About Us

FCHSM was established in 1980 as an educational, historical, cultural, and genealogical nonprofit organization, committed to making people aware of the rich culture and history of French Canadians in North America.  We hold 6 meetings per year, featuring experts on the history of French North America, that are free and open to the public.  See our full meeting schedule here.  Past programs are available on our YouTube channel and our recorded meetings webpage.  Our menu provides in-depth historical and cultural resources about New France and French-Canadian settlements throughout the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi Valley.

Benefits of Membership

Please consider joining and supporting our mission.  FCHSM membership starts at just $35/year.  Learn more and join here.  FCHSM members enjoy:

  • a complimentary subscription to Michigan’s Habitant Heritage (MHH), our scholarly, quarterly journal published continuously since 1980
  • online access to past MHH issues
  • free, shared access to PRDH and GenealogyQuebec, premier databases for researching Québec parish and other records
  • free admission to the Historical Society of Michigan's History Hounds lecture series
  • discounts on FCHSM books
  • participation in our closed Facebook group.  Click here to join

FCHSM is a registered 501(c)(3) organization:

Jacques Nicolas Bellin, Partie occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada pour servir à l’intelligence des affaires et l’état présent en Amérique (1755).  Courtesy of BAnQ.