Quarterly

The French Canadian/Acadian Genealogists of Wisconsin Quarterly features articles on French Canadian/Acadian research, historical as well as cultural information, published genealogies, and news about many current genealogical events. The annually published surname list consists of major surnames being researched by members.

Volume 14 Number 2, Winter 1999-2000

Articles

"The Huguenots in New France" by Joyce Banachowski

"Not all French Canadians were Catholic. Not all French during the French regime were Catholic. Early historians seldom noted the role Huguenots played in the development of trade and colonization of New France. Some of France's earliest colonization attempts in the New World were Huguenot efforts to form a colony of their own--Jean Francois de Roberval on the St. Lawrence in 1541-42, Jean Ribaut at the first Port Royal on the northern coast of Florida in 1562, Rene Laudonniere's Fort Caroline in 1564, and Jean Francois de La Roche on Sable Island in 1598. These failed attempts discouraged agricultural settlement and seemed to indicate activities like development of fisheries and the fur trade and investment in trade and other commericial enterprises were more practical than an expensive project of colonization "

"Reformation in France--the Huguenots" presents the historical background that laid the groundwork for the Huguenot conflict in New France.

A timeline as well as an extensive bibliography accompany the article.

"Abjurations"
"In New France, when a person abjured or renounced his religion, he signed a formal document renouncing protestantism." A detailed list is given of those known to have been of a Protestant faith when they came to New France and who abdured or renounced their religion.

Also in this volume of the Quarterly, you will find the article, "Sources When Beginning Your Genealogy." Beginning genealogists will find helpful guidelines to answering the questions: Where do I start?, What do I do?, etc. The beginner will also find information on how to use cemeteries, cemetery records, court houses, church records, census records (includes list of censuses and what each year detailed), newspapers, city/county directories, farmers' directories, plat maps, land records, and many, many more.

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