Reviewing records of the locality where your Acadian ancestors eventually settled remains the best way to collect any clues about them. Thus, as nearly all of my Acadian ancestors ended up in Saint-Jacques-de-l’Achigan, local church records proved very useful indeed. Continue reading
Category Archives: Genealogy
My 2019 French ChallengeAZ in 100 Words—or More | V for Vachon
Even if I’m doing genealogy since 1990, I started to search for my Acadian ancestors rather late. It might have been a blessing though since I took up research at about the same time author André-Carl Vachon published the very three books that were—and are still—so helpful for me. Continue reading
My 2019 French ChallengeAZ in 100 Words—or More | U for Unity
The Acadia World Congress or Le Congrès mondial acadien (CMA)—founded by André Boudreau in 1994—is a festival held every five years that brings Acadians of the diaspora together to celebrate their culture and history. Continue reading
My 2019 French ChallengeAZ in 100 Words—or More | T for Thériault
Honoré Thériault is the lucky guy who married Marie Fouquet in Saint-Servan in 1760. I wrote before that after having children in Pleudihen-sur-Rance, in Brittany, France, they left for Saint-Jacques-de-l’Achigan. Continue reading
My 2019 French ChallengeAZ in 100 Words—or More | S for Saint-Jacques-de-l’Achigan
Simply known today as Saint-Jacques, Saint-Jacques-de-l’Achigan was also called Saint-Jacques-de-la-Nouvelle-Acadie by the first settlers, Acadians who arrived in 1770 from Boston. The first parish register dates back to 1774. Continue reading
My 2019 French ChallengeAZ in 100 Words—or More | R for Richard
How about meeting my ancestors Jean-Baptiste Richard and Marie-Josephte Hébert? This couple was married on May 11, 1739, in Port-Royal. Continue reading
My 2019 French ChallengeAZ in 100 Words—or More | Q for Quebec
I love this Challenge for many reasons. Since while I am brainstorming for each letter of the alphabet, I dig a little deeper into my ancestors’ lives and I end up with lots of details that help me enrich my tree. Continue reading
My 2019 French ChallengeAZ in 100 Words—or More | P for Port-Royal
Today, it is all about contemplation. Continue reading
My 2019 French ChallengeAZ in 100 Words—or More | O for Order
The Deportation Order of the Acadians was read in English on September 5, 1755, by lieutenant colonel John Winslow inside the Saint-Charles-des-Mines Church in Grand-Pré (Nova Scotia).
“Gentlemen,
“I have received from His Excellency, Governor Lawrence, the King’s Commission which I have in my hand, and by whose orders you are conveyed together, to Manifest to you His Majesty’s final resolution to the French inhabitants of this his Province of Nova Scotia, who for almost half a century have had more Indulgence Granted them than any of his Subjects in any part of his Dominions. What use you have made of them you yourself Best Know. Continue reading
My 2019 French ChallengeAZ in 100 Words—or More | N for Naval Disaster
On December 13 of each year, Acadian Remembrance Day is commemorating the Acadians who died as a result of the deportations. The choice of the month of December for that special day is no coincidence. Continue reading