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To identify and verify the family histories of Acadians in the northeastern region of North America, particularly before the deportation of the early 18th century. Please ONLY add profiles of early French settlers of Acadia and those born in Acadia prior to the end of the expulsion of the Acadians (11 July 1764) . Once the profiles have been identified, the task of untangling can begin! N...
Welcome / Bienvenue! The Acadians of North America portal is here to facilitate those researching ancestors or relatives identified as Acadian descendants from the French who settled in the New France colony of Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries. We encourage everyone with a link to the Acadian culture to communicate and explore a common ancestry. From the earliest establishment of the...
Sources: Acadian Communities in Louisiana as they existed at the time of the first Acadians arrival to present-day Louisiana: Louisiana was under Spanish rule (1762-March 1801) at which time many records were recorded in Spanish (Hence the Spanish names often associated with French names). Louisiana was known as New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain, or Kingdom of...