The newspaper article was wrong in that it said some were sent to Louisiana. Why would the English send people to a Spanish colony? Some Acadians who were exiled to Penn. & Maryland came to Louisiana after the end of the French & Indian war. In 1785 they were joined by 1,596 other Acadians and spouces from France (The Seven Ships). This was probably the last major movement.of Acadians caused by the Grand Derangement. Also in 1764-1765 311 came to Louisiana from Halifax and in 1788 19 came from St. Pierre/Miquelon. Please see Brasseaux "Scattered to the Wind" for exact details Paul LeBlanc Yvon Cyr wrote: > Hey Fran et al: > > I agree... I believe the dates should be "between 1755 and 1763". > > Yvon > > At 09:02 PM 12/6/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >In a message dated 12/6/03 8:57:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, > >cajun@acadian.org writes: > > > ><< The deportation occurred between 1775 and 1783, > > scattering French-speaking people into Maine and as far south as Louisiana. > > >> > > > > > >this is an odd statement! I wonder what the source was for this info.. does > >it mean the leaving of Acadians from France back where the British had > >forced > >some to go, others going on their own from other deportation sites, to North > >America ? > > > >Fran Wilcox > > ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.ethnic.acadian-cajun > This is a link to the Acadian-Cajun Message Board at RootsWeb. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237