French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan
P.O. Box 1900, Royal Oak, 48068-1900
French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan meetings are free and open to the public.   Our meetings are held at the Mount Clemens Public Library, 150 Cass Avenue, Mt. Clemens, MI 48043.
 
If unfavorable weather conditions exist (snow or storms), call the Mount Clemens Public Library at 586-469-6200 to check if the meeting has been cancelled.    We will place a notice on this page as well as on our FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/109717099063919/ if a meeting has been cancelled.
 
Saturday, October 13, 2018 – 11 a.m. – Mount Clemens Public Library.  Speaker: FCHSM Member Paul Blanchard will give a short presentation about his French-Canadian related wood carvings.  Annual French-Canadian potluck.  Celebrate with French-Canadian dishes.   Please visit SignupGenius to sign-up to bring a particular dish or other item to the potluck: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4ea8ac29a3f49-fchsm4
 
Saturday, November 10, 2018 – 11 a.m. – Mount Clemens Public Library.  Speaker: Guillaume Teasdale, Ph.D. – “Fur Trade Mobility Coming to an End: The Lower Canada Voyageurs Who Put Down Roots in the Detroit River Borderland, 1796-1837.”
 
2019 Meetings:
 
Saturday, January 12, 2019 – 11 a.m. – Mount Clemens Public Library.  Introduce the new Board of Directors.  Show the DVD: Canada, A People’s History: Battle for a Continent (1754 to 1775).
 
Saturday, February 9, 2019 – 11 a.m. – Mount Clemens Public Library.  Weather permitting, the FCHSM library will be open.  Experienced FCHSM members will be available to provide personalized research help for members who bring their charts and would like some help.
 
Saturday, March 9, 2019 – 11 a.m. – Mount Clemens Public Library.  The annual get acquainted meeting. Bring charts that show your descent from a settler or voyageur in/to Détroit between 1701 and 1721 or an ancestor in New France by 1665.
 
Saturday, April 13, 2019 – 11 a.m. – Mount Clemens Public Library.  Speaker: FCHSM member Judy Nimer Muhn – “Migration of French Canadians around North America.”
 
Saturday, May 11, 2019 – 11 a.m. – Mount Clemens Public Library.  Speaker: FCHSM member Loraine DiCerbo – “Genealogy in the 21st Century and Beyond.”
 
Saturday, September 14, 2019 – 11 a.m. – Mount Clemens Public Library.  Annual French-Canadian potluck.  Celebrate with French-Canadian dishes. 
 
Saturday, October 12, 2019 – 11 a.m. – Mount Clemens Public Library.  Speaker: FCHSM member Michael Mills – “Lewis Cass' Attitudes about the French around the Detroit River Region during and after the War of 1812.”
 
Saturday, November 9, 2019 – 11 a.m. – Mount Clemens Public Library.  Speaker: FCHSM member John P. DuLong, Ph.D.: “The Use of Heraldry in Genealogical Research.”
 
 
FCHSM is a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization.  Your financial support of the FCHSM is welcomed and donations beyond membership dues are tax deductible.