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Course 9:
Researching Ancestors in France, Quebec, and the French Caribbean

This course will focus primarily on tracing ancestors in France, Quebec, and the French Caribbean, and genealogical resources from those countries. (It will not concentrate on records created by immigrants of French descent in the U.S.)

Faculty:

• Charvet, Earl – Coordinator
• Bettag, Claire Mire
• Elmwood, Augusta
• Ouimette, David

Monday

• 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Orientation (Charvet)
• 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Tracing French Ancestors (Bettag)
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Tracing French Ancestors (Bettag)
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Auxiliary French Records (Charvet)
• 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Strategies for Locating Places in France (Charvet)

Tuesday

• 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: French Civil Law Concepts (Bettag)
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: French Civil Law: Notarial Records (Bettag)
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Internet Research: Recent Developments in France (Charvet)
• 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Top Internet Sites for Research in France (Charvet)
• 4:00 p.m. - p.m.: Computer Lab Project (Charvet)

Wednesday

• 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Researching Ancestors from St. Domingue and the Caribbean (1) (Elmwood)
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Acadian Research (Bettag)
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Research in Quebec: Methodology & Research Tools (Ouimette)
• 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Research in Quebec: Methodology & Research Tools (Ouimette)

Thursday

• 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Researching Ancestors from St. Domingue and the Caribbean (2) (Elmwood)
• 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Methodology: Documenting French Research (Charvet)
• 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Research in Quebec: Documents & Sources (Ouimette)
• 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Research in Quebec: Documents & Sources (Ouimette)

Friday

• 8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.: Huguenot Research (Bettag)
• 9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Strategies for Successful French Research (Charvet)
• 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Round Table Discussion (Charvet)