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Sometimes the best sources for information about your immigrant ancestor are found in the nation to which he or she immigrated. Emigrants from France in the seventeenth and eighteenth century settled in Canada, Pennsylvania, Russia, the Banat, and other areas. Huguenot emigrants settled in the Antilles, Switzerland, Germany, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, the British Isles, the United States, South Africa, Italy, and other areas. The French emigrants from Alsace-Lorraine province in the nineteenth century settled in the United States (Louisiana, Texas), Algeria, New Caledonia, Russia, South America, and other areas. | Sometimes the best sources for information about your immigrant ancestor are found in the nation to which he or she immigrated. Emigrants from France in the seventeenth and eighteenth century settled in Canada, Pennsylvania, Russia, the Banat, and other areas. Huguenot emigrants settled in the Antilles, Switzerland, Germany, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, the British Isles, the United States, South Africa, Italy, and other areas. The French emigrants from Alsace-Lorraine province in the nineteenth century settled in the United States (Louisiana, Texas), Algeria, New Caledonia, Russia, South America, and other areas. | ||
To learn about the records of these nations use handbooks and | To learn about the records of these nations use handbooks and Wiki articles for the nation where your ancestor settled and [[Tracing Immigrant Origins]]. | ||
== Acadia and Quebec (Canada) == | == Acadia and Quebec (Canada) == | ||
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Rivest, Lucien. ''Index to marriages of Quebec and adjacent areas, 1670-1964''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=933109 933109]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=343306&disp=Index+to+marriages+of+Quebec+and+adjacen++ 933124]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=343306&disp=Index+to+marriages+of+Quebec+and+adjacen++ 933142]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=343306&disp=Index+to+marriages+of+Quebec+and+adjacen++ 933166].) Alphabetical by the name of the bride. Text in French. | Rivest, Lucien. ''Index to marriages of Quebec and adjacent areas, 1670-1964''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=933109 933109]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=343306&disp=Index+to+marriages+of+Quebec+and+adjacen++ 933124]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=343306&disp=Index+to+marriages+of+Quebec+and+adjacen++ 933142]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=343306&disp=Index+to+marriages+of+Quebec+and+adjacen++ 933166].) Alphabetical by the name of the bride. Text in French. | ||
Jetté, René. ''Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec (Genealogical dictionary of the families of Québec)''. Montréal, Quebec, Canadal: Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 1983. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=971.4+D2jr 971.4 D2jr]; no film available.) | Jetté, René. ''Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec (Genealogical dictionary of the families of Québec)''. Montréal, Quebec, Canadal: Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 1983. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=971.4+D2jr 971.4 D2jr]; no film available.) | ||
== United States == | == United States == | ||
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'''Immigration lists'''. An example of a published list of emigrants from Canada to America with French ancestors is: | '''Immigration lists'''. An example of a published list of emigrants from Canada to America with French ancestors is: | ||
Dennisen, Christian. ''Genealogy of the French Families of the Detroit River Region, 1701-1936'''''''.'''''Editor Harold F. Powell. Two Volumes. Detroit, Michigan, USA: Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, 1987. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=977.43+D2d+ 977.43 D2d ]1987; not on microfilm.) Text in English.'' | Dennisen, Christian. ''Genealogy of the French Families of the Detroit River Region, 1701-1936'''''''.'''''Editor Harold F. Powell. Two Volumes. Detroit, Michigan, USA: Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, 1987. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=977.43+D2d+ 977.43 D2d ]1987; not on microfilm.) Text in English.'' | ||
== Russia == | == Russia == | ||
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An index that helps find Alsatians in Southeast Europe is: | An index that helps find Alsatians in Southeast Europe is: | ||
Brandt, Bruce. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=683824&disp=Where+to+look+for+hard%2Dto%2Dfind+Germa%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''Where to look for hard-to-find German-speaking ancestors in Eastern Europe: index to 19,720 surnames in 13 books, with historical background on each'']. Second Edition. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Clearfield Company, 1993. (Family History Library book 943 H22b; not on microfilm.) Text in English. Surnames only. Includes index from five books about immigrants to Galicia, Austria, Hungary, the Banat, and Batschka. | Brandt, Bruce. [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=683824&disp=Where+to+look+for+hard%2Dto%2Dfind+Germa%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''Where to look for hard-to-find German-speaking ancestors in Eastern Europe: index to 19,720 surnames in 13 books, with historical background on each'']. Second Edition. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Clearfield Company, 1993. (Family History Library book 943 H22b; not on microfilm.) Text in English. Surnames only. Includes index from five books about immigrants to Galicia, Austria, Hungary, the Banat, and Batschka. | ||
== Other Nations == | == Other Nations == | ||
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FRENCH - [NATION OR STATE] | FRENCH - [NATION OR STATE] | ||
See also the "[[France Minorities|Minorities]]" section. | See also the "[[France Minorities|Minorities]]" section. | ||
= Immigration into France = | = Immigration into France = | ||