I have posted the results of a study of Gaudet/Gaudette immigrants to Worcester County, Massachusetts on my Gaudet Genealogy web site at http://arslanmb.org/gaudet/gaudet.html. Most of them came from Quebec (Richelieu Valley area) and worked in the textile and shoe/boot manufacturing industries (although I did find a few from New Brunswick). The towns where they are most commonly found include Brookfield, Fitchburg, Northbridge, North Brookfield, Spencer, and Southbridge.

I abstracted all Gaudet/Gaudette families in the Worcester County censuses from 1850 to 1900, plus all the birth, marriage, and deaths registers from that same timeframe. In some towns, the name was commonly spelled "Goddard".

In most cases, I was able to connect the individuals to their parishes of origin in Canada. (See the descendant ID and the corresponding descendant listings.)

I am interested in hearing from anyone who is descended from these Gaudet/Gaudette families in Massachusetts