Thank you. This is a very nice “keeper.” Here are a few items not mentioned in the bibliographic section: “The First Franco-Americans - New England Life Histories from the Federal Writer’s Project 1938-1939,” by C. Stewart Doty, University of Maine at Orono Press, 1985. 163 numbered pages. Specific chapters on Manchester, New Hampshire; Old Town, Maine; Barre, Vermont, and Woonsocket, Rhode Island. “The French in New England, Acadia, and Quebec.” Proceedings of a Conference sponsored by the New England-Atlantic Provinces-Quebec Center at the University of Maine, Orono, May 1 an 2, 1972. c. New England-Atlantic Provinces-Quebec Center. Forward dated September, 1973. 142 numbered pages in this “brief booklet of proceedings.” First day oriented on Acadians in New England. The second morning had presentations by academics from Laval, McGill, and Carlton. The second afternoon content included current status of research organizations in Maine and Massachusetts. “Les Canadiens-Français de la Nouvelle-Angleterre.” E Hamon, S.J. Quebec, 1891. N. S. HARDY, Libraire-Éditeur. 484 pages. The first 156 pages deal with emigration, life, culture, social structure, and religious organization, and relationship with the non-French. The second part gives histories of the French parishes in New England and northern New York. Al Poulin On Sep 1, 2014, at 1:54 PM, Doreen O via <quebec-research@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Harriet Cady's recent message reminded me of a surname I found in Michigan the other day - "Abear" - maybe it was originally "Hébert". > > Here is an article of interest on French Canadian immigration to USA 1840-1930. > > http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/readings/leaving.htm > > Enjoy! > > Doreen > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~For the list web page, goto: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm > And we are on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/QRlist/ > List Archives are at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/QUEBEC-RESEARCH > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUEBEC-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Al, Thanks for the additional books. I found Les Canadiens-Français de la Nouvelle-Angleterre on line here https://archive.org/details/lescanadiensfran00hamouoft Lisa lisa.lepore2@gmail.com > -----Original Message----- > From: quebec-research-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:quebec-research- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Al Poulin via > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 3:58 PM > To: QUEBEC-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Q-R] FYI - Article re Fr Cdn immigration to USA 1840- > 1930. > > Thank you. This is a very nice “keeper.” Here are a few items not > mentioned in the bibliographic section: > > “The First Franco-Americans - New England Life Histories from the > Federal Writer’s Project 1938-1939,” by C. Stewart Doty, University of > Maine at Orono Press, 1985. 163 numbered pages. Specific chapters on > Manchester, New Hampshire; Old Town, Maine; Barre, Vermont, and > Woonsocket, Rhode Island. > > “The French in New England, Acadia, and Quebec.” Proceedings of a > Conference sponsored by the New England-Atlantic Provinces-Quebec > Center at the University of Maine, Orono, May 1 an 2, 1972. c. New > England-Atlantic Provinces-Quebec Center. Forward dated September, > 1973. 142 numbered pages in this “brief booklet of proceedings.” First > day oriented on Acadians in New England. The second morning had > presentations by academics from Laval, McGill, and Carlton. The second > afternoon content included current status of research organizations in > Maine and Massachusetts. > > “Les Canadiens-Français de la Nouvelle-Angleterre.” E Hamon, S.J. > Quebec, 1891. N. S. HARDY, Libraire-Éditeur. 484 pages. The first 156 > pages deal with emigration, life, culture, social structure, and > religious organization, and relationship with the non-French. The > second part gives histories of the French parishes in New England and > northern New York. > > Al Poulin > > On Sep 1, 2014, at 1:54 PM, Doreen O via <quebec-research@rootsweb.com> > wrote: > > > Harriet Cady's recent message reminded me of a surname I found in > Michigan the other day - "Abear" - maybe it was originally "Hébert". > > > > Here is an article of interest on French Canadian immigration to USA > 1840-1930. > > > > > http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/readings/leavi > ng.htm > > > > Enjoy! > > > > Doreen