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Library

Acadian Genealogy Information    This site is run by skilled Acadian researchers using the experience from over 25 years of work using primary sources for Acadian and French Canadian records. Their database holds over 1.5 million GEDCOM files for approximately 2500 famililes.
Acadians Who Fought in the American Revolution    Despite all they'd lost at the hands of the British many Acadians actually volunteered to fight in the American Revolution of 1776. At the time of the Revolution, a group of Acadians from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia enlisted in the Continental Army and fought as patriots under the leadership of Colonel Jonathan Eddy who was originally from Massachusetts.
Deportation and New Settlement 1755-1810    This is a summary article on the deportation of the Acadians and their journeys to find new homes in the period 1755-1810. It includes a map of major routes taken by the dispossessed Acadians.
Diocese of Louisiana and the Floridas 1576-1803, Univ of Notre Dame    Documents from the archives of the Spanish and French covering the establishment of outposts and churches in Florida and Louisiana. Includes some list of individuals including Acadian settlers.
Genealogies of the 37 Families of Reunion 94    Extensive genealogies of 37 Acadian families with surnames organized in a table format; dated 1994 and authored by Stephen White at University of Moncton, Nova Scotia.
Journals: La Societe Historique Acadienne, Moncton, New Brunswick    Issues of the journal of La Societie Historique Acadienne in Moncton, New Brunswick from 1961 to 2016. These are in a searchable PDF format for easy navigation. [Note: in French]
Links to Acadian Family Names and Notaries by Jacques Gagne (2018)    This is a file which provides links to several different lists of Acadian family names which leads to information about them. It also lists many of the Acadian notaries from that era with links to their files or to sites which contain those records. Compiled in 2018 by Jacques Gagne.
Louisburg Ile Royale Population (1613 to 1658)    The objective of this report by Barbara Schmeisser (1976) was to present data in order to recognize essential characteristics of the people who lived in 18th century Louisbourg.
Origins of the Pioneers of Acadia     This is the personal website of Stephen A. White who was the genealogist at Moncton University Center of Acadian Studies. It contains articles on both history and the individuals who made it.
Racines et Rameaux dFrancais Acadie    This site provides 92 bulletins published by Racines et Rameaux Francais Acadie beginning in 1989. Topics focus on specific settlers as well as the locations they lived in and or were born - both in North America and Europe.
Transformation of Grand Pre into an Historic Park Telling the Story of the Deportation    The commemorative monuments, buildings and garden created here were a symbolic reclaiming of the Grand Pré area by the descendants of the people who were forcibly removed in 1755. As a result, for people of Acadian descent, Grand Pré became the most cherished of all their historical sites.

General

GENUKI -- UK and Ireland Genealogy    GENUKI provides a virtual reference library of genealogical information of particular relevance to the UK and Ireland. It is a non-commercial service, maintained by a charitable trust and a group of volunteers.
Ireland     This site is part of the WorldGenWeb Project and is the regional resource page for research in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
The National Archives of the United Kingdom    Includes Census for 1841-1911 on Ancestry.co.uk and other sites for free.

History

From Deerfield Mass to Oka Quebec - 7-10 mins Part2 Part3 Part4 (VIDEO)    This documentary is about the history of Josiah Rising and his wife Abigail Nims through the Deerfield Massachusetts massacre.
The Raid On Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704    Raid On Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704. The website includes stories told from all sides.

General

Library and Archives Canada - Census Returns    Official government database of Canadian Census returns.

Research

Chart of the Kings of France, Great Britain, Spain, Italy and Portugal    You will find in the following pages, the genealogical trees of MEROVINGIANS, CAROLINGIANS, ROBERTIANS, CAPETIANS, VALOIS, BOURBONS, ORLEANS, as well as the trees of many families of the French and European Nobility.

CLASS - Researching the 95 Departments in France    A class to learn how to research one's ancestors using the 95 free online departmental Archives. 

ENTRAIDE - SEARCH The French Archives and Departmental Archives ONLINE    LES ARCHIVES EN LIGNE

Find Remaining families of the French nobility (A to K)    List of surviving families of the French nobility (A to K)

Find Remaining families of the French nobility (L to Z)    List of surviving families of the French nobilityh (L to Z)

Find Surnames in France and Europe    Official website of the map of surnames in France


Find Surnames in France and vary by Centuries    Includes history and etiology of surnames.

France - Online Family Name Research Process by Jacques Gagne    France Online Family Name Searches

France Archives of Overseas Territories IRELs English Menu - Search Acadian BMDs etc Ulysse Image Database    Brief description of the collections kept: archives from, on the one hand, ministries responsible for the XVIIth and XXth Centuries of the French colonial empire, and on the other hand from local administrations of former colonies and Algeria. It also describes additional resources (private archives, photographs, maps and plans, library, microfilmed archives).

France Departmental Archives On Line GENEANET    Online Departmental Archives

France Departmental Archives On Line Jacques Gagne   
French departments which produced the most French Canadians    France is geographically divided into regions, which are then divided into departments.  This links you to a map showing the departments from which the most French Canadians originated.

Fully Searchable Archive On Line for Dept 71 Saone-Loire Mar 2019    Parish and civil registration records from Dordogne, including, baptism, birth, marriage, and death records. Records include a birth year, age, event place, parent and spouse information. These records are made available under the Open Database

Guy Perron's Blog Larochelle Research    THE LIFE OF OUR ANCESTORS THROUGH ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS ... BETWEEN LA ROCHELLE AND THE COLONIES

Perche-Quebec - Genealogies of descendants of these Percherons like Celine Dion , Madonna , Xavier Dolan , Justin Trudeau and Ryan Gosling - Family Trees    Even if the Percherons represent only 4% of French emigrants who left for Canada in the 17th and 18th centuries, the majority of Canadians of French origin are of Percheron blood.

Researching In Charente Maritime 17    Guides for Online Research in the Departmental Archives

The French Genealogy Blog - Protestant and Huguenot - Research the TT Series Sep 2019    The French Genealogy Blog Since 2009 - by Anne Morddel

The Pioneer Families of New France in the Archives of the Central Exchange of the Paris Notaries. . . English Description of the book - Read First    The parish registers of the city of Paris

110,000 Soldiers in the Hotel des Invalides in Paris     Very good source, complementary parish registers,
More than 135,000 residents received at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, from 1673 to 1796.

Find Surnames by Town $$ Jan 2015    Search for Surnames by Town.
France GenWeb - Archives of France with Map of Departments    Online Archive
France Genwebs - Search Member acts by departments    Colorful departments are those for which at least one act is present in the database Acts Bulk. Legend on left shows estimate of number of acts by department
French Cassini Website    Research places -maps of France & good information re: departments and cities.
Geneanet - French Subscription Website     Family trees, archival records, family pictures, indexes, old books and newspapers: hundreds of million entries to help you find your ancestors.
Geneanet - French Subscription Website    
GeneaWiki - for English Reading Only - not searching    
Nobility Titles and Coats of Arms Description    
Planete Genealogie - Family Trees     Search for your ancestors in 250 millions shared family trees posted online by Heredis Online users.

Register of Coats Of Arms     Wikipedia page re: French coats of arms with links

Database

Archives On Line - Databases    
Find Surnames in Departments of France Jan 2015    This site prompts you to enter a surname and will return a page with genealogic information about those in the various areas with that surname.
Geneabank - Must be a Cercle Member     GeneaBank provides access to remote information not otherwise available without travel.

History

French Presence in NW Indiana - 1 hr 39 min (VIDEO)    YOU TUBE VIDEO - Dr. Randa Duvick French presence in NW Indiana program
Migrations - French Ships of our Ancestors and Passengers    
The Roads from Quebec to Larochelle    With the help of students from La Rochelle, under the supervision of the academic Michaël Augeron, the cultural affairs department has identified all the places or buildings linked to the settlement of the North American continent by the Rochelais and Rochelaises in the 17th century. century [1] .

Maps

Maps of France - By Regions - Departments and Cities   
1750 Rumsey Map of France - Cassini - Overlayed with Google Earth    This site brings you to an historical map of France. From this page you can navigate to the David Rumsey Map Collection and blog.
César-François Cassini de Thury    The site contains biographical data re:César-François Cassini de Thury, an important astronomer and cartographer born in France in 1714.
French Departments and their numbers    The map on this site shows the division of France into departments and gives the number of each department. In the administrative divisions of France, the department is one of the three levels of government below the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the region and the commune. The departments were created in 1791 as a rational replacement of Ancien Régime provinces in view of strengthening national unity; almost all of them are therefore named after rivers, mountains or coasts rather than after historical or cultural territories, unlike regions, and some of them are commonly referred to by their two-digit postal code number

General

Join Us In France - TRAVEL PODCAST    Travel podcast to help plan a vacation in France.
Things To Do in France    100 things to do in France

France Guide - Find info on France     Current information about France and travel in France.
Register of the Nobility Of France    
The French Genealogy Blog by Anne Morddel     Well written with many links to additional sources with descriptions of the linked source in english.

Third Party Tools

Cindislist - France    A categorized & cross-referenced index to genealogical resources on the Internet.

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