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369 pages 1996
The Manitoba Scrip was issued to all Metis or half-breed s and original white settlers. Applications for the land scrip began in June 1875 and continued until the early 1900s. The information was extracted from microfilmed copies of the documents. The applications are listed alphabetically.
History of Compton County and Sketches of the Eastern Townships, District of St Francis and Sherbrooke County Complied by L.S. Channell
289 pages 1896
The book is supplemented with records of 400 families, 200 illustrations of buildings and leading citizens in the county. Includes a biography of the late John Henry pope.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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