Prince Edward Island Register (Family genealogies)
(Dave Hunter)

This is the major site for anyone with ancestry from Prince Edward Island. The major advantages of this site comprise the indepth family genealogies (most Acadians families represented), census records, gravestone records, and passenger lists of all ethnic groups from Prince Edward Island. There is also a great chatroom associated with this site, where several knowledgeable people from the Island or elsewhere can answer your questions on conducting research in the Province. We recommend it immensely! Make sure the Acadian data is updated from Stephen White's volumes.
 

Tignish, PEI Families

Family genealogies of eight of Tignish's founding families. Depth of information given varies from family to family, but a good starter site. Tignish was an offshoot from the original settlement at Malpèque, and made up of settlers from the present-day Miscouche parish.
 

Rustico, PEI Families (from Canada Digital Collections)

A digital version of the book, Rustico, Une Paroisse Acadienne by J-Henri Blanchard. It gives the genealogies of Rustico's first settlers. These listings may contain errors, but again, a good starter site. Note: when researching, enter in the Surname of the family in the Search engine, not an individual's given name, or you'll get no return.

Fishing - It was a Way of Life/Lost at Sea (Sheevaun Nelson)

For those interested in researching to see if any of their ancestors lost their lives while fishing, this is a great web site to visit. Lists, dates, ships' names, other details, and monuments are all given.
 

For Quebec & Magdalen Islands fishing families

For those with Québecois or Magdalen Islands fishermen who drowned, visit this site, much info contributed by your editor from his new book.
 

100 Articles by Rev. Clarence d'Entremont (Yarmouth, NS VANGUARD)

A hundred articles of Father d'Entremont's published in the Yarmouth, NS newspaper, the VANGUARD. Each article is printable. A good historical resource for people with family from this county in Nova Scotia. Several of these have been published in Le Réveil Acadien.
 

Fortress of Louisbourg Parish Registers

 

Cape Breton GenWeb

Good site with many links and section for questions to be posted. Great starting place for people who have ancestors in that region.
 

History of Isle Madame, NS (George Rose)

Great and concise history of Isle Madame for those who descend from that region. Mr. Rose also has many links from his own web site worth visiting for various family databases.
 

Père Charles Bailly's Registers (Stephen A. White/Ed Galvin)

An English translation of Stephen White's transcription of Père Charles Bailly's registers for the Isle Madame region, circa 1770s.
 

Arichat, NS Registers (1839- B-to 1919; M-to1934; D-to1997) (Rufine Swan)

Principals from the extant registers of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Church, Arichat, NS (1839-1852; 1854-B:1919; M:1934; D:1997). A very important site for information from this region.
 

D'Éscousse, NS Registers (George Rose)

Principals from the extant registers of St-Hyacinthe's Church, D'Éscousse, NS to (1831-1899). Another very important site for Isle Madame family research.
 

D'Escousse Censuses (Ed Galvin)

Census records of D'Éscousse, NS (1811-1901)
 

L'Ardoise, NS Registers and Cemetery Records (Jeanne Belford)

Marriage records from Holy Guardian Angels' Church, L'Ardoise, NS (1823-1884) & Gravestone inscriptions from Holy Guardian Angels' Church cemetery.

 

Some Chéticamp, NS Marriages

Selected records from the extant registers of Chéticamp, NS. Acadian families treated include Aucoin, Boudreau, Chiasson, Deveau, Doucet, etc.
 

Some Margarée, NS Births. Marriages and Deaths

Selected excerpts from the Registers of St-Michel Church, Margarée, NS (1912-1891). Mostly Acadian families represented (LeBlanc, Déraspe, Muise, Cormier, Haché, Doucet, etc.).
 

River Bourgeois, NS Registers (1840-1945) (Rufine Swan)

Parish registers of River Bourgeois, NS (1840-1945).
 

1891 Census River Bourgeois & Petit-de-Grat, NS

1891 Census of River Bourgeois and Petit-de-Grat, NS.
 

1838 Census Antigonish County, NS

1838 Census of Antigonish County, NS.
 

Tracadie, NS Cemeteries

Gravestone inscriptions from the Tracadie, NS region
 

Isle Madame Summit 2000

Here are four excellent talks on the History of Isle Madame, given during the recent Summit held there in August 2000. One will surely learn much about the area and people of this Acadian stronghold by reading these fine presentations.

West Arichat, NS Registers

Havre-Boucher & Tracadie, NS Families (Lloyd Boucher)

Newfoundland GenWeb (West Coast Acadians)
        (Lavergne Cormier)

The area of Baie St-Georges (Newfoundland's West Coast) was settled by Acadian contingents from Magdalen Islands and the Chéticamp/Margarée areas of Cape Breton Island. One can consult the most complete data compiled from the parish registers of this important Acadian area in Newfoundland, which begin about 1850-present.

The French Connection(Acadians & Canadians) (Robert Chenard)

Good site with many links for Acadian and Québecois families from central Maine and the Madawaska region.

Acadian-Cajun Genealogy & History (Tim Hebert)

A large and well-organized site devoted to Acadian and Cajun genealogy and history. Contains historical and genealogical information on the Acadians who settled in Louisiana after the deportation.

Acadians at Belle-Ile-en-Mer, France (F. Roux & Poitou-Acadie-Bretagne)

Many of the Acadians expatriated back to France found themselves settled on this island off the coast of Brittany. This site gives much detailed information concerning the Acadians while in residence there, and before their departure to Louisiana toward 1785.
 

Acadians at Pleudihen-sur-Rance, France (Daniel Brandily)

Many other Acadians expatriated to St-Malo and vicinity were settled in the Rance River valley region at Pleudihen and its local villages of Mordreuc and La Coquennais. At this site, Daniel Brandily, distant cousin of our editor, gives much history (in French) regarding the Acadian families while settled there. Several of these exiles returned to Nova Scotia and settled in what is today, Tracadie and Pomquet, Nova Scotia in Antigonish County; the rest migrated to Louisiana. A very informative site with great photographs of the surrounding area.
 

Royal Descendants (For those with ties to the St-Étienne-de-Latour family & Royal links)

For those Acadians fortunate enough to descend from the St-Étienne de Latour (& Mottin) family, you will find at this site, Robert Count of Clermont, son of King Saint Louis IX, ancestors of Charles de Latour's mother, Marie de Salazar, who is the gateway for this Acadian royal descendancy. This detailed link gives much information on royal ancestors with many links to other houses in Europe, as far back as the information will extend.