Today I’m starting a new series called “Evelyn’s Picks” where I’ll be sharing my favourite personal sites about topics like Acadian and French-Canadian genealogy,  family and local histories, vintage postcards and finally the art and science of genea-blogging!

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My first pick is easy  -  it’s Lucie LeBlanc Consentino’s  ”Acadian and French-Canadian Ancestral Home”.  

Here’s why everyone should have this site bookmarked:

• Theme     Unlike most personal sites (such as mine) LeBlanc Consentino’s site is not organized around certain surnames but rather around the whole topic of Acadia and Acadians. This – together with the breadth and depth of her information – makes it a terrific one-stop destination for everything Acadian!

• Collaboration     Although it’s a personal site, LeBlanc Consentino has built many relationships over the years with researchers who have contributed authoritative articles on a wide range of  topics. LeBlanc Consentino has also fostered, and provided a home for, several projects (e.g. cemetery photos and indexing) that allow amateur family researchers to contribute to the advancement of knowledge.

• Usefulness   I find it particularly useful to 2 groups of people: English-speakers and beginners. To English-speakers because of the Acadian primary material translated from the original French and to beginners because they get a good overview but also because they glean articles for effective search terms to use in further research.

• Effective Use of Technology   LeBlanc Consentino’s site has been around for almost a decade – ancient in computing terms! She’s mastered the art of website design but also administers a RootsWeb Mailing List and even has her own blog!

You can see her work at the following sites:

Acadian & French-Canadian Ancestral Home

Lucie’s Blog

Acadian & French-Canadian RootsWeb Mailing List