As French-Canadian genealogists, we have our go-to websites: the PRDH, Québec Records from the Drouin Institute, FamilySearch, and Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, or BAnQ. However, to locate some hidden gems found nowhere else, we need to dig locally. Municipal archives, local historical societies, genealogical societies, and nearby university...
Today we spotlight another wonderful French-Canadian genealogy society and library, the French-Canadian Genealogical Society of Connecticut, located on the historic green in Tolland, CT. Since 1981, this society has offered members and visitors access to a wonderful collection of historical and genealogical materials from Quebec, New England, and places...
We introduced a brave group of women known as the Filles du Roi in episodes 7 and 44. They journeyed from France to the New World in an organized governmental program. But for the three previous decades, other (arguably braver) women also made the journey. Known today as the...
