Acadians are the descendants of the French who settled in Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries. Acadia was located in what is now Eastern Canada's Maritime provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island), as well as parts of Quebec, and present-day Maine to the Kennebec River. Acadia, a distinctly separate colony of New France, was ethnically, geographically and administratively different from the other French colonies and the French colony of Canada (modern-day Quebec). As a result, the Acadians developed a distinct history and culture. The settlers whose descendants became Acadians primarily came from the southwestern region of France, such as the rural areas of Poitou-Charentes and Aquitaine.
Below are some interesting links to help with your Acadian research.
Acadian Censuses
Recensements d’Acadie 1671-1763
Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home website - Censuses 1671-1784
Acadian Archives at University of Maine Fort Kent
Genealogy of Acadian Families
Book by Gaudet, Placide, 1850-1930
Acadia - Table of the Registers of the former Parishes and missions of Acadia
Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home
Acadian Historical Museum in Bonaventure
Acadian.org
The number one source for Acadian genealogy information.
Acadians of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
Acadian research centre of Prince Edward Island
Association Acadienne de la Région de Québec
Centre d’Études Acadiennes Anselme-Chiasson
Centre Acadian
Primarily Nova Scotia
Fédération acadienne du Québec
The Acadian Recorder Newspaper (18 Nov. 1854 - 28 Dec. 1861)
The Coalition of Acadian Organizations of Quebec
La Société historique acadienne
