Welcome to Electronic New France, where all the best websites pertaining to French colonial America are gathered.
This site has been designed for scholars and amateurs alike, whether you’re looking for a list of archives containing treasures from New France or looking for inspiration for the next costume you’ll be wearing at the New France Festival in Québec city!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: Are all these websites in English?
A: No. As much as we’ve tried to display the English versions of these websites, some are only available in French. However, links with English content despite a French title will be marked as such.
Q: Are these lists exhaustive?
A: No. Or at least, not for now. We concentrated on digging up the most important links. Since we also concentrate on finding archive sites, we haven’t had as much time dedicated to finding, for example, reenactment club sites or heritage sites. However, many of our links contain their own link pages highlighting many sites we haven’t gone around to adding here yet.
Q: Why is this site called “Electronic New France”?
A: The title is an hommage to the “Electronic Beowulf” project by the British Library which consisted of scanning of the oldest Anglo-Saxon text ever to make it readily available worldwide.
Q: How are your links organized?
A: They are organized by theme, then alphabetically. Please keep in mind however that to simplify matters, we have organized these links according to what category suits them best. Some could, in reality, be applied in more than one category (for example: we’ve placed the Québec Citadelle under “National Parks”, despite its nifty museum which could have put it also under “Museums”).
Q: Is this site associated to any institution?
A: No. This site has been conceived by a single individual.
Q: I know a good website not shown here. Can I suggest it?
A: Sure can! Just look up our “Reach Us” section.
Q: I can’t seem to have access to certain sites’ content and databases. Do they require a fee?
A: Yes. Unfotunately, some sites (like the Programme de recherche en Démographie Historique [PRDH] website) require users to pay a fee. However, these sites are often available through certain university networks and archive centres. If you’re a university professor or student, you might want to check with your school if they also offer off-campus access to their network.
Q: Is the old version of Electronic New France still available?
R : No, the old address http://pages.videotron.com/nfe/ no longer works since our switch in 2015.
Created in January 2011
Last update: November 21st, 2022
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Joseph, I enjoyed your presentation at the War College at Fort Ticonderoga this past Saturday. I hope to learn more about intelligence aspect of the French and Indian War. I believe that Robert Rogers and his Rangers were fulfilling an intelligence gathering role that parallels what the Native Americans were doing for the French.
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Hi John, indeed the Rangers were created as a more reliable alternative to the British’s own Native allies. In fact, the French hoped to do the same, but their Marines often ended up being as good if not better than the Rangers (we can’t forget that Roger’s main foil was Langy!).
Don’t forget to subscribe to my blog (the link is on this website, but separate from it). I often post on intelligence and Google translate in Chrome does a half decent job at converting to English anything I wrote in French. Regards, -Joe
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