AFGS has an assortment of items available for purchase, ranging from historical books & folktales to family tree charts & vital records.
View the currently available items below.
In addition to the publications listed below, we maintain an Excess Book List, featuring “gently used” duplicate publications already on the library shelves. These “one-of-a-kind” books are offered at reduced prices and sold on a “first come, first served” basis.
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Books and Publications
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Two Volumes 761 pages -
Two Volume Set 2001 A groundbreaking biographical dictionary of the nearly 800 women and girls set from France to populate Quebec between 1663 and 1673. The introduction explains the need for the program, dispels misconceptions about the Filles du Roi, and gives a history of the program in Canada. -
384 pages 2022 This book first examines the much-misunderstood early immigration of women to New France, explaining the need for women in the colony, the difficulties in increasing the population, and the unfounded assertions that these women were prostitutes, not pioneers. -
Stories of the history, culture, and life in the communities of French speakers in New Bedford, Massachusetts. -
Old Grandmother’s Tree Vol 2
$37.00A heritage told through time A history of family, connections, cunning trickster animals, and adventures untold: Old Grandmother’s Tree: A Collection of French-Canadian Folktales is a beautiful compilation of folktales set against the backdrop of 17th and early 20th century Quebec. On her wedding night, a young Algonquin woman is visited by the spirit if her first husband and the trickster animals if Indigenous legends, who encourage her to set forth on a new journey. So begins the Meunier family’s origin story and the many adventures that cine through the generations that follow. Combing richly woven stories and stunning artwork, Joseph Bolton’s and Natasha Pelley-Smith’s Old Grandmother’s Tree is a tribute to an untold story that will touch any reader. -
Old Grandmother’s Tree Vol 1
$37.00A heritage told through time A history of family, connections, cunning trickster animals, and adventures untold: Old Grandmother’s Tree: A Collection of French-Canadian Folktales is a beautiful compilation of folktales set against the backdrop of 17th and early 20th century Quebec. On her wedding night, a young Algonquin woman is visited by the spirit if her first husband and the trickster animals if Indigenous legends, who encourage her to set forth on a new journey. So begins the Meunier family’s origin story and the many adventures that cine through the generations that follow. Combing richly woven stories and stunning artwork, Joseph Bolton’s and Natasha Pelley-Smith’s Old Grandmother’s Tree is a tribute to an untold story that will touch any reader. -
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. -
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. -
NOTE:Choose between The Red Drouin CD, compatible with both PC and MAC, or a USB thumb drive.Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page Details -
by Armand R. Letourneau. 3-hole punched in a ring binder. 201 pages. -
Over 250 pages. These recipes have been handed down through many generations. Printed in English.
Maps, Charts, & More
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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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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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- 23″ X 28”
- Heavy parchment-like stock
- Shipped in a packing tube
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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 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
Vital Records
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Birth Records
$35.00 – $40.00Price range: $35.00 through $40.00Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page Details -
Baptism Records
$10.00 – $125.00Price range: $10.00 through $125.00Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page Details -
Marriage Records
$15.00 – $250.00Price range: $15.00 through $250.00Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page Details -
Burial Records
$20.00 – $100.00Price range: $20.00 through $100.00Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page Details
