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Below are some key Guédry & Labine as well as Acadian websites. Forums are sites where genealogical queries are posted and answered. Websites contain genealogies, histories and other family information.

Guédry & Labine Forums

Guédry & Labine Facebook

• Les Guédry et Petitpas d'Asteur Facebook Page

Guédry & Petitpas Websites

• The Guedry-Labine Family Genealogical Database
• La Societe Historique Acadienne - Petitpas genealogy (one of the 37 host families of the 1994 World Acadian Congress)
• Les Nommés Petitpas (English) (Lots of articles in English about the Petitpas family)
• Les Nommés Petitpas (Francais) (Lots of articles in French about the Petitpas family)

Acadian/Cajun Websites

• The Louisiana GenWeb Site
• Acadians in Gray
• Acadians Were Here - Experience the History of Acadians in Maryland (Greg Wood, Marty Guidry, and Marie Rundquist)
• Acadian-Cajun Genealogy & History (Tim Hebert)
• Acadian Genealogy Homepage (Yvonne L. Cyr) [CD Software]
• David Legacy Links - Louisiana/Acadian [LA/Acadian links]
• Acadian and French-Canadian Ancestral Home (Lucie LeBlanc Consentino)
• Acadian GenWeb Site (Lucie Leblanc Consentino)

Pre-Deportation Acadian Church Records

For a more detailed analysis of these pre-deportation church records see Generations Volume 25 No. 1 (Spring 2025) page 7. Original copies of the surviving records on the internet can be viewed at:

• Saint-Jean-Baptiste Catholic Church (Port-Royal, Annapolis Royal) [1702-1755]

  Nova Scotia Archives - Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste

• Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours Catholic Church (Beaubassin) [1679-1686, 1712-1748]
  (later called Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Catholic Church)

  Beaubassin register

• Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation Catholic Church (Chipoudy) [1755-1756] &
  Catholic Chapel (Petitcoudiac) [1753-1757]

  FamilySearch - Cahier No. 3, Petitcoudiac & Chipoudy
  You will need a FREE account at FamilySearch.org
  [Note: Chipoudy and Petitcoudiac records are in the same register - Registre A, Cahier No. 3]

• Early Catholic Missions of Acadie (Beaubassin [1679-1682]; Côte-de-Saint-Ange [1680]; Rivière Saint-Jean [1681]; Jemsek [1681]; Rivière aux Mines [1684]; Aux Mines [1686]; Sainte-Famille-de-Pabok [1751-1757]; Baie-des-Chaleurs, Grande-Rivière, Gaspesie Peninsula from Echedaîk to Kamourska, Missions of New Brunswick [1755-1757])

  Family Search - Registres paroissiaux catholiques
  You will need a FREE account at FamilySearch.org

• Notre-Dame-des-Anges Catholic Church (Louisbourg, Île Royale) [1722-1758]

  • Library and Archives Canada - Ile Royale, Louisbourg (1722-1738)
  • Library and Archives Canada - Ile Royale, Louisbourg (1738-1745)
  • Library and Archives Canada - Ile Royale, Louisbourg (1749-1754)
  • Library and Archives Canada - Ile Royale, Louisbourg (1754-1758)
  and also can be viewed here for 1722-1738, 1738-1745 and 1749-1754:
  Krause House: Louisbourg Parish Records

• King's Hospital (Louisbourg, Île Royale) [1719-1735, 1719-1742]

  • Library and Archives Canada - L'Hôpital du Roi de Louisbourg (1719-1735)
  • Library and Archives Canada - L'Hôpital du Roi de Louisbourg (1719-1742)
  and also can be viewed here for 1719-1735 and 1719-1754:
  Krause House: Louisbourg Parish Records

• Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours Catholic Church (La Baleine, Île Royale) [1753-1757]
  Sainte-Claire Catholic Church (Lorembec, Île Royale) [1716-1721, 1726-1745]
  Saint-Espril Catholic Church (Havre-Saint-Esprit, Île Royale) [1728-1737, 1741-1749]
  Catholic Mission (Port-aux-Basques, Newfoundland) [1740]

  Library and Archives Canada - Ile Royale: Laurembec, La Baleine, Port aux Basques, Havre Saint-Esprit
  and also can be viewed here:
  Krause House: Louisbourg Parish Records

  [Note: The surviving records for these churches are interfiled in a single register. Port-aux-Basques was a mission serviced by missionaries at Île Royale. These records also mention Fourchu, Île Royale.]

• Saint-Jean l'Evangélist Catholic Church (Port-Lajoie, Île SaintJean) [1721-1758] &
  Saint-Pierre Catholic Church (Saint-Pierre-du-Nord, Île Saint-Jean) [1749-17151]

  Library and Archives Canada - Ile Saint-Jean: Port-Lajoie et Saint-Pierre du Nord

  [Note: There are several loose sheets between the registers dating from 1720-1730 and 1736. Also, the register from 1749-1751 contains the records of Saint-Pierre Catholic Church at Saint-Pierre-du-Nord, Île Saint-Jean and those of Saint-Jean l'Evangéliste Catholic Church as Père Patrice Lagrée moved between these two parishes and brought this register with him.]

Reunion Organization Websites

• Grand Réveil Acadien
• Congrès Mondial Acadien 2024

Below are several websites that have superb information on the Acadians - their history and their genealogy. With two exceptions these websites only cover the Acadian history and genealogy for Acadia (i.e., 1600's to 1760's). I hope you enjoy using some of these sites for your research or to just browse around.

Merci,

Marty

• An Acadian Parish Remembered - A photocopy of the original church registers of St-Jean Baptiste Parish in Port-Royal from 1702-1755 with a search engine for finding individual persons
• Acadian Heartland: Records of the Deportation and Le Grand Derangement, 1714-1768 - Superb site with three excellent sets of records: (1) Selections from T. B. Akins book 'Public Documents of the Province of Nova Scotia' which is filled with transcriptions of Acadian documents; (2) the Andew Brown Collection's 'Papers Relating to the Acadian French' and (3) 'The Journal of Colonel John Winslow' covering the expulsion of the Acadians from Beausejour (Beaubassin) and Grand-Pre in 1755
• ABCGenealogy (Nova Scotia) - Superb links to Acadian websites
• Acadian Historical Atlas - Superb maps of historical and modern Acadia by region; names of people in each historical area of Acadia
• Digital Archives of the Argyle District Acadians - Excellent website on the Cape Sable region of Nova Scotia and the Acadians there; has a genealogy section. The Argyle District is the southwestern end of Nova Scotia where West Pubnico is located.
• The West Pubnico Acadian Museum and Archives - Contains interesting information on the Acadians of the Cape Sable Region including 100 articles written by Father Clarence d'Entremont about the Acadians.
• Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History by Tim Hebert - A superb website for the beginner and expert. Excellent historical and genealogical material on the Acadians from the 1600's to the present.
• The Acadian Odyssey - Another excellent website on the history of the Acadians. The information is more condensed than that on Tim Hebert's website above.
• Baie Sainte-Marie - The Clare tourism website with information on the history of this area where many Acadians live today. Meteghan is part of the Municipality of Clare.
• Fort Point Museum - Website of the Fort Point Museum at LaHave, Nova Scotia. It contains an excellent history of the area which include Merligueche by Joan Dawson. Also, has list of names of early Acadians that lived in this area.
• Canada's Digital Collections - Hundreds of digitized records from the Library and Archives Canada on all aspects of Canadian history.
• Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management - Numerous digitized databases on the Acadians and Nova Scotia history and genealogy as well as a wealth of other information.
• Library and Archives Canada - An excellent site with hundreds of records on the history and genealogy of Canada including Acadian.