Newfoundland Acadians

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Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador[edit | edit source]

Although Newfoundland was not part of Acadia, during the expulsion of the Acadians and their subsequent return, some Acadians settled in western Newfoundland.

Online Records[edit | edit source]

  • 1673-1784 The Drouin Collection Database, a collection of parish registers (baptisms, marriages and burials) from Quebec, Acadia, as well as parts of Ontario, New Brunswick and the United States. The collection also contains Acadian censuses from 1673 to 1784. ($)
  • 1621-1849 The Acadia Families Tool. This tool contains family files based on the Acadian parish records mentioned above. In total, the tool contains 96,000 family files from 1621 to 1849 and is equipped with a search engine which allows searches by last name, first name, date and parish. In addition, the original records are attached to the family files, allowing the information contained in them to be viewed and verified.($)
This list of approximately 300 family names was drawn from parish records, census records and other documents from Acadia/Nova Scotia in the first half of the 18th century. All Acadian civilian families known to have lived in the colony at any time between 1700 and 1755 are included. This list does not include the families of the French garrison which served in Acadia.

Reading French Records[edit | edit source]