Published in the History of the Diocese of Hartford in 1900 in a chapter entitled, "The Acadians in Connecticut," beginning on page 63, were the names of the Connecticut towns where Acadians were exiled in 1755 and records of expenses. Historians spared no ghastly detail when they described how impoverished Acadian exiles were bound out, persecuted, and subjected to small pox.

Numbering among the published viewpoints of several, leading historians of the time, was an excerpt from a letter dated September 8, 1855, that was written by the Most Rev. William Walsh, Archbishop of Halifax, on the centennial anniversary of the Acadian expulsion.  He notes that following their exile in the United States, several Acadian families were able to find their way back to Nova Scotia, where they settled the untouched forests and shores of Baie Sainte Marie.

Reference: O'Donnell, Rev. James H. (1900). History of the Diocese of Hartford. Boston: The D. H. Hurd Company. https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_the_Diocese_of_Hartford/eZBMAQAAMAAJ?gbpv=1

Submitted by family researcher, Edward Vidal.

... by Marie Rundquist with Deadra Doucet Bourke, Contributor
February 22, 2023

Introduction
The discovery of the C-P39 Native Y chromosome DNA signature for genetic male descendants of Germain Doucet b. 1641, in 2008, had great significance for genealogists because the Native Y DNA signature attained for this line (1.) disproved a European ancestry for Germain Doucet b. 1641, (2.) disproved a father-son relationship between Germain Doucet b. 1641 and Germain Doucet Sr. of France and (3.) disproved that Pierre Doucet (b. ca 1621) and Germain Doucet (b. 1641) were blood brothers having descended from the same father.

Through exhaustive Y Chromosome DNA testing of numerous male, paternal line Doucet / Doucete descendants of Germain Doucet b. 1641, who was from Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada, our Acadian-Amerindian and C-P39 Y DNA projects have uncovered, validated, and then verified a Native American Y Chromosome DNA haplogroup signature (originally referred to as haplogroup C3b and now referred to as haplogroup C-P39) for his descendants through sons Charles, Claude and Laurent.

In 2019, the C-Z30754 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), or genetic marker, a subclade of the C-P39 Y DNA haplogroup, was identified as unique to genetic male, patrilineal (father to father) descendants of Germain Doucet b. 1641 through advanced Big Y 700 DNA testing. Y chromosome DNA is inherited through patrilineal line of descent and is passed, from one generation to the next, virtually unchanged, from father to father. Y chromosome DNA tests are separate test from mitochondrial and autosomal DNA tests and are for genetic males only.

The C-Z30754 marker also identified a new subclade of the C-P39 Y DNA haplogroup to which male descendants of Germain Doucet b. 1641 belong. Genetic male descendants of Germain Doucet b. 1641 who have had advanced Big Y 700 DNA test show a positive result for this marker (C-Z30754+) and the C-P39 marker (C-P39+) in Big Y 700 DNA test results.

Since the original identification of the C-Z30754 subclade as unique to the Germain Doucet b. 1641 surname lineage, new and unexpected branches, or subclades, of the C-Z30754 haplogroup have emerged among the Big Y 700 DNA test results of genetic male descendants of Germain Doucet b. 1641.

Further study of these new branches, and the SNPs (or genetic markers) that identify them, reveal that each new branch aligns, one-for-one, with a known surname lineage through a specific patrilineal line – traced from father to father - within the Germain Doucet b. 1641 family tree. The purpose of this update is to show how all of this works – and introduce some fascinating new Big Y 700 DNA tools and capabilities we may all use for our own genetic genealogy research at the same time!

Note:  Click here to read the rest of the report -- and find out about some surprising new discoveries about Doucet DNA we came upon in our research!

Université Sainte-Anne Centre acadien is a truly excellent genealogy / family history resource for those researching Acadian roots in Nova Scotia, Canada.  So glad to see it's back!

Pointe-de-l'Église (N.-É.), December 21, 2022. "Matthias Duc, new director of the Center acadien." (Note:  To enable auto-translation from French to English, please copy paste the link to the article above into your Chrome browser and use the translate to English button provided.)

From the news release: "Université Sainte-Anne is pleased to announce that Matthias Duc, archivist, librarian and information science specialist, will assume the full-time role of director of the Center acadien as of January 1 , 2023. Mr. Duc holds two graduate degrees, a master's degree in communication sciences and a master's degree in information sciences, both from the University of Montreal."

Link to: https://www.usainteanne.ca/index.php?option=com_acym&ctrl=archive&task=view&id=823