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Hi, Dennis:
I've been contemplating (and procrastinating!) writing a piece on all the errors in Lanctot's book and seeing if anyone with an Acadian genealogy Web site is interested in placing it on their page.
Please pardon me if I sound a bit over-the-top, but it really bothers me that so many people take Lanctot's book as fact. Every time I see people listing the name "Jean-Claude Landry" as the progenitor of the Landry name in their family tree (along with his two sons with a 16-year age gap and BOTH named Rene!!! haha) or mentioning that Radegonde Lambert was born in France to parents "Jehan Lambert and Unknown MicMac Indian Woman" I have to take a deep breath and count to 10!!! You know Acadian history/genealogy better than I do, Dennis, so I'm sure you know what I'm talking about!
Also, I once read that you should disregard any birth listed as being in Acadia prior to 1636. If an Acadian was born before 1636, it would have been in France. Nonetheless, I believe Father Lanctot ignores lists a few Acadians as being born at Port Royal in the 1620s ... at which time it was basically abandoned.
Please correct me if I'm wrong here.
All the best.
DJB
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