In this free lecture, speaker Adrian Gravelle will explain how to research your French-Canadian ancestors from sources readily available to you locally and on the Internet. This two-hour presentation will include a history of New France, of Acadia and of Canada. The historical background is essential for understanding the geographical and historical terminology and is necessary in knowing how and where to research. The historical background will also give you an appreciation of your French-Canadian heritage. The presentation will include a discussion of the unique legal, cultural and traditional aspects of French-Canadian society that affect French-Canadian genealogical research. Finally, the presentation will cover the leading primary and secondary sources of information and where to find them; will provide examples of typical baptismal, marriage and burial records (1610-1940) and where to find them; and, will give a methodology for rapidly tracing your ancestors back to France to the early 1600s and late 1500s.