Charmaine Marie 1956-1996
Also in memory of all our ancestors who died and the many who suffered gravely, attempting to preserve their simple way of life.
SEARCH the Dartez Gedcom has over 51,300 individuals and 14,600 marriages in it. Most of the families in this Gedcom were researched from the beginning of Acaida through expulsion to the colonies and France and then to Louisiana up to the present date.
BIBILOGRAPHY used to put the Dartez Gedcom together.
The material on this Web Site is "Copyright" to Whitney Dartez any part of it can be used if credit is provided. No part of this site may be copied or used for financial gains.
Due to people interested in genealogy, and after years of researching documents in Europe, Canada and the United States a number of good books were written on the history of the Acadians. I grew up knowing that I was of a different culture then the Americans (*1) living amongst us or the Creole from New Orleans. My uneducated parents could not give me the background of the Acadian people, except what was handed down orally. But so much is lost and myth and misconception replaces history.
In 1970, I wrote down an agenda of what I wanted to learn about my ancestors. I have been researching the history of the Acadians ever since, and through the many books and articles I have read. I decided to write down what I was looking for.
James Domengeaux founder of CODIFIL wrote: The schools took French away from us. Moreover we are responsible for this, because it was our Acadian teachers who punished us for speaking French. They refused to teach us about our language and culture something that was within our right as free people living in a democratic society.
Acadia was a provhnce or colony of NEW FRANCE. Geographically, the term was never clearly defined, but it always referred to at least part of today's Maritime Provinces of Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island) and to part of Maine.
Given very little economic support by France and finding itself a pawn in the colonial power struggle among France, Holland, and Britain. Isolated from the heavily traveled sea- lanes to Boston and Quebec the colony had no choice but to become virtually self-sufficient. It lived off agriculture, fishing, and trade. Therefore helped to formulate the beginning of a distinctive Acadian identity.
(*1) To the Acadians anybody who would speak English and could not speak French were considered Americans
BIBILOGRAPHY for the Dartez Database
/Histoire Et Genealogie Des Acadiens; By Bona Arsenault.
/Corrections and Additions to Bona Arsenault; by Janet B. Jehn
/History of The Acadians; By Bona Arsenault
/Acadian Exiles in the Colonies; by Janet B. Jehn
/ Acadians in Exile: By Rev. Donald J. Hebert
/ Southwest Louisiana Records (41 Volume); By Rev. Donald J. Hebert
/ South Louisiana Records (12 Volume); By Rev. Donald J. Hebert
/ Les Indomptes; By Simone Vincens
/ Le Grand Arrangement Des Acadiens Au Quebec; By Adrien Bergeron
/ Exile Without An End; by Chapman J. Milling
/ The Lejeunes of Acadia and the Youngs of Southwest Louisiana; by John A. Young.
/ Acadian Odyssey; by Rev. Oscar W. Winzerling
/ Acadians in Maryland; by Gregory A. wood
/ Acadian Exiles in Saint-Malo 1758-1785 (3) three Volumes, Acadian Exiles Chatellerault 1773-1785, Acadian Exiles in Nantes 1775-1785, by Albert J Bobichaux
/ Histoire du Cap-Sable; by Clarence J. d'Entremont
/ Acadian census 1671- 1752; by Charles C. Trahan
/ Vermilion Parish census 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 and 1900. by Harvey Adams
/ Lafayette census 1850, 1860 and 1880; by Harvey Adams
/St. Landry parish census 1850 and 1860; by John A. Young
/Calcasieu Parish census 1850 and 1860; by Geneva Bailey Seymour
/The Acadian Exiles in the American Colonies 1755-1768; by Milton and Norma Rieder
/Selected Acadian and Louisiana Church Records (2) Two Volumes; by Rev. George A. Bodin
/Acadians in France Volume II, Belle-Isle-en-Mer Rgisters, Sieur de La Rochette Papers by Milton and Norma Rieder
/The Acadians in France 1762-1776; by Milton and Norma Rieder
/The Acadians in France Volume III; by Milton and Norma Rieder
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