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Fall 2025 Newsletter

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We just published the Fall 2025 newsletter and it is now available for download/viewing on our website.

In this newsletter, you will find the following:

  • President’s Corner
  • VFA Incorporates as a 501(C)(7) Organization
  • Officers & Executive Committee List
  • Please Consider Donating to VFA
  • Reunion Plans
  • Meet Our New Membership Secretary
  • Share Your News for Future Members’ Corner Newsletter Feature
  • Did François Interact With the Mi’kmaq?
  • Caring for Our Ancestors
  • Share Your Favorite Recipes for Our VFA Family Cookbook
  • A Fresh Look at the 1751 Court Documents
  • Share Your Reunion Photos
  • Permanent Archive of the Vfa Newsletters Now at Archive.org
  • Violette Family History Books

You can download this latest newsletter using this link or by clicking on the included cover image. A link to this newsletter is being emailed to all currently subscribed VFA members who have chosen to receive news from the Violette Family Association.

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Fall 2024 Newsletter

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We just published the Fall 2024 newsletter and it is now available for download/viewing on our website.

In this newsletter, you will find the following:

  • Vice President’s Corner
  • Violette Family Newsletter Archive
  • Executive Committee
  • An Old Violette Mill
  • Recipe: Canadian Fried Dough
  • Recipe: Corton
  • Verify and Update Your Profile
  • Am I a Member?
  • About Arnold Richardson
  • Missing Members
  • Donations
  • Contrats de Mariage
  • In Memory of Guy Dubay
  • Reunion 2026

You can download this latest newsletter using this link or by clicking on the included cover image. A link to this newsletter is being emailed to all currently subscribed VFA members who have chosen to receive news from the Violette Family Association.

VFA Newsletter – Fall 2024 (Click image to view/download newsletter)

August 2023 Newsletter

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We have published an August 2023 newsletter and it is available for download/viewing on our website.

In this newsletter, you will find the following:

  • Information about the 2023 triennial meeting
  • Volunteer opportunities
  • Announcement of the VFA’s plans to go paperless
  • Information about new board nominees
  • Details about the VFA books
  • Member profile update information
  • List of missing members (can you help?)
  • The Sound of the Fortress

You can download this latest newsletter using this link or by clicking on the included cover image.

A link to this newsletter is being emailed to all currently subscribed VFA members who have chosen to receive news electronically. Our final printed version has been sent to those who have indicated that they would like to receive a printed version.

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May 2023 Newsletter

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We have published a May 2023 newsletter and it is available for download/viewing on our website.

In this newsletter, you will find the following:

  • Tributes to David A Violette, our VFA President, whose passing has left shoes to fill and hearts to mend
  • Notice of September 2023 triennial meeting and a summer newsletter that will include the meeting agenda and nominees for Association Officers
  • Announcement of the VFA’s plans to go paperless
  • News about the confirmation of Louis Violette’s parents
  • Details about the VFA books
  • An invitation to help the VFA – whether through sharing your ideas, volunteering or donating

You can download this latest newsletter using this link or by clicking on the included cover image.

A link to this newsletter is being emailed to all currently subscribed VFA members who have chosen to receive news electronically. A printed version will go in the mail, within the next few days, to those who have indicated that they would like to receive a printed version.

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