Genealogy

National Acadian Day, Shediac, New Brunswick, Canada
August 15, 1909

Visit the links below to dig deeper into Acadian History.

• Acadian Family Names of the 18th Century
• Families
  • Acadian Family Names 1700 to 1755 and Variations
    • Those Who Disappeared
  • Acadian French-Canadian Name Variations
  • Baudrau dit Graveline
  • Bernard Family – français
  • Bourgeois
  • Comeau
  • Cyr
    • Cyr; Marie and Heliodore
    • Louis Cyr
    • Origins of the Cyr Name
      • Were Pierre and André brothers?
    • Pierre Sire
  • Descendants of Antoine Babin
  • Family Names and Nicknames in Colonial Québec
  • French first/given names (prénoms français)
  • Gallant article by Nicole Nunes
  • Gaudet
  • Jousset Dit Laloire
  • LeBlanc
  • LeJeune
  • Louisiana judge put the ‘x’ in Cajun names
  • Martin
  • Melanson
  • Michaud
  • Nicknames (“Dit” Names)
    • “Dit name” & “Nom de Guerre”
  • Saucier
  • The First Bergeron d’Amboises in The Americas
  • Thériault
    • La Famille d’Eugène Thériault and Alice (Michaud) Thériault
  • Thibodeau; “Tante Blanche”
  • Thibodos
  • Trahan
  • Violet
• Genealogy and DNA
  • A Basic Explanation of Genetic DNA as it Applies to Genealogy
• Surnames Appearing on USBs
  • Surnames beginning with the letter “A”:
  • Surnames beginning with the letter “B”:
  • Surnames beginning with the letter “C”:
  • Surnames beginning with the letter “D”:
  • Surnames beginning with the letter “E to G”
  • Surnames beginning with the letter “H to K”
  • Surnames beginning with the letter “L to M”
  • Surnames beginning with the letter “N to Q”
  • Surnames beginning with the letter “R to T”
  • Surnames beginning with the letter “U to Z”