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AFGS Library Fundraising Campaign

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AFGS Building Fundraising Campaign

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AFGS Website Development Fundraising Campaign

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5 Generation Charts

$3.50
8 1/2″ X 11”

Standard pedigree chart

Improved version, designed to be either handwritten or typed

Minimum order 100. $3.50 per 100
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Standard Family Group Sheets

$3.50
8 1/2″ X 11”

Places to record pertinent data for a couple and up to 15 children

Reverse side is blank for notes and references

Minimum order 100. $3.50 per 100
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Quebec Map

$6.00
Contains the names of cities, towns, and counties they are in and pinpoints their location on the map

Shipped in a packing tube
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8 Generation Family Tree Chart

$10.00
23″ X 28”

Heavy parchment-like stock

Shipped in a packing tube
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10 Generation Fan Chart

$10.00
25″ X 36 1/2”

Printed on heavy paper, suitable for framing

Space for 1,023 ancestral names

Shipped in a packing tube
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Baptism Records

$10.00 – $125.00

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The Voyageurs Ornament

$12.00
The Voyageurs is an intricately detailed depiction of the adventurous French Canadian men who traveled by birch bark canoe transporting barter goods, supplies, and pelts between Montreal and the vast outreaches of the western wilderness stretching to the Pacific Coast

Each exquisite 24kt gold-electroplated collectible is handcrafted of solid brass. The men in their canoe are depicted in full color.

The ornament is beautifully gift-boxed with the AFGS logo embossed in gold on the cover and includes a short history of the voyageurs and the important role they played in the fur trade that sustained the Canadian economy for over two hundred years.

Actual size: 2.5″ X 3.5″

Please note: $5 additional shipping and handling each ornament. Rhode Island residents $0.84 cents tax per ornament will be added
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French & Belgian Immigrants to Northern RI

$15.00

156 pages 1997 Between the mid1800s and the early 1900s over 1,500 individuals came to Woonsocket, Rhode Island from Belgium and France to work in the city’s textile mills. This book features an alphabetical listing of those immigrants, often containing birth, marriage, and burial information.

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La Cuisine De La Grandmère – Cookbook

$15.00

Over 250 pages. These recipes have been handed down through many generations. Printed in English.

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Marriage Records

$15.00 – $250.00

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I Remember…Je Me Souviens…

$20.00

197 pages 2016 Jeanne Douillard has spent years studying the history of the French in North America in order to better understand her Franco-American ethnic heritage and experience. This book adds a missing piece to the literature of cultural experience, growing out of one woman’s heart and mind.

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Etymology of First Names

$20.00

210 pages 2004 Many Franco-Americans are unaware of the meaning behind the names that they received at their Christening. This publication attempts to cast some light on the meaning of those names. Only the names that appeared in most genealogical research in North American records have been used.

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The Counties of the United States and Canada

$20.00

by Armand R. Letourneau. 3-hole punched in a ring binder. 201 pages.

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Burial Records

$20.00 – $100.00

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The Beginnings of the Franco-American Colony in Woonsocket, Rhode Island

$20.00

560 pages 1997 A translation of Marie Bonier’s book published in 1920. Its pages contain genealogical details about the first 117 French-speaking families who settled in Woonsocket. It also incudes a description of Franco-American institutions and personal accomplishments of outstanding members of the group.

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French Language Lifelines for the Anglo Genealogist by Sandra Goodwin

$20.00

294 pages 2020 From the producer of Maple Stars and Stripes: Your French-Canadian Genealogy Podcast, comes this guide to everything you’ll need to know to be a successful French-Canadian genealogist. You’ll find tips for dit names, French sounds, gender, French numbers, dates, translating church records and much more.

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A Distinct Alien Race by David Vermette

$29.95

388 pages 2021 One million French Canadians crossed the border between 1840 and 1930 to work in New England’s burgeoning textile industry. Vermette traces individuals and families , from the textile barons whose profits in the Caribbean and China trades financed a new industry, to the rural poor of Quebec who crowded the into fetid tenements after the Civil War. Hos social history exposes the anti-Franco-American agitation of Protestant clergy , the Ku Klux Klan, and the eugenics movement.

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Songs Upon the Rivers

$34.95

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Reference & Guide Book for the Genealogist

$35.00

by Armand R. Letourneau. Describes how to research French-Canadian roots including valuable references, resources, and addresses for research. 3 hole punched in a ring binder. 378 pages.

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