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Explore the rich history of French-Canadians.  Our library and research center provides a space to come together and uncover family history. Join us in preserving the stories of our ancestors for future generations.

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Save the date! Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024

Our Fall General Membership Meeting will be Saturday, October 19, 2025.  Please note the change in location.  We will meet at the Tolland Public Library, also on the Tolland Green.  The address is 21 Tolland Green. We will also ZOOM- please click here for the information. The general membership meeting is at 1:00, with our speaker, Charlie Gargiulo, following that at approximately 1:45.

Mr. Gargiulo will share his memoir, "Legends of Little Canada".  This includes  a little history and his own personal experience with Lowell's Little Canada community.   He will tell of living through its final days as a young person when the faceless force of "urban renewal" invaded and literally wiped the 80 year old French-Canadian/Franco-American neighborhood off the map.  Join us as Mr. Gargiulo shares what happened in Lowell, Massachusetts to the French-Canadians.

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Save the date! Friday, Oct. 25, 2024

Come join us and enjoy the company of new friends!  This a very affordable opportunity to learn more about the history of our French-Canadian ancestors and the mill work that so many came to the states for.  We'll enjoy a docent led private tour of the museum and exhibits, rich with anecdotal stories.  

Following the tour, we will have lunch (Dutch Treat) at the Willimantic Brewery.  It is located in an historic granite and limestone 1909 U.S. Post Office Building, and the Brewery has retained much of that decor. 

Be sure to RSVP; lunch is optional, but we hope you'll join us!  Click here for details.

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Congratulations to our 2024 Scholarship Recipients!

 

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Right- Laura Farquhar of Killingly, CT

Above- Lauren Ayotte of Bristol, CT

Save the date(s)- October 29-November 1, 2025 in Manchester, New Hampshire

Listen and Watch here!  Here's a clip of an interview done with WJMJ, 88.9 FM. about FCGSC.

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Our library at 53 Tolland Green, Tolland, Connecticut is open for walk-ins from 1-5 P.M. on Wednesdays and Saturdays, to patrons who are fully vaccinated. 

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Looking to the Future

Your checkbook is just one of many tools for making donations to your French-Canadian Genealogical Society. One of these tax efficient year end gifts may be a great option for you:

  • Gifts of appreciated stock allow you to support the FCGSC's mission while maximizing tax advantages.

  • If you are 70 1/2 or older you can make a gift directly from your IRA and lower your taxable income.

  • If you have a donor advised fund you can contact your advisor, or donate online.

Talk with your financial advisor or we can put you in contact with the FCGSC's financial advisor for more information.

Phone:  860-872-2597           Email:  info@fcgsc.org
Mailing address:  FCGSC/ PO Box 928/  Tolland, CT  06084
Location:  53 Tolland Green/ Tolland, CT 06084

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