CANTON [New York]— Melissane Schrems, St. Lawrence University assistant professor of history, has arranged to bring a copy of the records of Fort de la Présentation, a mission founded at the confluence of the Oswegatchie and St. Lawrence rivers in 1749, to the Owen D. Young [St. Lawrence University] and Ogdensburg Public libraries.
The records are in French and provide a rare research source for Native American history as well as the history of the Oswegatchie Iroquois, early Ogdensburg and the French and Indian War. The documents include baptismal and marriage records of Iroquois living in the vicinity of the fort who were members of the Mission at Fort de La Présentation and the names and ages of members of the Iroquois community.
From the November 28, 2011 edition of the Watertown Daily News.
