What is Franco American Digital Archives?

Photograph of Wedding party and guests at marriage of Marie Philippon and Alfred Tancrel, 1897. From the Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine. Letter from Napoleon Sansoucy and Corinne (Harpin) Sansoucy, Southbridge, MA, 1909. From the French Institute, Assumption University. Postcard of St. Joseph's Church, Cohoes, New York. From Siena College.

Franco American Digital Archives/Portail franco-américain (FADA/PFA) is an online portal to archives and history collections of the French-Canadian, Québécois(e), and Acadian diaspora communities of the US Northeast. It is a creation of the Franco American Collections Consortium, a multi-university collaborative that works together to make accessible the history and culture of Franco Americans of the Northeast and beyond.


To get started with FADA/PFA, explore major topics and themes below: