American-French Genealogical Society: Links

The American - Canadian Genealogical Society - - Manchester, NH
The Society was founded at Manchester, New Hampshire in September 1973. Purposes of ACGS foster the study of ancestral origins encourage research into the history of families foster high standards of ethics for genealogical research provide a common access by and for individuals of French-Canadian origin.

The Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society - - Burlington, Vermont
The Society was founded in 1996, and is dedicated to research in French-Canadian ancestry.

The French-Canadian Genealogical Society of Connecticut -- Founded in 1981 to help people with French Canadian backgrounds trace their ancestors and learn more about the lives they lived in Quebec and Acadia.

French Canadian-Acadian Genealogists of Wisconsin -- Founded in 1982, the FCGW fosters and encourages interest and research in French Canadian and Acadian genealogy, heritage and culture. An active membership produces the FCGW Quarterly full of useful information. Each issue features an exhaustive discussion of a particular research area, such as "Acadia before the Grand Derangement," "Migration to the U.S." and issues on hospitals, highways, and funeral practices of New France.

The French Connection -- Marriage listing of most Maine and many southern New Hampshire couples comprising over 700 different French-Canadian and French-Acadian family surnames.

French Canadian Interest Group, of the Southern California Genealogical Society - - The primary purpose of the French-Canadian Interest Group is to research our own French-Canadian ancestors as well as to help others research theirs.

French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan --This organization focuses on the French Canadians and their migration into Michigan.

Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society -- The Father Leo E. Begin Library of MFGS contains over 1700 volumes which include a collection of marriage repertoires from Canada, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont; We have 62 books on microfiche and computers containing Family Tree Maker- Census Index (1607-1880); Social Security Death Benefits (1937-1966); 625,000 Maine Marriages on CD (1892-1966).

French Canadian Heritage Society of California -- The primary purpose of the FCHSC is to foster an interest in our common French-Canadian heritage by researching our own French-Canadian ancestors as well as helping others research theirs and by supporting and making available to the public one of the largest collections of French-Canadian genealogical material in the country.

Rhode Island USGenWeb Genealogy and History Project - - Genealogy and History related links concerning Rhode Island.

AltaVista: Translations - - Providing real time translations of text and web pages.

Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid - - Also Latin Wordlist and Grammar Aid from the Notre Dame Archives : Latin Aid website. Great site for help with Latin translations.

Behind the Name -- the Etymology and History of First Names

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet -- Over 41,850 links, categorized & cross-referenced, in over 100 categories.

Genealogy Resources on the Internet -- Contains lists of resources pertinent to genealogy. Another valuable source of information maintained by Chris Gaunt and John Fuller.

Helm's Genealogy Toolbox -- Matthew Helm's Toolbox is one of the most useful homepages on the Web for genealogists. Some of the features it offers are Family Data and Histories List and the Surname Index of Genealogy Sites. Links to other sites containing genealogical databases, as well as references to surnames in family histories and pedigree charts on the Web are included.

IMMIGRANT SHIP TRANSCRIBERS GUILD -- We are a group of volunteers dedicated to making the search for our ancestors easier. We grew out of a need to find ships passenger
lists right here, on-line.

Marlene Simmons - Quebec Researcher -- Marlene Simmons is a Townships-based researcher specializing in Quebec genealogy, especially the genealogy of the Eastern Townships, and/or northern New England genealogy.

Massachusetts Genealogical Research Services -- Finding people and the records they left behind is our only business. We specialize in locating Massachusetts birth, marriage and death records - both contemporary and historical in nature. In addition, mass-doc.com provides complete genealogical research services including the development of pedigree charts and family group sheets. Both include source documentation and professional analysis.

Acadian Genealogy Homepage -- The FIRST (1991) the Acadian-Cajun resource site on the internet, providing visitors information of available "specific family" genealogy CD-ROMs, a graphic image of your own Family Crest and tons of Acadian-Cajun historical text information.

Librairie de la Voûte -- Librairie spécialisée en généalogie, héraldique, régionalisme

Le Petit Canada Project -- Dedicated to an early French-Canadian settlement located 2 1/2 miles NorthWest of Bourbonnais Grove, Kankakee County Illinois between 1832 and 1865.

Léveillée-Bélanger Ancestry -- The Léveillée-Bélanger ancestry site contains thousands of French Canadian surnames and several Algonquin ancestors. The documentation is in html format for easy reading and printing. Sources for the vital events are listed for most of the ancestors.

Davies Genealogy Research -- Beth Davies is a professional genealogist specializing in Quebec research. Her "Quebec Research" page gives an overview of Quebec resources available at the Family History Library.

The Seeker, Reuniting The World! -- Free site to help find missing friends, relatives, heritage answers, military buddies, etc., it
even has a live call in radio show! Site has a searchable registry, links to thousands of sites, tips on finding people, and a
newsletter giving updated news.

River City Image Works -- River City Image Works provides very high quality photo restoration services at reasonable prices.

The Valleys of the Upper St. John, Allagash, and Fish Rivers, Northern Aroostook Co., Maine -- History and genealogy for the communities in the valleys of the upper St. John River, the Allagash River, and the Fish River, in northern Aroostook County, Maine, USA

The Heraldry Site/premier site francophone de l'héraldique -- A complete site about french Heraldry, in English and in French; free access to an extensive heraldic database of french and european coats of arms.

The Tree Maker / Elegant Family Tree Charts -- Display over 500 family names in elegant calligraphy on this
beautiful 8-generation fan shaped wall chart with your coat of arms and surname history.

Genealogy and History in France -- Researches in all France, including French archives of old-French colonies.
Several options : origin of a surname - agnatic or full family tree - historical research - biographies. Member of the Chambre syndicale des Genealogistes et Historiens.

Charron & LaFerriere Family History - Charron and LaFerriere genealogy and family history.

France to Canada to Acadia & Beyond - Deals primarily with Family Genealogies: Boucher, Lavoie, Henry & Lejeune in Quebec & New Brunswick. Everyone with an interest in these families is welcome to join.

Societe Historique et Genealogique de Smoky River - This new homepage, based out of Alberta, Canada, concentrates on French-Canadian and First Nations genealogy. It comes in both English and French flavors.

AllAreFamily.com - Free Search including surnames Like Davis Penrod Mead Schunatz Dean Wagner West Kocher Underwood Pollard Bauer Zsunacz And Many More Names

I Dream of Genealogy - The only free online resource for Social Security Applications (SS-5) with images, along with lost and found family heirlooms, free online genealogy databases, and help with your family tree.

Les Doucet du Monde - The web site emphasizes pride in our French and Acadian heritage. Two lineages of the Doucet/Doucette are emphasized, with much history.

A LaBrier Family Genealogy - The journey of one family from Europe to North America

Mi'kmaq Ancestry of Jerry Gerrior - Acadian, Mi'kmaq History and Ancestry

Acadian Festival - Maine's largest cultural festival. An annual celebration of Acadian life, custom, culture and history.

Madawaska Public Library - Useful link for genealogy resources on the first Acadians of Maine and Western New Brunswick.

Madawaska Historical Society - Home of the first Acadians of Maine and Western New Brunswick.

Search Systems -- Largest Free Public Records Database Collection

A Thousand Genealogy Links -- Over 1,000 genealogy links to online surname searchable
databases for England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, USA, Canada, Australia & New Zealand.

Acadian Cultural Society -- Homepage for Acadian Cultural Society Page de la Maison, maintained by AFGS-member Ron Frazier.

Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home -- This site contains census records, marriage records, deportation lists, lists of the Acadian exiles, ships' lists, information about the king's daughters, Carignan regiment, Charlemagne; places where our first ancestors settled.

Boston Family History -- A guide to historical and genealogical resources in the Boston area. Contains historical timelines of neighborhoods and ethnic groups as well as tourist information.

DanaRae's Little corner -- Maine Cemetery Listings, family photo's. and more

Everton Publishers HomePage -- From Everton Publishers, the same folks who produce the Genealogical Helper magazine.

French Canadians in the 1842 Oregon Census -- List of French Canadians in Oregon census of 1842, often ignored or left out of contemporary listings. With short biographies and links to other researchers and sites about these people.

Global Genealogy Supply -- A single source where you can purchase a wide variety of genealogy & history books, maps, archival supplies, charts & forms and genealogy software & CDs.

Celtic Circle Genealogy - (In French) French genealogist based in France, working on genealogical research and research of person for inheritance or for family. I work with french census and other french archives and also have an access on american census to locate family.

The Homepage of Bob Turcott -- Family tree for Turcotte/Turcott, Pelletier, Soucy, Dube, Berube, Lajoie, Lagace/Lagasse, Robitaille and many others. The mission of the link is to further myfamily research and assist other Family Genealogist in their quest to trace ancestors.

PRDH Programme de recherche en démographie historique -- Comprehensive Quebec French-Canadian genealogy up to 1800: vital events, family histories, genealogies. Site is in French and English

Rand Genealogy Club -- A genealogy homepage maintained by a group of Rand employees

Ray Lamoureux and Bev Port Genealogical Web Site -- Web Site contains over 4,500 individuals and over 1,700
families, to include LAMOUREUX, PORT/PART/PARRE, LANDRY, GRANGER, PELKEY, HERBERG,
BRYANT, TEABOUT, and FAILLE."

The Boston States Migration Page -- Resources to track families migrating between the Canadian Eastern Provinces, New England and New York through the centuries, including directions for subscribing to a Boston States mailing list.

Drouin Association of North America -- A first for the Drouin of North America. An attempt to link as many of Drouin as possible, as well as to provide information on the family and events that are of interest. Formed in May 2004

GeneaSearch.com - Your Internet Genealogy Guide -- Users can add links, listings of their societies, publications available from a society or individual, newsletters. They can obtain links, lookups, tips, find books, get free email, and much more.

The Côté's of North America -- A starting point in the research of Côté's. Author spent 20 years in genealogy and has publications in Côté marriages and other French Canadian Marriages.

Bobs page of Genealogy -- Turcotte, Turcott, Lagace, Pelletier Genealogy, this website is an addition to the hompage of Bob Turcott

Histories, Families and the COHEN and CASSIRER descendants -- History (1523-2004) of relatives of the CASSIRER and COHEN families with original documents, photos and family-tree. Includes family tree and references to famous philosopher.

The Genealogy Register -- Listing of Best Genealogy sites

The Dubreuil Family Tree -- Genealogical site tracing the descendants of Jean-Baptiste Dubreuil and Marie-Josephte Lapointe of Bout de l'le Quebec. This site also contains pages pertaining to early French-Canadian history.

Les Labelle / The Labelle -- Labelle families genealogy (bilingual), contains more than 5400 Labelle from Canada and USA.

The Descendants of Jean Nicolas Durand and Pierre Genereux -- The website contains the family of Jean Nicolas Durand married to Marguerite Catherine Huot dit St-Laurent and also the family of Pierre Genereux married to Francoise Dessureaux.

Jérôme Malhache -- A professional genealogist, family history researcher, working on Paris and Ile de France area

Quebec History -- Extensive information on various aspects of Quebec history. In particular, it has an important section on Franco-American history featuring texts on the immigration of French Canadians to the USA, and participation to the Civil War.

Ben R. Londeree Home Page -- The website contains the descendents of Guillaume Landry and Gabrielle Barr who were married in 1689 in Quebec City, PQ, Canada. The database currently (2/1/02) contains over 48,000 individuals.

Vanasse Migration -- This site attempts to link Vanasse families in the United States with their families of origin in Quebec .

CousinConnect.com -- A free public database of genealogy queries supporting all surnames and all geographic regions. Add, edit, or delete your queries at any time.

Name Meanings -- Etymology - First Name Meanings. Find out the origin and meaning of your name.

BURRILLVILLE HISTORICAL & PRESERVATION SOCIETY

'Genetic genealogy' - - database linking surnames to their Y-chromosomes. Search to find your DNA Heritage.

DNA Related resources - Valuable information and resources about DNA testing and how it relates to genealogy.

Colonial Ancestors -- Genealogy records and information about ancestors in the 13 original colonies.

Laurence Abensur-Hazan, généalogiste -- Professional Genealogist in Paris - specialized in Jewish Genealogy

Photos -- Photos+genealogical info re: French-Canadian ancestors. Main surnames include: ALARIE/ALARY BÉRUBÉ BOURGEOIS BRAULT DUCHARME CIMON LEMAY ROY ST-GELAIS THÉRIAULT THIVIERGE TREMBLAY TURMEL VIAU

CD ROM Census Records -- Images of the pages of the United States Census Records from 1790 through 1920 are now available on Cd Rom.

Long Lost Family Bulletin Board -- Search for lost relatives and missing friends and check to see if someone is looking for you. Then take a look at some additional people finding resources.

Genealogy Today -- Genealogy help for newbies, family researchers, genealogists and professionals.

French Coat of Arms / Family Crests -- The 50 Most Common French Coat of Arms from the Coat of Arms Store. Is Your Name Here ?

World War II Army Rangers - Official Website of their proud Sons&Daughters: www.RangerFamily.org United to Honor, Educate, and Inform.

DearMYRTLE's -- a daily genealogy columnist, whose articles appear in the Genealogy Forum (America Online Keyword: roots and Myrtle) as well as on her Web site. DearMYRTLE's Daily Genealogy Column is a Down-to-earth, practical advice for family historians -- available by free e-mail subscription. Previous articles are indexed and fully searchable on Myrt's web site.

On August 15, 1999 DearMYRTLE awarded the BEST of the week INTERNET FOR GENEALOGISTS award to the American-French Genealogical Society . The web version of the award is located at: American-French Genealogical Society Award

Little Rhodys List of Rhode Island information", provides a list of information and websites links concerning Rhode Island. Little Rhody's list also has Rhode Island map link.

City of Woonsocket, RI -- Homepage for the City of Woonsocket, RI, the hometown of the AFGS.

Rhode Island Secretary of State's Information Kiosk "State Links" - -State Links created as an information forum to link organizations and businesses in the State of Rhode Island on the web.

Maps

French Canadian Ancestry Groups in the United States according to the 1990 Census- Map Located at Minnesota Department of Administration

Listing of Ancestry Groups in the United States according to the 1990 Census- Map Located at Minnesota Department of Administration Minnesota Department of Administration

Maps of the Past, Inc - We are a leader in quality reprints of images from the 16th century onwards. Our maps are clearly designed for the avid genealogist and map enthusiast, home decor, metal detector devotee's and others of every interest.

Map of Canada from Lonely Planet - maps located at LonelyPlanet.com

Map of France from Lonely Planet - maps located at LonelyPlanet.com

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