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All French-Canadians are related as they are descended from about 2.500 people. They also have some of the best kept records in the world. Please feel free to post queries, events, pictures, tell stories, etc.
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CARIGNAN REGIMENT & THE FILLES DU ROI
Started by James P. LaLone. Last reply by Lee Martin Oct 27, 2017. 10 Replies 0 Likes
CARIGNAN REGIMENT & THE FILLES DU ROIThese two ‘groups” are for many French-Canadians the equivalent of the US’ DAR and Mayflower’s Descendants.The following are Internet sites to learn more…Continue
NOTARY RECORDS
Started by James P. LaLone. Last reply by James P. LaLone Oct 22, 2016. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Notary records are another good source for discovering information on your ancestor. They are the civil legal records that are sometimes a good substitute if a marriage record is missing. For…Continue
Free Ebooks, 1865, 1866, Beamish Murdock, Esq. History of Nova Scotia or Acadie, Vol. I & II
Started by Arorasky Sep 6, 2016. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Here is a link to free books on "History of Nova Scotia or Acadie"-(actual titles of the books by Beamish Murdock, Esq. books were written in 1865 and 1866. I have a tendency to read and research…Continue
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Comment by James P. LaLone on November 24, 2010 at 11:56am
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Happy Thanksgiving to all!
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A few more interesting sites for background info on researching F-C ancestry -
Timeline of Quebec history (in French):
http://page.infinit.net/histoire/
Origins of F-C ancestors:
http://home.gwi.net/~frenchgen/origins3.htm
Distribution of F-C descendants in US:
http://news.webshots.com/photo/1011663714015378899SCsOwbPrQe
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For those of you who are into medical genealogy, I knew that Tay Sachs disease was from an Acadian line but did not know about this other:
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2007/10/attention-fr...
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Welcome Robert, I did add your material (URL) you posted on the Canadian Group here. I did a genealogy on the ACHIN family ages ago for Michigan's Habitant Heritage (not descended from the family that I know of). I will have to dig it out & post it here.
Everyone - sorry it is taking so long to repost the surname list but I spent six hours on it (probably an average, try to do 5-6 pages a day), please be patient, will get through the alphabet eventually (then will probably have to start all over again. Please feel free to send me any additions/corrections so I can post them, Thanks, Jim.
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Comment by Patricia Quinn on November 9, 2010 at 7:04pm
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Some of my French-Canadian names include: FONTAINE, GAGNON, BIENVENU, FONTAINE DIT BIENVENU, CHARBONNEAU, MALTAIS/MALTESE, FORTIN, TREMBLAY, GARNIER, GUYON, GAUTHIER, ALLAIRE/DALLAIRE, BARBEAU, BEAUCHAMP, BELANGER, BENOIT, BERLOIN, BISSONNETTE, BOUCHER, BRUNET, CHARPENTIER, CHARTRAND, CHAUDILLON, CHAUSSE, CHAUVIN, DENOYON, DION, DESSUREAU, GUAY, HEBERT, HUBOULT, JOLY/JOLI/JOLIE, LABELLE, LE BLANC, LACROIX, LAHAIE, LAMOUREUX, LE FRANCOIS, MCNICOLL (Duncan McNicoll, who married into the GAGNON family)....
Basically, pretty much pick a name in Quebec.....
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Comment by Robert A. Archey Sr. on November 9, 2010 at 6:38pm
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ust joined genealogywise and this group.
Two comments about the links -1) good job and 2) the light green link color makes it quite hard for my old eyes to read.
Plan to contributr my research on my Achin Ancestors.
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Welcome Anthony, have you worked on the LaCLAIRs lately? I haven't for awhile but do have some obits to type in I think, have to dig the material out.
Anyone who tries to contact me via my gmail addy I am having trouble and cannot respond, I can recieve ok but cannot send or reply. I am hoping it will heal itself:)
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Good day to all. Some of you may note that I have included some of the Facebook surname sites on the surname list. There are many more then I have posted, some I have skipped because they are one particular family, but the majority I have skipped because they had spam posted on them so not sure if the moderator even pays attention to their page. Having said that there are three pages that are general French-Canadian which may be of interest, two of which are specially geared for Michigan:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=109717099063919
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=49070801352
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=15424459491
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Chery, these are obviously not French-Canadian. If they were Catholic then there are the church records you can look at. There are the Fabien, Rivest & Loiselle marriage indexes as well as the Drouin collection which is available on the Family Search (LDS) site. If they were not Catholic again check the Family Search site for the Protestant church records which were filmed. Some of the Protestant church records have also been published and are available at libraries with larger genealogy collections. If you can get titles you might try to order them on interlibrary loan. You might also want to post on the Canadian site here on Genealogy Wise. Good Luck.
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Comment by Cherylwark on November 4, 2010 at 10:23am
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I am interested in Wark families that came from Donegal and Londonderry to Quebec, starting in the early 1800's. I know some settled in the Montreal area.
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