Maple Stars and Stripes

Your French-Canadian Genealogy Podcast

MSS-006-Tanguay and Its Supplement

If you have spent any time at all in the French-Canadian genealogy section of a library, you have seen the seven-volume set of books known simply by the author’s surname, the Tanguay. These books contain the baptisms, marriages, burials, and constructed families from 1608-1700. At least, the ones that Cyprien Tanguay...

Dec172013

MSS-002-The Dreaded Dit Name

If you’ve come across dit/dite names in your French-Canadian research and wondered what it all meant, then episode 2 of Maple Stars and Stripes is for you! Along with learning how to pronounce it, we’ll also cover its origins and uses. Then you’ll find many print and online resources...