Finally, we have arrived at the latest, and undoubtedly, the most exciting moment in this long odyssey, marked by the recent publication a couple of years ago of Part One of Stephen A. White's "Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes," the first truly reputable and solidly researched compendium on the origins of our Acadian ancestors on this continent. As precious as the genealogical dictionaries of Cyprien Tanguay and René Jetté, the P.R.D.H., and the Drouin Collection of marriage records are to the Québecois Canadians, Mr. White's dictionary when completed is destined to become for Acadians the "Bible of our ancestral origins." Having started all over from the very beginning, consulting each primary source of information once again, and employing newer tools and methods of dissection, as well as a fresh perspective and sweeping command of the other source materials compiled, Mr. White's work has resulted in countless new discoveries and conclusions, as well as reaffirmed with certitude some older conclusions held since the last century. These first two volumes in this ongoing series offer ALL Acadian researchers, expert and amateur alike, a very solid basis of data with which to expand their knowledge, as well as a very solid foundation on which all may construct their Acadian lineages on all of its many branches. We await with anticipation the appearance of future volumes in this vast undertaking by one so dedicated to making known our ancestral past with as much certainty and precision as possible.

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