has been no connection found.
NOTE 2: To make tracing my direct line back, I have tried to put all their 
names in  capital letters.  With so many of the given names being the same, it 
is difficult sometimes to tell exactly which line is mine. 
Update: 13 January 2005~~~~~~We have been contacted by the daughter of Leland 
Francois plus a descendant of one of the Champenois families who did not leave 
France at that time, nor change their names.  Some of the family is in the 
United States now (even in TEXAS) and there are still Champenois "cousins" in 
France.  Hope to contact them someday.