These genealogical works are the most helpful tools I
was able to find at the Clayton Genealogical Library in Houston, Texas.
While all of these may not be available everywhere, most genealogical research
facilities should have copies of some titles.
Arsenault, Bona. Histoire et Génèalogique des Acadians. Volumes I-VI. Ottawa: Les Éditions Lemeça, Inc., 1978.
Six volume set utilizes church records to recount the history and migration of early families to Acadia and the places of exile. Each volume focuses on a geographic location and so it may be necessary to refer to more than one volume while tracking the movement of family members from settlement to settlement. Most of the records, while very detailed, do not often include death dates nor do they give much information as to the parents of spouses; it is, however, one of the most comprehensive and respected works available.Bergeron, Adrien. Le Grand Arrangement Des Acadiens Au Quebec: Notes de Petite-Histoire Génèalogies: France, Acadie, Quebec de 1626 á 1925. Montreal: Éditions Élysèe, 1981.
Dictionnaire National Des Canadiens-Français (1608-1760). Volumes I-II. Montreal: Institut Génèalogique Drouin, 1979.
The above two works are most useful for tracking families in Quebec rather than Acadia, though some families did migrate beyond the borders of what is now Nova Scotia.
In my opinion, THE best resource for tracking families in Ascension/Assumption/St.James Parishes & the Lafourche basin. Not only are the parents (and sometimes grand-parents) of both couples usually mentioned in the entries for a marriage, but so too are the god-parents at baptism and the witnesses at weddings. This extra information will not only augment genealogical research, but it provides data for the social historian who wishes to track patterns of community involvement.Hebert, Rev. Donald J. Acadians in Exile. Cecilia, LA: Hebert Publications, 1980.
This history indexes the names of Acadian exiles in the far-flung settlements. Very useful for tracking ancestors after they left Acadia but before they reached Louisiana.Jackson, Ronald Vern, ed. Louisiana Sugar Censuses, 1850-1860. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, Intl., 1987.
While this is really only the index to the series of sugar censuses taken of the lower Mississippi River in the mid-19th century, the names of many families are included and it is possible to see who neighbors are and with whom people partnered in business.Jehn, Janet B. Acadian Descendants, Volumes I-IX.
Each volume in this series documents in outline form the many descendents of specific Acadian ancestors. VERY useful.Jette, René. Dictionnaire Génèalogiques des Familles du Quebec: des origins á 1730. Montreal: Les Presses de l'Université de Montreal, 1983.
This volume, like the Dictionaire National and the Grand Arrangement listed above, is most useful for tracking Acadian settlers who lived in the more westerly Quebec lands.Rieder, Milton P. and Norma Gaudet Rieder. Acadians in France, 1762-1776. Metairie, LA, 1967.
Robichaux, Albert J., Jr. Acadian Exiles in Nantes,
1775-1785.
Robichaux, Albert J., Jr. Acadian Exiles in Chatellerault,
1773-1785. Hebert Publications, 1983.
Robichaux, Albert J., Jr. Acadian Exiles in St.
Malo, 1758-1785.
Robichaux, Albert J. Jr. Acadian Marriages in France,
Department of Ille-et-Vilaine, 1759-1776.
The Rieders and Albert Robichaux trace the baptismal, marriage, and burial activities of the Acadians during their years of exile in France. An indispensible aid for tracking Acadian ancestors after Canada and before Louisiana.Tanguay, L'Abbe Cyprien. Dictoinnaire Génèalogique des Familles Canadiennes: Depuis la Fondation de la Colonie Jusqu'a nos jours. Volumes I-VII. Montreal: Eusébe Senècal & Fils, Impreineurs-Editeurs, 1969 (Reprint)
This is another useful aid for tracing Acadian ancestors who settled further into Quebec.Toups, Kenneth B., ed. Assumption Parish, Louisiana: Original Cahier Records, Books 1 Through 5, 1786-1813.
Toups compiles land records of early Assumption Parish in this very useful volume.United States Census, 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890 (partial), 1900, 1910, 1920.
Westerman, Aubry B, comp. Death Notices, 1867-1954, Assumption Parish, Louisiana. Thibodeaux, LA: AB Westerman (Rt Box 682, Thibodeaux, 70301), 1983.
Before the days of widespread newspaper reading, families would announce deaths by posting black bordered paper death noticies in prominent locations throughout the community. Westerman came across a pile of these death noticies in an attic corner and compiled them into this unique genealogical tool. Not only would the full name and accurate dates of the deceased be included, but the fact that some of the notices were written in English and others in French give the modern researcher a clue as to the main language spoken by the family. I discovered the 1891 death notice of my great-great-great grandmother, Clemence Melancon, widow of Joseph Valery Leblanc, in this book.
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