The Waterford (NY) Historical Museum and Cultural Center has put out a request for help in putting together an exhibit on the history of that community's French-Canadian community. The "Northside" neighborhood of Waterford, and the neighoring city of Cohoes, New York, located at the confluence of the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers, were once major French-speaking areas of eastern New York State. These communities have been largely neglected in written histories of Franco-Americans (which focus almost… Continuer

Clinton Community College in Plattsburgh, NY, is having several workshop/lectures in connection with the 2009 Champlain Quadricentennial Celebrations, including one coming up on February 12, 2009 called "The French Heritage of the Northeastern United States". For more info and to register, go to http://www.clinton.edu/ContinuingEducation/QuadricentennialCelebration.cxml