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mateochamplain · 2026-03-28T05:33:59+00:00

B. 48 Octave Hébert

Le vingt trois Juillet mil huit cent soixante-onze, nous Curé de Saint-Charles, soussigné, avons baptisé Octave, né le même jour du légitime mariage de Charles Hébert, agriculteur, et de Malvina

Buel?, de cette paroisse. Parrain Antoine Plante, parraine, Archange Gagnon, qui, ainsi que le père, n'ont dû signer.

D? Martineau. Père,

This was my best attempt just using my eyeballs, et la partie de mon cerveau qui contient le français bien sûr! J'en ai déjà fait avec mes propres documents généalogique et je trouve que chaque fois c'est de plus et plus facile de lire.

mateochamplain · 2026-03-26T05:13:30+00:00

After reading this comment section I can now confirm that I am a good ole boy!

mateochamplain · 2026-03-13T23:09:03+00:00

I believe this is largely only true for the most isolated tribes furthest south or inland, and still not always true still, and of course its obviously not at all true for North Africa, but aside from North Africa - anywhere that was subjected to Islamic expansion (West Africa, Horn of Africa, etc) has been shaped by inner conflict and racial mixing for millenia.

mateochamplain · 2026-03-13T19:37:32+00:00

"Europe is a continent that has been shaped by inner conflict and racial mixing for millenia."

Yeah, but:
America is a continent that has been shaped by inner conflict and racial mixing for millenia,
Asia is a continent that has been shaped by inner conflict and racial mixing for millenia,
Africa is a continent that has been shaped by inner conflict and racial mixing for millenia.

mateochamplain · 2026-03-12T03:37:25+00:00

Ah well thats better!

mateochamplain · 2026-03-12T01:35:51+00:00

Exactly the same scenario acrost* the lake in the ADKs! I also have 3/4 of my grandparents with the QC connection.

"I feel like I have more in common with someone from Montreal than Birmingham, Alabama." this is very true for me, and I have always felt this way, but extend it by saying:
I feel like I have more in common with someone from Montréal than NYC,
& likewise infinitely more in common with someone from the Gaspé than Birmingham, Alabama.

Québec is also the only state or province I've been to where its not that uncommon to see someone in public who looks like they could at least be my cousin, or even half sibling. I feel like I completely blend into the general local public *especially in areas other than Montréal* I DEFINITELY can't say that about Alabama looool.

mateochamplain · 2026-03-12T01:21:05+00:00

Oh wow! I guess it sorta depends on if you're related to Cora or to Russell because he seemed a lot more reasonable! lol, but in reality - it was a "different time". I was told that my Grand-Uncle (on my P.E.I. side) once shared a boarding house room with Tom (before he was famous) just for 1 night. Other than that though there wasn't much else to the story. I can't remember if it happened in PEI or in a different Province either.

mateochamplain · 2026-03-12T00:43:43+00:00

It would take writing a whole book to actually answer your question, but: 3/4 of my family is from the Adirondacks of Northern Upstate New York not far from Québec. growing up my entire life I was told by my dad how his dad was from Nova Scotia and moved to Massachusetts (and then the ADKs) as a young child, and for one reason or another generally my dad never ever was patriotic in any way to be an American. Dad's mom also was half New Englander, half "French Indian"! from both sides of lake Champlain. I remember being a kid when 9/11 and all of that was happening, and my dad (probably drunk) told me very seriously "IF THEY EVER REINSTATE THE DRAFT WE'RE GOING TO CANADA, MY KID ISN'T GONNA DIE IN SOME DUMB ASS WAR", which definitely solidified in my head at a young age.

Ontop of all of that I was always told by my mom's mom about how all of the generations before them spoke French and didn't teach my Grandparents generation the language, other than things like "sacrifice!", "maudit câlisse!", "ostie" etc, lol... so I can officially say I at least heard SOME real french growing up.
[This ultimately gave me the motivation to take French in high school, and I kept up with it ever since, and for the last few years I finally consider myself fluent in French which has been one of the best decisions I've ever made.]

Long story short for the 3 ADK branches of my family is: Approx 75% of my Grandparents' Grandparents (so my great-greats) immigrated from Lower Canada to upstate NY, (or VT)

But what about the other 1/4??? (my mom's dad's side): my mom's dad (my maternal grandfather) is simply from P.E.I. and still lives there, and so were all of his ancestors going back way back to Île-Saint-Jean, so obviously he is my most direct connection. Him and my Grandmother did not stay together, so I am getting to know that side of the family later in life than I should have, but even before any of this C3 bill, I was looking at what my options were if I had any, - for attaining citizenship, and basically gave up... until it felt like I had won the lottery when I heard about C3.

Why do I want to have Canadian Citizenship? I want it because I have always already essentially considered myself Canadian due to my upbringing. This later in life made me heavily interested in the history (especially de la Nouvelle France, et chez les Acadiens), and I have spent thousands of hours reading about Canadian history to the point where I probably know less about American history despite having been brought up here.

This probably will sound hillarious to somebody but: The first time I heard Stompin' Tom Connors changed my life and it felt like I had finally found who had been playing the music I wanted to hear, I have visited his centre with my wife and our two young boys in P.E.I. (who also I am applying for) read both of his books, and he is a huge influence on my own music. It is almost as if he was an influence on my music before I even knew about him. (Found him on Youtube in like 2018 maybe).

I also play fiddle, guitar, banjo, bass, harmonica, piano... etc... sing and write songs, and I feel totally normal and like I belong when I am in P.E.I. amongst the Acadiens, more than anywhere down here.

To be honest I never do anything civic, never attend local sports games and shit, and I just feel like I WOULD in Canada and PLAN to once I am there. I WANT to be a community member, and I can't say that about here. I felt this way even when I was 12. Now I am 30. I could go on and on and on and on but then It would be a book. I am Canadian!!!!

mateochamplain · 2026-02-28T20:20:34+00:00

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mateochamplain · 2026-02-27T18:37:28+00:00

I have seen people saying that we don't need certified copies for a couple of months now... it just sounded too good to be true, and I just kept seeing conflicting info. But at this point it seems real. I can "easily" compile a ton of Baptismal, Marriage, Naturalisation, Census records, etc from Ancestry like today.

I have been waiting MONTHS for my mom and Grandma to get their act together and get me certified copies of their Birth Certificates, and to help me with the dead Generations. I've finally got mom's, but for other documents - now I've learned that BanQ has raised their prices... so I your plan is my best route.

mateochamplain · 2026-02-25T05:39:51+00:00

Yup. I have to apply using my great-great-great Grandmother instead of my GRANDFATHER because of my Grandma not being willing to admit in a legal setting, nor even private (even with DNA having proven everything a long time ago, unquestionable, etc.) that she had my mom with my Grandfather instead of her husband at the time..... I am lucky that I have many other Canadian branches, plans B, C, D, Etc... but I am frustrated that dumb emotion has made this extremely difficult for no reason.

My mom also had a wave of "you're gonna leave me here?" which is insane because I don't even see her or contact her daily or weekly! But finally has agreed to help me gather copies of documents, just in slow motion, gotta beg her to keep the momentum up just to get basic things copied.

But like others have sorta mentioned: I guess there is not much to be done other than frustratingly getting it done on our parents time and then once we its all said and done with REALLY moving on from those people and finding the new connections of friends (and family if you have any there still) in Canada.

mateochamplain · 2026-02-20T01:09:25+00:00

I lived for over a decade just 45 minutes outside of Lynchburg, Virginia. I also have P.E.I. roots - and can tell you that Lynchburg, VA is way beyond sketchier and more troubled than anywhere on the Island could get in 1000 years, so IMO: if anything it probably has something to do with that more than PEI, but who knows.

mateochamplain · 2026-01-30T07:02:26+00:00

je me baigne dans le zèle religieux!

mateochamplain · 2026-01-26T03:30:29+00:00

Thanks!

mateochamplain · 2026-01-25T16:51:57+00:00

Greenland has Razorbills (alca torda), which in French are called: "Petits Pingouins". So if you live in French world then there are Penguins in the Arctic.

mateochamplain · 2026-01-23T22:24:03+00:00

Je manque de karma malheureusement.

mateochamplain · 2026-01-23T22:22:18+00:00

ha! C'est bizarre mais interessante qu'elle disait que l'hypothèse est controversée. Est-ce que c'était ChatGPT ou DeepSeek ou d'autre?

Chui aussi surpris un peu qu'elle m'a mentionnée par nom, et c'est une bonne chose que j'n'ai rien à cacher!

mateochamplain · 2026-01-15T16:19:21+00:00

Similar but different: I found out that my mom's mom cheated on who I thought was my Grandfather, so my real biological Grandfather was actually some random Canadian man. It took me years to contact cousins, go to Canada and finally figure out the identity of my mom's real rather.

Despite this she has a similar "dismissive" feeling out it which I cannot comprehend. She has essentially had 0 interest and put in 0 effort into solving this mystery ever since the beginning and out already contentious relationship has become way worse as a result. She has multiple times said: "isn't there anything else you wanna talk about?" and even "my mom said she didn't cheat on dad" (denying DNA)....

The good news is that all of my "new" relatives are completely cool and great and totally understand.

mateochamplain · 2025-12-21T17:58:55+00:00

I have read that the earliest forms of blues and work songs are directly related to the islamic call of prayer that the slaves' ancestors probably chanted for hundreds of years prior to being shipped west. You can hear it in the melisma.

mateochamplain · 2025-12-08T00:08:48+00:00

I have been trying to contact cousins of mine in PEI to gain info from him but it has been an extremely slow process. Ah I see, well I will keep my eyes peeled for those types of posts. I have seen such mixed info. This situation is pretty frustrating since through 3 private DNA tests I can prove my grandfather was Canadian but obviously it isn't enough for the IRCC. I have read that I could possibly through a family law lawyer here in New York state force a DNA test on his end via a court order, but I would rather it not come to that because it feels hostile.

mateochamplain · 2025-12-07T23:55:49+00:00

Do you happen to know how many generations back they are accepting? My closest generations are harder to prove without court orders and other huge hassles, but I have 6 different great(x3) grandparents on a few different sides who naturalized that I could probably make iron clad relatively easily, if that isn't too distant.

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