Thought I might try to fight the laziness and make a post after work instead of vegging (collapsing). I love Fridays but like to have a little chat with friends to finish up the week properly. I've written a long delayed email to a friend in Australia, had a chat with one friend already and after this post am going to call an aunt in Ontario and my daughter and a friend in Alberta. That should work for me.
I've had an opportunity (and great time) to talk Acadian genealogy with several people lately. It is such a fascinating subject to me and it seems to be becoming more interesting to others, more known about really. The 400th anniversary in '04 probably gave it a bit of prominence. I am proud of being 100% Acadian but wish I was more fluent in the French language that is such a big part of it. Sending my kids to early French Immersion was a small part. I actually doubt they will retain much if they don't use it in their lives, as happened to me. Language is funny that way. After being immersed for five days to a week in a previously spoken or learned languages, the rhythm of it starts to come back and then it becomes easier.
A couple of songs immediately come to mind: Daniel Lanois with his The Collection of Mary Claire and Feist with La Meme Histoire. Both are Canadian artists to be proud of.
My son has just been in for a chat and Kenz is in now. I think she's going to rub my arms and hand off. It is increasingly harder to type. It has also become later than I thought. I got lost in some links when I googled Acadian for the first link on the page. I still have phonecalls to make. Here are a couple of those links that I will be looking at later.
- http://bayougenealogy.com/shiplists.html
- http://museum.gov.ns.ca/arch/infos/infoaca2.htm
- http://www.crownofmaineproductions.com/storyacadian.html
- http://www.acadian.org/apology.html
