Tag Archives: New France

This week’s crème de la crème — April 27, 2019

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Merchant Marine Records on Family Search by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Family. Book Review: L’Emigration française by Anne Morddel on The French Genealogy Blog. Cook County Illinois Vital Records … Continue reading →

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Book chronicles pioneers of Poitou who settled in New France

Posted on November 28, 2018 by Gail Dever

In the 17th and 18th centuries, 251 men and women from 94 parishes in the department, Deux-Sèvres, in Western France, left Poitou for the New World where they would build a country, New France, which eventually became Canada. Most of … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — October 14, 2017

Posted on October 14, 2017 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.   Blogs Recognition for Brenda Dougall Merriman by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Newfoundland and Labrador Ancestors: The Maritime History Archive Part 2 by Candice Mcdonald on Finding Your Canadian … Continue reading →

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First lecture in series on Francophone migrations to the Americas available online

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Gail Dever

Earlier this month, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg presented the first public lecture in a series on the Francophone migrations to the Americas, from the 17th to 21st century. The series is being held at the Université de Saint-Boniface as … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — August 19, 2017

Posted on August 19, 2017 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Acadian Ancestors: Using the Nova Scotia Archives by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. The Alberta Homestead Process on Tree Time Archaeology. The Money of New France and Genealogie Quebec: A Valuable Resource … Continue reading →

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Discovery of marriage record rewrites history of first settlers in New France

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Gail Dever

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first European settlers in New France, Louis Hébert and his wife Marie Rollet, and following a recent discovery of a marriage register, part of their history must be rewritten. At a … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — February 11, 2017

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs The Other Directories: Society Blue Books by Jane E. MacNamara on Where the story takes me. Browsing the 1666 Quebec Census and Exploring the lives of First Nations’ Ancestors Through Investigations of … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — December 3, 2016

Posted on December 3, 2016 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Loyalist Records Online: An Overview and Using the Records Loyalists Left Behind: The Search for Henry Anguish by Paula Dumas on Isles Abroad. From the Archives: Finding Your Ancestor in the … Continue reading →

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Remains of Montreal’s first European settlement to be unveiled next year

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Gail Dever

After years of research, officials at Montreal’s archaeology and history museum, Pointe-à-Callière, say they are now able to pinpoint the precise location of the city’s first European settlement. Although archaeologists have been digging the Fort Ville-Marie site since 2002, a … Continue reading →

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Two-volume book tells story of French life in 18th-century Detroit

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Gail Dever

The French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan (FCHSM) has published its first book, the two-volume Le Détroit du Lac Érié. Written in English, the 688-page set presents a detailed account of the founding decade of Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit du Lac … Continue reading →

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