AFGS - American French Genealogical Society

Le village historique Acadien -- The Acadian Historic Village, Caraquet, NB

2011-07-13T19:02:00.000-04:00

I’m sure many of you have been to Old Sturbridge Village or Plimouth Plantation. There is a similar living history museum in northern New Brunswick, Canada. If you thought understanding the Olde English at Plimouth was difficult, imagine the ancient French spoken by the Acadian role players in this village.

The link below is video tour of the various buildings and actors showcasing their crafts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG8ditzsCMw&feature=player_detailpage

It’s about 10 minutes long.
The music:
Le monde a bien changé by the group 1755.
La vielle bross en Acadie by the group Suroît.
Le jardinière du couvent by the group 1755.

The official web site of the Village is below:
http://www.villagehistoriqueacadien.com/index_en.cfm

s’amuser – have fun!
RG

French music at The Greater New Bedford Summerfest

2011-07-08T18:05:00.000-04:00

The Greater New Bedford Summerfest - An International Folk Music and Arts Festival was held July 2nd + 3rd at the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, Downtown New Bedford, Massachusetts.

There were over 50 musical groups performing over the two days.
Le Vent du Nord from Québec and Vishtèn from Prince Edward Island performed on the largest of the 7 stages at the festival.

http://www.leventdunord.com/

http://www.vishten.net/

The Acadian group Vishtèn on the Custom House Stage.

Also performing was singer/dancer Benoit Bourque from Québec.
http://www.myspace.com/benoitbourque

Class on Computer and the Internet

2009-04-16T18:17:00.001-04:00

American French Genealogical Society - AFGS
Class on Computer and the Internet
By Bill Pommenville – Webmaster AFGS

April 18th 2009

9:00 AM

AFGS Building ,78 Earle Street, Woonsocket, RI www.afgs.org

Class will touch on a number of areas including Computer - Internet Use
- Internet Searching - Genealogy Software.
Computers - Safe Computing
Seeing the Information when it is no longer there.
Terminology - Hard Drive - RAM - Domain name -Cookies
The importance of correct and incorrect Spelling
Genealogy Software - Free (In packet)
Searching Pictures - Important Set Preferences before Searching
The Internet what it is and what it is not.
Searching and or Listening to a PDF files
What is a Browser?
Short cuts to Searching (In packet)
Searching
How to Improve your Searches ~ Narrowing your Search
Your favorite search place
Google Translations
Types of Search Places "directories" and "human-powered results"
Google Options (In packet)
Its about the Money
Google Search Features (In packet)
How do they get the info? What is a Crawler or Spider?
Google Cheat Sheet (In packet)
Search Preferences
Google Tour - Options Available at Google
How the Web Guy does it. Start-All Programs- Accessories-Note Pad (In packet)
Internet Archive and Wayback Machine (In packet)
Little Rhody's List – Information and links about and for Rhode Island
SitePal Virtual Interpreter – Translator (In packet)
Find the information once you're at the webpage (In packet)
Family Records Search - Free - Canada etc. (In packet)
Why Check the date on page?
Google Earth & Prado Museum in Spain

Sugar Shack

2009-04-16T18:11:00.000-04:00

Sugar Shack
Saturday, April 18, 2009 at
St. Ann Arts and Cultural Center
84 Cumberland Street
Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Doors Open at 5:00 p.m.
Buffet Dinner at 6:00 p.m.

Daniel Boucher and Friends will entertain you with tradition "sugar
shack" music.
Bring your dancing shoes and spoons!

For more information
http://www.afgs.org/sugarshacktickets09.html

Update Hall of Fame

2008-09-29T17:00:00.001-04:00

Tickets are now on sale for the Hall of Fame. They can be purchased on line at www.afgs.org

Welcome to the AFGS Blog

2008-06-12T16:29:00.002-04:00

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