Category Archives: Acadian

Stephen White, leading scholar on Acadian genealogy, has died

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Gail Dever

Acclaimed Acadian genealogist and author of the Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes (Genealogy Dictionary of Acadian Families) Stephen Adrian White passed away on August 13. An article in The Acadiana Advocate newspaper in Lafayette, Louisiana described him as the “world’s foremost … Continue reading →

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Acadian genealogist Stephen White appointed to Order of Canada

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Gail Dever

Governor General Mary Simon announced yesterday that Stephen Adrian White, the author of the Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes, is one of 83 new appointments to the Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian honour, for his contribution to Acadian genealogy. … Continue reading →

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Book about Acadian soldiers during WWI receives Clio Book Prize

Posted on June 19, 2025 by Gail Dever

The book, Lost in the Crowd: Acadian Soldiers of Canada’s First World War, by Gregory M.W. Kennedy, was recently named a winner of the 2025 Canadian Historical Association Clio Book Prize (Atlantic).  Lost in the Crowd explores the experiences of Acadian … Continue reading →

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Updated edition of Acadian family history at BAnQ — January 2020

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Gail Dever

The Grande Bibliothèque in Montreal catalogued this month one updated Acadian family history for its genealogy collection. The Grande Bibliothèque (translated literally as Big or Grand Library) is the flagship library facility of the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ). All books … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — October 19, 2019

Posted on October 19, 2019 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs The best online library of sources for Irish history I’ve ever seen and The Financial Health of Canadian Genealogical Societies 2018 by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Canadians and … Continue reading →

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Over $4.5 million for research on Francophone migrations

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Gail Dever

For the next seven years, researchers will study the migration paths of French Canadians throughout North America, between 1640 and 1940, and how they impacted the collective and individual experiences. The large-scale project is set to begin in September and … Continue reading →

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Historica Canada’s new Heritage Minute focuses on the Acadian Deportation

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Gail Dever

To mark yesterday’s National Acadian Day, Historica Canada released a new Heritage Minute that tells the story of the Acadian Deportation. In 1755, more than 150 years after arriving in Nova Scotia, Acadians were told the British Crown was confiscating … Continue reading →

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New History of Acadians website celebrates untold stories of Acadian students at Mount Allison

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Gail Dever

A new virtual exhibit on the history of Acadians at Mount Allison University and in Sackville, New Brunswick is now available to researchers and the public. The project was completed by Renée Belliveau, a Mount Allison graduate, who has been … Continue reading →

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Teaching Lost Stories — Acadians and leprosy

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Gail Dever

In 1844, people who had leprosy in New Brunswick were sent to Sheldrake Island to keep them isolated from the rest of the population. Most of those infected were Acadian. This little-known story, called Leprosy on Sheldrake Island, is one … Continue reading →

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American discovers he’s an Arsenault from PEI — and writes 4,000-page family history

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Gail Dever

An American, who didn’t know he was an Arsenault until his late 30s, produced a 4,000-page, five-volume history of his family that has Acadian roots in Prince Edward Island, and he received a heritage award for his genealogical work. Scott Arsenault … Continue reading →

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