Below are several websites that have superb
information on the Acadians - their history and their genealogy.
With two exceptions these websites only cover the Acadian
history and genealogy for Acadia (i.e., 1600's to 1760's).
I hope you enjoy using some of these sites for your reseach or
to just browse around.
Merci,
Marty
"An Acadian Parish Remembered" - A
photocopy of the original church registers of St-Jean Baptiste
Parish in Port-Royal from 1702-1755 with a search engine for
finding individual persons
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/cap/acadian/
"Acadian Heartland: Records
of the Deportation and Le Grand Derangement, 1714-1768" -
Superb site with three excellent sets of records: (1)
Selections from T. B. Akins book 'Public Documents of the
Province of Nova Scotia' which is filled with transcriptions of
Acadian documents; (2) the Andew Brown Collection's 'Papers
Relating to the Acadian French' and (3) 'The Journal of Colonel
John Winslow" covering the expulsion of the Acadians from
Beausejour (Beaubassin) and Grand-Pre in 1755
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/deportation/
"ABCGenealogy (Nova Scotia)"
- Superb links to Acadian websites
http://www.abcgenealogy.com/Regional/Canada/Nova_Scotia/
"Acadian Historical Atlas"
- Superb maps of historical and modern Acadia by region; names
of people in each historical area of Acadia
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/neo-ecossaise/default.htm
"Digital Archives of the
Argyle District Acadians" - Excellent website on the Cape
Sable region of Nova Scotia and and the Acadians there; has a
genealogy section. The Argyle District is the southwestern end
of Nova Scotia where West Pubnico is located.
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/argyle/default.htm
" The West Pubnico Acadian
Museum and Archives" - Contains interesting information on
the Acadians of the Cape Sable Region including 100 articles
written by Father Clarence d'Entremont about the Acadians.
http://www.museeacadien.ca/english/archives/index.htm
"Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and
History" by Tim Hebert - A superb website for the beginner
and expert. Excellent historical and genealogical material on
the Acadians from the 1600's to the present.
http://www.acadian-cajun.com/
"The Acadian Odyssey" -
Another excellent website on the history of the Acadians. The
information is more condensed than that on Tim Hebert's website
above.
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/acadian/intro/index.htm
"Baie Sainte-Marie" - The
Clare tourism website with information on the history of this
area where many Acadians live today. Meteghan is part of the
Municipality of Clare.
http://www.clarenovascotia.com
"Fort Point Museum" -
Website of the Fort Point Museum at LaHave, Nova Scotia. It
contains an excellent history of the area which include
Merligueche by Joan Dawson. Also, has list of names of early
Acadians that lived in this area.
http://www.fortpointmuseum.com/history.asp
"Canada's Digital Collections" - Hundreds
of digitized records from the Library and Archives Canada on all
aspects of Canadian history.
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/
"Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management"
- Numerous digitized databases on the Acadians and
Nova Scotia history and genealogy as well as a wealth of other
information.
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/
"Library and Archives
Canada" - An excellent site
with hundreds of records on the history and genealogy of Canada
including Acadian.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/
