French-Canadian roots. Chicopee connections.
The people behind
our family story.
Follow the LaPolice and DesLauriers families through generations of French-Canadian history, from Nouvelle-France and Acadie to Chicopee, Massachusetts.
Faces & places from the family album
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Explore the four family branches
LaPolice – Hinse dit Hains
Paternal Branch
DesLauriers – Martin
Maternal Branch
Paquette – Charbonneau
Maternal Branch
Boisvert – Roy
Paternal Branch
People, places & historical connections
Explore the research collections
The family tree: 3537 Ancestors
Including these direct ancestors:
- Pioneers of Nouvelle-France (1608–1640) 11
- Filles à Marier (1634–1662) 28
- Filles du Roi (1663–1673) 36
- Régiment de Carignan-Salières (1659–1668) 15
- Ship St. Jehan Passengers (1636) 6
- Acadie (1480–1711) 77
- Acadie Census (1671) 24
- Indigenous Ancestors (1481–1600) 8
- Norman-French Surnames 13
- DNA Results
- “Vikingness”
- Surname Instances
- Birth Place Instances
- Place of Death Instances