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Years ago when I wrote about my third great-grandfather John Wesley Williams, I stated that he was born “in Cambridge, Washington County, NY to Jason and Lucy Williams”.  For years I had no idea who Jason and Lucy were.  When full-text search came to Family Search I happily found a few deeds for Jason with his wife Lucy, but that was it. 

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Scholars of Franco-American history have long studied the urban Little Canadas that developed around textile mills and ethnic parishes. The Québec migrants who settled in rural areas have received comparatively little attention. A sparse documentary ...

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Many people have taken an autosomal DNA test, but fewer have tried using Y-DNA to break through brick walls in genealogy research. Y-DNA is not just for men – many women manage Y-DNA tests from their ...

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On March 23, 2016, something unexpected happened. What began as a simple idea at my desk—just a different way of looking at a pedigree...

New research suggests that rural Franco-Americans' ability to sustain themselves culturally was related to their economic autonomy.

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This biography of Washington Marion Crawford was reconstructed from careful transcriptions of his compiled military service record and his Civil War pension file. Rather than relying on secondary summaries, I worked directly from the original documents — muster rolls, prisoner-of-war memoranda, hospital records, medical certificates, pay accounts, and pension applications. Each page was transcribed in archival form, preserving original wording, dates, and remarks.

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Genealogy research and commentary by Marian Burk Wood, speaker and author of "Planning a Future for Your Family's Past," available from Amazon.com.

The 2025 Acadian History Lecture Series features topics such as Acadian refugees in Quebec, the religious life of post-Deportation Acadians, and more.