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Noms de families acadiennes au XVIIIe siecle en Acadie/Nouvelle-Ecosse
II	reste peu de souvenirs tangibles de la periode qui a precede la Deportation. Toutefois, grace a des documents historiques, nous connaissons la plupart des noms de famille de colons acadiens.
Un grand nombre de ces noms sont encore repandus dans les communautes acadiennes des Maritimes et temoignent de la survivance du peuple acadien. Certains de ces patronymes ont egalement survecu en Louisiane, en France et au Quebec ou ils perpetuent le souvenir de la Deportation des Acadiens et les migrations qui l?ont suivie.
Acadian Family Names of 18th Century Acadia/Nova Scotia
Little physical evidence remains of pre-expulsion Acadia. However, most of the family names of the Acadian settlers are known from historical documents. Many of these names continue (	in today's Maritime Acadian communities,
dramatically illustrating a people's survival.
Acadian names also survive in areas such as Louisiana, France and Quebec, a legacy of the Acadian Deportation and subsequent migrations.
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Cette liste d'environ 300 patronymes a ete etablie a partir de registres paroissiaux, de releves de recensement et d?autres documents acadiens/neo-ecossais de la premiere motie du XVIIIe siecle.
Tous les noms des families acadiennes de civils, dont on sait qu?elles ont vecu dans la colonie entre 1700 et 1755, y figurent.
La liste ne comprend pas les noms des membres de la garnison fran^aise qui ont servi en Acadie et ceux de leurs families.
This list of approximately 300 family names was drawn from the parish records, census records and other documents from Acadia/Nova Scotia in the first half of the 18th century.
All Acadian civilian families known to have lived in the colony at any time between 1700 and 1755 are included.
The list does not include the families of the French garrison which served in Acadia.