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Acadian Reliable Sources

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Reliable Sources Overview

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Most of the sources for this region and era are only in French. Beware of Googletranslate, which can make hash out of the language used at the time.

Reliable Sources - original records (some transcribed or translated)

  • Parish Records for the Acadian time period (Beaubassin, Port Royal, St. Charles aux Mines, Isle Royale, Isle Saint-Jean, St. Pierre & Miquelon
  • Letters, Declarations and documents
  • Prisoner lists, Deportation lists, Ship lists, Censuses of deportees: Links to sources and citations can be found at Acadian Censuses and Lists
  • Parish Records post 1763
  • Wall of Names and Louisiana Sources

Secondary Reliable Sources (with conditions) - well researched articles, books, websites using sources

  • Stephen White publications
  • Other broad based compendiums, Dictionnaires, Genealogies and Reliable Family Trees (Mothers of Acadia, PRDH, Tanguay, Jetté, Arsenault, Karen Theriot Reader, Marcel W. Landry)
  • Family specific research (Pitre, Melançon, Arsenault, etc)
  • Quebec and France Resources

Reliable Sources List

Parish records: baptisms, marriages, burials, and other acts such as confirmations, recantations...

  • Beaubassin
    • Acadian Church Records, 1679-1758 includes Beaubassin and Riviere aux Mines Parish Records, 1679-1686, Pedkodiac and Chypoudy and a few later entries starting in 1753 from Ste. Famille de Pabok off the Baie des Chaleurs, and Gaspesie from Eshedoik to Kamounaska typed, translated, print only. Lookups available through Shae Simpson
      • citation: <ref>Winston De Ville, ''Acadian Church Records 1679-1757'' (Baton Rouge, LA: Provincial Press, 2010) print only, p. XX; EVENT for PERSON; EVENT DATE</ref> Remember to add the page number, the event type and optionally the persons name, plus the event date)
    • Acadian Church Records, 1679-1758 includes Beaubassin, Rivière-des-Mines, Rivière Saint-Jean 1679-1686, Index for original records Images 274-276, Original records Images 263-272, Marriages in Beaubassin 1679-1682 Images 272-273, Transcriptions by Charles Panet (no index) Images 277-298 Petitcoudiac and Chipoudy 1753-1757, Index for original records Images 337-339, Original records Images 317-334, Transcriptions by l’abbé Le Guerne (no index) Images 340-372
      • citation: <ref>Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch, Localités multiples > Multiple locations > (Includes Register of baptisms, marriages and burials in Beaubassin, Rivière Saint-Jean and Rivière-des-Mines 1679-1686, Petitcoudiac and Chipoudy 1753-1757). Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1662-1848 > Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal. Image XXX of 1689; [URL EVENT for PERSON], DATE OF EVENT, accessed DATE. </ref> Remember to add the image number, actual link, event, name, date of event and date accessed for the specific entry
    • Beaubassin Parish Records, 1712-1748 Original records. Online archives for Charente-Maritime department (not translated, transcribed or indexed)
      • citation: <ref>Les Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime La Rochelle, France; "Registre paroissial de Beaubassin" 1712-1748, p. XX [URL EVENT for PERSON], DATE OF EVENT. Accessed DATE</ref> Remember to add the actual link, the event type and optionally the persons name in the brackets, plus the image number of person's name, and the date you accessed it)
    • Beaubassin Parish register, 1712-1723, hand copied. NOTE: these registers have been systematically entered into WikiTree. If you are searching here, please look for an already existing profile.
      • citation: <ref>Genealogy collection, Fonds des Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime, La Rochelle, France; Library and Archives Canada, reel C-1207, "Register des Baptemes, mariages et sepultures de la paroisse de Beaubassin en Accadie de 9 juilles 1712 an 9 juilles 1723," p. X, [http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1207/1?r=0&s=1 EVENT for PERSON], DATE OF EVENT, Image #XXX. Accessed DATE</ref>Remember to add the actual link, the event type and optionally the persons name in the brackets, plus the image number of person's name and your access date)
  • Port-Royal
    • Nova Scotia Archives, "An Acadian Parish Remembered, Port Royal Parish registers, 1702-1755 searchable by last name. Original records. NOTE: Many of these registers have been systematically entered into WikiTree. If you are searching here, please look for an already existing profile.. For the registers from the beginning: Date Order
      • citation: <ref>The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755, register RG 1 volume XX page XXX; online database with images, [URL EVENT for PERSON], DATE OF EVENT, accessed DATE.</ref> Remember to replace the actual link, event (baptism/marriage/burial with name of person and vol/page location, date of event, date accessed for the specific entry
  • Port-Royal
  • Saint Charles/Mines
    • Registers of St. Charles Aux Mines, 1707-1748 transcribed from the original registers that were carried in exile from Grand Pre to Louisiana, currently held at the Diocese of Baton Rouge (DOBR). Baptisms 1709-1748 (images 9-537), Marriages 1709-1748 (images 541-812), Burials 1709-1748 (images 818-894) NOTE: These registers have been systematically entered into WikiTree by Valerie Penner. If you are searching here, please look for an already existing profile.
      • citation: <ref>Paroisse de St. Charles des Mines, Grand Pré, Acadie, Québec Province, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada, reel C-1869, "Parish Registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869," roll 1, Image XX, [URL EVENT for PERSON], DATE OF EVENT, accessed DATE. ''This register is a transcript written around 1895 of the original registers currently held at the Baton Rouge Diocese Archives in Louisiana, USA.''</ref> Remember to replace the actual link, the image number, event and name(s) and date of event, date accessed
    • Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records The Registers of St. Charles aux Mines in Acadia 1707-1748. Alphabetical, english, typed, print only. Lookups available by Cindy Cooper, Jackie Girouard, Gisele Cormier, Joyce Rivette. NOTE: These entries have been systematically verified by Cindy Cooper. If you are searching here, please look for an already existing profile. Where the two records are consistent, only the Heritage Canadiana record above is linked for viewing. Unprofiled records are listed here
      • citation: <ref>Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Acadian Records, Revised - Registers of St. Charles Aux Mines in Acadia. Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1999, vol. 1a, p. XX; EVENT for PERSON, EVENT DATE</ref> This reference needs the page number, the type of event and name(s) and date of event
  • Isle Royale
    • Etat civil, Canada, Isle Royale, 1715-1758, Parish registers, Births, Marriages, Burials for several towns. Original records.
      • citation: <ref>Archives Nationales d'outre-mer État civil, Ile Royale Parish Records 1715-1758, Year, p. XX [URL EVENT for PERSON], DATE OF EVENT, accessed DATE.</ref> Remember to replace the actual link, event, name, year and page number for the specific entry
    • Etat civil, Canada, Isle Royale, 1715-1756, Parish registers Births, Marriages, Sépultures for Laurembec, La Baleine, Port aux Basques, Havre Saint-Esprit. Original records.
      • citation: <ref>Archives de la Nouvelle-France, ''Item : Nouvelle-France, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, Acadie, Louisiane'' (nouvelle-france.org: accessed DATE), item #8 (database #30847), "[https://nouvelle-france.org/eng/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=30847 Isle Royale, Laurembec, La Baleine, Port aux Basques, Havre Saint-Esprit 1715-1757]," page XX, EVENT DATE, EVENT for PERSON; Archives nationales d'outre-mer (France), reference: COL G1 410/227p. CABAC_PIAF_6534_CABAC_PIAF_6534</ref> Remember to replace the Folio (page) number, event date, event (b/m/d) and name and also your access date for the specific entry
    • Etat civil, Canada, Isle Royale, 1715-1756, Parish registers Births, Marriages, Sépultures for several towns. Not translated, not indexed, handwritten copy, easier to read.
      • citation: <ref>Etat Civil, Canada, Ile Royale, 1715-1756, Parish registers C-2573, Images 715-1059 [http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c2573/715?r=0&s=3 EVENT for PERSON] DATE OF EVENT, Image XXX, accessed DATE</ref> Remember to replace the actual link, event type, name, date of event and image number and your access date for the specific entry
    • Parish Records of the Fortress of Louisbourg, Isle Royale, 1714-1758. Transcribed. See also Alphabetical Index to Register this list refers to Folios which relate to the next four Louisbourg source entries.
      • citation: <ref>Joseph Ward and Matthew MacNeil. [http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/louisbourg/genealogy/index.html EVENT for PERSON], DATE OF EVENT, accessed DATE. Fortress of Louisbourg, Parish Records, 1713-1758. </ref> Remember to replace the actual link, event, name, copy and paste the source entry info from the record for the specific entry, add accessed date
    • Parish records of Louisbourg, Isle Royale, 1722-1738 Original records
      • citation:<ref>Archives de la Nouvelle-France, ''Item : Nouvelle-France, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, Acadie, Louisiane'' (nouvelle-france.org: accessed DATE), item #4 (database #30843), "[https://nouvelle-france.org/eng/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=30843 Isle Royale, Louisbourg registers 1722-1738]," folio XX, EVENT DATE, EVENT for PERSON; Archives nationales d'outre-mer (France), reference: COL G1 406/118p. CABAC_PIAF_6530_CABAC_PIAF_6530</ref> Remember to replace the Folio (page) number, event (b/m/d) and name and also your access date for the specific entry
    • Parish records of Louisbourg, Isle Royale, 1738-1745 Original records
      • citation:<ref>Archives de la Nouvelle-France, ''Item : Nouvelle-France, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, Acadie, Louisiane'' (nouvelle-france.org: accessed DATE), item #5 (database #30844), "[https://nouvelle-france.org/eng/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=30844 Isle Royale, Louisbourg registers 1738-1745]," folio XX, EVENT DATE, EVENT for PERSON; Archives nationales d'outre-mer (France), reference: COL G1 407 CABAC_PIAF_6531_CABAC_PIAF_6531</ref> Remember to replace the Folio (page) number, event (b/m/d) and name and also your access date for the specific entry
    • Parish records of Louisbourg, Isle Royale, 1745-1754 Original records
      • citation:<ref>Archives de la Nouvelle-France, ''Item : Nouvelle-France, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, Acadie, Louisiane'' (nouvelle-france.org: accessed DATE), item #6 (database #30845), "[https://nouvelle-france.org/eng/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=30845 Isle Royale, Louisbourg registers 1745-1754]," page XX, EVENT DATE, EVENT for PERSON; Archives nationales d'outre-mer (France), reference: COL G1 408/187p. CABAC_PIAF_6532_CABAC_PIAF_6532</ref> Remember to replace the Folio (page) number, event (b/m/d) and name and also your access date for the specific entry
    • Parish records of Louisbourg, Isle Royale, 1754-1758 Original records, plus a list of dead, deserted, dismissed soldiers 1756-1757, plus a list of deaths occurring at the Louisbourg hospital, in 1719-1742, 1754, 1755, 1758, 291 images
      • citation:<ref>Archives de la Nouvelle-France, ''Item : Nouvelle-France, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, Acadie, Louisiane'' (nouvelle-france.org: accessed DATE), item #7 (database #30846), "[https://nouvelle-france.org/eng/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=30846 Isle Royale, Louisbourg registers 1754-1758 plus lists of soldiers]," page XX, EVENT DATE, EVENT for PERSON; Archives nationales d'outre-mer (France), reference:COL G1 409/138p. CABAC_PIAF_6533_CABAC_PIAF_6533</ref> Remember to replace the Folio (page) number, event (b/m/d) and name and also your access date for the specific entry
    • Louisbourg, Isle Royale lists of soldiers, sailors and poor people who died in the hospital 1719-1735 Original records, alphabetical order, name and date only, 3 pages.
      • citation:<ref>Archives de la Nouvelle-France, ''Item : Nouvelle-France, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, Acadie, Louisiane'' (nouvelle-france.org: accessed DATE), item #12 (database #30851), "[https://nouvelle-france.org/eng/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=30851 Louisbourg, Isle Royale lists of soldiers, sailors and poor people who died in the hospital 1719-1735]," page XX, EVENT DATE, Death for PERSON; Archives nationales d'outre-mer (France), reference:COL G1 411 bis/3p. CABAC_PIAF_6538_CABAC_PIAF_6538</ref> Remember to replace the Folio (page) number, and name and also your access date for the specific entry
    • Louisbourg, Isle Royale lists of soldiers, sailors and poor people who died in the hospital 1736-1742 Original records, alphabetical order, name and date only. Cross reference to a folio (unknown which), 5 pages.
      • citation:<ref>Archives de la Nouvelle-France, ''Item : Nouvelle-France, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, Acadie, Louisiane'' (nouvelle-france.org: accessed DATE), item #11 (database #30850), "[https://nouvelle-france.org/eng/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=30850 Louisbourg, Isle Royale lists of soldiers, sailors and poor people who died in the hospital 1736-1742]," page XX, EVENT DATE, Death for PERSON; Archives nationales d'outre-mer (France), reference:COL G1 411 bis/5p. CABAC_PIAF_6537_CABAC_PIAF_6537</ref> Remember to replace the Folio (page) number, and name and also your access date for the specific entry
  • Isle Saint Jean
    • Saint -Pierre-du-Nord, Isle Saint-Jean, Registers 1724-1758 hand transcribed, some out of order with some 1750's found on images 24-25 and 28-36 as well as 1730's on images 213-217, 229-233 and 1940’s on images 238-242, and 1725 on images 327-328, 1744 on image 329, picking up again with the 1750’s from 330 to the end.
      • citation:<ref>Saint -Pierre-du-Nord, Isle Saint-Jean, Register 1724-1758. Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada , Fonds des Archives départementales d'Ille-et-Vilaine [Rennes, France] - C-2970, 350 images, image XX, [URL EVENT for PERSON], EVENT DATE, accessed DATE</ref> Remember to replace the actual link, event, name, year and page number for the specific entry
    • Ile Saint-Jean (Port La Joye) Parish Records 1721-1758, separated by year, not transcribed or indexed.
      • citation: <ref>Archives Nationales d'outre-mer État civil, Ile Saint-Jean (Port La Joye) Parish Records 1721-1758, Year, p. XX [URL EVENT for PERSON], DATE OF EVENT, accessed DATE.</ref> Remember to replace the actual link, event, name, year and page number for the specific entry
      • alternate citation if using Timothy Heberts translation (1749-1758): <ref>Hebert, Timothy. ''Acadian Church Records: Port LaJoye, Ile St. Jean, 1749-1758: St. Jean L'Evangeliste Parish''. Acadian-Cajun Genealogy & History, 2000, p XX. The original record can be found at Archives Nationales d'outre-mer État civil, Ile Saint-Jean (Port La Joye) Parish Records 1721-1758, Year, p. XX [URL EVENT for PERSON], DATE OF EVENT, accessed DATE.<blockquote> enter verbiage here</blockquote></ref> Remember to replace the actual link, event, name, year and page numbers plus date of event and access date for the specific entry of the book and the online location These entries have been profiled in WikiTree except for soldiers, and a few other exceptions that can be found. If you are looking here, please search for an existing profile instead. Unprofiled Records
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
    • Saint Pierre and Miquelon Parish Records Includes Births/Baptisms/Marriages/Deaths/Notarial/Judicial from 1763 to 1905 (1772 missing) NOTE: Many of these registers have been systematically entered into WikiTree for the Acadian population. If you are searching here, please look for an already existing one.
      • citation:<ref>Archives Nationales d'outre-mer État civil, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon parish records, 1763-1905, Year XX, p. XX [URL EVENT for PERSON], DATE OF EVENT, accessed DATE. </ref> Remember to replace the actual link, event, name, year and page number for the specific entry
    • Miquelon Parish Records Year 1772 (missing from register above) Images 221 to 235. Transcriptions
      • citation:<ref>Registre paroissial Notre-Dame-des-Ardilliers, Miquelon, 1772, Fonds des Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime [La Rochelle, France]: C-3119, Archives des Colonies, Série G - 3119, Library and Archives Canada, Heritage Canadiana, Year XX, p. XX [URL EVENT for PERSON], DATE OF EVENT, accessed DATE.<blockquote> enter verbiage here</blockquote></ref> Remember to replace the year, page, actual link, name, event, and access date
    • Miquelon Marriage Contracts Transcriptions
      • 24 Nov 1767-17 Apr 1770 Images 299-306
      • 1772 Images 307-315
      • 1774 Images 316-317
      • 29 Dec 1775-26 Nov 1776 Images 289-298
      • citation:<ref>Marriage Contracts, Miquelon. Fonds des Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime [La Rochelle, France]: C-3119, Archives des Colonies, Série G - 3119, Library and Archives Canada, Heritage Canadiana, Year XX, p. XX [URL EVENT for PERSON], DATE OF EVENT, accessed DATE.<blockquote> enter verbiage here</blockquote></ref> Remember to replace the year, page, actual link, name, event, and access date

Other Documents and Original/Translated Records

  • 1695 Oath of Allegiance Signatures Scan of original doccument
    • citation: <ref>Roberta Estes, "Acadian 1695 Loyalty Oath Signatures – 52 Ancestors #395." DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy, Posted on April 22, 2023, accessed online on DATE at https://dna-explained.com/2023/04/22/acadian-1695-loyalty-oath-signatures-52-ancestors-395/</ref> Remember to replace the date accessed
  • Nova Scotia Archives Acadian Heartland, the Records of British Government at Anapolis Royal, 1713-1749. Books and letters, some indexed and searchable. Includes inquiries by Acadians and Mi'kmaq. Includes issues brought from a wide area, and links to some original documents. (version française)
    • citation: <ref>The Records of British Government at Annapolis Royal, 1713-1749; online database, NAME OF DOCUMENT, [https://novascotia.ca/archives/heartland/ ITEM for PERSON], DATE OF ITEM, accessed DATE.</ref> Remember to replace the actual link, the location and event specific information accessed for the specific entry
  • Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer (ANOM) ANOM has a number of valuable offerings, covering many of the locations that were once controlled by the French. Among the varied resources, ANOM includes parish registers for a number of Acadian villages, found under Canada and Ile Royale territories.
  • Acadians in Exile Covers Isle St-Jean 1724-1768, Louisbourg 1726-1753, Port Royal 1700-1709, St-Pierre et Miquelon 1765-1769, France and other locations. Print only, English. Contact Jackie Girouard, Cindy Cooper, Gisele Cormier for lookups.
    • citation: <ref>[[Hebert-1208|Rev. Donald Joseph Hebert]], ''Acadians in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index'' (Baton Rouge, LA: Claitor’s Pub. Div., 2010), p. XX, EVENT TYPE, NAME, EVENT DATE</ref> Remember to replace page, event, name, event date for this entry
  • Declarations de Belle-Ile-en-Mer Transcribed, in English. It is important to know that these records are based on the memories of people often two to three generations removed from the people they describe. There are many proven errors. While it is an original document, it should be used with caution and double checked with other documentation when possible. White's translation in English and Alppha order
    • citation: <ref>Declarations de Belle-Ile-en-Mer, Acadian-Home.org [http://www.acadian-home.org/declarations-BIM.html EVENT for PERSON], DATE OF EVENT. Brother Jerôme Lepré, S.C., accessed DATE <blockquote>verbiage here</blockquote></ref> . Remember to replace the event, name of person, and copy and paste the verbiage for the specific entry
    • citation: <ref>White, Steven A. "Origins of the Pioneers of Acadia According to the Depositions made by Their Descendants at Belle-Ile-en-Mer in 1767" [http://acadian-home.org/acadian-origins.html EVENT for PERSON] DATE OF EVENT, Updated September 6, 2014. Lucie LeBlanc Consentino Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home, January 17, 2005-Present.<blockquote>verbiage here</blockquote></ref> Remember to replace the event, name of person, and copy and paste the verbiage for the specific entry
  • Families of Belle Ile-en-Mer Reconstituted pulled from the Declarations, secondary source, from memories of Acadians, subject to known and unknown errors, typed, english
    • citation: <ref>Lucie LeBlanc Consentino. (n.d.). [http://www.acadian-home.org/belleile.html The 78 Families of Belle-Isle-en-Mer]. Acadians belle ile en mer:78 families:Acadian history: Acadian Ancestral Home. Retrieved April 3, 2022.<blockquote>copy referenced section here</blockquote>Based on Placide Gaudet's "Acadian Genealogy and Notes"</ref>
  • Familysearch Has photographs of original documents, unindexed, free. Copy their citation. (Family Trees on this site are not suitable sources).
  • The Drouin Collection Institut Généalogique Drouin has an on-line database indexing these records (membership required), with links to PRDH family relationships; Use La France to obtain photographs of the original documents. Other records available using Search Tools.
    • citation: <ref>Drouin Genealogical Institute (needs subscription) [URL EVENT for PERSON], DATE OF EVENT, accessed DATE.<blockquote>copy and paste info here</blockquote></ref>. Remember to replace the actual link, event, and to copy and paste the verbiage for the specific entry
  • Notarial archives: marriage contracts, wills, etc. Very few of these are on-line unless provided by a genealogy service. Those that survive are kept at BAnQ (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec/Québec National Library and Archives), and are only available in certain central libraries on microfilm.
    • There also exist indexes for these, one which is incomplete is available on-line for free at BANQ, consisting of PDF's in 27 volumes plus an index for the first 8 volumes. It covers more than just pre-1700s. Volumes 1 through 11, parts of volumes 13, 14, 18, 26 and 27 are for pre-1700. There are also various records at BANQ searchable through the Archives tab and then by name, to which they add records regularly, but not limited in time.
  • Certificats du Canada et billets de l'Acadie, 1750-1760: purchases of goods and services by the State, provided by Acadians in Acadie française (mostly present-day New Brunswick) between 1750-1760. Searchable database. Transcription of purchase with name of provider, services or goods, amount. (Note: The date of documents should be used with care. It corresponds to the signature of the document by the authorities and not to the date of the transaction. In some cases, weeks can elapse between the two.)
    • citation: <ref>Certificats du Canada et billets de l'Acadie, 1750-1760, BAnQ, [[URL EVENT for PERSON], DATE OF EVENT, accessed DATE.<blockquote>copy and paste info here</blockquote></ref> Remember to replace the actual link, event, and date accessed
  • Records of the Deportation and Le Grand Dérangement, 1714-1768 (english) (français)
    • citation:<ref>Nova Scotia Archives, Acadian Heartland, Records of the Deportation and Le Grand Dérangement, 1714-1768 [URL Collection Name] p. XX, Accessed DATE</ref>
  • Acadian Exiles in Massachusetts 1755-1766 History of Le Grand Dérangement. Images of original manuscripts. Family histories. PDF Version
    • citation:<ref>''Le Grand Dérangement: The Acadian Exiles in Massachusetts 1755-1766'', Massachusetts Archives and Commonwealth Museum, accessed DATE, accessible online at https://www.sec.state.ma.us/mus/onlineexhibits/acadia/acadian-exhibit.html </ref>

Deportation, records post 1763 (Many of these are secondary sources)

    • Acadians in Maryland History of Acadian exiles in Maryland and the towns where they lived.
      • Citation: <ref> Greg Wood, Martin Guidry, and Marie Rundquist. “Acadian Routes in Maryland.” Acadians Were Here. Website. Accessed DATE. https://acadianswerehere.org/index.html </ref>Remember to add the date accessed
    • Acadians in Maryland Gregory A. Wood, The French Presence in Maryland, 1524-1800 (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1978). Available for purchase but see Jacqueline Girouard for look ups.
      • citation: <ref> Gregory A. Wood, ''A Guide to the Acadians in Maryland in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries'' (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1995) p. XX. </ref> Remember to enter the page number of the specific entry
    • Baptisms at St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia August 29, 1758 to December 31, 1775.
      • citation:<ref>"List of Baptisms Registered at St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia. First Series: August 29, 1758 to December 31, 1775." Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia : American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia : 1887-1998) vol 1-2, p. 252-350 (Images 258-356), p. XXX / image XXX [URL + NAME & EVENT], DATE OF EVENT, Accessed DATE<blockquote> verbiage here </blockquote></ref> Remember to replace the URL, add the page, image number, name, event. date and date accessed
    • Baptisms at St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia January 1, 1776 to October 21, 1781.
      • citation:<ref>"List of Baptisms Registered at St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia. Second Series: January 1, 1776 to October 21, 1781." Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia : American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia : 1887-1998) vol 1-2, p. 227-275 (Images 226-274) p. XXX / image XXX [URL + NAME & EVENT], DATE OF EVENT, Accessed DATE<blockquote> verbiage here </blockquote></ref> Remember to replace the URL, add the page, image number, name, event. date and date accessed
    • Marriages at St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia 1758-1786
      • citation:<ref>"Father Farmer's Marriage Register 1758-1786, Preserved at St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia." Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia : American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia : 1887-1998) vol 1-2, p. 276-315 (Images 276-314) p. XXX / image XXX [URL + NAME & EVENT], DATE OF EVENT, Accessed DATE<blockquote> verbiage here </blockquote></ref>Remember to replace the URL, add the page, image number, name, event. date and date accessed
    • Collection of manuscripts relating to Acadians in France 1766-1774 Philippe-Antoine Lemoyne, Commissioner of the navy in France, in charge of settling in France the Acadians deported in 1755, compiled a collection of memoirs, letters and reports relating to the various projects aimed at helping these refugees. Contains detailed information about certain families. In French, 833 pages. Description and index of folios.
      • citation: <ref>Lemoyne. "Recueil de pièces relatif aux Acadiens: 1766-1774." Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque municipale de Bordeaux, Ms. 1480, Collection Le Moyne. Gallica, bibliothèque numérique de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France, p. XX, accessed DATE. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b101082979<blockquote>verbiage here</blockquote></ref> Remember to replace the accessed date and page number of the specific entry

Records post-1763

  • Registers of Franklin Manor, Elysian Fields, Maccan-Nappan, near Menoudie 1764-1800's Transcribed. Article by Régis Brun, in French, has more information.
    • citation: <ref>Lucie LeBlanc Consentino, [http://www.acadian-home.org/menoudie.html Acadian & Register of Births, Deaths, Marriages, in the Franklin Manor, Elysian Fields, Maccan, Nappan] French Canadian Ancestral Home, 1998 to Present. Accessed DATE<blockquote>add verbiage here</blockquote></ref>Remember to replace the accessed date and copy of the specific entry into the blockquote
    • citation: <ref>Brun, Régis, "Un Registre de l'état civil des habitants de Franklin Manor, des Champs-Élysés, de Maccan et de Nappan", ''Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne'', vol. II, no 3, 13e cahier, octobre 1966, p. XX, accessed on DATE at https://societehistoriqueacadienne.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/13cahier_total.pdf</ref>Remember to replace the accessed date and page number of the specific entry
  • Register of Charles-François Bailly, 1767 to 1768 (Kingsclear). Transcribed, in French. This is a register that Bishop Charles François Bailly wrote in Ekoupahag, a small Miꞌkmaq mission along the St-John River near present-day Fredericton, in 1767 and 1768. For a long time it was kept in Kingsclear (N.B.) and is usually named "Le registre de l'abbé Bailly à Kingsclear". He recorded baptisms, marriages and burials for members of First Nations and Acadians. Subscription to Ancestry required to access the other 18 pages of this register.
    • citation: <ref>'''E > Ecouipahaq > 1760''': "Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946"<br/> E > Ecouipahaq > 1760<br/> {{Ancestry Sharing|21863549|7b22746f6b656e223a225131747a3176554c4465416d72656c51716937595971313042504a723165664d685a544a336e6a774d73413d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d}} - Ancestry {{Ancestry Image|1110|d13p_31080002}} (accessed 1 September 2024) </ref>Remember to edit citation to show accessed date and page number of the specific entry
  • Register of Charles-François Bailly, 1768 to 1773 (Caraquet) transcribed, typed, in French (see also Alphabetical Index of Names Alphabetical Index of Locations Background info on Rev. Bailly and English trans of Intro) This register, held in Halifax, was deposited in Caraquet (N.B.) and is called "Le registre de l'abbé Bailly à Caraquet". However, there is no reference to Caraquet in this register. No events were recorded there.
    • citation: <ref> Registre de l'abbé Charles-François Bailly, 1768 à 1773 (Caraquet), transcrit sous la direction de Stephen A. White, Moncton, s.n., 1978, 221 pages, p. XX, [URL EVENT for PERSON] EVENT DATE, accessed DATE<blockquote>add verbiage here</blockquote></ref> Remember to replace the page number, URL, the event type and the date you accessed the specific entry
  • Sainte-Anne de Ristigouche Parish Register Baptisms, Marriages & Burials in 1774 in Carleton (images 54, 56) Rivière Saint-Jean (55, 57- 62, 76-79) Paspébiac (56) Kennébécasis (63-64) Memramcook (65) Port Royal/Annapolis Royal (65-67) Baie Sainte-Marie (68-75). 1775-1782 Carleton (80-81) Paspébiac (82-85)
    • citation: <ref>"Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8993-WPBQ?cc=1321742&wc=HCV9-MNL%3A17745701%2C17745702%2C17745703 : 16 July 2014), Ristigouche > Sainte-Anne-de-Ristigouche > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1759-1795, 1842-1870 > image XX of 531; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal. </ref> Remember to replace the image number
  • Parish Registers for the French at French Guyana (Guyane) 1677-1907 Not translated. Registers are listed by town first, then year. Not all towns have the same years available.
    • citation: <ref>Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer (ANOM) Parish Registers for the French in French Guyana (Guyane) 1677-1907, [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=GUYANE EVENT for PERSON] YEAR, page XX, Accessed DATE.<blockquote>verbiage if available</blockquote> </ref> Remember to replace the URL, the event type, the name of the person in the brackets ( i.e. Marriage for Pierre Carret), add the year and the page, and the date you accessed the specific entry
  • Parish Registers for the French at Saint Domingue 1666-1809 Not Translated. Registers are listed by town first, then year. Not all towns have the same years available. See a map here.
    • citation: <ref>Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer (ANOM) Parish Registers for the French at Saint Domingue 1666-1809 [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=SAINT-DOMINGUE EVENT for PERSON] YEAR, page XX, Accessed DATE. <blockquote>verbiage if available</blockquote></ref> Remember to replace the URL, the event type, the name of the person in the brackets ( i.e. Marriage for Pierre Carret), add the year and the page, and the date you accessed the specific entry
  • Parish Registers for the French in Martinique 1662-1912 Not Translated. Registers are listed by town first, then year. Not all towns have the same years available.
    • citation: <ref>Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer (ANOM) Parish Registers for the French in Martinique 1662-1912 [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire=MARTINIQUE EVENT for PERSON] YEAR, page XX, Accessed DATE.<blockquote>verbiage if available</blockquote> </ref> Remember to replace the URL, the event type, the name of the person in the brackets ( i.e. Marriage for Pierre Carret), add the year and the page, and the date you accessed the specific entry
  • Yarmouth County, 1799-1848 parish registers containing many Acadian families who landed there post deportation, good for burial records especially. Has family name index and transcriptions of records.
    • citation: <ref>Nova Scotia Archives [URL EVENT for PERSON], DATE OF EVENT. An Acadian Parish Reborn. Accessed DATE</ref> Remember to replace the URL, the event type and the date you accessed the specific entry
  • Parish Registers of New Brunswick mostly 1800's-1900's, with citations prepared
  • Ristigouche 1759-1795 (Secondary), typed, english, denotes which location
    • citation:<ref>LeBlanc Consentino, L. (2005). [http://www.acadian-home.org/Restigouche-registers.html Some Baptisms Marriages & Burials for Restigouche & other parishes in Baie des Chaleurs, 1759-1795]. Restigouche; Baie des Chaleurs registers;acadian genealogy:Acadian Ancestral Home. Retrieved DATE, citing Les Régistres de la Gaspésie by Father Patrice Gallant AND Histoire de la Famille de Michel Boudrot by Stephen A. White published by l’Association des Boudreau of New Brunswick AND Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes by Stephen A. White i.e. DGFA-2 Transcriptions of parish registers for Baie des Chaleurs to which many corrections have been made before posting to this web site. </ref>
  • Le cahier de messes de l’abbé François Lejamtel Between 1796 and 1802, Father Lejamtel kept count of the parishioners of Isle Madame and the surrounding communities who paid tithes and who ordered masses in a little black book called the “cahier de messes”. For researchers interested in Acadia and more specifically in the parish of Arichat whose registers for this period disappeared in a fire. Identifies some 273 heads of families, reconstructs more than 80 marriages and identifies 130 people who died before or between 1796 and 1802. Can be accessed online.
    • citation:<ref>Bérubé, Martine, avec la collaboration de Stephen A. White. Le cahier de messes de l’abbé François Lejamtel: Missionnaire à l’Isle Madame, Cape Breton. (Lévis, Québec: Martine Bérubé, 2023) p. XX, online at BAnQ https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/4631675 accessed DATE, <blockquote> Verbiage here </blockquote> </ref> Remember to replace the page number, the verbiage with the event type and the date you accessed the specific entry
  • Registres de paroisses acadiennes for New Brunswick PDF Download. These registers are by town, some start as early as 1800. Centre d'études acadiennes.
    • citation:<ref>Registres de paroisses acadiennes, Centre d'études acadiennes. [URL Name of town], page XX, Date accessed</ref>
  • Archives provinciales du Nouveau-Brunswick - Provincial Archives of New Brunswick (français) (english)


Wall of Names and Louisiana Sources

  • Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in Louisiana Click on the name to get the full entry
    • citation:<ref>Brasseaux, Carl. “Acadian Exiles in Louisiana Wall of Names.” Acadian Database - Search Results. Acadian Memorial Foundation. Accessed DATE [URL Wall of Names for NAME OF PERSON]</ref> Remember to enter the Individual URL and the persons name in the placeholder for "Name of Person" and the date you accessed the specific entry
  • See also Louisiana Family Frequently Used Sources

Secondary Reliable Sources with Conditions

Stephen A White, noted Acadian Genealogist with numerous publications

  • ”Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes”; Stephen A. White. Print only. The DGFA is not being reissued or updated. It is currently under revision, but, it has been so for years and may never see publication. Still, most of the information is correct and sourced but may not be complete as more information comes to light as time goes by. The corrections are available online and should be consulted, but please note that they stopped being updated in 2011. The DGFA is written in French but White has published an English translation of the notes only which is probably available in some libraries.
    • citation<ref>White, Stephen A., Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes. Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999, Print. P. XX</ref> Remember to add the page number(s) for the specific entry
  • White's Corrections in french. Note: corrections stopped being updated in 2011.
    • citation: <ref>White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes, "Ajouts et corrections" [http://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/files/umcm-ceaac/wf/wf/pdf/cor-dict.pdf ''Ajouts et corrections'']; Université de Moncton, Centre d'études acadiennes; Online</ref>
  • "English Supplement to the Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes", Part I 1636 to 1714, Stephen A. White; print only. This book is a translation of the Dictionnaire's introduction, the bibliography, all the biographical and explanatory notes. It incorporates a number of revisions and corrections.
    • citation: <ref>White, Stephen A. English Supplement to the Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes ,Part I 1636 to 1714; Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 2000, Print. P. XX</ref>. Remember to add the page number(s) for the specific entry
  • Genealogy of 37 Families or PDF links for “La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des ‘Retrouvailles ‘94”; WHITE, Stephen A.
    • citation: <ref> White, Stephen A. ''La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des Retrouvailles 94,'' online articles, Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994), [https://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/node/55 Family Name], page XX </ref> Remember to add the family name and page number(s) for the specific entry

Other broad based compendiums, Dictionnaires, Genealogies and Reliable Family Trees

  • Acadie ADN / Acadian DNA (Mothers of Acadia) Click on names for more relationship information and triangulation.
    • citation: <ref>Denis Savard, Administrator, [http://www.savart.info/AcadieADN/ Acadie ADN / Acadian DNA (Mothers of Acadia) Signatures ADN], NAME, Accessed DATE </ref> Remember to add the family name for the specific entry and date accessed
  • PRDH Programme de Recherche en Démographie Historique (Historical Demographic Research Program) done by Université de Montréal, indexing individuals and families, on-line site (membership required) is now managed by Drouin Institute. It includes many Acadians and also those who lived in Quebec at some time. Mostly accurate, but is a secondary source, has links to primary records.
    • citation for families: <ref>Birth, Death, Marriage, Parents, Siblings {{PRDH|Famille|XXXX}} </ref> Be sure to replace the family number XXXX in the example with the actual record number
    • citation for individuals: <ref>Birth, Death, Marriage, Parents {{PRDH|Individu|XXXX}}</ref> Be sure to replace the individual's number XXXX in the example with the actual record number
  • Généalogie des familles acadiennes : Placide Gaudet in french, searchable, families in alphabetical order listed by generation.
    • citation: <ref>''Généalogie des familles acadiennes'', Report concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II, Appendix A, Ottawa, S.E.Dawson, 1905, Genealogist Placide Gaudet [URL Name of person] p. XX</ref>. Remember to add page number(s) for the specific entry
  • Father Clarence d'Entremont articles
    • citation:<ref>d'Entremont, Clarence. "Article name," Yarmouth Vanguard, date [url name]<blockquote>add a few sentences here if appropriate</blockquote></ref>. Remember to add the article name in the quotes and the date for the specific entry, together with the url and give it a name probably related to the article
  • Karen Theriot Reader Karen Theriot Readers Geneanet site, a secondary source, but one which cites numerous sources. Good to use for family relationships. Always give credit: include her name, the URL and her sources.
    • citation: <ref>Karen Theriot Reader [URL Name] citing XYZ <blockquote>verbiage here</blockquote>. Accessed DATE.</ref> Remember to add specific URL and name for the entry
  • Marcel Landry Marcel Landry's site, a secondary source, also good for family relationships but insufficient as a standalone source. Always give credit: include his name, the URL and any sources provided.
    • citation: <ref>Marcel W Landry [URL Name] citing XYZ<blockquote>verbiage here</blockquote>. Accessed DATE.</ref> Remember to add specific URL and name for the entry
  • Corrections & additions to Arsenault's Histoire et généalogie des Acadiens. Janet Jehn has published a volume of corrections and additions to Bona Arsenault which should be consulted.
    • citation: <ref>Jehn, Janet and Arsenault, Bona. Corrections & additions to Arsenault's Histoire et généalogie des Acadiens, J.B. Jehn, [Covington, KY [2001?], ©1988. p. XX</ref>Remember to add page number
  • Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes by Archange Godbout Godbout handwritten notes in draft form.
  • Many Real Estate Transactions
    • citation:<ref> Blasi, Carol A. "Land Tenure in Acadian Agricultural Settlements, 1604-1755: Cultural Retention and the Emergence of Custom [https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4134&context=etd Transaction Type] published by The University of Maine, August, 2019 p. XXX (image XXX) citing Footnote here.</ref>
  • Une Colonie féodale en Amérique, L'Acadie (1604-1881). Searchable letters and articles in French, Acadian history.
    • citation: <ref>de Saint-Père, Rameau, "Une Colonie féodale en Amérique, L'Acadie (1604-1881) 1889 [http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/1986879 Page XX], Granger Freres, Montreal, Canada, 1899. p. XX</ref>. Remember to add page number with the URL and at the end XX (two places)
  • Le voyage de Rameau de Saint-Père en Acadie In French. A transcription of Rameau de Saint-Père's travel notes with added information about post-deportation Acadian families that settled in the Maritimes. Has a list of pioneer families of baie Sainte-Marie & Yarmouth County, N.S. Lookups available through Gisèle Cormier.
    • citation: <ref>LeBlanc, Ronnie-Gilles, Le voyage de Rameau de Saint-Père en Acadie: 1860, Les Éditions du Septentrion, Québec, 2018, p. XX</ref>. Remember to add page number
  • Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Archive Version
    • citation: <ref>Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II, Ottawa, S.E.Dawson, 1905, Genealogist Placide Gaudet [URL Name of person] p. XX</ref>. Remember to add page number(s) for the specific entry
  • Oath of Allegiance 1729-1730 List of names plus many letters from the English, searchable.
    • citation: <ref> ''Sessional Papers'', Volume 7, Part II: Second Session of the Tenth Parliament of the Dominion of Canada" 1906, Vol XL. Pages 72-80. Oath of Allegiance 1729-1730 [https://archive.org/details/n07sessionalpaper40canauoft/page/72 List of names], p. XX. </ref>. Remember to add page number(s) for the specific entry
  • Les parlers français d'Acadie, enquête linguistique by Geneviève Massignon, print, searchable text online
    • citation: <ref>Massignon, Genevieve. [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Les_parlers_fran%C3%A7ais_d_Acadie_enqu%C3%AAte/csAqAAAAMAAJ?hl=en Les parlers français d'Acadie, enquête linguistique], Librairie Klincksieck, Paris, 1962, 2 tomes. Page XX</ref>
  • Acadian Genealogy Exchange, Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 1972)-vol. 41 no. 2 (Oct 2012). Some issues are available in FamilySearch as digital images.
    • citation: <ref>AUTHOR, “ARTICLE TITLE,” ''Acadian Genealogy Exchange'', Janet B. Jehn, editor and publisher, Volume XX, no. XX (MONTH or SEASON, YEAR): Page XX, URL </ref> Remember to add specific information

Family, Person or Location Specific Books and Articles

  • Trish Leblanc Typed, listed in alphabetical order with key dates on Index. Focused on relatives of LeBlanc and MacLean families with many Acadians here, sources are cited, please include in the citation by adding "citing and name of source" per the recommended format below.
    • citation: <ref>Leblanc, T. (n.d.). The LeBlanc and MacLean Families of Nova Scotia: Index of Individuals. Genealogy.com. [https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/l/e/b/Trish-Leblanc-NF/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-Index.html PERSON] citing and name of source. Accessed DATE"</ref> Remember to add specific URL for the person you accessed and their name for the entry in addition to the underlying sources cited
  • Les Allain Du Nouveau-Brunswick Et De La Gaspésie. Thériault, Fidèle.
    • citation:<ref>Thériault, Fidèle. Les Allain Du Nouveau-Brunswick Et De La Gaspésie. Fredericton, N.-B: Fidèle Thériault, 2004. Print. <blockquote verbiage here</blockquote></ref> Note: library source: https://www.worldcat.org/title/57064569
  • Les Famille de Caraquet, Dictionnaire généalogique Fidèle Thériault. Lookups can be done by Renaud LeBlanc
    • citation:<ref>Fidèle Thériault, Les Famille de Caraquet, Dictionnaire généalogique, Incluant Les Pionniers Des Paroisses de Bas-Caraquet, Bertrand, Grande-Anse, Paquetville, Maisonnette, Et Saint-Simom, F. Thériault, 1985, p XX<blockquote></blockquote></ref>
  • Dictionnaire généalogique des familles Arsenault by Denis Savard; print, searchable text online.
    • citation:<ref>Savard, Denis. [https://books.google.ca/books/about/Arsenault_Family.html?id=v1RQpwAACAAJ&redir_esc=y "Dictionnaire généalogique des familles Arsenault"], Sainte-Foy, Québec: Editions MultiMondes, 2000, p. XX</ref>
  • Paul Hébert et Marguerite Arseneau : une famille pionnière et fondatrice établie à Cocagne en 1767 : ascendance et descendance by Hébert, Paul, Roger Hébert, and Norma Taylor-Boudreau.
    • citation:<ref>Hébert, Paul, Roger Hébert, and Norma Taylor-Boudreau. Paul Hébert Et Marguerite Arseneau: Une Famille Pionnière Et Fondatrice Établie À Cocagne En 1767 : Ascendance Et Descendance. Grande-Digue, N.-B.: L'Association, 1997. Print. <blockquote>add verbiage here</blockquote></ref> Location of books: https://www.worldcat.org/title/37984265
  • Melanson-Melançon: the genealogy of an Acadian and Cajun family by Michael B. Melanson, online, searcheable
    • citation: <ref>Melanson, Michael B. [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Melanson_Melan%C3%A7on/nKQdAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Melanson-Melançon: the genealogy of an Acadian and Cajun family], Dracut, Mass. : Lanesville Pub., 2004. p. XX</ref>
  • The Pitre Trail from Acadia website, many sources.
    • citation: <ref> Roostan, Wendy Pitre ''The Pitre Trail from Acadia'' Web site designed to assist Pitre descendants in finding their way back through history [URL [Resource]/[Link]</ref> ((Lime|Remember to add the specific resource link which can be done by right-clicking and selecting ‘open in new window’}}
  • Jean Campagna Trial Criminal case file - 35-page original document including interrogations and depositions. See also Jean Campagna Trial WikiTree Page with summary of the case, list of witnesses, some depositions and sources.
    • citation:<ref>Fonds Conseil Souverain, Procès de Jean Campagna, TP1, S777, D117, Advitam, BAnQ accessed at https://advitam.banq.qc.ca/notice/398808</ref>
  • Francogene Denis Beauregard's website cites sources, but on-line in a fragmentary fashion only, the full source citations are only available in CD-Rom or other purchasable media. A good site to use for clues but should always be checked against other, more explicit sources. Has DNA appended to many records.
    • citation: <ref> Denis Beauregard. [URL Name] Genealogy of French in North America. Accessed date.</ref> Remember to add specific URL and name for the entry
  • Hommage a nos familles acadiennes: l'histoire d'Yamachiche List of the first Acadian families that settled in Yamachiche after 1755.
    • citation:<ref>Desaulniers, André, "Hommage a nos familles acadiennes: l'histoire d'Yamachiche." Published by Municipalité d'Yamachiche. Publication No 10, 2013. PDF, Accessed date. https://yamachiche.ca/histoire/histoire-yamachiche-acadiens2013.pdf </ref> Remember to add the Accessed date
  • An Historical Guide to New Brunswick by J. Clarence Webster. Available online.
    • citation: <ref>Webster, John Clarence Webster, An Historical Guide to New Brunswick. (Fredericton, N. B., The New Brunswick tourist association, 1928, p. XX, available online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000238429/Home </ref>. Remember to add specific image number for the entry

Quebec and France Resources

  • Fichier Origine by Fédération québécoise des sociétés de généalogie (Québec federation of genealogical societies) . Contains data on immigrants to the colony and their known family in France. Indexed. Mostly Quebec, a few Acadians
    • citation: <ref>"Quebec, Quebec Federation of Genealogical Societies, Family Origins, 1621-1865," database, record id: XXXX [URL PERSON] accessed DATE</ref>Remember to replace the record entry number, the actual link, persons name, date accessed for the specific entry
  • To find people in Quebec if you have an idea of the location, you can search these actual registers in french, not indexed, not transcribed. Of particular interest is Restigouche (1759-1795) and Bonaventure (1791+) of Nova Scotia. Marriages starting in 1763, births and burials start in 1864.
    • citation: see the Information tab on each page which provides a citation to copy
  • Nova Scotia Archives Vital Statistics bureau
  • Registre journalier des malades de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec Typed, in french, date order, searchable, 1689-1760. A number of Acadians.
    • citation: <ref>Marcel Fournier et Gisèle Monarque [https://patrimoinequebec.ca/Archive/BIBLIOTHEQUE/REGISTRE%20HOTEL-DIEU/mobile/index.html#p=1 ''Registre journalier des malades de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec''], avec la collaboration de Dominique Ritchot et du PRDH, Société de recherche historique Archiv-Histo, Montreal, Québec, 2005, p. XX <blockquote> verbiage here </blockquote> </ref> Remember to add the page number and verbiage
  • Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes, by l'abbé Cyprien Tanguay. Tanguay did his research in the mid-1800s, and had access to original sources which are no longer available due to deterioration or loss of records, but he does have numerous errors. Scroll down to view digital versions by volume.
    • citation: <ref>Tanguay, Cyprien. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'a nos jours, Montréal, Quebec: E Senécal & Fils, 1871-1890, 7 Volumes, digital publisher FamilySearch International. [URL Person Name], Vol X, Page XX</ref> Remember to add specific URL and name for the entry
  • Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec, by René Jetté. More recent than Tanguay's work, Jetté still has some errors, although much fewer than Tanguay. There exist addenda to the original work correcting some earlier data. Available in libraries and some on-line services (Drouin for membership fee)
    • citation: <ref>Jetté, René. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec, des origines a 1730 [https://www.genealogiequebec.com/membership/fr/fonds-drouin/collections-diverses Dictionnaire], Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, 1983. image number XX</ref>. Remember to add specific image number for the entry
  • France Genealogical Resources This page created by France Project has links to Departmental and Municipal Archives and their birth, marriage and burial records that are available online.

Unreliable Sources

  • A tree without sources is insufficient as a source for WikiTree profiles. May be used for clues but should never be the only citation. Most often shown in the See Also section of Sources.
  • Généalogie Acadienne compiles genealogical information of Acadians, maintained by author and amateur genealogist Léandre Maillet. Has secondary sources. Author says to double check anything on the site. Has a fee.
  • Lanctôt, Léopold, Familles acadiennes, Ste-Julie, Qc : Editions du Libre-Echange, 1994, 2 vol. Some of the information is not based on documented facts.
  • Geneanet trees: Geneanet trees are user-contributed trees, many of them unsourced. A tree with precise dates and places will usually be a good guide of where to look for primary records. Please take the time to look for the source and check it for yourself. Do not cite the Geneanet tree as your only source: it is courteous to give credit, however when the tree exists in multiple copies on the net you may not be crediting the original builder. When a tree does present sources, please take the time to look up the original sources. Give credit.
  • Other user-contributed trees: FamilySearch, Ancestry, Geni, MyHeritage, Rootsweb, WikiTree, the Peerage, family association websites, etc.
  • Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 which is included among the sources on Ancestry.com, but is totally unreliable. It distills mostly correct information from other sources without attribution, but it also includes an alarming amount of completely bogus garbage. Problem stems from multiple data merges in their databases.
  • International Genealogical Index: this is just a created index of all the trees and their their info, with no other verifiable sources of actual records and documents.
  • Published databases containing information of uncertain origin: There are a number of "records" collections available on websites such as Ancestry and MyHeritage (and in some instance formerly distributed on CD-ROM) that do not identify their information sources and in fact are built in whole or in part from doubtful publications and user-contributed content. These include the "Family Data Collection" and similar sources associated with Edmund West, the "Ancestral File," the "Millennium File," the "Pedigree Resource File," and "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900."
  • Find A Grave memorials: Most pre-1700 memorials come without an actual burial place and burial details, and are in fact reconstructed from family trees. They show a picture of the cemetery gate often, rather than a gravestone, which is in any case extremely rare to find, most people not having had one in this era. The wooden crosses that were originally used have long disintegrated. These cannot be used as sources.
  • genealogie.quebec info (François Marchi's website): This site uses a wide range of sources, including a lot of user-contributed, and unverifiable, information. Any information attributed to "courriel de X..." should be disregarded. Some of the contributors can be found on other genealogy sites (Geneanet) where it is clear that they collected their data from online trees. The most often cited sources on his site are Tanguay (which has many errors) and census data, which are available elsewhere more directly.
  • NosOrigines: Nos Origines is user-contributed. If the Nos Origines pages have sources, look for the sources instead, don't use Nos Origines as the source. They often give source citation as PRDH with no further detail.




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I am trying to pay more attention to sources and couldn't find Paul Delaney in the list of sources. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Boudrot-1

Paul Delaney. La liste de Winslow expliquée. (Moncton, N.-B.: Éditions Perce-Neige, 2020 - Kindle Edition), p. 229, 230, 232

Paul Delaney, Chronologie des déportations et migrations des Acadiens (1755-1816). Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 36, nos 2-3, septembre 2005, p. 52-86. https://societehistoriqueacadienne.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/3602_total.pdf Translation at Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home Translation: "The Chronology of Deportations and Migrations of the Acadians 1755-1816."

posted by Ralph Geer
These sources are on the Acadian Census Links and Lists. Winslow's list is a census, and The Chronology of Deportations is a list of deportations, ships, etc.
posted by Gisèle Cormier
Thanks Gisèle. The more I learn, the more I learn what I don't know.
posted by Ralph Geer
I did not see a site and was wondering if this is reliable or unreliable? http://www.fichierorigine.com/app/recherche/detail.php?numero=240790 This is supposed to be for Chandonné-1.

thank you. Renia Snyder

posted by Renia (Park) Snyder
HI, Renia, yes the Fichierorigine is a reliable site. We have it listed but it is primarily for Quebec immigrants. The Chandonné family went to Quebec, I have not seen them in Acadia. I posted a note on your profile to that effect and would be happy to work with you on them.

Cindy

posted by Cindy (Bourque) Cooper
"Endgame 1758" The Promise, the Glory and the Despair of Louisbourg's Last Decade by A. J. B. Johnston, Cape Breton University Press, ISBN-13: 978-1-897009-20-8 Bibliography pp. 337-349 (Winner Canadian Historical Association Clio Award for Meritorious Publications)
posted by Richard Schamp
HI, Richard, thank you for this suggestion. Have you read the book? Does it have names of Acadians such that it would be helpful as a source? Perhaps any lists? A book on general history is interesting so we could add it to free space pages we have on history, but I would like to know how much it could be used as a source for profiles before adding it to the sources page. It looks like an interesting book in any case.
posted by Cindy (Bourque) Cooper
Of possible interest regarding Prince Edward Island (PEI) Ile St. John , including Acadian families: https://www.islandregister.com/pegenweb.html .
posted by Ann (Atkinson) Sawusch
edited by Ann (Atkinson) Sawusch
Thank you Ann. We do like some of the sources listed on that site. You can get a prepared citation and link for those on the Reliable Soruces page

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Acadians_Project_Reliable_Sources

and the Census page https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Acadian_Census_Links_and_Lists

Some of the later items on your link would be of interest to those researching past Acadian times.

posted by Cindy (Bourque) Cooper
HI, Arora, regarding your April 2 posting, the third link is on the Reliable sources page. The second link shows 1.9 million entries so I'm not sure what to look for. We already have BanQ on the sources page.

The first link is a list which looks interesting - what document is it a list for? I couldn't match it to link 3 so something else?

posted by Cindy (Bourque) Cooper
edited by Cindy (Bourque) Cooper
As for unreliable, I see a lot of links on profiles to the "transcribed page" for different ppl and when I look at the source provided on right side, many times the original source says..International Genealogical Index. what many newer researchers don't realize is this sounds all good and like an important source index, when it reality it is just a created index of all the trees and their their infos, with no other verifiable sources of actual records and documents.. so IGI is NOT a good source at all.
posted by Arora (G) Anonymous
btw- for those that don't kno- on reliable sources- Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer (ANOM)- this is where the parish registers of ST. Pierre and Miquelon are found for those who were Acadian and were removed- many marriages bapts births deaths are listed in these registers. easy to use once one becomes familiar with the site
posted by Arora (G) Anonymous
Thanks, Arora I got this added to the Unreliable sources section.
posted by Cindy (Bourque) Cooper
Thank you Arora. We had it on there but I created a new entry to highlight St. Pierre and Miquelon and moved it up to the parish register section. Did you know that Bud has entered all these?? She did the Beaubassin registers too.
posted by Cindy (Bourque) Cooper
The middle link on the April 2 comment, seems to have lost its connection- so not sure what it went to. sorry.

Last link on April 2 comment goes to Tome 1 of "Une Colonie féodale en Amérique, l'Acadie (1604-1881) / Rameau de Saint-Père

Tome 2 link is http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/1986879?docref=DmB-_K5YJLMVvbQqCA8WvQ

these 2 books are huge sources of information about L'Acadie and include correspondence (gov, officials, etc) and other pertinent informations. ie; Metis Acadian Families can be found in Tome 2 book pages 348, 349, 350, starting page 350 is a section list of soldiers at Port Royal, list of french Males married @ Port Royal 1702-1715 (26), also French females married @ Port Royal1704-1712 (only 5). Tome 1 has a huge sources sect. of archive recs

posted by Arora (G) Anonymous
cont'd from Dec.1 comment below- " Le Canada français, 1888-1946, juillet 1888" within its pages also includes many Letters, edicts, responses, and some I think judicial, documents from this time period, involving the French inhabitants that are at now- Annapolis Royal (Ile Royal/ Port Royal), within these pages are many informative docs, about the french, and also somethings possibly about "removals of them", (I've only scanned thru some). Alot of infos possibly useful to many Acadian /French profiles.
posted by Arora (G) Anonymous
on the 2 April comment below - 1st link is I'm thinking not correct should be- (2pgs= 2 links)

http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2675794

http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2675795

which should take you to - Le Canada français, 1888-1946, juillet 1888, Documents inédits (Sur l'Acadie - Suite). XIV. - Oath taken by the French Inhabitants, Annapolis, 22 January 1715 (which is part of the book the other link takes you to. Good ref. for some of the french Acadians that did take the Oath of Allegiance , these are book pages 110 and 111 within the book.

Also if you click on the "elements" option on the right side, you can see the individual pages within the book, at the bottom of the page is options for scroll onto more pages of the book

posted by Arora (G) Anonymous
http://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/2675777

http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/resultats#0000164315f0000000049fp2675794

http://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/1986879 pg351 shows names of ones looks like from France that married in Acadia, book is searchable using small magnifier tool, right side upper -once book has loaded, can search using names, etc

posted by Arora (G) Anonymous