Online Connections between Wisconsin and the Rest of the French and Francophone World

Last Updated July 31, 2002. This page will be updated as new links are received. If you have any you think should be included, please send them . Thank you.

State Agencies

• State Department of Public Instruction
• Highlights of Wisconsin/French history from the Wisconsin State Blue Book. PDF file format.
• Wisconsin State Blue Book. Over 1000 pages of information on the state.

State Sesquicentennial sites

• Weaving a Wisconsin Tapestry, a Pioneering Partners school Internet Project for the Sesquicentennial.

Organizations

• WAFLT, Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers
• The Alliance Française of the United States
• Alliance Française de Milwaukee
• Voyageur, historical magazine for Northeast Wisconsin
• La Maison française of UW-Madison
• The French American Chamber of Commerce of Chicago.

Museums and Historical Sites

• Milwaukee Public Museum
• Milwaukee Art Museum Don't miss the Flagg Collection of Haitian Art
• Heritage Hill Living History Museum Early French life in Wisconsin, fur trader cabin, Roy-Porlier-Tank cottage, Belgian farm, historical reenactments, etc.
• Neville Public Museum. Artifacts from French colonial period, including possessions of the "Lost Dauphin," reputed to have been the son of Louis XVI.
• Fort Michilimackinac, an important French and British outpost, of particular importance for French colonial history between 1715 and 1762.
• Early Wisconsin history from the New Catholic Encyclopedia

Education

• Colleges and University French Programs
  • UW-River Falls French Department
  • UW-Stevens Point Foreign Language Department
  • Lawrence University French Department
  • Ripon College Department of Romance Languages
  • The French House at UW-Madison.
  • The University of Wisconsin Center for Placement Testing
  • University of Wisconsin--La Crosse Department of Foreign Languages
  • Etudier en France. Page of information and advice from the French Cultural Services. Links to French universities and professional services.
• Schools
• Milwaukee French Immersion School
• Francophone Study Abroad Opportunities Through Wisconsin Universities
• Interdisciplinary studies for global careers: Professional French Masters Program at the University of Wisconsin--Madison.
• International Studies Centers in Wisconsin
• UW--Milwaukee Institute of World Affairs
• French Resource Center at UW-Madison France Synergies

Historical Connections

Early History of French in North America and the Midwest

• Musée Virtuel de la Nouvelle France. Recommended.
• Virtual Museum of New France. English version of preceding link. Further links to specialized site: clothing, language, commerce, heritage, documents, maps, etc. Recommended.
• The Alexis de Tocqueville Tour C-Span followed in the footsteps of de Tocqueville's American Journey. Includes Journal entries and letters.
• Democracy in America. Full text of de Tocqueville's Democracy in America.
• Historical Text Archives
• Making of America Project at the University of Michigan. Hundreds of articles on 19th century America. Search site by name or topic. Valuable.
• LaSalle Shipwreck ProjectWeekly review of the progress of the archaeology of the "Belle", Sieur de La Salle's colony support ship (c. 1686). Good info on French in America and the establishment of a French trading colony. Good Wisconsin link as La Salle explored and exploited the west shore of Lake Michigan between 1671-1681. the first ship on Lac des Illinois (Lake Michigan) was La Salle's "Griffon." The "Belle"was probably comparable to the "Griffon."
• Hudson's Bay Co. Archives. Info on fur trade, voyageurs. Northwest Co. and the upper great Lakes to 1820.
• Map of North America tracing the routes of Marquette, Nicolet, etc.. Includes individual voyages and dates.
• Les Trésors de la Cartothèque de l'Université Laval. This is the online version of a large exhibit of maps from the collection of the Laval University Library. The "Exposition des trésors..." was held in the spring of 1998.
• Jesuit Relations. Online text at Creighton University.

Genealogy

• Wisconsin French Canadian and Acadian Genealogists
• The American-Canadian Genealogical Society
• American-French Genealogical Society
• The Mormon Genealogical Web Site
• National Archives of Canada Genealogy Page. Genealogy research, how to get started, tracing family history in Canada.
• 9000 Vieux prénoms Québéquois 9000 old Quebecois first names. Plus links to Belgian, French, Breton first names.
• Acadian and Cajun Genealogy and History.

Internet Search for People

• Switchboard.Search for people with your name or a relative's name in any state of the U.S. or province of Canada. Note that data (phone books, city directories, etc) may not always be up to date.
• C|net search Search for people and businesses on the white and yellow pages. Also look for e-mail addresses of the people you find.

Business and Government Connections

• Wallersheim Winery, Prairie du Sac, WI.
• The French American Chamber of Commerce of Chicago.

Native American and Métis

• Aboriginal Peoples: the National Archives of Canada
• Indian Country Homepage Great Lakes History, An educational project of the Milwaukee Public Museum.
• French Legacies in Minnesota. Metaphors for the People: Exploring the Métis and the History of Minnesota, by Tom Bacig

Belgium (Wallonie)

• Wallonie-Wisconsin
• Wallonie.web
• Wallonia. French-speaking Belgians.
• Belgian Clubs and Associations in the US and Canada
• Fédération Royale Namuroise de L'Union Culturelle Wallonne
• WordWideWallons. Subscribe to a mailing list designed to link Walloons living in Belgiums with the rest of the world. Discussions of Walloon culture in Walloon, French, English.
• Walloon poetry.

Quebec

• Quebec in the USA. Page created by the Quebec Government House in NY.
• L'Art de Vivre au Québec, weekly chronicles of life in Québec, history and culture.
• la Toile du Québec
• le Devoir (Montréal)
• Radio-Canada Nouvelles
• le Soleil (Québec)
• Sympatico InfoExpress

France

• H-France guide to French History from H-Net

Canada

• Bibliothèque nationale du Canada

• French Cooking in Early America

• Midi-Québec. Midi format music. Look for section devoted to Quebecoise music-- mostly contemporary. Many songs have text available. Many require downloading and unzipping.
• Francophone Music Resource Links

• Le Journal France-Amérique
• La Civilisation Canadienne-Française
• Francophone New York City from the City College of New York.
• Encyclopedia of Cajun Culture
• Action Cadienne, promoting French in Louisiana.
• Festival International de Louisiane
• Asteur, Voice of the Cajun People
• Franco-American Center of the University of Maine
• Maine's French Communities
• Franco-American Women's Institute
• Les Franco-Américains de la Nouvelle Angleterre
• Moé pis toé, the Franco-American Women's Institute Initiative

• Tennessee Bob's links to French language and francophone culture on the Web

• Ton ami en français. European penpal network
• Le théâtre à l'école primaire

  

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  Webmaster Ken Fleurant
  University of Wisconsin--Green Bay
  Green Bay, Wisconsin 54311
  fleurank@uwgb.edu
  last update 09/23/04
  last link check 02/08/02