"The French In America Calendar", 18 years of Great Photos and Texts
View our old VT-FCGS Website at AOL on the Wayback Machine
John's "Samuel de Champlain" website
United States Ethnic Ancestry with Largest Population in County a Great and Detailed map! Detailed Data

GOOGLE Bookshelves

Our VT-FCGS GOOGLE Book Library
GOOGLE Books Online A pictorial List of Books is displayed on your monitor. You can also search for any books, persons names in books etc. If you want to be able to read a whole book, do the ADVANCED SEARCH and set FULL VIEW on. But if you want to download a whole book, set PUBLIC DOMAIN on.
Internet Archive Book Search Just enter a Keyword or Category such as FRENCH GENEALOGY
80,000 Family History Books from FamilySearch

Other Digital Bookshelves

Allen County Public Library
Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library
Brigham Young University Hawaii Joseph F. Smith Library
Church History Library
Family History Library
Houston Public Library – Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research
Mid-Continent Public Library – Midwest Genealogy Center
Pennsylvania State University Libraries’ Digitized Collections
Search the GENEALOGY GOPHERS site for People

Newspapers to Search

ELEPHIND - Worlds Historical Newspapers Archive
Chronicling America - The Burlington Free Press Weekly digitized
Search Quebec Archives BANQ Newspapers and Magazines
Links to historical Canadian newspapers that are freely available on the Internet Nov 2020
Fulton 26,000,000 Historical Newspapers Online
New York Historical Newspapers - Online
Penn Libraries - Historical Newspapers - Online
$$ Newspapers.com
$$ Genealogy Bank and Newspapers Archive
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War Links

National Park Service - Soldiers and Sailors in the Civil War
Vermont in the Civil War
GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) Records Site - Look for VT
Index to French Canadian Revolutionary War Patriots
Historical Data Systems - Civil War Database
NY Civil War site
Virginia Tech Civil War site
Canadian WWI and WWII site
Civil War Pensioners of Chittenden County in 1883 - sorted by town
Canadians in the American Civil War
Last Survivors of WWI
French Canadians and Franco Americans in the Civil War
World War I Prisoner Records - free website
Research Americans who died in Military Service

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Vermont

Wikipedia - Vermont Demographics
Wikipedia - Who are Franco-Americans
Vermont Historical Society
St Albans Border Crossings
Genealogical Society of Vermont - Their Journal Index and some good Links
Vermont Genealogy
VermontObits ... Obituaries for all of the Vermont Counties - Post one also
Rootsweb Vermont Gateway Info
NEW HORIZONS GENEALOGY - Many Vermont misc Church Marriage and Vital records
Chronicling America - The Burlington Free Press Weekly digitized
Chittenden County - Robertson Lease
Wikipedia - Notable Franco-Americans
Vermont Middlesex Vital Records Applications and Info
Old Maps of Vermont - Beers 1869 etc
Burlington City Clerks Office
Vermont Mortality Schedules for 1850 1860 and 1870
Genealogy trails - Burlington Town Clerk Records 1789-1833 by Melissa Stodgell
Burlington, VT Fletcher Library - Obituary Lookups for a Fee
Vermont Northeast Kingdom Genealogy - Over 400 webpages of information throughout Vermont
History of Fort Ethan Allen - William Parkinson 1 hr 40 min
Cyndi's List - US - Vermont
LinkPendium - Vermont Resources
Vermont Genealogy Forum - Queries and Answers
RootsWeb - Vermont Resources
VERMONT GENEALOGY. Grand Isle Gen Web, Grand Isle, VT
Vermont Genealogy Resource Center
The Vermont Roman Catholic Diocese
The Vermont Military Records Project
VT Boundaries and Political Divisions
Lake Champlain Place-Names
Brave Little State episode about French Canadian immigration
Regional Educational Technology Network - SEARCH THEIR VIDEO LIBRARY using tems like French or Senecal

Cemeteries of Vermont
Find a Grave - Cemeteries in Chittenden County VT
Burlington Catholic Cemetery Maps & Burials for the old Cathedral and St Joseph Cathedral
History of Burlington Catholic Cemeteries for the Cathedral and St Joseph
Burlington Elmwood Cemetery: A Walking Tour
Burlington Greenmount Cemetery: A Walking Tour
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French Canadian Culture and Blogs

Michelle Choiniere
Martha Pellerin Music Collection at VT Folk Live Center
La Famille Beaudoin
Alliance Francaise of the Lake Champlain Region ... On Facebook
Maine Writer Tourtiere Recipes

Blogs and Podcasts

French North America Blog - David Vermette - With Links to many other French Blogs
Maple Stars and Stripes Podcast - Sandra Goodwin - French Canadian research
French Canadian Legacy Podcast - Jesse Martineau
Parlez-Vous American? Podcast - James Myall - History Culture People
Franco American News & Culture blog - Juliana L'Heureux

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French Presence in America Video's

French Presence in NW Indiana - 1 hr 39 min
French Community of Old Mines, Missouri - 28 min
French Voyageurs Reenactment - 2 min
From Deerfield Mass to Oka Quebec - 7-10 mins Part2 Part3 Part4

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Acadian & Cajun Sites

Origins of the Pioneers of Acadia by Stephen White
Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home
Racines & Rameaux français d'Acadie [48 French Bulletins Online about the Acadians; and much more; explore the website]
Acadians in the American Revolution
Acadian Genealogy Homepage - Yvon Cyr's Acadian-Cajun resource site
Acadian records of St Jean-Baptiste of Annapolis Royal 1702-1755
Univ. of Moncton - Genealogy of 37 Acadian Families
La Societie Historique Acadianne Journals 1961 plus (French) - Univ. Moncton, N.B. . . 1961-1976 List of articles
Louisbourg and Ile Royale Families (Cape Breton) . What is this?
Empty Nest Genealogy - Has Links to many Acadian websites
Acadian Family Names & Notaries
Acadian Deportation and New Settlement
Acadian Place of Memory and Tourism
Diocese of Louisiana and the Floridas 1576-1803 Digital Collections Online

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Northern New York

Northern NY Library Network
A Guide to New York Historical Resources
New York Historical Records Advisory Board
Clinton, Essex and Franklin Cty NY Transcription Project - Tombstones, Births and Marriages
Fulton 26,000,000 Historical Newspapers Online
New York Historical Newspapers - Online
Beer's 1869 Atlas of Clinton Co., NY.
Clinton County Historian - Anastasia Pratt
The 1870 Chazy, NY Census
Clinton County Tombstone Transcriptions
New York State 1892 Census at FamilySearch
1798 Northern New York State Tax Assessment
Troy New York Irish Genealogy Society TIGS
FrancoAmericanGravy GENEALOGY BLOG
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Massachusetts

North Adams Library Marriage and Death Index up to 1917

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New Hampshire

UNH Digital Library

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Maine

Marriages and Baptisms of St Luce, Frenchville, Maine

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Genealogical Publishers

Global Genealogy Supply
FREE PRINTABLE Family Tree Templates . Many different types of Genealogy Charts
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Societies and Organizations

Northern New York American-Canadian Genealogical Society (NY)
American-Canadian Genealogical Society Page (NH)
American-French Genealogical Society Page (RI)
Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society (ME)
St Jean Quebec - High Richelieu Historical Society
Société Généalogique Canadienne-Française in Montreal
Société Généalogique Canadienne-Française in Montreal - Search for Transcribed Notarial Acts
Société Généalogique Canadienne-Française in Montreal - Buy Transcribed Notarial Acts
LE FORUM - Periodical published by the Franco-American Centre
The Franco American Center at the University of Maine
Societe de Genealogie des Cantons de L'est (Sherbrooke)
Society of Fille du Roi and Carignan Regiment
French Canadian Genealogical Society of Connecticut
French Canadian Interest Group of So. California Genealogical Society
French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan
FrancoGene
Abbotsford Genealogical Group
Federation Quebecoise des Societies de Genealogie
Wisconsin Historical Society - See County Histories
The National Genealogical Society - Home Page
Sons of the American Revolution
Daughters of the American Revolution
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Family Sites

Dumais
Levasseur Association of America
The David Legacy
Jean Gregoire Bacon Burlington, VT - Family History of the THOMAS and KREUGER Families
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France

Research the Departments in France - All about the same with slight different interface

France GenWeb Departmental Archives On Line and their Data Mar 2021

France Departmental Archives On Line GENEANET

ENTRAIDE - SEARCH The French Archives and Departmental Archives ONLINE

France Departmental Archives On Line Jacques Gagne

France Genwebs - Search Member acts by departments

Fully Searchable Archive On Line for Dept 71 Saone-Loire Mar 2019

1750 Rumsey Map of France - Cassini - Overlayed with Google Earth ... César-François Cassini Biography
French Cassini Website Click on NAVIGATION and then RECHERCHER UN LIEU then CARTE
Maps of France - By Regions - Departments and Cities
French departments and their numbers
France - Online Family Name Research Process by Jacques Gagne
French departments which produced the most French Canadians
Find Surnames in France and vary by Centuries
Find Surnames in France and Europe
Find Surnames in Departments of France
Find Surnames by Town $$
Find Remaining families of the French nobility (A to K)
Find Remaining families of the French nobility (L to Z)
GeneaWiki - for English Reading Only - not searching
The French Genealogy Blog by Anne Morddel
The French Genealogy Blog - Protestant and Huguenot - Research the TT Series Sep 2019
Guy Perron's Blog Larochelle Research
The Roads from Quebec to Larochelle
The Pioneer Families of New France in the Archives of the Central Exchange of the Paris Notaries. . . English Description of the book - Read First
France Archives of Overseas Territories IRELs English Menu - Search Acadian BMDs etc Ulysse Image Database
Nobility Titles and Coats of Arms Description
Chart of the Kings of France, Great Britain, Spain, Italy and Portugal
Register of Coats Of Arms
Register of the Nobility Of France
Migrations - French Ships of our Ancestors and Passengers
Cindislist - France
Geneabank - Must be a Cercle Member
Geneanet - French Subscription Website
Perche-Quebec - Genealogies of descendants of these Percherons like Celine Dion , Madonna , Xavier Dolan , Justin Trudeau and Ryan Gosling - Family Trees
110,000 Soldiers in the Hotel des Invalides in Paris
Join Us In France - TRAVEL PODCAST
Things To Do in France

Researching in France with Jacques Gagne

CLASS - Researching the 95 Departments in France

Guides for Online Research in the Departmental Archives

Researching In Charente Maritime 17
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French-Canadian & Quebec

Resources & Databases
Bibliotheque & National Archives of Quebec
Bibliotheque & National Archives of Quebec - PISTARD/ADVITAM Database
QUEBEC PARISHES by Alpha, Chronological, Region & Diocese - Click on Parishes/Parroises
QUEBEC CHURCH'S -
QUEBEC FRENCH LANGUAGE info - Oct 2019
QUEBEC FRENCH LANGUAGE versus Metropolitan FRENCH - Oct 2019
Francogene Database by Denis Beauregard - His Total DB is on our Computers
NosOrigines Database - Great for the 1600s and 1700s
The Founding Families of New France in the Paris Archives by Jean-Paul Macouin - An Online book of references to Parisian notary records for pioneers of New France
Library and Archives Canada - Ancestor Search - Genealogy & Family History - Immigration - Grosse Iles - and more
Ships and Passengers that came to New France
Tanguay Dictionaire - Online
The NOBILITY in New France - 17th, 18th and 19th centuries - 187 pages
Search the HUGUENOT DATABASE
ARCHIVE of the Monastery of the Augustines in Quebec
SEARCH THE ARCHIVES OF NEW FRANCE View the original letters and documents of the King, Governors, Generals etc
Search the MIGRATIONS DATABASE - All in French and covering Carignan Regiment, Ships, Genealogies, Fille du Roi and Marins Mar 2019

Misc
Catalog of documentary resources at the Quebec Genealogy Society
.... The articles are indexed by subject, author and title in the fields of genealogy, history and heraldry.
Register of the Patients of Hospital of Quebec City 1689-1760 - Search using FIND
Index of L'Ancetres 1974-2011 the Journal of the Société de généalogie de Québec
Genealogy Ensemble - Genealogy Together
OUR FRENCH CANADIAN ANCESTORS by Thomas Laforest - Index of the 30 Volumes
Historical Canadian Newspapers Online - Many of them
Carignan Regiment - Filles du Roi - Acadia - Ships and much more
Maison Gabriel
The Great Recruitment of 1653 and 1654
Monteregie - [South of Montreal] Links to Cities, Libraries,Societies, Cultural Institutions etc
Quebec Obituaries from 1999 and up
Global Genealogy for Quebec
Marcel Fournier
McCord Museum Pics of Old Montreal
Boucherville Map of 1724
NEHGS - French Canadian Genealogy Guide
Churches of Quebec in Photos
Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadian and Quebec Paintings etc
Acadian and French Canadian Genealogy by John P.DuLong
Hemmingford,Quebec Cemetery Records - Consists of a database of over 6,000 records from 20 area cemeteries.
Montreal 1666 Census
Old Montreal - Info of the 75 Streets of Old Montreal - Use Chrome Browser to translate
1837-38 The Patriot Rebellion - Quebecers Prosecuted, Exiled and Hung
Searchable map of the old Quebec Counties
Quebec Cemeteries
The Jesuit Relations - Online
Jacques Beaugrand Website - Very Interesting
Denyse Beaugrand-Champagne - Hire an Expert
French Heritage DNA Project
Montreal Libraries - Catalog of Resources
New France Archives Online
Angelique and the Burning of Montreal - Denyse Beaugrand-Champagne
The Raid on Deerfield
ADHEMAR - Database of Montreal Properties & Owners 1642 to 1805
Quebec History & US migrations
Chambly Historical Society - 1681 and 1831 Census and much information; St Mathias 1765
Quebec to United States SURNAME CHANGES
Regiment de Meuron
Map of the Charlesbourg Seigneury
Maps
Quebec Diseases from its Founders
French Canadian Genetic Diseases - Pancreatitis, Cholesterol, Triglycerides
French Canadian Disease prompts US warning
Eastern Townships
Eastern Townships BMD's - 1831 to 1878 Sherbrooke Newspapers
Mississquoi Museum -Contains many maps of the area

Notary Info
Find Your Ancestors Notary Documents with new Ancestry Index
Archives of the Notaries of Quebec from origin to 1935
How to Get Notary Records From Montreal
Drouin Institute Microfilms - Good list of Notaries

Quebec Land Info

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Canadian
National Library and Archives of Canada
Canadian 1852 Census Project from Automated Genealogy
Canadian 1901 - 1906 Census Project from Automated Genealogy
NosOrigines - Genealogy of Canada
Dictionary of Canadian Biographies - Online
Early Canadiana Online
Canadian Genealogy Records Online - Over 1000 Links to Databases Online
Gathering Our Heros of WWI and WWII
Immigration Direct - many good links also
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Native American

Metis or Native American Research at MapleStarsandStripes - Many Good Links also
Quebec Native American or Indian Resources
METIS History 1508-1886 - A Doctoral Thesis
Map of the 11 (Autochtones) Indigenous/Native Peoples of Quebec
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MISC Information

GOOGLE NEWS ARCHIVE - search Obituaries, marriages etc - Many require $$$
GOOGLE Custom Genealogy Search
GOOGLE MAPS with County Lines
Online Searchable Death Indexes & Records by State
Search The European Library Newspapers
David Rumsey Map Collection with Google earth Overlays
Immigrant Ship Index
Cindy's List of More than 120,000 Genealogy Sites
NUCMC - National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Wisconsin's French Connections - Many great Links
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter by the Genealogy Forum
U.S. Vital Records Information
Family Tree Magazines 101 Best Genealogy Websites 2014
Most Common SURNAMES and GIVEN NAMES
Obituary Lookup Volunteers
Where are the Franco-Americans???
The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Genealogy

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US DATA Sites

National Archives and Records - Pittsfield Mass.
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services - GENEALOGY and HISTORY
FamilyPedia . . Family Articles
US Land Records available here
Family Tree Now
Arlington National Cemetery - ONLINE
Lewiston Maine Public Library
Lewiston Maine Public Library - Genealogy
Obtaining the 1940 Enumeration District
Questions asked on the 1790-1940 Census
Searching the 1940 Census
Online Death Indexes by State
LINKPENDIUM Genealogy Search
GUTENBERG - 20,000 Books Online
Arizona Vital Records Online
Massachusetts Death Index Online for 1841 to 1910
Stephen Morse Webpages for Ships Lists, Census, etc GREAT!

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UTILITY / DNA Sites

Best DNA Testing and Ancestry Websites
MyHeritageDNA vs AncestryDNA Nov 2020
Ultimate Beginners Guide to DNA
DNA Testing Guides comparing 5 DNA companies Apr 2019
GENEALOGY EXPLAINED - What is the Best DNA Test? Apr 2019
Microsoft Language Translator
Google Language Translator
Reverso Language Translator
Yahoo Bablefish Translator
Lexilogos - Help with French Translations - Lots of it.
Search Cotgrave's 1611 french words
19,000 Old French Given Names
Behind The Name - Names in many languages
Translate a Latin word at Whitakers ND Page
Latin Primer for 16th & 17th Century Records
Latin Dictionary for searching or Word Lists
UK - Beginner Latin Lessons & Reference on Dates, reading old docs, etc
UK Nat. Arch. - Advanced Latin Lessons
Tombstone Birthday Calculator
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Maps

Maps of US - State, County, Historical and Military maps

Nova Scotia Community College Map Collection

1906 Map of Burlington, VT by the Sanborn Insurance Company

Try these four websites to find free maps of the places your ancestors lived.

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: The maps and other cartographic images here focus on rare 18th- and 19th-century North American and South American materials. You can view maps, compare them side-by-side and download hi-resolution files.

Hargrett Library Rare Map Collection: This University of Georgia site features maps depicting the New World, Colonial and Revolutionary America, Revolutionary Georgia, Union & Expansion, the American Civil War, Frontier to New South, Savannah and the Coast and Transportation.

Library of Congress Map Collection: You'll find historical maps galore, and almost all can be downloaded.

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: The collection includes both historical and present-day maps of the Americas and the world. Click on US to go to a page of links for each state.

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Kimberly Powell’s Excellent genealogy blog on About.com is a great place to learn about new resources for your research. This week I’ve borrowed an idea from her and will discuss the 12 Days of Online Genealogy. Following is a list of websites I consult regularly (in many cases, daily) for research. This is my own personal list, in alphabetical, not preferential, order. You are likely to be familiar with most of these, but hopefully you will try at least one or two new ones.

1. America’s Historical Newspapers, 1690–1922
Created by Readex through partnership with the American Antiquarian Society, Library of Congress, and others, this database provides access to newspapers from around the country. A variety of search features make it easy to find pertinent results. Many public and private libraries offer access to this database, or you can subscribe individually as part of GenealogyBank.com.

2. Ancestry.com
Although subscriptions can be steep, Ancestry.com provides one of the largest collections of online data available anywhere for genealogical research. The new U.S. Passports database has provided me with a great deal of documentation for dates and places of birth for people born where no records of these events were kept. Well worth the price for the World Subscription, which gives you access to materials from Great Britain, Australia, Canada, Germany, and other locations.

3. Canadian Genealogy Centre
The Canadian Genealogy Centre includes all of the physical and electronic holding of Library and Archives Canada. Not only can you search records online, but you can discover more about what is (and is not) available at the national level in Canada.

4. EllisIsland.org ... About Ellis Island Records - From Alana
EllisIsland.org provides access to millions of passenger arrival records. Make sure you read the tips on basic and advanced searching to help you search (or use Steve Morse’s research tool). You can also find a great deal of historical information about the immigrant experience on this site.

See also Castle Garden - America's first Immigration site

5. FamilySearch.org
The Family History Library’s website provides access to vast amounts of information from around the world. Not only can you search databases for your ancestors, you can consult research guides to familiarize yourself with resources available in a new location. You can also search the Family History Library Catalog to find out which records are available on microfilm.

6. FindMyPast.com
Formerly 1837Online.com, FindMyPast.com is a commerical website that has a number of valuable databases, including the index to vital records, outgoing passenger lists, and military records for Great Britain.

7. Footnote.com
Footnote has developed a huge amount of information in a very short period of time. Their search mechanism is easy to use (and an advanced search interface is currently in beta testing). The images are easy to view and to download. Their collaboration features are impressive as well, and subscriptions are fairly inexpensive.

8. JSTOR
JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that archives and provides access to important scholarly journals. They currently provide access to 773 titles. Unfortunately individual subscriptions are not currently available, but you can usually access JSTOR through a public or university library (often remotely).

9. NewEnglandAncestors.org
The hundreds of millions of names available through the research databases on the New England Historic Genealogical Society's website provide access to centuries of information on New England families. The Massachusetts Vital Records databases have search capabilities unavailable at other websites, and may allow you to find previously hidden information.

10. RootsWeb.com
Started by volunteers, RootsWeb is now part of The Generations Network, parent company of Ancestry.com. Volunteers are still continually adding new data to the site, which is available free of charge.

11. USGenWeb
Another volunteer-driven organization, www.USGenWeb.com has numerous projects going on. When searching the website, make sure you check the data in the archives and project sites as well as the individual county and state locations.

12. WorldVitalRecords.com
WorldVitalRecords is adding records faster than I can keep track. British parish registers, newspapers from around America, and Everton’s Online Library are only some of the materials available. You can join for a month for $5.95 to try it or take advantage of the current special — two years for $79.95.