American-French Genealogical Society |
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Research Information |
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“Where did they Come From” |
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Information presented here with the permission of |
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Dennis Boudreau |
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| If you (or your family) live(d) in |
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| - Providence or Warren, look for your ancestors in the Lanaudière region of Quebec (Berthier, Joliette and Maskinongé Counties) |
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| - Fall River (check the lower Gaspé, near Kamouraska & Rimouski Counties) |
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| - Holyoke, Springfield, Central Falls, Pawtucket, Taunton and New Bedford (check the lower Richelieu Valley and Southeastern New Brunswick), as the train from Montreal picked up passengers to bring to these important textile & fishing industry centers. |
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| - Woonsocket, West Warwick, Putnam, Southbridge & Worcester [Blackstone corridor] (most of your ancestors are from the Berthier, Joliette, Sorel and Yamaska regions) |
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| - Manchester, NH & Lowell (most migrated there from the Nicolet and Bois-Franc region Megantic, Arthabaska, Wolfe, Compton, Richmond & Drummond Counties] above Sherbrooke) |
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| - Maine (check the St. John (NB) River Valley and the Beauce Valley) |
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| - Fitchburg, Leominster and Gardner (the Acadian Triangle) (most Acadians came from Westmoreland County, New Brunswick) |
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| - Boston & North Shore (Salem, Lynn, Gloucester) your ancestors came from Ile Madame (Arichat, NS; PEI, Yarmouth County, NS) to work in the fisheries. |
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| - Boston & South Shore (most from Tracadie and Antigonish County, NS) |
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| - Waltham (most Acadians came from the Cheticamp, NS and Moncton, NB area to work in the thriving shoe and watch factories) |
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| - Hartford, Waterbury, Bristol (most migrated from upstate Maine & St. John Valley; others from Trois-Rivières) |
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