http://www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/muns/info/mapping/counties.asp Lucie LeBlanc Consentino Acadian Ancestral Home at www.acadian-home.org American-Canadian Genealogical Society Drouin Primary Records at www.acgs.org Centre for Acadian Studies - Moncton University www.umoncton.ca/etudeacadiennes/centre/cea.html -----Original Message----- From: Paul L Le Blanc [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 11:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] 400 more Acadians from Halifax to Islands to Louiisiana early spring 1765 In (A touristy history book) Dianne Marshall's George's Island, The Keep of Halifax Harbor pg 104-105 More that 600 Acadians, led by Joseph dit Beausoleil Broussard, left Halifax in two groups - the first in December 1764, and the second in early spring 1765. The endnote cites Encyclopaedia of Acadian Culture but it is not further identified in the bibliography. Has anyone run into this book before? Could the second group be OUR Beausejour & Ft. Edwards prisioners?? The incomplete 1763-1764 George's Island Acadian prisioners looks like less that 300 people. I will count them later. pg 102-104 Joseph, his son & nephew seperated from rest of group & sent to Ft. Edwards July 1762 until spring of 1763. They were not allowed to work on the dikes like the other Acadians. Could the be the reason why I believe they didn't have any "card money" to exchange in New Orleans? If they worked for the new English settlers, would they have been forced to change English money for outdated French money? one other endnote is A Council Holden at Halifax July 26, 1762 is for 130 Acadians workers sent from Kings county to Halifax. These are in Colonial office papers 1752-1778. How far is Kings county from Beausejour & Ft. Edwards? Paul Le B ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== The number one rule of this list is no flaming. If something is posted to the list that disturbs you, bring it to the _admin._, not the list or the person who posted. Your concerns will be addressed. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx