Follow the dramatic history of Anne Marie's Amerindian-Acadian descendants in North America -- in two, ground-breaking books:

Spanning two centuries, from the early 1600s to the mid-1700s, Revisiting Anne Marie engages the reader 

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Revisiting Anne Marie
...in the history of a Family cut from European and Amerindian (Mi'kmaq) cloth, from the family's brave beginnings in Nova Scotia to its exile in Snow Hill, Maryland, following the Grand Deportation of 1755.  The story of Anne Marie's family comes to life with art, source citations and references, first-hand observations and photographs, as the author interweaves the inter-relationships that comprise Anne Marie's extended family in l'Acadie with the history and politics of the time. Through an overlay of new genetic information, the author challenges traditional perceptions, as she brings forth, generation by generation, the diverse society that becomes the foundation of our "American heritage."
Revisiting Anne Marie: How an Amerindian Woman of Seventeenth-Century Nova Scotia and a DNA Match Redefine American Heritage...by Marie Rundquist. (2009, 2012).
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Readers of Cajun By Any Other Name live the experience of Acadian ancestors

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...whose lives were shattered by a forced expulsion from Nova Scotia in 1755 - from their exile in Maryland and re-emergence in the Louisiana parishes - and join a search for an identity nearly destroyed by re-tooled surnames, assumed pedigrees, ambition, courthouse filings and the Civil war.  In conclusion, Rundquist exposes how DNA testing, genealogy and history research restore vital connections for others of Native American and European ancestry, makes a case for self-identification that rises above cultural labels and strengthens the soul.
Cajun By Any Other Name: Recovering the Lost History of a Family  and a People ...by Marie Rundquist. (2012).
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Travel by Ancestry

Travel by ancestry adds a new dimension to planning a vacation.  With a search for ancestry as a primary focus, a vacation can span days, weeks, even centuries!  Read more...
Can't decide which one to buy? Want both books? Get the whole story, signed by the author -- Revisiting Anne Marie AND Cajun By Any Other Name - for family -- for friends!  Contact the author about special, limited offer.  
Epic story of an Acadian-Amerindian family, spans political, ethnic, cultural boundaries
  • Revisiting Anne Marie takes place in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and mid-eighteenth centuries (until the expulsion of Acadians from Nova Scotia in 1755), sets the stage for the start of Anne Marie and Rene Rimbault's family in the village of Port Royal, North America.  Historic locations include Mi'kma'ki, L'Acadie, Nova Scotia, La Have, Port Royal, Annapolis Royal, Grand Pre, Isle St. Jean (Prince Edward Island (PEI)), Cape Breton, Parishes of St. Jean-Baptiste and St. Charles Aux Mines, Isle Royale, and the Fortress of Louisbourg. Other: National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) and Cultural Resources Center (CRC) (Suitland, Maryland).
  • Cajun By Any Other Name continues the epic story of Acadians on Maryland's Lower Eastern Shore and in Louisiana from the year 1755 until the present. Historic locations include Grand Pre, Nova Scotia, Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland: Princess Anne, Snow Hill, Wicomico, Somerset Counties, Oxford; Louisiana: New Orleans, German Coast, Acadian Coast, Parishes of Pointe Coupee, St. Gabriel, St. Charles, St. James, St. John, St. Tammany; Covington, Lea's Landing, Tangipahoa, St. Martinville, Kaplan, Other: France, Martinique, South Carolina, Michigan, Washington, DC., Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Acadian Museum, (at the Acadian Memorial), St. Martinville, Louisiana.

Vivid portrayal of a family's exile, re-emergence, cultural assimilation, recovery

Featured topics and surnames - in Revisiting Anne Marie
  • Revisiting Anne Marie topics include: multi-cultural perspective regarding the history of Acadians in Nova Scotia, Mi'kmaq - Acadian relations, intermarriage among the French and the Mi'kmaq; Mi'kmaq tools, textiles, materials, oral traditions.  Investigation of the early history of Vikings, Portuguese, Basque in Atlantic Canada; Nova Scotia under Scottish, French, British rule.  St. Jean-Baptiste and St. Charles Aux Mines, PEI, and the Fortress of Louisbourg.  Patterns of intermarriage among families in Acadia. Acadian tradition of cooperation with the Mi'kmaq in Nova Scotia; Acadian relations with the British; Expulsion from Grand Pre. Captures author's journey of discovery of hidden Native American, Acadian ancestries through DNA, genealogy, and research of history.
  • Surname references include: Membertou, Anne Marie (unknown), Pinet, Rimbault, Lejeune, Gautrot, Gotrot, Gautreaux, de la Boue, La Bauve, Muse, Bastarache, Richard, Vincent, Savoye, Savoie, Levron, Hebert, Pellerin, Corporon, Henry, Tibaudo, Landry, La Pierre, Bellemere, Celestin, Arneaud, Sauvage, Hache Galant, David, Monmillion, others.
...and Cajun By Any Other Name
  • Cajun By Any Other Name topics include: an Acadian-Amerindian family's expulsion from Nova Scotia; Acadians' subsequent history in Princess Anne, Snow Hill, and Oxford, on Maryland's Lower Eastern Shore. Arrival in Louisiana; Acadians in New Orleans, German Coast, as contrasted with Creoles.  Acadian-German relationships, patterns of intermarriage, Emerging culture, economy, social stratification, marriage contracts, blacksmith's role and contribution, slavery, Civil War; Acadian cultural assimilation. Assessment of author's and others' discoveries of Native American, Acadian, and the more recent Cajun heritage through DNA, genealogy, history research, as impacts individual perceptions of ethnicity, heritage.
  • Surname references include: David, Hebert, Forest, Melanson, Babin, Thibodeau, Richard, Landry, Trahan, Guidry, Breaux, Doiron, Duaron, Savoie, Amache, St. Pierre, Dies, Bellot, Broussard, Jousson, Huber, Ouvre, Oubre, Hoover, Rommel, Rome, Schaf, Chauffe, Hache,  Gothreaux (Gautreaux), Guinel-Dinelle, Denell, Gosselin, Gaschet d'Lisle, Strobhar, Stevens-Burt, Jourdan, Poore, Pierce, others.

About the books...

  • Revisiting Anne Marie (2009, 2012) by Marie Rundquist: Non-fiction. Amerindian, Native American, Acadian, Nova Scotia History, Genealogy, DNA research. 138 pages, includes rare photos, original artwork, and maps, 126 footnotes with source citations; 27 bibliographic references; includes primary and genealogy sources. Forwards by Fortress of Louisbourg historian, Anne Marie Jonah, and Douglas J. Miller, French-Canadian Heritage Society of California, French Heritage DNA Project. ISBN:  0-7414-7044-6
  • Cajun By Any Other Name (2012) by Marie Rundquist: Non-fiction. Amerindian, Native American, Acadian, Nova Scotia, Maryland, Lower Eastern Shore, Louisiana History, Genealogy, DNA research. 166 pages, includes rare photos and images, records, early map of Louisiana, 233 footnotes, with source citations; 55 bibliographic references; includes primary and genealogy sources. Forward by R. Martin Guidry, President Acadian Memorial Foundation, St. Martinville, Louisiana. ISBN: 0-7414-7042-X
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