French-Canadian Genealogical Society Of Connecticut

Free Seminars

Seminars are offered free by the French-Canadian Genealogical Society of Connecticut and open to all members and non-members. For additional information and registration, as space is limited, please call (860) 872-2597.

Les Filles du Roi: the Daughters of the King
Thursday, May22, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. presented by Maryanne Legrow.
The Filles du Roi were marriageable girls who came to Quebec in the mid-1660s as brides for the early settlers of New France . Who were these girls? What would induce young French women, many of them city bred, to brave the ocean crossing for marriage to a comparative stranger and an unknown future? Why would they leave home and family to settle in a vast and untamed wilderness? What was life like for them? What did they wear? What did they eat? How did they choose a husband? Did they live happily ever after? Learn about the lives and grand adventure of the Filles du Roi and decide for yourself.

The Carignan Regiment: War Heroes in the Family Tree
Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. presented by Ivan Robinson.
In the 1660s, the Carignan Regiment, sent from France to counter the marauding Iroquois, saved the infant colony from destruction. Nearly half of its 1,000 men stayed on once their mission was accomplished. They married and began families and thus show up in many French-Canadian family trees. Ivan Robinson will relate the regiment's story and tell how to find an ancestor in its ranks.

Quebec Trip August 2008

Visit Quebec on its gala 400th birthday ! Join us for a step back into our founding ancestors' daily lives; walk their journey with us. Visit: Musee de la Civilisation, de 1'hotel-dieu de Quebec, Centre d' Interpretation de Place-Royale, Urban Life Interpretation Centre (Ville de Quebec), Musee des Augustines de 1'Hopital general de Quebec, Musee de I'Amerique francais Quebec Seminary, The Citadelle/Royal 22 Regiment, and Musee des Ursulines; and a day of research at Laval University.

Fees: $4 to $8 per musee per person. Also, New France Festival week.
Sunday, August 3, 2008 - through - Saturday, August 9, 2008

Prices for double occupancy rooms at Hotel Delta Quebec - $850.00 -may be less if a larger group goes this year.
Travel: via leased vans - pick up in West Hartford , CT, Springfield, MA, and Rockingham, Vt; more can be added if along the I 91 corridor.
Twenty or more will get us group rates into all museums. Thirty or more will enable us to go by chartered coach, once again, and reduce the price per person for all. Invite your relatives and friends.

$100.00 deposit per person due by May 1st, 2008 Balance due by July 3, 2008.
For questions and more information, contact Bobbie Paradis
baparadis@hotmail.com

New Repertoires On Our Shelves

Quebec
St-Octave-de-Metis, births and baptisms 1855-2005
St-Modeste, births 1853-1940
St-Francois-Xavier-de-Riviere-du-Loup, births and deaths 1905-2002
St-Patrice-de-Riviere-du-Loup, births 1813-1992
St-Patrice-de-Riviere-du-Loup, deaths 1813-1992
Connecticut
Connecticut, French heritage obituaries, 1994-1995 and 2003
Maine
Bangor Daily News, obituaries 1003, some 1991 and 2004
New Hampshire
Hillsborough County, annual reports, 1939-1942
New York
Nashville Cemetery, Hanover
Steuben County, marriages and deaths from newspapers, 1837-1868
Rhode Island
McAloon-Kelly Funeral Home, burial records, Pawtucket, 1900-1998
Rhode Island and Massachusetts
Rhode Island and Massachusetts, French heritage obituaries, 1988-1994
Vermont
Cavendish, cemeteries
St. Johnsbury, town vital records, 1788-1800
Windsor County, Sharon cemeteries

CML Index Available

A bound index is now available for all the issues of the Connecticut Maple Leaf from its beginnings in 1983 to the Anniversary Edition of last summer. The cost is $5 with shipping and handling extra if required.
The index, compiled by FCGSC members Albert Marceau and Paul Keroack , is a useful tool for finding any particular article in back issues or for simply getting an overview of all the interesting topics the CML has covered over the years. To buy the index, drop by the library or call there at (860) 872-2597.

Passport Reminder

Don’t forget, as you begin making travel plans for the summer, that passports are now necessary for Americans returning home from Canada by air. As things stand now, they will also be required for land and sea travel, including ferries such as the ones to Nova Scotia, as of Jan. 1, 2008. That deadline may be extended if certain requirements sought in Congress are not met. Children 15 or younger may use a certified copy of their birth certificates instead of a passport. The Department of Homeland Security expects the Jan. 1 deadline will hold. It takes six to eight weeks to get a passport, which costs $97 for an adult. For details, visit http://travel.state.gov.