Thursday, February 12, 2009

Hello everyone

Just thought I let you know that I have my new webpage up ... Its a little history on the Arsenault's family .. Its about Jean Pierre Arsenault , Born approximately 1756 in Acadia and died in Bic , a small town that he founded on the St. Lawrence River .

The story of this immegrant goes back to the French and Indian War,Which started in 1754 and ended in 1763 . During this period of time the English claimed from the French the land known back then as Acadia (Henry Wardsworth Longfellow in his famous story of Evangeline mentions this place called Acadia and the story is about a woman called Evangeline who escaped the English at this time , becausethere was a lot of killing going on . Down in Louisiana , where there was a lot of what we call today Acadains there is quite a bit of history.These people migrated to there during this time when they were fleeingfrom the English . In the encyclopedia it mentions the name of LouisArceneaux , which I think could be a brother or some relative of the above person , who we are talking about . Spelling is not the same , but thru the years spelling in names has changed from the original spellingwho is right and what is the right spelling it is hard to know .

To find out more . check out my website , and the page , Jean Pierre ...

Thanks for dropping by ..

Rick

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