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sur 24 avr 2012 23:24 | Another documentary on the Acadian People. This feature documentary pays homage to the special character of an enduring people: the Acadians. Two hundred years after the Deportation, Acadian culture is still very much alive. But why do Acadians - whose ancestors founded the first colony in North America - have to keep making a racket to tell the world they're still here? Click here for link: http://www.nfb.ca/film/tintamarre_on_trail_of_acadians | |
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sur 24 avr 2012 23:00 | Here is a documentary from 1971 about the fight for equality for the Acadian French people. This feature-length documentary is an on-the-spot record of the student protests that shook the Université de Moncton in 1968-69. Led by students desiring greater recognition of the French fact in New Brunswick, the protests spawned street marches, petitions and a sit-in, but also many discussions among students seeking to re-establish an Acadian identity. Click the link below: http://www.nfb.ca/film/acadia_acadia/ | |
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sur 24 avr 2012 22:21 | The following is a documentary about the order which I believe my great aunt, Beatrice Boudreau was a part of. It is in french w/english subtitles. This feature documentary tells the story of the Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur Congregation which was formed in 1924 when 53 French-speaking nuns separated from their unilingual English community, forming a new religious community that immediately began to campaign for the preservation of Acadian language, faith and culture. Convinced that education was essential for Acadian women, in 1943 the Congregation founded Collège Notre-Dame. Click on this link: http://www.nfb.ca/film/for_the_cause | |
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sur 18 oct 2011 21:06 |  The "Dit name" & "Nom de Guerre" in North America has it's roots in the military tradition of the French army of regimental anonymity. French recruits were given their official "Dit name" upon acceptance into a regimental group. For the period of enlistment, they were known almost exclusively by these names. Their pay, orders and administration were all issued via these names. One purpose of the names was to separate the recruit from his civilian past and create of the military, his family and sole society. For more information and fasinating facts about Acadian Life, History & People go to: http://www.acadian.org/acadname.html
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sur 31 juillet 2011 11:54 | Last name: Vel This rare and interesting name is of Old French origin, introduced into Britain by the Normans after the Conquest of 1066. The surname has two possible derivations: firstly, it may have been developed from a nickname for an old man, or for the elder of two bearers of the same given name, derived from the Anglo-Norman French "viel", old, from the Old French "vieil". The first recording of the surname, below, is from this source. Secondly, the derivation may be from the Anglo-Norman French "vel, veel", calf, from the Old French "viel, veel", used in two senses, as a metonymic occupational surname for a calf-herd, one employed to care for calves, or as a nickname for someone thought to resemble a calf in some way, perhaps referring to a particularly docile disposition. Early examples of the surname include: Richard le Vele (1270, Somerset); William Vel (1276, Suffolk); and Thomas le Veel (1296, Sussex). The modern surname forms from either source are Veal(l), Veale, Veel and Vel(l), and among the recordings of the name in Church Registers are those of the christening of Johanna Vell, in Micheldever, Hampshire, on July 14th 1548, and the christening of Elizabeth, daughter of Ancolas Vel, on March 21st 1673, in Stithians, Cornwall. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Reginald le Viel, which was dated 1173, in the "Pipe Rolls of London", during the reign of King Henry 11, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling. © Copyright: Name Origin Research www.surnamedb.com 1980 - 2011 Read more: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/VEL#ixzz1ThcazuD9
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sur 13 juillet 2011 21:52 |  Last name: Bourcq Recorded in many forms including Burke, Bourke, Burgh (English & Irish), Bourg, Bourge, Bourcq, Bourq, Leborg, Dubourg, Delbourg, (France), Burgo, Borgo and Dal Borgo (Italy), Burgos (Spain), Van den Burgh (Dutch) as well as many others, this is a topographical surname of pre 5th century Germanic origins. It derives from the word "burg" meaning a fortification, and describes one who lived at or possibly was owner of the estate. It is often confused and intermixed with the Old French word and later surname "burgeis" meaning a freeman of a fortified town, and found in the surnames Bourges, Bourgaize, Bourgeois, Burgess, Burges and Burgis. The surname is well recorded from the Norman Invasion of 1066, one of the most important early examples being that of William de Burgo, a Norman knight who was granted great estates in Ireland after the invasion of that country in 1170 by King Henry 11nd of England. The earliest recordings are from England because that country was the first to adopt both hereditary surnames and to make the necessary charters and registers in which to record them. France lost most of her early records during the Revolution of 1792, and Italy which for over a thousand years did not exist as a unified country until 1860, had no central recording in most of the states. Early recordings showing the influence of the Norman-French in England after the Invasion of 1066 include: Ailricus de Burk in the Domesday Book for Suffolk in 1086, Ralph de Burc of Norfolk in 1177, whilst in France random recordings from later times include those of Antoine Bourg, who married Antoinette Landry at Martaize, Vienne, in 1609, Jean Baptiste Bourge, a witness at St Germain-en-Laye, Seinte et Loise, on December 13th 1754, and Virginie Lebourg who was christened at Bouteville, Charente, on April 30th 1852. Over the centuries, surnam-es in every country have continued to "develop", often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling. © Copyright: Name Origin Research www.surnamedb.com 1980 - 2011 Read-more: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Bourcq#ixzz1S2myzhfu | |
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sur 12 juillet 2011 22:14 | Interesting article...Would LOVE to read and see some of these things. That would be SO cool! By Nick Squires, Rome 10:05PM BST 05 Jul 2011 An appeal by the English Parliament asking the Pope to annul Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon will be among 100 priceless documents from the Vatican's Secret Archives to go on display in an unprecedented exhibition in Rome. The parchment document, which bears the red wax seals of more than 80 English lords, cardinals and bishops, was sent to Pope Clement VII in 1530 but failed to resolve the dispute, which eventually led to religious schism and the founding of the Church of England. It will be displayed alongside documents from the heresy trial of Galileo Galilei, whose scientific theories attracted the hostility of the Catholic Church in the early 17th century. One of the most unusual documents is a letter written on birch bark in 1887 by the Ojibwe Indians of Ontario, Canada, to Pope Leo XIII. Other previously unseen documents relate to Pope Pius XII, who has been accused of not doing enough to speak out about the Holocaust during the Second World War. The Vatican has until now stubbornly resisted calls from historians and Jewish groups to release papers from Pius XII's controversial papacy, from 1939 to 1958. The documents, stamped with seals which read 'Archivio Segreto Vaticano', are among tens of thousands that are kept in the Secret Archives, a fortresslike building tucked behind St Peter's Basilica, its approach lined with Swiss Guards in ceremonial uniform. The archives, which date back more than 1,000 years, will go on show in a special exhibition in Rome's Capitoline Museums from February to September next year. It will be the first time they have been allowed out of the Vatican vaults. The exhibition, "Lux in Arcana: The Vatican Secret Archives Revealed", will commemorate the 400th anniversary of the establishment of the Secret Archives in their present form. Last year the Vatican allowed a publishing company to compile a lavishly-illustrated book about the archives, in a bid to dispel the myths and mystique created by works of fiction such as Dan Brown's Angels and Demons. The archives provide one of the key settings in Brown's thriller, in which Harvard "symbologist" Robert Langdon, played in the 2009 film by Tom Hanks, races against time to stop a secret religious order, the Illuminati, from destroying the Vatican. Link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/8618710/Vaticans-Secret-Archives-on-display-in-Rome-exhibition.html | |
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sur 28 mai 2011 16:33 |  Jean Campagna was born around 1640 in Angouleme in Aunis France. In 1669 he arrived in
Pentagouet as a hired hand. Sieur de Grandfontaine sent him to Port Royal in 1672 and in 1675 he
settled in Beaubassin .(1) On June 28 1685 he was accused of witchcraft he was arrested by Michel Hache dit Gallant and his trial was held in Quebec.
There were many Acadians who accused him of sorcery and they each took their turns on the stand.
Then came forward Roger Kessy, an Irishman (the ancestor of the Acadians who now go by the
name of Quessy), about 33 years of age. He testified that in the month of April 1684, Campagna, age
45 after receiving a bottle of liquor from de La Vallière, came to see him at his house and asked for
the hand of his daughter Marie who was only 16. Kessy said that he could not answer by himself, that
his wife would have to consent also; but as she was at the time in Monjagouëtche (which was located
three or four miles on the Missaguash River, that separates Nova Scotia from New Brunswick) he
would ask her and give him her answer. But Mrs. Kessy, probably on account of the reputation that
Campagna had, refused. It is then that Campagna let her know that in eight days she would regret it.
She, on her part, let him know that he could not do her any harm whatsoever. She told him that he
was a fool and that she had nothing to fear.
Eight days later, four of Kessy's cows became sick, three of which were about to have calves, also a
young heifer and two young oxen. They were lying down, craving to eat, but were not able to do so.
That is when Kessy had recourse to spiritual means and asked Father Claude to come and to bless
the water that the animals were drinking and the feed and hay that they were eating. But it was of no
avail.
Governor de La Vallière, seeing that Kessy was on the eve of loosing his domestic animals, went to
Moujagouëtche where Campagna was and told him that he would run his sword through his body if
more accidents were to take place at Kessy's. It so happened that next morning, when Kessy went to
his barn, all his animals were up and standing and they ran out in the field completely cured.
Other witnesses testified, either with regard to Kessy's animals or with regard to other "mischief"
attributed to Campagna, namely Marie Kessy, 16 years of age; Thomas Cormier, 50 years of age;
and his wife,Madeleine Girouard, 31 years of age; Françoise Poirier, Isabelle Pellerin, Marie Godet
(2) (1)Stephen White DGFA
(2)Article by Clarence D’Entremont
Info from: Aline Cormier's document found on the Website page below called: CAISSIE GENEALOGY2. | |
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sur 25 mai 2011 21:07 |  Both these lines are on Dad's side through our Great-Great Grandmother; Marie Therrien. We are VERY DISTANT relatives. First I found the connection with the famous singer Celine Dion. We are related to by 21 steps which means there are 21 relatives we are connected by till we are connected with Celine Dion. Our branch is connected at Julien Fortin, dit Bellefontaine who is our 11th generation great-grandfather. Our line follows his son Pierre Fortin line and Celine's follows his brother Eustache Fortin. That is where the lines branch off. Second, since Celine and Angelina were related I figured we must be related to Angelina in some way as well. I was correct but we are related to her 23 steps. Our branches connects at the same branch of Julien Fortin**, dit Bellefontaine but goes through his son with his 1st wife Marie Lavie; Julien Fortin. He married Genevieve Fortin, dit Lamarre (born Gamache**) and it is through HER brother Nicolas Gamache, Jr. line that we connect with Angelina Jolie. I did not fill in either of these linages just the names of the connecting relative that it follows. So most information isn't there but I did put on the celebrities page a link to the website I got most of this information from. You can do a search and look it up yourself to see our connection. Just go the the "Family Tree" page and click on the "People" link. Just type in Celine or Angelina's name and look at their "Profile Page" and it will show you on top of the page how we are related and through who/and what linage. We are distant cousins/relatives to the singer Madonna through our Sansoucy's line through Pepere's father's side through the Normand/Fortin line. Joseph Fortin is the brother of Marguerite Normand (born Fortin) and it is through HIS line that we are related. You can see the details on Joseph Fortin's profile page in the Biography area. Enjoy! :) Hope you enjoy this new discovery! Genealogy is a Trip! Michelle | |
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