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Comment by Jayne Ireland on September 9, 2016 at 5:14am

Arorasky, I also do not understand how anyone can limit the definition of Acadians to only-French. I have only recently discovered Acadians in my family tree and had read that they were distrusted/looked down upon as "mix-breeds" (French + English + Scottish + Mi'kmaq). It was through the Acadian-Cajun Genealogy site http://www.acadian-cajun.com/genacad1.htm  that I learned that my ancestor Germain DOUCET was in fact Native American. So some information can still be found, despite the destruction of documents during the grand dérangement.

Comment by James P. LaLone on September 8, 2016 at 3:06pm

River Raisin National Battlefield Park News Release

For Release:     Immediately 

Contact:            Scott J. Bentley, Superintendent

Address:           1403 E. Elm Ave., Monroe, MI. 48162

Website:            http://www.nps.gov/rira

Phone:              (734)243-7136 

2nd Annual French-Canadian Descendants Reunion

 

            MONROE, Michigan.— Superintendent Scott J. Bentley announced today that River Raisin National Battlefield Park will be hosting the 2^nd annual French-Canadian Descendants Reunion on Sunday, September 25, 2016, from noon until 4:00 pm.

Guests are asked to bring a dish to pass, their genealogy, family trees, and any family traditions or recipes. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Sandy Vanisacker by email at svanisacker@yahoo.com.

River Raisin National Battlefield Park preserves, commemorates, and interprets the January 1813 battles of the War of 1812 and their aftermath in Monroe and Wayne counties in Southeast Michigan.    The Battles of the River Raisin resulted in the greatest victory for Tecumseh’s Confederation and the greatest defeat for the United States during the War of 1812.    Although American forces were victorious in the first battle, the second ended in what was described as a “national calamity” by then General William Henry Harrison, and later President of the United States.  The battle cry, "Remember the Raisin!" inspired a massive U.S. victory at the Battle of the Thames, which sealed the War of 1812 in the western theater for the U.S., claimed the life of the great Shawnee leader Tecumseh, and resulted in the end the American Indian Confederation.  The Aftermath of the Battles resulted in the implementation of Indian removal from the Northwest Territory at the conclusion of the War of 1812, an aftermath that continues to influence the United States today.   For more in-depth information about the Battlefield please visitwww.nps.gov/rira/ or www.battlefieldfoundation.com

 

About the National Park Service:  More than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for America’s 407 national parks and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities.  Learn more at www.nps.gov. -NPS-

Comment by James P. LaLone on September 6, 2016 at 9:14pm

Arorasky, I have no Acadian ancestry (that I know of) and am not real familiar with all the sources and their "background", but it seems to me that if there are records that documentation can be used.  I realize that some may be family stories but usually there are things that can be found to help support those stories (I realize because of the "interruptions" in Acadia a lot of documents no longer exist.  In this case DNA tests would be helpful.  Regarding WikiTree there are ways of dealing with conflicts and I would try to resolve things that way, and if you keep getting blown off keep pushing and providing evidence of your arguments, contact Chris (the head if need be).  Sorry I can't be of more help.

Comment by Arorasky on September 6, 2016 at 9:59am

Sorry..I get worked up about this, I've been fighting this battle for almost 20 years now.  my question to you is...what do you think is the best way to handle these ones who are now basically controling the "wiki" genealogical datas for ancestors of 1700's and back.  basically on wiki you are not allowed to make duplicate profiles, and if they of the "expert groups" don't agree with your data, they have the right to REMOVE IT and to REMOVE Marriages, Partnerships, CHILDREN, etc..so even if you know your lines on WIKi...if you don't have full blown proof usually including Tanguay and or SW  guess what..they will delink married spouses. I've seen them do it!.. so where does that leave us, the ones looking for and finding the real truths?  I've even told them to research the Jesuit Relations Volumes..I get no responses..basically feel blown off & am beginning to think I should pull all my data from site

Comment by Arorasky on September 6, 2016 at 9:53am

@ James P. Lalone, thank you for accepting me to group. I've read many many of the things you've published posted on the web, about genealogical lines for Bourassa Families, and some others. I am also on Wikitree, and since I know you research carefully looking for the actual truths for Ancestries, I have a question for you, you are still new to Wiki? so I will assume, you haven't seen the rhetoric yet? The continuiing issues of not acknowledging the facts of births of those of N8v&frnch mixed blood births.  I'm finding no matter which major genealogy site I join, there is constantly a need for many to start "Acadian" groups and then flat refuse to acknowledge the children/marriages families of those who may have been of Acadian descent but thru marriages and births the children are now being proven thru dna, and mtdna as not full euro blood lines.  These "acadian" groups, will literally state things like, "well if SW doesn't list, then it's not correct".  What these researchers don't realize is SW was ASKED to do Heritage BOOKS of ONLY ACADIANS...which means...many children, wives, husbands, ancestors or descendants were actually LEFT out of their own Families!  I found this out when I located online SW's own words stating during the publication of I think it was the Bergeron Publication of Genealogy they (Bergeron Society maybe not sure and SW both) determined that NOT OMITTING Families with Native or other Heritages allowed them to ADD an Additional ..something like 250 family lines of history to the publication!  So when I found this...I questioned another well known Genealogist.."expert" and SHE stated to my question...my question was "does this mean that publications books written by SW before this one and possibly after this one, have left out children & spouses, etc who were Native or anything else that wasn't french heritage?"... her response was..."well in SW defense he was asked to do books of only Acadian descent".  I'm sorry I'm going on and on here..but you will find on Wiki and other Genealogical sites with "acadian groups" many flat refuse to see their own true heritages! and by doing so they are still in 2016 excluding their own families from the rights of acknowledgment of who they are and where they came from. 

Comment by James P. LaLone on September 1, 2016 at 8:19pm

Had not heard of this - http://news.nationalpost.com/features/inside-a-quebec-summer-ritual...

Comment by James P. LaLone on August 25, 2016 at 6:47am

Interesting site - http://tourisme.iledorleans.com/en/ile-d-orleans/founding-families-...

Comment by James P. LaLone on August 23, 2016 at 7:40pm

Of possible interest - New England French-Canadians: http://maplestarsandstripes.com/shownotes/mss-051-silent-presence-f...

Comment by James P. LaLone on August 13, 2016 at 11:20am

I joined WikiTree in late Feb. with the idea of making my genealogy available to my relatives. The link is for my family, still in the process of making additions & sourcing (big learning curve on this site), but those who may connect with me might also be interested in the listing of French-Canadian families in my direct line -  http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/LaLone-73.

Comment by James P. LaLone on August 1, 2016 at 7:36pm

New book of possible interest - http://www.barakabooks.com/catalogue/songs-upon-the-rivers/

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