Our Blog
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Phil Johnson
Tell us about yourself? I’m a 9th generation Acadian descended from William Johnson, a Scottish soldier who married Isabelle Corporon around 1713. We descended through Guillaume (Billy Jr) and none of us were aware of his story until a Gr 6 teacher told our daughter in 1995 that she was not Acadian because of our…
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Modern-Day Acadian Celebrations and the History Behind Them
Sometime towards the end of the 17th century, and approaching the beginning of the 18th century, settlers from France emigrated to what is known today as Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick and founded the first Acadian community. From then onwards, the Acadians have led truly eventful lives. In spite of everything they…
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Geneosity Mention – Acadian Genealogy
A huge thank you to David Haas from Geneosity for covering what we are doing here at Acadian.org. Their story is an intriguing one, as the first group of immigrants included about two dozen families. Their population grew from hundreds to thousands quite as organically as you can imagine, but took over 125 years to…
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Brian Lloyd French
Brian Lloyd French is a Canadian writer. He first reached out to Acadian.org to tell us about his novel “Tintamarre”. This novel has received glowing reviews. “Tintamarre” takes the reader back in time to the “Great Expulsion”. The reader is captivated by the drama and strife of the time. We recently asked Brian to tell…
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Ken Theriault
Tell us about yourself and your involvement in the Acadian Community? I am the Director of the Madawaska Public Library. The library is one of the main archives for genealogical records for the Upper St. John River Valley- a place that was founded by Acadians. Madawaska- or more properly St.David/St.Basile- was the spot where the…
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Tarte aux Sucre~ Sugar Pie
One of my most favourite treats at Christmas is my Mother-in-Law’s (Mom) Tarte aux Sucre (Sugar Pie). It is creamy, sweet, mouth watering, and perfectly paired with vanilla ice-cream! I love it especially when it is still warm from the oven. Just after I married her son, Mom hand wrote all her recipes and gave them…
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Acadian Advent Traditions
What types of Advent Traditions did you grow up with in your Acadian Home? In our home, we would put up the Christmas tree after Mass on the first Sunday of Advent. My mom would put out her Advent wreath and light the first candle. Through the following weeks, we would decorate they whole house.…
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Downloading Acadian Family GEDCOM Files
As you can now see on our store, we’ve added nearly one hundred of our Acadian family trees to be download ready. So if you want to save paying for shipping and handling, you can now download a GEDCOM file that includes over two decades of research to create. That means you’ll have immediate access…
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Welcome to the New Acadian.org
Recently, Yvon’s son, Denis, his wife, Becky and his grandson, Nathan, took over the family business in hopes of not only continuing to provide the world the best Acadian genealogy information but also to bring it to the twenty-first century. This website has been migrated to better serve you, the visitor, to make it easier to order…