929.14 B215c
| Banet, Charles Henry. Courchaton: Department de la Haute Sa ne, 1670-1852. Rensselaer, IN: 1980.
Contains baptismal, marriage, and death registers for the Catholic Parish of Saint Madeline (1670-1792) and the Civil Registers from 1793-1852 at Courchaton, Department of Haute Sa`ne. Banet provides explanations in English to the use of forenames, surnames, towns of origin, as well as notes about the French Republican Calendar and the Gregorian Calendar.
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977.201 A425ban
| Banet, Charles Henry. French Immigrants in Allen County, IN 1850-1870. Rensselaer, IN: 1980.
Compiled from the 1850-1870 Federal Censuses for Allen County, Indiana. Banet edited and annotated some of the surnames, using "current" family names when possible and noting anglicized names, such as White for Blanc. Provides names and ages of those in the household, occupation, place of birth, and source information.
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929 B355in 2001
| Baxter, Angus. In Search of Your European Roots: A Complete Guide to Tracing Your Ancestors in Every Country in Europe. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing, 2001.
In his chapter on France, Baxter provides information about French history, calendar changes, and boundary changes that affect genealogical research in France as well as requisite addresses and tips for researching. |
929.14 C932f 1994
| Crispin, M. Jackson and Leonce Macary. Falaise Roll. Frome & London: Butler & Tanner, 1938.
Provides brief biographical information about those listed on the Falaise Roll`a list of persons believed to have been companions of William the Conqueror (William, duke of Normandy) during the conquest of England (1066-1072), after which he became king of England.
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Microfiche LH14679 2nd Floor
| Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton. The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia. Salem, MA: Salem Press, 1910.
Acadian resource providing background on the French expulsion and a history of the New England planters who came to Kings County in their stead. Includes many genealogies from 1604-1910.
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929.11 P287fi
| Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index. Detroit, MI: Gale, c1981.
Filby's index is a multi-volume set bringing together in one alphabet citations from over 100 published passenger and immigration lists, providing information on immigrants to Canada and the U.S. arriving between the sixteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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976.302 N532k
| King, Grace Elizabeth. Creole Families of New Orleans. New York, NY: Macmillan, 1921.
Provides information about prominent Creole families of New Orleans from the 1700's to the early 1900's. Historical references as well as genealogical information.
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929.171 L167o
| Laforest, Thomas J. Our French-Canadian Ancestors. Palm Harbor, FL: LISI Press, 1983.
Contains hundreds of biographies about settlers to New France, articles about life in New France, and topical information about family name origins, early explorers, the Catholic Church, etc.
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929.171 L318f 1980
| Lareau, Paul J., and Elmer Courteau. French Canadian Families of the North Central States. St. Paul, MN: [P.J. Lareau?], 1980.
8 volumes + index. A genealogical dictionary of surname listings for families of French origin who migrated from Canada to Minnesota, the Dakotas, Wisconsin. Also contains selected data about persons living in parts of Iowa, upper Michigan, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. Information gleaned from records of French Canadian churches in the states listed as well as churches that were predominately of Quebec descent. Ninth volume is a location index.
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Microfiche LH14608 2nd Floor
| Public Archives of Canada. Report Concerning the Canadian Archives for the Year 1905. Ottawa: S.E. Dawson, 1906.
Sessional paper no. 18, first published by the Canadian Parliament in 1906. Describes archival holdings located in the Canadian Archives relating to Acadian genealogy and French-Canadian genealogy, pre-1763 to 1905.
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929.14 R551a
| Rieder, Jr., Milton P. and Norma Gaudet Rieder, eds. Acadians in France. Metairie, LA: 1967-73.
Vol. 1: Genealogical information on persons living in Acadian settlements in France circa 1762-1776 taken from welfare lists, general rolls, convoy lists, other sources. Vol. 2: Belle Isle En Mer Registers (birth, death, and circumstantial information about the Acadians living off of the coast of Bretagne in 1760's) and the La Rochette Papers (list of Acadians deported from Isle Saint Jean to England and subsequently to France in 1763). Vol. 3: Passenger lists of Acadians deported directly to France from Isle Royale and Isle Saint Jean in 1758.
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976.3 R654a
| Robichaux, Albert J., Jr. The Acadian Exiles in Saint-Malo, 1758-1785. Eunice, LA: Hebert Publications, 1981.
Three volume set designed as a guide in locating parish records of baptisms, marriages, and burials of Acadians exiled to Saint Malo, France and the surrounding area in the mid to late 18th century. The author refers to French departments by their present-day (as of 1981) names so users of the book can locate records easily.
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977.201 A425ron
| Rondot, Alfred B. Place or Town Origin of Allen County, Indiana, French Surnames, 1800-1900, found in the Courchaton, Haute Saone, France Register 1670-1852. 1980.
Rondot has taken surnames of French origin found in 19th century Allen County and connected them to surnames found in French registers from Courchaton during the 17th through the 19th century. He indicates a place of origin for each surname and sites various sources for his information (censuses, etc.).
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929.14 S377
| Schrader-Muggenthaler, Cornelia. Alsace Emigration Book. Apollo, PA: Closson, 1991.
Two volumes. Listing of emigrants from Upper and Lower Alsace to the United States as well as persons who migrated through Alsace from Germany, Switzerland, etc. Provides birth year, birth place, date of emigration, place of emigration, and source information.
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976.3 T726m
| Toups, Neil J. Mississippi Valley Pioneers. Lafayette, LA: Neilson Publishing Co., 1970.
Genealogical information about pioneers of French or Spanish origin who settled in Louisiana, including passenger lists as well as historical and biographical information.
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16.929 W447g
| Wellauer, Maralyn A. 2nd ed. A Guide to Foreign Genealogical Research. Milwaukee, WI: Maralyn A. Wellauer, 1976.
Wellauer's chapter about genealogical resources relating to France (pages 80-93) includes instructions on writing for records, genealogical societies in France, and a bibliography of resources.
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976.3 W519a
| West, Robert Cooper. An Atlas of Louisiana Surnames of French and Spanish Origin. Baton Rouge: Geoscience Publications, 1986.
West profiles 100 Spanish and French surnames using maps showing the present-day (as of 1986) distribution of households of a given name in Louisiana and surrounding states. Each map is followed by a brief historical interpretation of the distribution with emphasis on time and place of the family's initial settlement and the family's spread.
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Microfiche LH9526 2nd Floor
| WPA. Inventory of Parish Archives of Louisiana. University, LA: Louisiana State University, 1939.
WPA inventory of notorial records from Orleans Parish in the 1930's with indexes.
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