Maple Stars and Stripes: Your French-Canadian Genealogy Podcast
1) MSS-099-Lesser-Used French-Canadian Resources at Ancestry.com-Part 4
If you can’t read French, why pick up a French book even if there’s information inside about your ancestor? Right? How frustrating, but what can you do about it? What if I told you there was something...Show More
2) MSS-098-Lesser-Used French-Canadian Resources at Ancestry.com-Part 3
Our ancestors are more than names, dates, and places. They have personal stories. Those stories were influenced by what was going on around them at local, regional, national, and world levels. Ancestr...Show More
3) MSS-097-Lesser-Used French-Canadian Resources at Ancestry.com-Part 2
In episode 96, we looked at other less used databases at Ancestry.com. Today we look at a portion of their book collection. Directories and gazetteers are great resources for glimpses of the daily liv...Show More
4) MSS-096-Lesser-Used French-Canadian Resources at Ancestry.com-Part 1
When you began researching your French-Canadian ancestry, it probably wasn’t long before someone pointed you to the Drouin collections: either the Blue Drouin, the Red Drouin, or the Little Drouin, th...Show More
5) MSS-095-Finding Photos of Your French-Canadian Ancestors
The saying “a picture is worth a thousand words” couldn’t be truer than when we see our ancestor’s face for the first time. We can’t help but look for a resemblance to the features looking back at us....Show More
6) MSS-094-Methodology 101: A Cautionary Tale
Many genealogists go straight to online trees when they encounter a new surname in the family tree. There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s part of the initial literature search we should all do. We nee...Show More
7) MSS-093-The Fur Trade
Do you have a voyageur in your ancestry? A coureur de bois? How about an engagé? Huh? So what’s the difference? Suzanne Sommerville will help you to distinguish between them as she takes you through t...Show More
8) MSS-092-Slavery in New France and Beyond
As a French-Canadian genealogist, you are probably aware that there were Native slaves, called Panis, in New France. But did you know that there were Black slaves as well? Guest Aly Ndiaye, aka Webste...Show More
9) MSS-091-The North American Francophone Podcast
At one time or another, you’ve probably wondered what it was like living in the times of your ancestors. I know I’ve often thought about traveling back in time and observing how they did daily chores ...Show More
10) MSS-090-The Story behind Our French-Canadian Ancestors
Thomas LaForest published a 30-volume set of books called Our French-Canadian Ancestors. Many genealogists, especially those who can’t read French, enjoyed reading their ancestors’ stories in English....Show More