Acadian
Genealogy/History Links (including some French-Canadian
Links)
- 1755: The History and the Stories
Created by the Acadian Center at the University of Moncton. There are flash and text versions available.
- Acadia University
The official site for this Wolfville, Nova Scotia college.
- Acadia
and the Acadians
Compilation of 3 newspaper articles by Robert Chenard.
- Acadian Archives
- UMFK
Brief overview of the Acadian history and holdings at
the University of Maine, Fort Kent.
- Acadian Culture in Maine
Web edition of the 1994 National Park Service publication on the history and cultural heritage of Maine's Upper Saint John Valley.
- Acadian and French-Canadian Ancestral Home by Lucie Consentino
The other giant Acadian-Cajun site, but more emphasis on Canadian Acadian than Cajun. A nice resource not found elsewhere are headstone photos from a number of Maritime cemeteries.
- Acadian
and French-Canadian Genealogy by Linda Jones {archived version}
Contains genealogy on 6 Acadian and 8 French-Canadian
surnames. There is also a bit of history. But it's been static for 10 years.
- Acadian and French Canadian
Genealogy by John Dulong
This site has more French-Canadian material, but there
is Acadian information. Check out the section on genetics.
- Acadian
Articles by Father Clarence d'Entremont
These articles are located at Michele's Acadian GenWeb
site. There are 100 articles written by Father d'Entremont that have
been posted.
- The
Acadian Genealogy Homepage by Yvon Cyr
This site specializes in detailed
information on his Acadian CD-Rom, but it also has information on Acadians, Canadians, and Cajuns.
- Acadian
GenWeb
This used to be links arranged primarily by Canadian province, but it has been taken over by Lucie Consentino and now primarily links to pages at her Acadian Home site.
- Acadian Heartland: Records of the Deportation and Le Grand Dérangement, 1714-1768 by the Nova Scotia Archives
- Public Documents of the Province of Nova Scotia (T.B. Akins, 1869)
» Papers relating to the Acadian French, 1714-1755
» Papers relating to the forcible removal of the Acadian French from Nova Scotia, 1755-1768
- Papers relating to the Acadian French (Andrew Brown Collection)
- Journal of Col. John Winslow at Beausejour, Summer 1755
- Journal of Col. John Winslow at Beausejour, Autumn 1755
- The Records of British Govt. at Annapolis Royal, 1713-1749
- Acadian Historic Atlas
- Acadian Museum at the University of Moncton
- The Acadian Odyssey
Short version (about 20 pages) of Acadian history. It's no longer active, but the link takes you to the archived version.
- An Acadian Parish Remembered: The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755 by the Nova Scotia Archives
- Acadian Roots
- The
Acadians of Belle Ile en Mer {archived version}
This site includes information on the Acadians that attempted
the Belle Ile en Mer settlement off the coast of France..
- Acadians
at Pleudihen-sur-Rance, France (French) [Google English translation]
Of the 37 communities that took in Acadians around St. Malo in 1759, Pleudihen was one of them.
- Acadie
des comtés Queens et Kings de l'Île du Prince Edouard (French) {archived version} [I translated most of the site HERE]
Information and images about the Acadians on Ile St.
Jean / PEI.
- Acadiemania (French) [Google English translation]
- Archaeological Projects
- Melanson Settlement National Historic Site
- Minas Basin Archaeological Project
Northeast Archaeological Research
- Girouard Village Site
- Grand-Pré National Historic Site
- Thirty Lost Villages: The Minas Environs Project
- Mission Sainte-Anne - Archeological project on an early mission church. It was located just south of Village Hebert, an Acadian settlement to the north of the Stewiacke-Shubenacadie junction.
- Thirty Lost Villages: The Minas Environs Project
- News Articles
- Archives acadiennes de l'Ile-de-Prince-Edouard (French) {archived version} [Google English translation]
- Argyle Township
Court House & Archives, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Basic information on the holdings of the archives in
Argyle.
- Argyle Acadians
- Belle-Isle-en-Mer (French)
Good page on the island, which includes information on
the Acadians who moved there ... including lists of Acadians on the island
in 1765 and Belle-Isle Acadians who left for Louisiana in 1785.
- Blupete
Peter Landry's site is one of the best sources of Acadian
history online. He also has a comprehensive section on the Landry
family.
- Books (see separate Online Book Links page)
- Canadian-American Center (University of Maine)
- The Story of the Acadian People
- Explanatory Maps of Saint Croix and Acadia
- Cap Acadie (French) [Google English translation]
General website (articles, discussion, etc.) on current
Acadian matters.
- 'Contact-Acadien'
Bulletin (French) [Google English translation]
Online issues of the Centre d'Etude Acadienne journals
- CyberAcadie by Daniel Robichaud (French) [Google English translation]
This is a very informative page
on the Acadian culture through the years. If you can read French (or are
willing to struggle through with a dictionary or translator) pay it a visit.
- Encyclopedie
de Saint-Pierre et Michelon (French)
Though the pages with Acadian material have disappeared, you can find them in archived pages of the website HERE.
- Les
Acadiens et Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
- De
cette famille de MENOU, gouverneurs d'Acadie et.. de Nantes
- Aperçus
de cette histoire d'Acadie et de Saint Pierre et Miquelon et leurs relations
avec la Baie de Bourgneuf
- Le
dernier curé de Grand-Pré, en Acadie, Jean-Baptiste Chanvreulx
- Un acadien condamné et mort aux galères
- Fortress
of Louisbourg {archived version}
A variety of info on the 18th century fort by the Louisbourg Institute at Cape Breton University.
- The Acadians of Cape Breton {archived version}
- Fortress of Louisburg
- Fortress of Louisburg Digital Collection
- France
GenWeb (French)
Main page for the France equivalent of USGenWeb
- The
French Connection {archived version}
Information on French-Canadians (including Acadians)
out of the Waterville, Maine area
- French-Canadian
Connection by Norm Brunette
- FrancoGene by Denis Beauregard
Denis works with French genealogy in general, with a focus on French Canada.
- Galleries of Acadia
Has photos of the Port Royal NHS and modern maps of Acadia through the years
- Genealogie
Acadienne by Stephen A. White (French) [Google English translation]
Includes a link to an article he wrote with information
on about three dozen Acadian families.
- Genealogy of French in North America
A database of French genealogy; part of Denis Beauregard's FrancoGene site
- Histoire
du Canada et de l'Acadie (French) {archived version} [Google English translation]
An excellent site on Acadian history.
It is no longer active, but the link points to the archived version.
- Historical and Genealogical Record of Colchester County
Produced by The Chignecto Project, the original work by Thomas Millar dates to 1873.
- History of the Madawaska Acadians
- Histoire
du Quebec et de l'Acadie (French) [Google English translation]
A collection of timelines on the
history of the area.
- Il était une fois l'Acadie by Robert Duguay {archived version}
http://web.archive.org/web/20030211041157/personal.nbnet.nb.ca/yoyo/
An excellent site on Acadian
history, with the best graphical presentation of Acadian history. It is no longer active, but the link points to the archived version.
- The
Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: 1610 to 1791 {archived version}
http://web.archive.org/web/20080211180129/http://puffin.creighton.edu/jesuit/relations/
The story related by the Jesuit
priests has insights into Acadia, Quebec, and the surrounding area in the
17th & 18th centuries; but most of the Acadian information is from
the beginning of the 1600s.
- The
Island Register by Dave Hunter
Genealogy on Prince Edward Island.
This site includes the 1752 Sieur de la Roque Census for Ile St. Jean.
- Isle
Madame History {archived version}
- L'Acadie de Ile (The Island Acadians - PEI)
- L'Acadie Toujours!
Site by William Cork that emphasizes New England Acadians; he is advocating a design for a New England Acadian flag.
- Le Grand Derangement: The Acadian Exile in Massachusetts 1755-1766
Small but well-done flash site on the Acadians exiled to Massachusetts.
- La
Maison de l'Acadie (French) [Google English translation]
Website with text and images on
the Acadian museum at La Chaussee, France.
- Le Poitou, Terre Acadienne (French) [Google English translation]
- Les
Acadiens {archived version}
Portage Technologies produced a CD-Rom on
the Acadians. Their site has disappeared, but you can find information on that CD archived at the link.
- Les Acadiens de Boulogne-sur-Mer (French) [Google English translation]
Information on the Acadians who arrived at Boulogne in
1758; also the list of those who moved to St. Servan.
- Les origines
Françaises des premières familles Acadiennes (French) [Google English translation]
Information on the possible origin of the Acadians; done
by the son of Maurice Caillebeau (one of the authors of the book by that
name).
- Madawaska GenWeb
- Maine Acadian Culture
Information from the National Park Service on the Acadians
in Maine.
- Marshland: Records of Life on the Tantramar
- New Brunswick Genweb
Several areas of New Brunswick have a strong Acadian
background.
- New
France {archived version}
- New England Maps (Library of Congress)
- New France Maps (Library of Congress)
- Newfoundland
Genweb: Bay St. George District
Acadians from Cape Breton and the Magdalene Islands settled
the Bay St. George area of western Newfoundland.
- Nova
Scotia Genealogy Resource Page
- Nova
Scotia GenWeb Project
- The Origins
of the Acadian Michel Forest
From John DuLong's website, and in-depth look at Acadian
progenitor Michel Forest.
- Patrimoine Acadienne (French only) [Google English translation]
This is a type of blog website on Acadian material.
- Pentagoet:
An Old Town with a History
From an 1882 issue of Century Magazine.
- Poitou,
Acadie, Bretagne by Francoix Roux (French) [Google English translation]
Francois' site has expanded recently to include a number
of documents andinformation on the Poitou settlement of the 1770s. The latest addition is the ship lists of passengers arriving at St. Malo in 1758-59 from Ile St. Jean and the Louisburg area.
- Port Toulouse, Isle Royale {archived version}
- Prince
Edward Island GenWeb Project
Though short on Acadian material, this site has a number
of PEI links.
- Records of Chignecto
This work, by William Milner, appeared in vol. XV of the Nova Scotia Historical Society's publication. It is available online in its entirety courtesy of The Chignecto Project.
- A Set of Plans and Forts in America
30 forts by Mary Ann Rocque, 1765
- Ste. Croix Island: 400 Years of History
- Wiskipkpaqtism Off-Reserve
Mi'kmaq Bands
This site gives information on the Mi'kmaq culture.
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