Case Studies Continued...Names Lost in Vermont
Schedule
Sat Oct 05 2024 at 10:30 am to 12:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
57 River Road, Essex Junction, VT, United States, Vermont 05452 | Essex, VT
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Anyone who has researched their American French-Canadian heritage back to Canada knows how original names have been changed. Sometimes the trail gets obscured by not recognizing “dit” name variants. At other times, both a first and last name has been corrupted, garbled, or loosely translated. In many other instances, ancestral knowledge was simply lost.Suspecting that one of his U.S. History students had a French-Canadian name, Michael Dwyer once asked what the family’s ethnic background was. Answer: “Farmer.” Neither the student nor anyone in his family had the faintest idea of their roots back to the pioneers of New France. In this presentation, Dwyer draws on forty-years-worth of case studies of French names lost in Vermont and the research steps and resources he took to rediscover them. He will draw upon new research studies since his last presentation.
Michael Dwyer, a member of the Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society (VT-FCGS) and past presenter, is a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists (https://fasg.org/). He has served as editor of Vermont Genealogy and has published dozens of scholarly articles and enjoys sharing stories from his forty years of experience.
Class begins at 10:30am ET on Saturday October 5, 2024.
Location: This class will be held in person at the library and simultaneously via Zoom.
Cost: $10.00
Please visit our website, https://www.vtgenlib.org/upcoming-class-list/#case-studies-continued to register.
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Where is it happening?
57 River Road, Essex Junction, VT, United States, Vermont 05452, 57 River Rd, Essex Junction, VT 05452-3842, United States,Essex Junction, Vermont, EssexEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
