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Marriage Records:
St Louis, King of France
1868-1890
1891-1900

LeCanadien

Echo de l'Ouest:
   1885 Jan 14
   1885 Jan 21
   1885 Jan-Mar
   1885 Feb 4
   1885 Feb 11
   1885 Feb 18
   1885 Feb 25
   1885 Mar 4
1885 Mar 11
   1885 Mar 18
   1885 Mar 25
   1885 Apr 1
   1885 Apr 22
   1885 Apr 29

Stories by Members:
Another Family Story
   Jim LaValle
Hyacinthe Villeneuve
   Miles Luke
Interesting People
   Lorraine Naze
Joseph Potvin
   Kathy Horan-Gramsbch
Lorraine Naze
   Kathy Horan-Gramsbch
Lost Cousins Found
   Bonnie L. Connolly
Searching for
          Cousins
William Horn
Vay Rawerts
   Lorraine Rivard Naze

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, October 20 from 10:00–1:00 Canadian Morning at the William J. Hoffman Library Research Center

Oct 21 MCIG meeting 1-3 at the Minnesota Genealogical Center. From 1:00-1:30 we will have a business meeting. From 1:30 -3:00 we will be streaming a Webinar: Christine Woodcock - The Great Exodus - One of Scotland’s greatest exports has to be its people. Scots have been emigrating to the Americas since the mid 1600s.In this lecture we look at the reasons for emigrating, the places they left and the places they settled. If you are unable to attend the meeting but would like to participate in the webinar please register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/80153691544301314

Saturday, November 17 from 10:00–1:00 Canadian Morning at the William J. Hoffman Library Research Center
Saturday, December 15 from 10:00–1:00 Canadian Morning at the William J. Hoffman Library Research Center
Sunday, December 16 from 1:00–3:00 MNCIG meeting at the William J. Hoffman Library Research Center. Caroline Meilleur will be doing a presentation, French Canadian Baptism records and how to read and understand them.

INTRODUCTION

The purpose of the Canadian Interest Group is to promote an interest in family history and research.

The original society was founded in 1969 by a handful of members researching French Canadians. From materials and book donations shared out of member’s trunks to becoming a formalized society which gathered one of the largest research collections in the upper Midwest, the Canadian Interest Group is now part of the Minnesota Genealogical Society, who owns the Canadian Collection, housed at the William J Hoffman Library and Research Center in South St. Paul, Minnesota.

AREAS OF INTEREST

The areas of interest includes all individuals whose ancestry came through Canada including

Acadian
European
French Canadian
Huguenots
Metis(se)
Native American

MEMBERSHIP

First: become a member of the Minnesota Genealogical Society

Second: send your contact information to: contact@mncig.org. You will receive email messages regarding Canadian Interest Group meetings, trainings, conferences, special events, etc.

Third: visit us during Canadian Saturday mornings at the MGS- William J Hoffman Library and Research Center [every third Saturday of the month]. This is where helpful volunteers are ready to assist your genealogy research with sources and ideas

THE COLLECTION

The Canadian resource collection is one of the largest in the Upper Midwest. It contains published and unpublished works relevant to persons of Canadian, Native American and Metis(se) descents. It includes the work of Jette, Prudhomme, Drouin, Tanguay, many Quebec Church Repertoires, Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Acadiennes by Stephen White and most recently the King’s Daughters and Founding Mothers: The Filles du Roi 1663-1673 by Peter J. Gagne.

The Canadian collection is housed at the Minnesota Genealogical Society:
           The William J. Hoffman Library & Research Center (LRC), Suite 100
           1385 Mendota Heights Road, Mendota Heights, Minnesota
           Telephone number: 651-330-9312 Website: http://mncig.org
           MGS Events Calendar and in the MGS Newsletter when possible.