BTW ~Just so you know right from the start, I am not affiliated with the AFGS in anyway but I have gone and used their spectactular library. It is arguably the largest collection of French Canadian records and resources outside of Quebec. And you don't need to have a US Passport to go there.

It is a resource, the loss of which, would leave a very big hole in peoples' ability to research their French Canadian heritage and ancestry.

The American French Genealogical Society has an opportunity to purchase the building that they presently are located in and create a truely top notch French Canadian research and cultural facility. It will be a tribute to all our hard working ancestors who came from Quebec to work in the mills and industries of Rhode Island, New England and other places in the US. They came, built new lives for themselves and their families and created many opportunities for those of us who have come after. Without their courage and hard work, many of us would not enjoy what we have today.


Please go to the AFGS site and read about their vision for the future of the AFGS.

http://www.afgs.org/AFGSBuild.html