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Filles à Marier Certification - AFGS New!

Are you a Filles à Marier Descendant? The Filles à Marier came to Quebec before the Filles du Roi. Between 1634 and September 1663, 262 Filles à Marier or marriageable girls” emigrated to New France representing one quarter of all the single girls arriving in New France through 1673. As opposed to the Filles du Roi who emigrated between 1663 and 1673, the Filles à Marier came alone or in small groups. They were not recruited by the state and did not receive a dowry from the King. They were promised nothing but the possibility of a better life. The Filles à Marier chose to emigrate under perilous conditions to a wilderness colony because the advantages offered by the colony were great enough to make them forget the dangers of the crossing and rude character of colonial life.

Land in Her Own Name

A web exhibit for the book by H. Elaine Lindgren.

Land in Her Own Name: Women as Homesteaders in North Dakota

A book by H. Elaine Lindgren, for sale from Amazon.com

Letters of a Woman Homesteader (Google Books)