A French-Canadian Genealogy Blog

Loire Valley visit during June 2023 to visit ancestral sites and walk in the footsteps of 6 ancestors.

French-Canadian Private Albert Dallaire, 1900-1987, volunteered for service in WW1 at the age of 17. He served in the Canadian...

French-Canadian Private Edoire (Eddie) Jolicoeur, 1894-1983, was drafted for service in WW1. He served in the Canadian Army Medical Corps.

My family surname changed from Meloche to Jolicoeur. The grandson of Francois Meloche assumed Jolicoeur as his surname to honor...

Ship Voyage during 1687 for my ancestor Pierre Jamme dit Carriere who was a soldier in the Marine Troops from...

Eddie Jolicoeur my paternal grandfather and his French ancestors Francois Meloche and Marie Blanchard

Andrea Timm my paternal grandmother and her ancestors Charles Timm and Marie Chevreau

Albert Dallaire my maternal grandfather and his French ancestors Charles Allaire and Marie Asselin

Florence Beauchamp my maternal grandmother and her French ancestors Jean Beauchamp and Francoise Hurteau

Part 1 Ship Voyages of my Ancestors from France to New France: Jean Cote; Pierre Michaud; Charles Allaire, Jean Beauchamp

Part2 Ship Voyages of my Ancestors during 1663 and 1665: Fievre; Levasseur; Binet; Chevreau; Payette; Roy; Mouflet; Lauze; Barbary

Part3 Ship voyages of my Ancestors from France during 1667 and 1669: Blanchard; Bourgeois; Lebrun; Pelletier; Dodin; Jalais-all Filles du...

The Meloche homestead at Lachine was occupied by Meloche family members for more than 220 years.

A famous lawsuit ends with the return of the former Courcelle Islands (renamed as the Dorval Islands) to the Meloche...