Category Archives: Maine

French and Indian Wars in Maine — lecture and book

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Gail Dever

Michael Dekker will talk about his new book, French & Indian Wars in Maine, at the Maine Historical Society in Portland today, Tuesday, October 20, at noon. About the book For eight decades, an epic power struggle raged across a … Continue reading →

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Man walks in ancestor’s footsteps from Quebec to Maine

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Gail Dever

Have you walked in your ancestors footsteps? A man from Maine has taken that experience to whole new level. Ray Shevenell from Cape Elizabeth, Maine walked 188 miles in his ancestor’s footsteps from Compton, Quebec to Biddeford, Maine, south of … Continue reading →

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Acadians of the St. John Valley

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Gail Dever

The University of Maine at Fort Kent has posted on YouTube the presentation, Acadians of the St. John Valley, delivered by Lise Pelletier, director of the university’s Acadian Archives. The 13-minute presentation provides an overview of Acadian history in Canada … Continue reading →

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New book released about the Franco-Americans in Lewiston-Auburn, Maine

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Gail Dever

Released this week is a book about the Franco-Americans in Lewiston-Auburn, Maine. Appropriately named The Franco-Americans of Lewiston-Auburn, this book explores the history of the community. It is written by Mary Rice-DeFosse, a professor of French and Francophone studies at … Continue reading →

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Franco-American History Fair takes place this weekend

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Gail Dever

The Franco-American Collection at the University of Southern Maine will hold the state’s first Franco-American History Fair at its Lewiston-Auburn College campus in Lewiston on Saturday, June 21, from 9:00 a.m. to noon. The fair will feature exhibits from Maine historical societies, … Continue reading →

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French Canadian-American marriages, 1599-1984

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Gail Dever

In the National Genealogical Society blog, UpFront with NGS, I learned that the Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society in Auburn has compiled an impressive list of Ancestors of New England Families: Marriages from Canadian Parishes with American Descendants, 1599-1984. Almost all of … Continue reading →

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Celebrating 175 years of French Canadian ancestry in Maine

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Gail Dever

Portland Press Herald‘s Franco-American blogger Juliana L’Heureux writes this week about Maine’s Aroostook County that recently celebrated its 175 anniversary. Located in the northern part of the state near the New Brunswick border, the county’s first settlers were Acadian and Québécois. The most interesting … Continue reading →

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First US snowshoe club founded by a Québécois

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Gail Dever

It should be no surprise to those of us who have lived through a Quebec winter that a French Canadian from Quebec City would be the founder of the first snowshoe club in the United States. (I can hear Gilles Vigneault’s … Continue reading →

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World Acadian Congress talk set for Bangor, Maine library

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Gail Dever

The Penobscot County Genealogical Society in Bangor, Maine will host Dona Saucier who will speak about the upcoming Congrès mondial acadien 2014 – World Acadian Congress 2014 at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, March 8 at the Bangor Public Library. Ms. Saucier of … Continue reading →

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Franco-American pride in Maine

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Gail Dever

During a recent research trip to Portland, Maine, I stayed with a distant cousin who is only one generation from being French Canadian. Her mother was Acadian and her father was born in Quebec. She grew up listening to her parents speak … Continue reading →

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