Experpts form What Was That Name? What Is It Now? are listed below. the book was written by Frank Binette, who is a librarian at the Manchester, New Hampshire Reserch Center, and published by the American-Canadian genealogical society in the Fall of 1983. One challenge for him is to help visitors determine what a French family name was before it was Americanized. A few given, or first, names are given here with the French Equivalent at the bottom of the list:

Americanized family names French family name
Ashley Asselin
BellLabel
BellLaBelle
BerryBaril
BishopLevesque
BraceBrazeau
BridgesDuPont
BurgessBourgeois
BusheyBoucher
CadretCadoret
CampbellDuhamel
CrossLaCroix
DougalDugal
DoverDuval
FarlandFerland
Farmer, LanderTherrien
Farnum, FanneyPhaneuf
FishPosson
FloydFluet
ForshayFortier
ForsterFecteau
FossettFoisy
FoxLeLievre
FreemanLaliberte
GanonGagnon
GardnerDesjardins
GarnerGarneau
GatesLaPorte
GuyGee
GoodheartVadeboncoeur
GordonGodlin
GreenleafVertefeuille
GurneyGrenier
HammondAumont
King, MorwayMarois
KinvilleQuenneville
KirkeyCartier
LaFavorLefebre
LancasterLacasse
Lander, FarmerTerrien
LashwayLangevin
Lassord Langevin
LassordLessard
LavoyLevoie
LedgerLeger
LovelyLamoureaux
MarshMetivier
MarshallMercier
MastersLemaitre
MatthewsMathieu
MayhewMailhot
MerchantMarchand
MesserMessier
MillerMeunier
MinardMenard
MinerMoisan
MoranMorin
MorrillMorel
MorrisseyMorrissette
MorrowMoreau
MorseDumas
Morway, KingMarois
NewtonVilleneuve
O'CoinAucoin
ParryPare
PatnodPatenaude
PelkeyPelletier
Perkinspaquette
Pero, ParoPerrault
PerryPerron
Pettit, SmallPetit
PippinPepin
PittsPetitpas
PoolerPoulin
PorterPotvin
PrewProulx
Prior, PryorPrieur
RileyRiel
RitchieRicher
RiversLariviere
RobbinsRobin
Rock, StoneDesroches
RookeyRouthier
RosecoeoRaciocot
RushlowRichelieu
RussellLarochelle
RussellRacette
RussoRousseau
SawyerLesieur
SeymourSimard
Small, PettitPetit
SpringFountain
SweetLedoux
TalembaTremblay
TatroTetreault
TellerTellier
TurnerLetourneau
TwombieTremblay
WellDupuis
Willet, WooletQuellet
WoodsDeBois
YorkJacques
YoungDion
FreemanFirmin
MarshallMarcel
WalterGauthier
LymanArmand
NelsonNarcisse
DavidOvide
LewisLouis
StephenEtienne
HarriettHenriette
LizziElizabeth
HermanHermenegilde
PaulPolycarpe

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