During the Memracook Acadian convention of in 1881, there was a great deal of debate concerning the choice of a national holiday. There was a lot of pressure from Quebec to choose June 24th, the national holiday of French Canadians, while many Acadians preferred August 15th, the feast of the Assumption. Here is a small part of Bishop Marcel-François Richard’s speech “ I bitterly regret having to fight against some […]
George Richard A very big thank you to George Richard from Blainville, Québec who has recently graciously given us his genealogical research so that we can add it to our website. His research is a revision of the work done by Father Donat Ola Robichaud which was published in 1981. The document, in PDF format, contains more than 700 pages and more than 22,000 names. There is also an Excel […]
See traduction française plus bas: This year, the commemoration of the deaths of Acadians during the deportation will take place at the Le Sommet School at 3701 Ryan Street in Moncton. The ceremony begins at 8:45. The organizers are asking that those interested in attending be at the venue by 8:30am. Program Speech from the Principal M. Dominique Bélanger Welcome – Samuel Landry et Arthur Gauvin, co-animators Explanation of the […]
For those of you would might be interested in the tour “Return to our roots 2020” organized by the Association des Familles Richard, here is a PDF document giving more details concernint the trip to France schedule from May 28th to June 8th 2020. *********************************************************************** Pour ceux et celles qui seraient intéressé dans le voyage “Retour au Sources 2020″ organisé par l’Association des Familles Richard”, voici un document PDF donnant […]
Dr Benjamin Peter est un linguiste dans le département des langues et littératures romanes de l’Université de Kiel en Allemagne. Dans son nouveau projet d’habilitation, il voudrais examiner l’évolution du français acadien (en particulier l’évolution des temps et modes verbaux). Il est un grand fan du français acadien et aimerais contribuer à sa revalorisation dans l’ensemble des variétés du français du monde. En octobre et en mars, il passer quelques […]
Bonjour à tous. La réunion des Richard aura lieu au Centre multifonctionnel de Shediac le 19 août, 2019. Si vous avez des questions concernant la réunion des Richard ou que vous voulez vous inscrire venez nous voir à Shediac ce dimanche (le 21 juillet) Nous serons au Marché de Shediac de 9h00 à 14h00. Nous serons aussi au Centre multifonctionnel de Shediac de 10h00 à midi. Hi all, The Richard […]