FRENCH CANADA: WEB RESOURCES

compiled by Carol Roddy

GETTING STARTED

Canadian Genealogy and History Links from Jessica Veinot

Francogene
Denis Beauregard's megasite is probably the single best starting point. It includes an excellent tutorial on searcing in France.

Early Canadiana Online (ECO)
ECO is a full text online collection of more than 3,000 books and pamphlets.

Programme de recherche en demographie historique (PRDH)
It is the product of 30 years of research that has attempted to document all individuals of European origin who lived in the Saint Lawrence Valley.

 

PLACES

Geographical Names of Canada/Toponymie du Canada
An index of the Canadian Permanent Committee on Place Names from the National Resources of Canada, this site enables queries by current or historical name or coordinates.

Fichier Origine 
This project attempts to list by Department in France the place of origin of known immigrants from 1621 to 1865.

LANGUAGE

http://www.babelfish.altavista.com/

ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETIES

American-French Genealogical Society

American-Canadian Genealogical Society

The Acadian Cultural Society

State Societies
State organizations are particularly important in areas that were under French rule prior to 1760.
State organizations are particularly important in areas that were under French rule prior to 1760.
(Michigan Habitant Society)


French Canadian Genealogists of Wisconsin

HISTORY

Virtual Museum of New France

Acadian and French Canadian Home Page

ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES

The Canadian National Archives

Allen County Public Library

Burton Library at the Detroit Public Library
no longer free, they charge $10 a day for
non-residents

Family History Library Catalog
--includes microfilm of Catholic parishes in Canada.

ACADIA/NOVA SCOTIA

The Acadian Odyssey

Dictionairre genealogique des families acadiennes

NAMES

Name Variations, "Dit" names

Immigration Records (1925-1935)

Bellin Map --- Detroit 1749-1752

 

 

 

 


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