Search you ancestry in France via the tourist bureau of France.....FranceGuide at:
http://us.franceguide.com/home.html?NodeID=1649 Search by family name and get a list of possible relatives...as well as a pdf file sent to you by email.
One last note. The University of Maine Franco-American Center is not open during the summer months as we had thought/hoped in a previous post. Funding does not allow for extended no school times for the Center. But you can always endow!!!
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Finding family in Maine
Go to Quebec this summer through Maine and do some local research for your family roots. These resources are on the way and offer valuable help for genealogists.
Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society
Auburn, Maine http://www.avcnet.org/begin
University of Maine at Fort Kent
Fort Kent, Maine http://www.umfk.maine.edu/infoserv/archives
Franco American Center / Centre Franco-Américain, et Le FORUM University of Maine
Orono, ME http://www.francomaine.org/index.htm
Quebec Genealogical Research Tour
The New England Historic Genealogical Society www.NewEnglandAncestors.org
In celebration of the 400th Anniversary of the founding of Quebec NEHG is offering a research tour that will allow participants to take advantage of two premier Canadian genealogy repositories at the Societe Canadienne-Francaise (SGCF) and the Bibliotheque et Archives national du Quebec (BAnQ). The tour will incorporate field trips to 18th century sites and the assistance of NEHGS staff in discovering les traces des ancetres.
The program will run from June 15 to June 22. You will be responsible for your own travel but NEHG has arranged lodging and tour facilities. Tour costs include accomodations, three group meals, admission costs to official sites, and coach bus transport to the Village Quebecois d'Antan. Single registration is $1,550....commuter registration with $775.
Sounds like an interesting an fun time. You can also check in with the Anniversary celebrations in QC. Take a look at: http://monquebec2008.sympatico.msn.ca/MonQuebec2008/?module=home&id=1
In celebration of the 400th Anniversary of the founding of Quebec NEHG is offering a research tour that will allow participants to take advantage of two premier Canadian genealogy repositories at the Societe Canadienne-Francaise (SGCF) and the Bibliotheque et Archives national du Quebec (BAnQ). The tour will incorporate field trips to 18th century sites and the assistance of NEHGS staff in discovering les traces des ancetres.
The program will run from June 15 to June 22. You will be responsible for your own travel but NEHG has arranged lodging and tour facilities. Tour costs include accomodations, three group meals, admission costs to official sites, and coach bus transport to the Village Quebecois d'Antan. Single registration is $1,550....commuter registration with $775.
Sounds like an interesting an fun time. You can also check in with the Anniversary celebrations in QC. Take a look at: http://monquebec2008.sympatico.msn.ca/MonQuebec2008/?module=home&id=1
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Maine travel resources
The Travel resources at http://www.visitmaine.com/ In addition we will posting some itineraries for Ancestral travelers here with links to the Maine pages of interest.
Pages in French with a couple of very useful brochures are found on the Maine pages in French
at: http://www.visitmaine.com/brochure/french.php
If you want to use your French take a look at: http://www.office-tourisme-usa.com/tourisme-maine2.php?PHPSESSID=a3cf1c
It will be intresting during this year of the 400th Anniversary of the founding of Quebec City to follow the trails that migrants from Quebec took in their move to New England. We will have more on that in coming posts.
Pages in French with a couple of very useful brochures are found on the Maine pages in French
at: http://www.visitmaine.com/brochure/french.php
If you want to use your French take a look at: http://www.office-tourisme-usa.com/tourisme-maine2.php?PHPSESSID=a3cf1c
It will be intresting during this year of the 400th Anniversary of the founding of Quebec City to follow the trails that migrants from Quebec took in their move to New England. We will have more on that in coming posts.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Storytelling and Migration history
A wonderful discussion of the art of storytelling and the survival of Franco culture in New England can be found through Google Books at: http://books.google.com/books?id=cjFZLXskuiMC&printsec=titlepage&dq=%22franco+american+migration%22&source=gbs_toc_s&cad=1#PPP1,M1
If your family had a story about Franco ancestry it would be great if you would post it here.
If your family had a story about Franco ancestry it would be great if you would post it here.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Family moves and small industry in New England
Every time I sit down and do some investigation into Family a new and surprising finding pulls me even further into family movement and economics.
How people managed to meet over long distances when travel was so time consuming and difficult has become a new facination for me. Tracing the movement of Franco families throughout Maine and New England and learning of the support groups that naturally formed in those Franco communities has been an incredible journey.
It was interesting this week to find that the brother of my great grandmother was a manufacturer of agricultural tools, patented a grass saw and was part of the founding of three companies in Maine that developed cutting equipment.
I list a history of tool manufacturing source in the posting below. This museum has done a great job tracing the roots of tools, manufacturing companies and individuals involved. Check it out.
How people managed to meet over long distances when travel was so time consuming and difficult has become a new facination for me. Tracing the movement of Franco families throughout Maine and New England and learning of the support groups that naturally formed in those Franco communities has been an incredible journey.
It was interesting this week to find that the brother of my great grandmother was a manufacturer of agricultural tools, patented a grass saw and was part of the founding of three companies in Maine that developed cutting equipment.
I list a history of tool manufacturing source in the posting below. This museum has done a great job tracing the roots of tools, manufacturing companies and individuals involved. Check it out.
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