A Publication of the American-French Genealogical Society Volume 20 Number 2 Autumn 1997 AMERICAN-FRENCH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Post Office Box 2 1 13 Pawtucket, Rhode Island 0286 1-0 113 CORRESPONDENCE Written correspondence should be addressed only to our post ofice box. The library telephone number for voice and fax is (401) 765-6141. An answering machine will take messages when the library is not open. The Society can be reached by E-mail at AFGS @ ids.net. E-mail to the Editor of JMS should be addressed to delislep @ juno.com. MEMBERSHIP Individual: $30.@'; family: $30." + $lO.Oo ea. addl. member; institutions: $27.0°, life: $360." Except for life memberships, add $2.J%utside of the United States. Make checks payable to the A.F.G.S. in U.S. funds. Non-US. residents must use postal money orders or credit cards. LIBRARY Our library is located in the basement of the First Universalist Church at 78 Earle Street in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. It is open for research on Mondays froin 12 PM to 5 PM, Tuesdays from 1 PM to 10 PM, and the first and third Saturdays of each month froin 10 AM to 4 PM. The library is closed on all holidays. RESEARCH The Society does undertake research for a fee. Please see our research policy elsewhere in this issue. ARTICLES Original manuscripts are welcomed. Please see our authors' guide elsewhere in this issue. ADVERTISING Rates for camera-ready copy are $50 for a full page, $25.00 for a half -page and $12.50 for a quarter-page. The Society assumes no responsibility for the quality of products or performance of services advertised in Je Me Souviens. The Soci- ety reserves the right to reject advertisements which it deeins inappropriate. COPYRIGHT Je Me Souviens is O 1997 by the American-French Genealogical Society. All rights are reserved. No part of this publication inay be reproduced in any way without written permission of the A.F.G.S. I.S.S.N.: 0195-7384 Table Of Contents AFGS Mission Statement ..................................................................................2 President's Message .....................................................................................3 Authors' Guidelines ........................................................................................4 La Survivance: From the French Canadian Struggle For Cultural Survival to World Class Museum .............................................................................5 Accepted Standards Of Conduct For Family History Researchers ............. 12 Anatomy Of A French Canadian Heritage ..................................................... 13 Members' Corner ................................................................................20. 25. 67 Marie Rollet: Cultural Mediator ....................................................................21 A Romance With QuCbec ...A Rebuttal ........................................................27 Marie Louise Martineau -A Biography ......................................................35 Godfroy Daignault. Walter F. Fontaine And Alexander Gilbert ................... 39 Odds And Ends .........................................................................................44, 48 Franco-American Veterans Of World War 1From Blackstone, MA ............ 45 Calite LavallCe ................................................................................................47 Au Revoir. Lowell .............................................................................................49 St. Lawrence Of New Bedford. MA ................................................................53 A Family's Migration ......................................................................................57 Searching For Roots - Finding Friends .......................................................63 Mistaken Identity ..........................................................................................69 East Meets West ...............................................................................................71 Honey. Where's The Mail? ........................................................................... 73 AFGS Open House .......................................................................................79 Librarian's Report ...........................................................................................89 Questions and Answers ...................................................................................93 Index To This Issue .......................................................................................I08 Parting Shots ..................................................................................................112 NGS Mission Statement - - The mission of the American-French Genealogical Society is: - To collect, preserve and publish genealogical, historical and bio- graphical matter relating to Americans of French and French-Cana- dian descent. -To play an active part in the preservation ofFrench-Canadian heri- tage and culture in the United States. - To establish and maintain a reference library and research center for the benefit of its members. -To hold meetings for the instruction of its members. - To disseminate information of value to its menibers by way of a regularly published journal and other appropriate means. -To disseminate genealogical and historical information to the gen- eral public, using appropriate means. President's Message rable day for AFGS. After months of ited, and are now extremely rare. Over preparation, buildmg shelves, catalogmy, 90% ofthese books will be new additions and re-spooling thousands of rolls of mni- to our shelves over the next few months. crofilm onto plastic reels, the Drouin mni- To say that we are bursting at the crofilm collection was finally ready for seams is an understatement. The library our members to use. Mayor Susan commnittee has done its best to find space Menard of the City of Woonsocket was wherever possible to house our expand- on hand to cut the ribbon and to present ing library. Let me tell you, it isn't an us with a proclamation recognizing our easy task. When wemnoved to our present purchase of this valuable film. Claude home ahnost eight years ago, the room Drouin, along with his wife and son, cane seemed so large, but that is no longer the down fiom Montreal to be on hand for case. Ahnost every square inch that can the dedication. Ow second most impor- be utilized, has been. tant asset, after our me~nberhp,was now What is in the future for AFGS? ready to be used. Moving to larger quarters is not in the - August also marked the launchmg foreseeable future; buying our own build- of our lending library. Catalog have been ing presents many more headaches and mailed to those who requested them. expenses. Continuing to expand our re- Now mnemnbers who are unable to visit the sources will absolutely be apriority. Mak- library can still utilize some of its re- ing our resources available to our mem- sources. bers who cannot easily visit us is defi- True to the adage that good things nitely important to us. Utilizing the come in threes, AFGS is now the owner internet with its vast potential - of the Drouin Book collection. Thanks www.yes. tothe generosity of AFGS member, Lany We have a vely progressive-W- Choiniere, AFGS was able to purchase ing Board of Directors, who recognize the Drouin Institute's vast collection of that the most unpoltant dung about AFGS books. Over 3,000 titles on heraldry, is not the books, films, or computers, but mnilita~yhistories, family histories, town its generous, caring members. All deci- andparish histories,~naniagerepertoires, sions are made with you in mind. We notarial records, biographies, court pro- will continue to grow and add new re- ceedings and various other reference sources, in spite of our cramped quarters books. Some books have long been out and I'm sure you will more than pleased of print. Some are privately published with the results. 3 AUTHORS' GUIDELINES Subject Matter: JMS publishes articles of interest to people of French Canadian descent. Articles deal- ing \vitl~Ilistory and genealog~are of primary interest, although articles on related topics will be consid- ered. Especially desirable are articles dealing with sources and techniques, i.e. "how-to guides." Length: Length of your article should be detern~inedby the scope of your topic. Unusually long articles should be written in such a way that they can be broken down into hvo or Ittore parts. S~~rnamesshould be copitalized. Style: A clear, direct wnversational style is preferred. Keep in mind that ~iiostof our readers have average education and intelligence. An article nnnen above tliat level will not be \\.ell received. Manuscripts: This publication is produced on an IBM-co~iipatiblecolilputer, using state ofthe art desk- top publislung sofhvare. Wliile this sofhvare has the capability to intport text fro111 ~iiostword-processing progranls, tveprefer that you submit your article in straiglit ASCII text or in Wordperfect 5.1 or 6.x forntat on either 5.25" or 3.5" floppy disk. If you do not use an IBM-compatible computer, or do not have access to a computer, your manuscript should be Qpe\\.ritten on 8.5" x 11" paper. It should be double-spaced with a 2-inch margin all around. If notes must be used, endnotes are preferable over footnotes. A biblicg-apliy is desirable. Illustrations: Our sohvare is capable of i~tiportinggraphics in 111os1 1BM-compatible forniats. Vector graphics (PIC, PLT, WMF, WMT, CGM, DRW, or EPS) are preferred over bit-mapped gaphics (BMP, MSP, PCX, PNT, or