Links…Poetry ACCESS TO RECOMMENDED WEB SITES and POETRY

Criterion for these suggested sites involves quality and scope of material as well quality of writing and aesthetics.

►The Island Register Dave Hunter’s excellent site dealing with Prince Edward Island. It includes general information, history and genealogy including data on some Acadian families. This link will bring you to an article authored by me on Acadian Jacques DeVaux, progenitor of the family on that island and thus as well, those of the name who settled in southwest Nova Scotia after the Deportation. The site also includes a Book Review of my Devoe-deVaux Family History 1691-1991 and lists a number of other books of interest.

►DeVauxFamily SWNS Descendants of Jacques (above) might find this article of interest.

►Yes, I built an airplane A 200mph, two-place, all wood, Falco F.8L. Take a look.

►Acadian Ancestral Home My shortened title for an extensive website dealing with Canadian French peoples; those of both the French-Canadian and Acadian cultures. The site is of a primarily eclectic nature, Lucie LeBlanc Consentino having put together a large corpus of work gathered from a wide-ranging variety of sources, as well as some of her personal observations. The site is described as having thousands of pages.

►Acadian Genealogy Homepage On The Web since 1991, this page should be of particular interest to those with an interest in things CAJUN as well as Acadian; extensive resources cited.

►Acadian Cultural Society UNIQUE! The only English language society devoted exclusively to Acadian culture and genealogy, seeking to keep alive the names and history of what was the “Acadian Nation.” It has a large number of materials both in its library holdings and in the collections of a number of its members and is thus capable of assisting those whose primary interest is Acadian research. It publishes a quarterly, Le Réveil Acadien, which with each issue brings readers to a greater understanding of their Acadian antecessors; become a member. Click on the website for details on its advantages, location, membership.

►American-Canadian Genealogical Society Located in Manchester, New Hampshire, this organization has an extensive collection of books, film, etc., primarily of interest to those seeking data on French-Canadian families in the Quebec area with but very limited resources for those seeking ancestors of Acadian background, i.e., few volumes, and virtually no material available on census reports, church registers, or courthouse records for that area of New France that was once Acadia: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island. Having said that, one should be aware that many Acadians later settled in the Province of Quebec, whether by chosen migration or as a result of the Deportations, hence many such families can be found in the extensive holdings of ACGS and very frequently identified in the records as Acadians. ACGS also has copies of Volume I of Stephen A. White’s DGFA including the English supplement to Volume I.

►New England Historic Genealogical Society Considered the most prestigious genealogical society in the United States, founded in 1845. Long associated nearly exclusively with old New England families, for at least the last quarter century its character has dramatically changed, its holdings now vast with respect to Canadian resources including much relating specifically to Acadian research. In addition to the many thousands of volumes on history and genealogy on its shelves, films of church registers, census reports, courthouse records, shipping registries, passenger lists, are available to a degree without peer, certainly nowhere in New England. Highly recommended.

►Ancestral Pilgrimage Join me in a journey to the past…and promise to do it one day yourself.

►Deportation or Expulsion ? It is not simply a matter of semantics.

►Citing Sources Specifically, those parish registers…do it well.

►Typing French language accents the easy way

►Tribute to the pilots of the USAAF, WWII MUSTER, a poem.

►POETRY:

The Planters, Eaton, a ballad and other verse, from The History of Kings County This is a Link to another page on this site, material prepared by me.

A Calvaire, a poem from Cape Breton Tales by Henry James Smith, Atlantic Monthly Press, Boston (1920). Concerns a large cross once standing in Arichat, C.B., pencil sketch from the book included.

Old Arichat, a short story from Cape Breton Tales. Sixteen pages here, including the sketch and some biographical information on the author of that book. NOTE: The pages have been scanned and entered as “images” on this website. Because I use Microsoft Word to create the pages and do not create my own HTML some may not have access because they are images: If possible avoid Netscape, use Internet Explorer; I understand MAC PCs have a problem with my approach as well.

►Others will be added, last 4 DEC 2001 (reminder, add d’E)

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