Books

BOOKS BY GREGORY A. WOOD 

  • The French Presence in Maryland, 1524-1800 (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1978), 234 pp.  This hardcover has been out of print for many years but still can be found on some historical and genealogical library shelves. A copy will also appear from time to time on Amazon or eBay. It was written with a grant from the Maryland Bicentennial Commission and consists of three principal chapters – France and the Development of the Province, The Acadian Experience, Age of Revolution and Growth – and 22 appendices. 
  • A Guide to the Acadians in Maryland in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1995), 395 pp. A very thorough look at the early years of exile and growth, with nineteen other chapters, the most significant being an analysis of the 1763 ‘Census’ of Acadians prepared for the French ambassador in London. Popular and still available from Amazon Books for $19.95. 
  • Becoming the Frenchified State of Maryland: Reflections on the Lives and Contributions of Acadians, Saint-Domingue Refugees, and European Émigrés, 2 vols. (Baltimore: Otter Bay Books, 2022), 1553 pp. Available on Amazon Books for $55 or from Maryland Francophone Studies, 17560 Gatsby Terrace, Olney, MD 20832-2300 for $68 (6% MD tax and media rate mail included). 

Volume 1 chapter by chapter (673 pages): 

       Preface 

       Introduction 

  1. A Region in Transition, 1755-1785 
  1. Hissez les voiles : Maryland Acadians on the Water 
  1. Je l’ai planté, je l’ai vu naÎtre : John Carroll, Sulpicians, and Émigré Priests Collaborating to Develop the American Church, 1791-1810 
  1. Saint-Domingue and Maryland 
  1. 1796 : Baltimore on the Rise 
  1. Un nouveau siècle commence, 1801-1806 
  1. The War of 1812 
  1. The Family of Sister Rose Landry White 
  1. Charles le Riche: The Battle over the Estate of Charles White, 1817-1828 
  1. Entre-guerres, 1815-1829 
  1. Entre-guerres, 1830-1861 
  1. Embracing Francophones of Color 
  1. Surviving the Passage of Time 

Afterword 

Volume 2, 56 appendices (880 pages): 

  1. Francophones in U. S. Censuses, 1790-1810 
  1. French Naturalizations 
  1. Registry of French Aliens, 1816-1828 
  1. Some Francophone Enslavers, 1798 
  1. Early Tax Lists, 1798-1808 
  1. French Catholic Clergymen 
  1. A Genealogical Guide to Some Acadian families and Descendants 
  1. Guédrys in Maryland [contribution of R. Martin Guidry] 
  1. Acadian Baptisms at St. Peter’s and the Cathedral 
  1. Index to Baptismal Sponsors (Acadians) 
  1. Refugee and Émigré Baptisms at St. Peter’s 
  1. Baptisms of Enslaved Persons at St. Peter’s 
  1. Baptisms at St. Patrick’s, Fell’s Point, 1805-1841 
  1. Marriages with Acadian Connections 
  1. Refugee and Émigré Marriages 
  1. Tessier’s Easter Duty Lists, 1811-1833 
  1. French in Religious Confraternities 
  1. Francophone Freemasons 
  1. Early Cathedral Pewholders 
  1. Acadian Deaths in Chronological Order 
  1. Some Catholic Refugee and Émigré Burials, 1793-1836 
  1. Burials at St. Patrick’s, 1806-1823, 1825-1840 
  1. Burial Notices in the Baltimore Press, 1801-1917 
  1. Some Baltimore County Inventories, 1782-1809 
  1. Inventories from the Register of Wills, 1810-1863 
  1. Acadian wills, Inventories, and Administrations 
  1. Orphans’ Court 
  1. Settlement of the Charles White Estate, 1828 
  1. Acadian Addresses in Baltimore, 1796-1860 
  1. Refugees and Émigrés in City Directories 
  1. French Town, 1799 
  1. French Town, 1803 
  1. French Town, 1804 
  1. French Town, 1807 
  1. French Town, 1810 
  1. French Town, 1816 
  1. French Town, 1822-23 
  1. French Town and Federal Hill Properties [contribution of Sean Carney] 
  1. Alumni of St. Mary’s and Georgetown Colleges 
  1. Certificates of Registry of Acadian Vessels 
  1. Acadian Port Departures, 1780-1786 
  1. Acadian Port Arrivals, 1782-1788 
  1. Baltimore Port Activity, 1796 
  1. Baltimore Port Activity, 1803-1806 
  1. Various Port Entries, 1808-1811 
  1. Seamen’s Protection Certificates 
  1. Participation in the War of 1812 
  1. The Vincendières in Frederick County 
  1. Dame Landry Property Transfer, 1802 
  1. Saint-Domingue Reparations 
  1. Early Oblate Candidates 
  1. Various Acadian Descendants in the 1860 U. S. Census 
  1. The French Benevolent Society, Baltimore, 1854-1930 
  1. French Consuls in Baltimore, 1779-1940 
  1. Additions and Corrections 
  1. Some Baltimore County Wills Involving Island Refugees and Émigrés 
  2. – 60. (see LAGNIAPPE on this site for more marriages, burials, obituaries, and a detailed update of the 1763 Acadian census in Maryland that appeared in AIMd, pp. 70-186)