French-Canadian Descendants

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Comment by Laurence Durand on March 21, 2011 at 11:08am

Hello everyone,

I'm a newby.  I search for the Durand, Généreux, and Plante family.  Also, since my mother comes from France... I've been digging through the archives of Orne, Normandy, France.

Comment by James P. LaLone on March 11, 2011 at 9:08am

Not sure how to pronounce a surname? Cool site here -

http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to-speech-interactive-demo.html

 

Comment by James P. LaLone on March 10, 2011 at 1:20pm

Denis, very nice website.

Comment by Denis Savard on March 9, 2011 at 6:20pm

I am mainly researching 16th-17th c. french records for ancestors to NF immigrants. I publish most of my finds at Savart.info, but it is all in French. You can always ask me for clarification on bad auto-translate tools. Look for the surnames at the header of my pages.

Comment by Patricia Quinn on March 9, 2011 at 5:58pm

I "sort of" understand the whole DNA thing, but can't test for the lines I really want to test for.  We had our Quinn DNA done a couple of years ago, and the results were a combination of exactly what we were expecting and a major surprise buried in them - our Quinn line carries markers of the Basque people - which adds proof to the old "ancient invasion by Spanish" of Ireland.

 

But I'd love to be able to test for my grandmother's line - there's where the French is at.  And there are none of her children still living today that can test for us.

 

But at least I've done enough research and gathered enough documents and information that I know the lines anyway.  Quebec records are the greatest!

Comment by James P. LaLone on March 9, 2011 at 11:34am

Into the DNA thing? I admit it is completely over my head (our society is having a speaker next month, hopefully I can understand more). Here are some sites to help you understand the genetic makeup of our French-Canadian ancestors.

General -

http://www.frenchdna.org/

http://www.afgs.org/DNA_Research_French-Canadian.html

http://www.cyndislist.com/dna.htm

http://dna-forums.org/

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GENEALOGY-DNA/2001-10...

http://www.tsakanikas.net/Maternalclans.htm

http://www.cryptojews.com/WereCryptoJewsInNewFrance.htm

http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2011/01/study-of-french-canadian-found...

http://www.bunnellgenealogybooks.citymaker.com/Violette_DNA_Lecture...

http://germaindoucet.com/canadian_anusim

 

Acadien DNA (maternal)
http://www.acadian-home.org/Founding-Mothers-of-Acadia.html
http://www.acadian-home.org/Haplogroups.html

 

DNA, genetic disorders
http://www.francoamericanconnection.com/fa-genetics/index.html

See also the articles in MICHIGAN’S HABITANT HERITAGE published by the French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan - “The Founder Effect in Quebec”, by Susan M. Colby (v.31, #4, Oct 2010) & “The Founder Effect in the Family: an mtDNA Mystery”, by Susan M. Colby (v.32, #1, Jan.2011).

For those who understand the techno jargon:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2805380

http://cjns.metapress.com/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent...

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199201023260117

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9195230

http://hmg.oxfordjournals.org/content/11/2/185.full

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/232/4758/1646.abstract

http://www.kimballgenetics.com/tests-taysachs1.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7607649

http://www.cell.com/AJHG/abstract/S0002-9297%2807%2963296-0

http://cjns.metapress.com/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent...

 

Comment by James P. LaLone on March 9, 2011 at 11:27am

Meetings - French-Canadian Heritage Society of California:

http://www.fchsc.org/

Comment by James P. LaLone on March 8, 2011 at 3:41pm

Some cool pics:

 

http://www.johnfishersr.net/french_in_america_calendar.html

 

Comment by Chris Bitner on March 7, 2011 at 2:57pm

Thanks Jim,

They were married in Quebec and their children were born in Quebec, Ontario, New York, and Michigan. I've ordered marriage certificates for 3 more of their children, hopefully they will all have the same maiden name for Rose.

Comment by James P. LaLone on March 7, 2011 at 9:19am

Chris -

1) Since you did not say you need to determine if Peter & Rose were married in Quebec (or Canada) or if in Wisconsin, you should be able to determine this is any children were born in Canada by the census records. You will need to look at all the children's marriage records to determine the mother's maiden name (there may have been two wives? or she may have been married twice)

2) Get the death records of Peter & Rose, hopefully that should give the parent's name.

3) If Peter & Rose were married in Quebec then look at the Loiselle and/or Fabien marriage indexes to determine a parish (you will need to know all the dit names for DeROSIER as well as keep in mind CHATEREAU/CHARTRAND & McDONALD possibilities. Once you have a parish you can check Drouin if you have a subscription to Ancestry, or Family Search or order in the parish films in through you local Family History Center which hopefully will provide you with further info such as baptisms, marriages and burials.

Good luck, Jim

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