Amateur's
guide
to
Acadian genealogy.
Version 2011, Roger Hétu
et Denis Sincennes, Grand-Pré
I.The
family information.
To a genealogist, "first things
first" means to compile all written and oral information that can
be obtained from his own family. Usually we know our parents and grandparents.
These are our first six ancestors. We should now find out their dates
and places of birth, marriages and death if deceased.
Our living grandparents can give information
on their parents and grandparents. There! Without setting foot in a
library we have already gathered information on nearly thirty ancestors.
If our parents and
grandparents are deceased then we should consult our uncles, aunts,
great-uncles, great-aunts and cousins. They share our ancestors. If
we are lucky one of them has already collected genealogical information.
So
the family is the first source of genealogical and bibliographical information
on nearly thirty ancestors or five generations.
There is an estimated ten to twelve
generations between us and our Acadian ancestors who came to the New
World in the 1630's. Information on the first settler and three to four
generations thereafter is easily found in published reference books.
Therefore the genealogy challenge will be the four generation gap between
what your family knows and what the reference books have.
II.Genealogical
Societies and family associations.
You
now have in your file about thirty ancestors. The next step would be
to join a local genealogical society. You will then have access to primary
sources (original and/or microfilmed records) and secondary sources
(printed or digital transcriptions). Most importantly you will, by your
membership, participate in the creation, conservation and publication
of these documents. Furthermore the genealogical society will teach
you the right way to record your ancestral information, to use resources
and the tools available. You will find addresses of genealogical societies
on genealogy portals (described below). . Consult
also the family association list on the "Centre de la Généalogie
Francophone d'Amérique" portal at http://www.genealogie.org/sites/clubs.htm
III.How
to organize your ancestors information. |
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Most genealogical
societies offer beginner courses on genealogical research. You will
learn the importance of identifying and qualifying the source. There
are usually 3 categories of sources:
Primary source:
The original record, usually handwritten in a register or a microfilmed
copy of the same. The quality of the primary source depends on their
clarity. Physical deterioration of the original, the language, and the
strange handwriting are responsible for hypothetical interpretation
that may lead to errors.
Secondary source:
This is a primary source transcription. The alphabetized repertoire
published by a genealogical society and the research centre dictionary
are much easier to read and search. The quality of a secondary source
depends on the reputation of the author and the correction publications
that have followed.
Other sources:
The information from a newspaper clip, other’s database, exchanges with
a correspondent, family tradition, etc.
No matter what the
source, there is always room for errors. The priest himself sometimes
wrote incorrect entries in the church register. Academic research centres
subsequently publish corrections to their publications. It is of the
utmost importance to assign to each bit of information their origin,
the category of the source, and their quality.
IV.Basic tools to help
organize your genealogy:
Pedigree chart.
Free downloadable charts
at:
http://genealogy.about.com/od/free_charts/
New information form.
Free downloadable forms
at
http://genealogy.about.com/library/download/html_fgs_type3.htm
Ahnentafel (Stradonitz)
Numbering System
http://genealogy.about.com/cs/research/p/ahnentafel.htm
Genealogy
software.
The genealogy software is usually a
database program structured to compile and search our ancestor's information.
Make sure to choose genealogy software that can import and export GEDCOM
files. GEDCOM is a format that lets you share and send information to
others no matter which computer or software they have. Ask your local
genealogical society which software most of their members use. Having
the same software makes it easier to get help when needed.
Some genealogy software are freeware.
PAF is an example: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/default.asp.
Others are shareware like BK: http://www.bkwin.org/
.
Genealogy
software, costing between 50 and 150$ can be bought from software stores.
V. General reference
books on Acadian genealogy. |
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A) The most
important work is Le Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles
Acadiennes by Stephen White. The first part, published in
two volumes, is the reconstruction of the Acadian families of 1636 to
1714. This book is published by the "Centre d'Études Acadiennes
de l'université Moncton", NB.
(Out of print since 2006)
http://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/files/umcm-ceaac/wf/wf/pdf/bon-com.pdf
You will find these books in most genealogy
libraries.
The second part , in the works, will
cover the years 1715 to 1780.
B)
Histoire et Généalogie des Acadiens, Bona Arsenault. Six
volumes.
Reconstruction of Acadian families
by places: Tome 2: Port-Royal; Tome 3: Beaubassin, Grand-Pré; Tome 4:
Pisiguit, Cobequid, Chipoudy et Petitcoudiac, Cap-de-Sable et Pobomcoup,
Rivière St-Jean, Ristigouche; Tome 5: Plaisance, Louisbourg, Île Royale,
Île St-Jean; Tome 6: St-Pierre, Miquelon, Îles de la Madeleine, Bordeaux
, Belle-Île-en-Mer, Louisiane. Available in most genealogy libraries.
Many corrections were published by Janet Jehn. http://www.acadiangenexch.com/pub.htm
C) Le
grand arrangement des Acadiens au Québec, Adrien Bergeron. 8
volumes. Genealogy of Quebec Acadian families. Marriages & anecdotes.
Many corrections needed. Do compare with Stephen White dict. and PRDH
up to 1799.
D)
Le PRDH . Programme
de Recherche en Démographie Historique de L'Université de Montréal.
All the records of Old Quebec from 1621 to 1799.. Particularly interesting
for the Quebec Acadian families from 1755 to 1799. Available in most
Quebec genealogy libraries. Also available for a reasonable fee, on-line.
http://www.genealogie.umontreal.ca/en/acces.htm
E)
Fiche acadiennes du Fonds Drouin, par Jean-Pierre-Yves
Pepin. Accumulated information of the Institut Drouin (a professional
genealogy venture) used to write the customer's genealogy. Often available
where the Drouin microfilms are available. http://drouininstitute.com/acadian/index.html
F)
Microfilms Drouin. More than 2000 microfilms
of Quebec records from the beginning to 1940. It covers Acadia, Ontario
and some USA registers. Available in these libraries (at least): CAM-ANQ,
BANQ and SGCF in Montréal, SGQ in Québec city, CGL in Longueuil, SGL
in Joliette, AFGS in Woonsocket, RI and NEHGS in Boston, MA. Some research
centres have a computerized version to facilitate the searches. http://institutdrouin.com/microfilms/MF-Acadie.pdf
Also available on-line for
a fee at
http://imagesdrouinpepin.com/main.php and http://ancestry.ca/
G)
Microfilms des Mormons. Quebec Catholic records
from 1621to 1900. Available in most LDS Family history centres. Also
available in major research centres and genealogy libraries. Available
for browsing on line at https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/collection/1321742/waypoints
H)
Acadian Descendants, Janet Jehn.
15 volumes of Acadian family genealogies.
http://www.acadiangenexch.com/pub.htm
I) Census,
registers, transcriptions of Acadian parishes available in local research centres.
Such as, The compilations of Baie Ste-Marie by Leonard Smith.
The compilations of South Louisiana Records, Southwest Louisiana Records by Donald Hébert;
The Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic
Church Records. Also
available in some LDS family history centres.
A)
New-Brunswick:
Centre d'études acadiennes Anselme-Chiasson
de l'Université de Moncton.
http://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/
Provincial archives of New-Brunswick
http://archives.gnb.ca/Archives/Default.aspx?L=EN
B) Nova Scotia
Le Musée acadien et archives (Pubnico-West)
http://www.museeacadien.ca/english/index.htm
Les archives "Père Clarence D'Entremont"
Le fond Leander d'Entremont
Genealogies, parish registers ("Par-en-bas"), microfilms
Dictionnaire of Stephen White and of Bona Arsenault
http://www.museeacadien.ca/english/archives/genealogies/index.htm
http://www.museeacadien.ca/english/archives/library/title.pdf
http://www.museeacadien.ca/french/archives/fonds/microfilms/
Pierres tombales, cimetière
Église St-Pierre, Pubnico-Ouest
http://www.museeacadien.ca/pierres_tombales/
Argyle Township Court House & Archives
(Argyle)
Yarmouth and Digby Co catholic register transcriptions.
Transcription of Yarmouth registers.
Funeral home records.
Family Genealogies.
Nova Scotia marriage register 1864-1918
Township book
http://www.argylecourthouse.com
Centre acadien de l'Université Ste-Anne.
(Church Point)
http://centreacadien.usainteanne.ca/
Census, registers, transcriptions at the centre:
http://centreacadien.usainteanne.ca/lien-microsoft/ressources_genealogiques.htm
Microfilms:
http://centreacadien.usainteanne.ca/lien-microsoft/microfilms4.htm
Computerized NS southwest
74 Acadian family genealogies.
You
can request a family line (for a fee).
Stephen White, Bona Arsenault dictionnaries.
Kings Historical Society (Kings County
Museum, Kentville)
Microfilms of Acadian
marriages, birth and census.
Computerized Acadian transcriptions. (also sold on a
CD-ROM)
Microfilms of marriages, births, and deaths. Annapolis
Co. 1864-1876, Kings Co. 1876-1909, Digby Co.1864-1877 (includes Baie
Ste-Marie)
The Darres
& MacCormick genealogy and obituary collection
http://www.okcm.ca/famhist.html
West Hants Historical Society (Windsor)
18th century maps of Pisiguid
showing the Acadian inhabitant names.
Acadian genealogies.
Fort Edward prisoners information.
Desbarres and Castle Frederick information.
http://www.westhantshistoricalsociety.ca/
The Pomquet Historical
Society
http://www.pomquet.net/en/history.html
Pomquet families (names & history):
http://www.pomquet.net/en/genealogy.html
Centre Les Trois Pignons, Société St-Pierre
(Chéticamp)
One thousand files on Acadian family genealogies.
http://www.lestroispignons.com/ssp/en/geneology_centre.html
PANS (Nova Scotia Archives & Records
Management). (Halifax)
Acadian Genealogical Sources:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/
Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics:
http://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/
Records of the Deportation and Le Grand Dérangement, 1714-1768:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/deportation/
The Registers of St.Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/acadian/
C) Île-du-Prince-Edouard
Le centre de recherches acadiennes http://www.teleco.org/museeacadien/
D) Québec
BANQ. Bibliothèque et Archives
Nationales du Québec
http://www.banq.qc.ca/portal/dt/accueil.jsp?bnq_langue=en
Le dictionnaire TANGUAY
http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/dicoGenealogie/
Registre de l'état civil du Québec de 1900 à 1907:
http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/ecivil/
SGCF (La Société
généalogique canadienne-française) in Montréal
http://www.sgcf.com/
SGQ (Société
de généalogie de Québec) in Québec http://www.sgq.qc.ca/
SGL (Société
de Généalogie de Lanaudière) in Joliette
http://sgl.lanaudiere.net/
SGL (Société
de généalogie de Longueuil) in Longueuil http://www.sglongueuil.org
E) Canada
Library and Archives Canada http://www.collectionscanada.ca/04/0415_e.html
Family History Centres (LDS) http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp
F) USA
University of Louisiana, Lafayette
http://library.louisiana.edu/Spec/genealogical.shtml
American French Genealogical Society,
78 Earle St. Woonsocket, RI http://www.afgs.org/
The American Canadian Genealogical Society, 4 Elm Street,
Manchester, NH
http://www.acgs.org/
The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury
Street, Boston MA. http://www.newenglandancestors.org/
Family History Centres (LDS) http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp
VII.
Searching on-line Internet: |
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The five basic methods
to search genealogy on the internet are: web site search engines;
on-line databases; message boards and mailing lists; personal
emails; portal web sites.
1) A web site
search engine such as «google.com» and «altavista.com» can help
you find informative web pages on a given ancestor. However a simple
search usually yields hundreds if not thousands of unwanted results.
So it is essential to learn how to use the "advanced search mode"
of the search engine to restrict the number of results. Each search
engine has its own "advanced techniques" and usually explains
them on its home site.
The farther back an ancestor is on
your family tree the more numerous are his descendants. Consequently,
the greater is the probability that one of them put data on the web.
Mind you that search engines do use different "web spider robot
software". It is therefore sometimes necessary to use more than
one search engine to get the desired results. To learn about other search
engines see (https://sites.rootsweb.com/~canqc/ressources.htm#search)
2) Searching an
on-line database is usually the most successful method. Databases
are sites that have a great quantity of structured data. Databases
have their own search engine. Some are completely free while others
ask for a subscription. For example to use the PRDH genealogy database
of The University of Montreal (baptisms, marriages, deaths of the Quebec
population before 1800) one has to prepay a determined number of hits
over an undetermined period. (http://www.genealogie.umontreal.ca/en/main.htm)
On the other hand the WorldConnect
genealogy database (over 480 million entries) is free for all to use.
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
. WorldConnect is a co-operative database to which one
can contribute by uploading a Gedcom file (genealogy data). Once published
on the net we get many new rewarding contacts with others researching
the same ancestors.
Above is the advanced
WorldConnect search engine. When I type "Melancon Charles"
only, I get 1170 hits. If I add the marriage year ranging from 1720
to 1760 the search engine gives 109 hits. If I add part of the father's
name the number of results goes down to 39. When I checked "Has
Sources" only 7 hits show up. Those seven are worth looking at.
Database links are found on genealogy portal web sites
3)
Surname Message boards and mailing
lists, once archived, become like text databases where the elements are messages containing
the keywords. The messages are usually genealogy queries and answers
or arguments confirming or destroying hypothetical solutions. As an
example see the ancestry message board at http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames
Message boards links are found on genealogy portal web sites
4) The lookups service where a volunteer
makes a lookup in a specified reference book or church parish records
gives enormous help to anyone who lives far from city research facilities.
As an example the QuebecGenWeb volunteer team offers to do lookups in
1000+ church parish records. http://Qc.CanadaGenweb.org/lookups.htm
On the LanaudiereGenWeb, a volunteer will do lookups in the Stephen
White Dictionary.
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~qclanaud/recherches.htm
Again you will find Lookups links on most genealogy portal web sites
If cost is no obstacle
then you can contact a professional researcher who will do the
work for you (taking away all the fun of finding it by yourself). Their
emails are sometimes printed on genealogy portals. Be sure to select
a certified researcher.
5) A
genealogy PORTAL is a gateway web site that will offer information
on all available genealogy resources. Some genealogy portals have global
range while others are restricted to a particular ethnic group or a
geographic region. « http://Francogene.com » and « http://Genealogie.org » are francophone genealogy portals. « http://Cyndislist.com » is a worldwide genealogy portal
with more than two hundred thousand categorised genealogy links.
The GenWebs
(Genealogy on the Web) are geographically structured genealogy portals.
The purpose of the GenWeb Projects is to create a global library for
genealogy research on the Web. First created in USA in 1996 (UsGenWeb.com)
this model was used right away in Canada with the CanadaGenWeb at http://CanadaGenweb.org/
An exception to the rule: the AcadianGenWeb
does not cover a specific geographical area.
Today «WorldGenWeb.org» show global
resources and links to the continental GenWebs. The latter do the same
with the national GenWebs. Then a national GenWeb like the CanadaGenweb
links to the provincial Genwebs. At the end of the tree, county Genwebs,
like the LanaudiereGenweb https://sites.rootsweb.com/~qclanaud/
give the most information. Once on a Genweb site you
may surf up to a more general GenWeb or down to a more particular one.
That way the GenWeb projects cover every part of the world. All information
offered is free. In fact this is a volunteer co-operative project to
which you are invited to participate.
VIII.
Spelling, variations, "dit" names. |
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One of the challenges in doing a genealogy
search is to find how the surname was written in the records. Searching
for example for a Therriault, you might have to look up Terriot, Theriau
etc. Our French ancestors used often nicknames and "dit names”.
Those added "distinctions" came from a military alias, a place
of origin, an occupation, a physical particularity, etc. To know more
about "dit" names see http://www.francogene.com/quebec/ditnames.php
.
You will find alias correspondence
tables at (http://Qc.CanadaGenweb.org/ressources.htm#aliases)
IX.
Homonyms, L'Aîné, Le Cadet.
Another difficulty in researching Acadian
ancestors come from the usage of repetitively naming siblings with the
same given name. The eldest added to his given name the distinction
"L'aîné" or "Le vieux" . The younger used "Le
cadet" or "Le jeune". When the brothers live in different
communities they omitted the added distinction, making it hard for a
genealogist to know who is who. Here is an illustration of this situation:
1)
Bernard Pellerin (son of
Étienne and Jeanne Savoie) married 27 November 1713 in Port-Royal to
Marguerite Gaudet (daughter of Pierre and Marie Blanchard)
2)
Bernard Le vieux Gaudet (son of Pierre and Marie
A. Blanchard) married about 1696 Jeanne Terriot (daughter of Claude
and Marie Louise Gauterot).
After having collected those marriages
we would be tempted to conclude that Marguerite and Bernard Gaudet are
siblings
A bit more research
shows us that the parents of Bernard are:
Pierre L'Aîné Gaudet (son of Denis and Martine Gauthier) and Marie Anne
Blanchard (daughter of Jean and Radegonde Lambert). While the
parents of Marguerite Gaudet are Pierre Le Jeune Gaudet (son of Denis and Martine
Gauthier) and Marie Blanchard (daughter of Jean and Radegonde Lambert). So Bernard and Marguerite
Gaudet are not siblings but their fathers Pierre L'Aîné and Pierre Le
jeune are brothers. Marie Blanchard and (Marie) Anne Blanchard are sisters.
X.
Managing the errors.
The above situation shows that you
will sometimes have to go back in the genealogy tree and correct errors.
Don't be embarrassed, even academic dictionaries like those of Bona
Arsenault and Stephen White constantly need to be corrected. Correction
publications are numerous.
The farther we are
from the primary source the greater the occurrence of errors. Unfortunately,
the ease and speed with which we reproduce Internet data multiplies
the incorrect information making some genealogies very doubtful. Be
critical, compare, double check and agree to review your past hypothesis.
XI. Reference
Internet links. |
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Reference
publication with a web site.
Centre d'études acadiennes
de l'Université de Moncton:
- http://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/
- Stephen White dictionary. (Out
of print since 2006)
- Corrections
& additions to the Stephen White dictionary 1999, 2003, 2007
- Le
Glossaire acadien, Pascal Poirier
- Le
Parler Franco-Acadien et ses Origines, Pascal Poirier
- État
général des collections de folklore du CEA
- Registre
de l'Abbé Charles-Francois Bailly 1768-1773
- Généalogie
des familles acadiennes, Placide Gaudet
- Course
à l'Accadie: journal de campagne de François Du Pont
Divivier en 1744
- Le
Grand Dérangement, Placide Gaudet
- Journal
des visites pastorales en Acadie de Mgr J.-O. Plessis (1811-1812-1815)
- Recensements
d'Acadie 1671-1752
- Le
Théâtre de Neptune en la Nouvelle-France, Marc L'Escarbot,
1611
- Acadiens
de l'Ile-du-Prince-Edouard, J.-Henri Blanchard
- Les
Acadiens de Philadelphie, Pascal Poirier
- L'Acadie
des Maritimes
- L'Acadie
par les cartes
- Le
Maître Guillaume, histoires, galeries, biographies acadiennes
1603-2002
- 400
ans de présence française au Canada 1604-2004, plan
du site
- La
généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesse des
«Retrouvailles 94»
PRDH de l'Université de Montréal
http://www.genealogie.umontreal.ca/en/
The Drouin Institute
http://drouininstitute.com/
Acadian Descendants, Janet Jehn.
Corrections to Bona Arsenault, Janet Jehn. http://www.acadiangenexch.com/pub.htm
LDS pilot project:
Catholic Parish Registers 1621-1900 (Browse Images only) http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1321742;t=browsable;w=0
BMS200 (24 Quebec Genealogy societies have merged their database of
their library church record repertories)
http://www.bms2000.org/
Lookups,
forums, mailing lists
GenWebQuébec lookups http://Qc.CanadaGenweb.org/lookups.htm
GenWebLanaudière lookups
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~qclanaud/recherches.htm
Book we own project https://sites.rootsweb.com/~bwo/index.html
Genealogy Help List Canada https://sites.rootsweb.com/~canghl/
Mailing lists http://lists.rootsweb.com/
Forums, Rootsweb message boards http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/script/main/rw
XII. Acadian
Genealogy Portals |
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Portals
Portal Acadian-Cajun http://www.acadian-cajun.com/
The Acadian Memorial
Archive http://www.acadianmemorial.org/english/ensembleencoreset.html
Cyndi's list http://www.cyndislist.com/acadian.htm#General
CanadaGenWeb http://CanadaGenweb.org/
AcadianGenweb http://acadian-genweb.acadian-home.org/frames.html
NovaScotia GenWeb https://sites.rootsweb.com/~canns/
YarmouthGenWeb https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nsyarmou/index.htm
DigbyGenWeb https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nsdigby/
KingsGenWeb https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nskings/
Généalogie d'Argyle http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/argyle/html/egenealogy.htm
Portail Cumberland (Beaubassin)
http://www.acadiangateway.net/
Genweb Québec http://Qc.CanadaGenweb.org/
GenWeb Lanaudière https://sites.rootsweb.com/~qclanaud/
Newbrunswick GenWeb https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cannb/
PEIGenWeb http://www.islandregister.com/pegenweb.html
The Island Register http://www.islandregister.com/index.html
Acadian-Cajun Genealogy links http://www.acadian-cajun.com/genlink.htm
USGenWeb http://www.usgenweb.org/
(Louisiana) LAGenWeb http://www.lagenweb.org/
FranceGenWeb http://www.francegenweb.org/
How to do Genealogy in Louisiana http://www.acadian-cajun.com/howtobk.htm
Francogene http://www.francogene.com/acadia/index.php
Centre de généalogie francophone d’Amérique
http://www.genealogie.org
Acadian & F-C
Ancestral Home http://www.acadian-home.org/frames.html
Aline Cormier's
Genealogy Portal
http://www.acadian-roots.com/
Census records,
parish records, lookups, marriages, cemeteries
Acadian
Genealogy Homepage http://www.acadian.org/
Acadian Heritage
of Hants Co. Nova Scotia http://www.hantscounty.com/hants_advantage/visit/acadian_heritage/index_html
XIII. Métis-Acadian
and DNA
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MÉTIS-ACADIEN
Soyez avisés que l'origine amérindienne
de certaines familles de l'Acadie est fortement controversée.
Entre autres, concernant l'origine de la famille Lejeune, Stephen White
et un chercheur Mi'kmak, Erich Burton,
ont des conclusions divergeantes.
mtDNA Proven Origins
http://www.acadian-home.org/frames.html
Métis Acadiens
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nsmhs/metis/union-acadien-amerindien.pdf
Bras d'Or First
Nation http://www.brasdorfirstnation.com/
Association des Acadiens-Métis Souriquois http://acadiens-metis-souriquois.ca/
GENETIC
RESEARCH: DNA
mtDNA Proven Origins
http://www.acadian-home.org/origins-mtdna.html
Family Tree DNA
http://www.familytreedna.com/
Projet ADN Héritage
Français http://www.frenchdna.org/
DNA Worldwide http://www.dna-worldwide.com/
Oxford Ancestors
http://www.oxfordancestors.com/
DNA Heritage http://www.dnaheritage.com/
DNA Solutions http://www.dnacanada.com/
mtDNA Founding Mothers
of Acadia http://www.acadian-home.org/Founding-Mothers-of-Acadia.html
Family
Genealogy web sites
CGFA list http://www.genealogie.org/sites/clubs.htm
Tim Hebert list http://www.acadian-cajun.com/genlink.htm
One Surname Databases
Blanchard http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~downeast/Blanchard.html
Boudrot http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~downeast/Boudrot.html
Boudrot-G http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~downeast/BoudrotG.html
Doucet http://www.doucetfamily.org/Genealogy/Nameindex01.htm
Fougere http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~downeast/Fougere.html
Girouard http://www.girouard.org/cgi-bin/page.pl?file=genealogy&n=9
Prejean http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~downeast/Prejean.htm
Samson http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~downeast/Samson.html
Samson-G http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~downeast/SamsonG.html
Theriot http://terriau.org/archive/surnames.htm
Databases
(On-Line)
General
WorldConnect (+575 million names) http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
The PRDH (Québec BMS 1621-1799) (For
a fee) http://www.genealogie.umontreal.ca/en/
LDS pilot project:
Catholic Parish Registers 1621-1900 (Browse images only)
https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/collection/1321742/waypoints
Fortress of Louisbourg parish
records (1713-1758)
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/louisbourg/genealogy/index.html
Public Archives of Nova Scotia
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/
BANQ. Bibliothèque et Archives
Nationales du Québec
http://www.banq.qc.ca/portal/dt/accueil.jsp?bnq_langue=en
Le dictionnaire TANGUAY
http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/dicoGenealogie/
Registre de l'état civil du Québec de 1900 à 1907:
http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/ecivil/
BMS2000 (For
a fee) http://www.bms2000.org/
Births Marriages
Deaths 1620-1980
Drouin Collection
Microfilm
of original records 1620-1935
(For
a fee) http://ancestry.ca/
(For
a fee) http://imagesdrouinpepin.com/main.php
Census, Canada 1881, US 1880 and LDS ancestral file
   http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
Canada 1851: https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1325192
Canada 1871: https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1551612
Canada 1891: https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1583536
New Brunswick
1861:https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1325208
Nova Scotia 1861:https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1460163
La banque centrale http://www.genealogie.org/login/
Dictionnaire généalogique de l'ancienne Acadie http://www.francogene.com/dgaa/index.php
La généalogie des trente-sept familles
hôtesse des «Retrouvailles 94»
http://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/files/umcm-ceaac/wf/wf/pdf/37familles.pdf
Registres de paroisses acadiennes
(Haute-Aboujagane et Memramcook)
http://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/files/umcm-ceaac/wf/wf/pdf/reg_abouj.pdf
http://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/files/umcm-ceaac/wf/wf/pdf/reg_mem_a-k.pdf
http://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/files/umcm-ceaac/wf/wf/pdf/reg_memram_l-z.pdf
Registres de Saint-Charles-des-Mines
de Grand-Pré
-Baptêmes https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nsgrdpre/projets/genealogie/gpbms/baptemes/RGP-intro-baptisms.pdf
-Mariages https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nsgrdpre/projets/genealogie/gpbms/RGPmarriages.pdf
-Sépultures https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nsgrdpre/projets/genealogie/gpbms/burials-St-Charles-des-Mines.pdf
Fichier Origine http://www.fichierorigine.com/
Tanguay Dictionary
http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/dicoGenealogie/index.html
Origins of the Pioneers of
Acadia (based on 1767 BIM) http://www.acadian-home.org/acadian-origins.html
Fichier Migrants http://www.francogene.com/migrants/index.php
Racines Rochelaises http://racinesrochelaises.free.fr/
Poitou Acadie Bretagne Origine française de quelques
familles acadiennes http://perso.wanadoo.fr/froux/
Acadiens de PLEUDIHEN SUR RANCE http://perso.wanadoo.fr/le.perto/2acadie1.htm
Boulogne sur mer http://brhaffre.free.fr/index.htm
St-Pierre et Miquelon http://www.grandcolombier.com/genealogie/
1604-1755 http://www.acadian-cajun.com/genacad2.htm
Acadian Roots http://www.acadian-roots.com/
Don Shankle Acadian
table http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Edowneast/Acadian.html
Liste des passagers du ST-JEAN
(avril 1636) http://pagesperso-orange.fr/froux/divers/stjean.htm
dBIM
Déclaration de généalogie des familles
acadiennes, Belle-île en Mer http://www.rrfa.fr/bull/declgenealogie.pdf
Collection des documents inédits sur le Canada http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=11842
Leander d'Entremont Col. http://www.museeacadien.ca/french/archives/fonds/microfilms/1-27.htm
Acadian Genealogy- Pubnico area: http://www.geocities.com/teddeon509/genealog.html
Acadian Heritage
of Hants Co. Nova Scotia http://www.hantscounty.com/hants_advantage/visit/acadian_heritage/index_html
ETAT-CIVIL DE BELLE-ILE-EN-MER http://www.escompte.fr/denis/index.html
ETAT-CIVIL du MORBIHAN http://scecp.cg56.fr/etat-civil/index.jsp
Census
Acadian Censuses 1671
to 1763 http://www2.umoncton.ca/cfdocs/cea/livres/doc.cfm?livre=recensements
Acadian censuses 1671 to 1820 http://www.acadian.org/census.html
Census 1671 http://philippe.caillebeau.free.fr/recensement.htm
Census 1752 Île St-Jean http://www.islandregister.com/1752.html
Censuses On-Line http://www.census-online.com/links/index.html
Census 1901 Canada http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02012202_e.html
Acadian census and registers http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~downhome/nscensus.html#ACADIAN
1901-1906-1911-1851-1852
Censuses
http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/index.html
Census, Canada 1881, US 1880 and LDS ancestral file
   http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
Canada 1851: https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1325192
Canada 1871: https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1551612
Canada 1891: https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1583536
New Brunswick
1861:https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1325208
Nova Scotia 1861:https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1460163
Census of "Upper St.John river/ Madawaska Settlement"
and Kamouraska, QC.
http://www.upperstjohn.com/index.htm#census
Census of l'Île St-Jean http://www.islandregister.com/pegenweb.html
Acadian Roots http://www.acadian-roots.com/
(Bathurst 1861,1871;
Beresford 1871,1881; Bouctouche 1861; Palmer Rd 1878; St-Basile 1861;
Shediac 1851,1861;
Shippagan 1861; St-Norbert-NB
1871; Cocagne 1891; Notre-Dame-NB 1891; Grand Digue 1891; Kent Co 1891;
Pointe-du-Chêne
1851; Scoudouc 1851; Barachois 1851; St-André-NB
1851)
Acadian
Ancestral Home Census Records http://www.acadian-home.org/census-acadia.html
( Acadia 1671-1755;
Port-Toulouse 1716; Isle-Royale 1752; Restigouche 1760; Gaspesie 1761;
Maryland 1763;
Baie-des-Chaleurs
1765; Louisiana 1766, 1769; St-Servan 1766; Bonaventure 1774,1777; Carleton
1777;
St-Pierre-et-Miquelon
1784; Cheticamp 1809; Margaree 1809; CB Mi'kmaq 1871, 1881, 1891)
Nova Scotia 1838 Census Record https://sites.rootsweb.com/~canns/1838census.html
Baie Sainte-Marie Vital Records
1864-1909 http://acadie1755.tripod.com/SMB_Marriages.html
Church
registers & repertories
Catholic Parish
Registers 1621-1900 (Browse Images only)
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1321742
Table of the registers of
the former Acadia http://www.acadian-home.org/acadian-registers.html
Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal 1702-1755
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/cap/acadian/
Grand-Pré BMS https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nsgrdpre/documents/dossiers/menudossiers.html
Acadian Roots http://www.acadian-roots.com/
(Beaubassin;
Cap Pelé; Cocagne; Memramcook; Moncton; Jacquet River; Lameque;
Sackville-NB; St-Charles-NB;
Ste-Marie-NB; Tracadie-NB;
Richibouctou; Van Buren-ME; Summerside; Palmer Rd-PEI; St-Charles-PEI;
Amherst; Margaree;
Arichat; Minoudie; Plymton; Pomquet; Quinan; Saulnierville; Tracadie-NS;
Weymouth)
Cemeteries
Grand-Pré https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nsgrdpre/documents/dossiers/menudossiers.html
Pierres tombales, cimetière
Église St-Pierre, Pubnico-Ouest
http://www.museeacadien.ca/pierres_tombales/
Acadian Roots http://www.acadian-roots.com/
(New-Brunswick
Cemeteries; PEI Cemeteries; Maccan-NS; River-Hebert-NS; Joggins-NS)
Acadian Ancestral
Home http://www.acadian-home.org/
( NB: Adamsville-St-Timothee;
Aldouane; Baie-Ste-Anne; Barachois-St-Henri; Bouctouche-St-Jn-B;
Cap-Pelé-Ste-Thse;
Charterville-N.D.-du-Calvaire; Claire-Fontaine; Cocagne; Collette-N-D-Fatima;
Dieppe-St-Anselme;
Escuminac; Grand-Digue-N-D-Visitation; Haute-Aboujagane-Sacré-Coeur;
Irish-Town; Kent County
[10] Cemeteries; Kent Junction; Melrose-St-Bartholomew;
Memramcook-St-Thomas;
Memramcook-East-N-D-Lourdes; Port-Elgin-St-Clement; Pte-Sapin;
Pré-d'en-Haut-N-D-Annonciation;
Rexton-Imm.-Conception; Richibouctou; Rogersville-St-Frs-Sales;
Rosaireville-N-D-Rosaire;
Sackville-St-Vincent-Ferrier; Scoudouc-St-Jacques; Shediac; Shemogue;
Wiserner)
(NS: Amherst-St-Charles)
"Dit"
names, alias, anglicized surname.
Alias tables http://Qc.CanadaGenweb.org/ressources.htm#aliases
Search
engine
Rootsweb search engine http://searches.rootsweb.com/
Other engine list http://Qc.CanadaGenweb.org/ressources.htm#search
Bibliographies,
anecdotes, stories.
Digital book Our Roots http://www.ourroots.ca/e/
Digital collection of Bibliothèque
Nationale du Québec
http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/numtextes/accueil.htm
Notre mémoire en ligne http://www.canadiana.ca/en/home
History (BluPete) http://blupete.com/History.htm
Biographies dictionary of Canada http://www.biographi.ca/index2.html
Acadians Biographies 1600-1700 http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1600-00/List.htm
Acadians Biographies 1700-1763 http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1700-63/List.htm
One hundred articles from
father Clarence D'Entremont
http://www.museeacadien.ca/english/archives/articles/index.htm
Le Maître Guillaume
(CEA) http://www2.umoncton.ca/cfdocs/cea/axe1/ed1.cfm
A travers les registres,
C. Tanguay http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/numtexte/192656.pdf
(long to download)
Un pélerinage
au pays d'Évangéline, H-R Casgrain
http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/numtxt/evangeline.htm
Les Sulpiciens et
les prêtres des missions-étrangères en Acadie(1676-1761),
H-R Casgrain
http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/numtxt/sulpiciens.htm
Une Seconde Acadie,
H-R Casgrain http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/numtexte/159151.pdf
(long to download)
Chez les Anciens
Acadiens, Causerie du Grand Père Antoine; A-T Bourque
http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/numtxt/308142.pdf
(long to download)
Voyage du Sieur
de Diéreville en Acadie, http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/numtexte/15990.pdf
(long to download)
La France aux colonies,
Edmé Rameau de Saint-Père
http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/numtxt/317157.pdf
(long to download)
Origines des Acadiens,
Pascal Poirier; http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/numtexte/98937.pdf
(long to download)
Guided
Tour
Return to Acadie
Acadian ancestral land
according to the surname of inhabitants
Guided tour from Port Royal and along the
Dauphin, Ste-Antoine, Aux Canards, Pisiguid, Ste-Croix rivers up to
the Halifax region.
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nsmhs/susan/Retour_en_Acadie_en.pdf
A Guided Tour of Greater Grand-Pré.
Acadian tour of Kings county.
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nsmhs/roger/guidedtourgrandpre.htm
Roger Hétu, Denis Sincennes, revised 2011
Grand-Pré, Bassin des Mines, Acadie.
Comments,
corrections, would be appreciated and might be used in subsequent editions.
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nsmhs/webmestre.htm
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