Acadia - Acadie

Faragher, John Mack, A Great and Noble Scheme The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2005). Note: the book's title is somewhat deceiving; the book covers the history of Acadia from 1604.

Sandra Goodwin's Podcasts:

Acadian History - Part 1A: Pre-Deportation: http://maplestarsandstripes.com/shownotes/mss-029-acadian-history-part-1a-pre-deportation/

Acadian History – Part 1B: Pre-Deportation: https://maplestarsandstripes.com/shownotes/mss-030-acadian-history-part-1b-pre-deportation/

Acadian History – Part 2: Deportation: https://maplestarsandstripes.com/shownotes/mss-050-acadian-history-part-2-deportation/

Acadian Censuses from 1671-1763: Library and Archives Canada (LAC) provides links to images and transcriptions of the Acadian Censuses. See: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/Finding-Aid-300.aspx#e

1671 Acadian Census - in addition to the habitant, his occupation, his wife, and their children, the 1671 Census also records the following information: the number of cattle owned; the number of sheep; and the frontage in arpents of their land.

1671 Census Originals

Benjamin Sulté, Histoire des Canadiens-Français, Vol. 4, pp. 150-153 – transcription of the 1671 Acadian Census

1698 Census of Port Royal:

Original Census

Acadian Parish Records:

Ancestry's Drouin Collection - Acadian Parish Records are available as part of Ancestry's Drouin Collection. Many of the parish records are transcriptions of the original records. See: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1110/

GénéanolgieQuébec - Drouin Collection Parish Records are also available as part of their collection. See: https://www.genealogiequebec.com/membership/en/fonds-drouin/REGISTRES

St. Jean Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755 - The Nova Scotia Archives have digitized and indexed the original parish records. See: https://archives.novascotia.ca/acadian/background/?P=volumes

Ile Royale - Louisbourg Original Parish Records - 1722-1738 - The New France Archives have digitized the original parish records for this period. See: https://nouvelle-france.org/eng/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=30843&

Links

Acadian Memorial: http://www.acadianmemorial.org/

CBC: The Acadians: http://www.cbc.ca/acadian/index.html

Acadian & French-Canadian Ancestral Home: http://www.acadian-home.org/frames.html - Be sure to explore the links in the side panel!

Acadian Museum of Prince Edward Island: http://museeacadien.org/an/

Acadian-Cajun Genealogy & History: http://www.acadian-cajun.com/hisacad1.htm

Canadian Encyclopedia: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/history-of-acadia

Marianapolis College: http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/QuebecHistory/encyclopedia/LesAcadiens-Acadians-HistoireduCanada.htm

Acadian.Org: https://www.acadian.org/history/

Mapannapolis: Storymaps — Mapannapolis

Jacques Nicolas Bellin's 1757 Map of Acadie, Isle Royale, and the Surrounding Area

This Map can be downloaded from BAnQ: https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/2827252

Acadia – 1754 – Courtesy of Wikipedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acadia_1754.png