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French Special Interest Group

F-SIG Logo The French Special Interest Group (F-SIG) has been formed in order to assist those whose ancestors can be traced to:

  • France
  • Belgium (the French part)
  • Luxembourg
  • Switzerland (the French part)
  • Monaco
  • French Canada (Quebec, Acadia)
  • French North America (Louisiana, the Illinois Country, etc.)
  • French-speaking islands in the Caribbean
  • French Guiana in South America

Meetings

All meetings are held in the main auditorium at St. Louis County Library Headquarters.

 
Date: Thursday, 24 June 2010
Meeting Time: 7:00 p.m.
Presentation: 7:00 p.m.
Topic: Early French Land Ownership in Illinois - Auditorium
Speaker: Emily Lyons


Date: Thursday, 23 September 2010
Meeting Time: 7:00 p.m.
Presentation: 7:00 p.m.
Topic: Record Sources in Québec and Dit Names - Auditorium
Speaker: Dan Lilienkamp


Date: Thursday, 18 November 2010
Meeting Time: 7:00 p.m.
Presentation: 7:00 p.m.
Topic: TBA - Auditorium
Speaker: TBA


The French in St. Louis


The French were the original settlers of the St. Louis area in the eighteenth century. Pierre Laclède and August Chouteau founded what would become the city of Saint Louis in 1764.

Click here for more information on French history in Saint Louis.

Links of Potential Interest to F-SIG Group Members



Acadian and French-Canadian Ancestral Home
Acadian and French-Canadian Genealogy
Acadian Cultural Society
Acadian Genealogy
Alliance Française de St. Louis
American Canadian Genealogical Society
American-French Genealogical Society
Canadian Geographical Names
Center for French Colonial Studies
French Canadian Genealogists of Wisconsin
French Colonial Historical Society
French Heritage Society
Jesuit Relations
Missouri History Museum
PRDH (Programme de recherche en démographie historique) (early Québec records)
Québec history
Tanguay

See also Cyndi’s List for additional links. Look at the sections entitled: Acadian, Cajun and Creole; Belgium/Belgique/België; Canada; France; Luxembourg; Hispanic, Central & South America, & the West Indies.