Tag Archives: filles du roi

This week’s crème de la crème — June 22, 2024

Posted on June 22, 2024 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsLAC Improves Access to Certain Census Schedules and Rippling Effects of the Great Famine by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Unmarked graves at Glasgow Necropolis indexed and Saturday and Sunday at … Continue reading →

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Geneanet needs volunteers to help build Filles du roi family tree

Posted on July 27, 2023 by Gail Dever

An estimated 20 million Canadians and Americans are descended from one of more of the Filles du roi who were sent to New France in the mid-1600s. From 1663 to 1673, 770 Frenchwomen settled in Canada. Their marriages led to … Continue reading →

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‘Les Filles du Roi’ musical opens in Vancouver

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Gail Dever

The trilingual musical, Les Filles du Roi, about the arrival of les filles in New France, opens tonight in Vancouver, after two evenings of previews. The title refers to the term given to young French women (King’s Daughters) who were … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — May 12, 2018

Posted on May 12, 2018 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Halifax, Nova Scotia City Directories Online by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. The King’s Daughters and the PRDH database on Généalogie Québec. One Click or Less: Redesigning the National … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — October 28, 2017

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Halloween in Peel: A Look at Some Selected Records by Kyle Neill on Archives @ PAMA. Circle Of Life: Ontario Vital Records by Cindi Foreman on My Moynahan Genealogy. Eastern Canada … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — July 29, 2017

Posted on July 29, 2017 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs University of Saskatchewan – Genealogies by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. Research Your Ancestors in the Canada Gazette by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Most French Canadians … Continue reading →

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Society journals about filles du roi, Eastern Townships, and Guindon family available online

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Gail Dever

The last two editions of Sent by the King, the journal of La Société des filles du roi et soldats du Carignan, are available to read online via the blog, TreeSearcher, by Laverne. The society is in Virginia. Articles in … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 7, 2017

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this first week of the new year. Blogs Digitized Canadian Trench Newspapers: Part 1 of 3 by Steve Clifford on Doing Our Bit. Using the GRO Index Search – Another Example by Wayne Shepheard … Continue reading →

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Details about Hillary Clinton’s French Canadian family tree

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Gail Dever

If you’re looking for a political story here, you’ll have to go elsewhere. I’m sticking to genealogy. It’s less stressful. After I posted yesterday’s article about Hillary Clinton’s connection to the filles du roi in New France, Diane Wolford Sheppard … Continue reading →

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Hillary Clinton’s Quebec ancestry dates back to New France

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Gail Dever

With Canadian and American media’s almost constant focus on tomorrow’s US election, I guess it should come as no surprise the Canadian Press has published about Hillary Clinton’s family ties to Canada that stretch back to New France. Secretary Clinton’s … Continue reading →

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