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Early in my French-Canadian genealogical research I learned about the hardy, adventurous, pioneer woman of Canada now referred to as “Les Filles du Roi” or King’s Daughters. These woman are considered to be among the founding mothers of New France. … Continued
In my recent state of utter boredom, I decided to go back to a genealogy file that I hadn’t spent time on in years. (Yes, I know that finishing up one family line and one project at a time would … Continued
English Capitves & Prisoners Remaining in New France by Roger Lawrence (American-Canadian Genealogical Society, Manchester, NH 2015) Professor Roger Lawrence has spent 30 years researching the New England captives taken by Indians allied with New France during the French and … Continued
Have you ever done research on the internet and was lead onto a long series of tangents depending on what you found? I have many times, sometimes the search attempt leads to nowhere, but other times I’ve discovered more information … Continued
I recently had my DNA tested along with that of my 84 year old mother. There had not been much time to explore the results and I was looking forward to learning more about how to explore over 250 matches … Continued
Quite frankly I just decided to jump in with both feet and start looking at any or all the resources that were available at the Vermont Genealogy Library hoping to find a surname that I was looking for. I had … Continued