A six-year collaborative effort of members of the French Canadian/Acadian Genealogical Society, this book provides detailed explanations about the genealogical sources available to those seeking their French-Canadian ancestors.
Each of the thousands of entries in the dictionary contains two parts. The first of these is onomastic in nature, providing the etymology of the surname and any Americanized variants from which they stem.
Tracing Your Ancestry: French Acadian, French Canadian is a resource that will provide the family historian with the knowledge of how and where to begin; so, too, will they find themselves armed with ample websites to guide their search.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
In Search of Your Canadian Roots: Tracing Your Family Tree in Canada
The first major study of the migration of French Canadians to Michigan during the nineteenth century and their substantial impact on the state's development.
Emigrating from Quebec to New England in large numbers after the Civil War, French Canadians became by 1900 the largest non-English-speaking ethnic group in Massachusetts. This study reevaluates the political...
This is a history book. The book provides a detailed chronological history of early Canada through the lives of the French settlers.
In Along a River, award-winning historian Jan Noel shines a light on the lives of remarkable French-Canadian women — immigrant brides, nuns, tradeswomen, farmers, governors' wives, and even smugglers — during the period between the ...
Violence over the Land: Indians and Empires in the Early American West. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006. Boas, Franz, and James Teit. Coeur d'Alene, Flathead and Okanogan Indians. Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press, 1985; ...
standardized and conspicuously military uniforms. Some of the most valuable commodities offered by the Guides were the opportunities for female leadership and the chance to pursue non-traditional activities like carpentry.