Death, but no taxes / Anton J. Pregaldin -- French and English models in North America / Denys Delâge -- Kaskaskia manuscripts: French notarial archives / Lawrie C. Dean -- Documentary resources / Anton J. Pregaldin -- Michilimackinac, archaeology, and the French-Canadian and métis inhabitants / Lynn M. Evans -- Recent research at the Old French Village of Peoria, Illinois / Robert Mazrim -- The secrets of the Belle / John de Bry -- Sources to the city plan and structures of Old Mobile / Philippe Oszʹusʹcik -- Oral traditions of le Detroit and mid-western French settlements: a missing link in French cultural studies / Marcel Bénéteau -- A French lullaby of the Midwest / Dennis M. Au -- A Deguire-Larose perspective on the Wisconsin story / Robert L. Hall -- Tourtière: a comparative look at the survival of a French foodway in the American Midwest / Dennis M. Au & Florence "Dede" Coleman -- Jean Olivier-an early Kaskaskia habitant / Patricia Weeks -- Louisiana women criminals during the French colonial period / Mathé Allain -- The material culture and daily lives of women in colonial Vincennes / Denise Wilson -- Ste. Genevieve nicknames / Lorraine Stange -- The French colonial period in the teaching of Illinois history / B. Pierre Lebeau