Patrick Lacroix
@querythepast.bsky.social
New reading at Lacroix Acres. I was excited until I saw the endnotes. #agriculture #history #Vermont
November 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
New reading at Lacroix Acres. I was excited until I saw the endnotes. #agriculture #history #Vermont
Exhorter? Well that's a new one.
The Enosburg church must have been popping.
#genchat #genealogy #Vermont @wikitree.bsky.social
The Enosburg church must have been popping.
#genchat #genealogy #Vermont @wikitree.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Exhorter? Well that's a new one.
The Enosburg church must have been popping.
#genchat #genealogy #Vermont @wikitree.bsky.social
The Enosburg church must have been popping.
#genchat #genealogy #Vermont @wikitree.bsky.social
Anyway, good luck finding out who this "Francis Frenchman" was. #FrancoAmericans #HistoryProblems
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Anyway, good luck finding out who this "Francis Frenchman" was. #FrancoAmericans #HistoryProblems
Coming to a scholarly journal near you in 2026! #CanadaUS #FrancoAmericans #francophonie #Illinois #immigration #rural #Vermont
November 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Coming to a scholarly journal near you in 2026! #CanadaUS #FrancoAmericans #francophonie #Illinois #immigration #rural #Vermont
"The lake was angry that day, my friends..."
November 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"The lake was angry that day, my friends..."
– Now, some of your detractors have stated that you are a conservative in name only. Would you say that you are pro-life?
– Well, respectfully, my name is
– Well, respectfully, my name is
November 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
– Now, some of your detractors have stated that you are a conservative in name only. Would you say that you are pro-life?
– Well, respectfully, my name is
– Well, respectfully, my name is
Well, it took 27 years, but I finally got around to watching "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer." Yes, there was a sequel. And yes, I wish I had checked the IMDB page ahead of time.
Anyway, now I want to be friends with all of these reviewers.
Also yes, I am one of the morons.
Anyway, now I want to be friends with all of these reviewers.
Also yes, I am one of the morons.
October 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Well, it took 27 years, but I finally got around to watching "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer." Yes, there was a sequel. And yes, I wish I had checked the IMDB page ahead of time.
Anyway, now I want to be friends with all of these reviewers.
Also yes, I am one of the morons.
Anyway, now I want to be friends with all of these reviewers.
Also yes, I am one of the morons.
Query the Past continues to provide answers at the intersection of genealogy and history. #blogging
The transnational Quebec family (yes, that's a surname):
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The transnational Quebec family (yes, that's a surname):
querythepast.com/paquet-dit-l...
October 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Query the Past continues to provide answers at the intersection of genealogy and history. #blogging
The transnational Quebec family (yes, that's a surname):
querythepast.com/paquet-dit-l...
The transnational Quebec family (yes, that's a surname):
querythepast.com/paquet-dit-l...
...those who have used formal authority to occupy militarily major cities, to build concentration camps, to launch strikes against foreign civilians, to condone the decimation of an entire people abroad and hate speech on U.S. soil, etc. We don’t need more violence. We do need more John Brown.
October 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
...those who have used formal authority to occupy militarily major cities, to build concentration camps, to launch strikes against foreign civilians, to condone the decimation of an entire people abroad and hate speech on U.S. soil, etc. We don’t need more violence. We do need more John Brown.
“No Kings” meant something different then. But the core principles were the same. We may regret that Brown turned to violence—as long as we remember that the power he fought was built on violence. Likewise, today, condemnations of violence must first be directed against those wield the most power...
October 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“No Kings” meant something different then. But the core principles were the same. We may regret that Brown turned to violence—as long as we remember that the power he fought was built on violence. Likewise, today, condemnations of violence must first be directed against those wield the most power...
It was on October 18 that John Brown’s struggle against the Southern slave system collapsed. The fire engine house at Harper’s Ferry fell to U.S. Marines and Virginian militiamen. Brown would not hide behind the narrow legalism of federal statutes as contemporary abettors of the slave system did.
October 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It was on October 18 that John Brown’s struggle against the Southern slave system collapsed. The fire engine house at Harper’s Ferry fell to U.S. Marines and Virginian militiamen. Brown would not hide behind the narrow legalism of federal statutes as contemporary abettors of the slave system did.
A finding aid claims that this is "Spencer." I'm not persuaded.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
October 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A finding aid claims that this is "Spencer." I'm not persuaded.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed.
October 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed.
From Lacroix's Memebrary Classics.
October 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
From Lacroix's Memebrary Classics.
Beware of French Canadians selling horses! This anecdote was published in 1851 and again in 1903—each article offering a different source. As the editor of the latter paper likely did not know of the first, this appears to have been a street joke that circulated across the Northeast for generations.
October 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Beware of French Canadians selling horses! This anecdote was published in 1851 and again in 1903—each article offering a different source. As the editor of the latter paper likely did not know of the first, this appears to have been a street joke that circulated across the Northeast for generations.
Annual tradition.
October 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Annual tradition.
Huge kudos are in order for Tim Beaulieu and the whole Vermont PoutineFest team. The inaugural event, held last weekend, was a long-awaited celebration of the Champlain Valley's French-Canadian heritage. Great things will come of this... including, undoubtedly, a second edition.
October 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Huge kudos are in order for Tim Beaulieu and the whole Vermont PoutineFest team. The inaugural event, held last weekend, was a long-awaited celebration of the Champlain Valley's French-Canadian heritage. Great things will come of this... including, undoubtedly, a second edition.
If you didn't have plans for the weekend, well, now you do. On Saturday, the Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society's annual conference will focus on the semiquincentennial and the migrations that ensued. Come for the presentations—and stay for Vermont PoutineFest on Sunday.
September 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
If you didn't have plans for the weekend, well, now you do. On Saturday, the Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society's annual conference will focus on the semiquincentennial and the migrations that ensued. Come for the presentations—and stay for Vermont PoutineFest on Sunday.
From 1820. Respectfully, Woodstock Observer, you can't just slide that in without providing details.
September 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
From 1820. Respectfully, Woodstock Observer, you can't just slide that in without providing details.
I wonder what percentage of this is drinking and smoking.
September 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I wonder what percentage of this is drinking and smoking.
Best book opening I've seen in quite a while.
August 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Best book opening I've seen in quite a while.
A big anniversary: August 9 is Webster-Ashburton Day.
In Canada, the Rebellions of 1837 were followed by cross-border raids that threatened to embroil the United States and Great Britain in a full-scale war, roughly the third in as many generations. 1/4
In Canada, the Rebellions of 1837 were followed by cross-border raids that threatened to embroil the United States and Great Britain in a full-scale war, roughly the third in as many generations. 1/4
August 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A big anniversary: August 9 is Webster-Ashburton Day.
In Canada, the Rebellions of 1837 were followed by cross-border raids that threatened to embroil the United States and Great Britain in a full-scale war, roughly the third in as many generations. 1/4
In Canada, the Rebellions of 1837 were followed by cross-border raids that threatened to embroil the United States and Great Britain in a full-scale war, roughly the third in as many generations. 1/4
The Vindicator, Montreal, Aug. 5, 1836:
"During the sixteen years that we have furnished Agricultural Reports for the Que. Gazette, we never sat down to the task with such unfavorable forebodings as at present . . . The late sown potatoes did not come up, or only here and there a stalk . . . (1/5)
"During the sixteen years that we have furnished Agricultural Reports for the Que. Gazette, we never sat down to the task with such unfavorable forebodings as at present . . . The late sown potatoes did not come up, or only here and there a stalk . . . (1/5)
August 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The Vindicator, Montreal, Aug. 5, 1836:
"During the sixteen years that we have furnished Agricultural Reports for the Que. Gazette, we never sat down to the task with such unfavorable forebodings as at present . . . The late sown potatoes did not come up, or only here and there a stalk . . . (1/5)
"During the sixteen years that we have furnished Agricultural Reports for the Que. Gazette, we never sat down to the task with such unfavorable forebodings as at present . . . The late sown potatoes did not come up, or only here and there a stalk . . . (1/5)
Today's been a total 5.
July 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Today's been a total 5.