Tag Archives: French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan

French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan launches new website

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Gail Dever

The French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan (FCHSM) last week launched a redesign of its website that is filled with the same great resources, but now it is much easier to browse. The website contains maps, illustrations, links to other websites, and selected … Continue reading →

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Michigan French Canadian Heritage Week events include presentation about Detroit land and census records

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Gail Dever

The French-Canadian Heritage of Society of Michigan will celebrate their state’s third annual French Canadian Heritage Week with a presentation on Friday, October 2 by Gail Moreau-DesHarnais, Suzanne Boivin Sommerville, and Diane Wolford Sheppard. The three society members will speak … Continue reading →

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FCHSM’s detailed timelines about 17th-century New France include names

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Gail Dever

The French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan recently uploaded to its website three detailed timelines that focus on French Canadian missionary work, exploration, and fur trading activities in the Great Lakes, Mississippi Valley, and Texas, from May 1681 to November 1701. … Continue reading →

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Unexpected pregnancy led to loss of property and banishment in Acadia

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Gail Dever

The French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan’s board selected The Morin Family of Beaubassin – Banished from Acadia by Michael Burke, as the best article published in 2014 in Michigan’s Habitant Heritage, and it is now available for all to read … Continue reading →

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17th-century New France fur trade contracts

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Gail Dever

The French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan (FCHSM) has added to its website the three-part series, 17th Century Engagé Contracts to the Great Lakes and Beyond, by Diane Wolford Shepard. The series, posted on the society’s Fur Trade web page, covers … Continue reading →

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French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan adds 18th-century Detroit River Region burial records to its website

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Gail Dever

This week, the French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan (FCHSM) added to its website a series of articles by Gail Moreau-DesHarnais in which she translated and transcribed all burial records, including Native Americans and slaves, for parishes in the Detroit River … Continue reading →

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Genealogy research tools offered online by French Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Gail Dever

It is worth taking a look at the French Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan’s website where they have posted presentation handouts, articles, and research guides that will help genealogists with their research. Handouts from last Saturday’s presentation about researching Carignan … Continue reading →

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