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Quebec Catholic Parish Registers 1621-1979 (familysearch.org). Misc. Quebec Deaths 1878-1886. Abstracted from The Dominion Annual Register and Review. Quebec Births and Baptisms, 1662-1898 (familysearch.org). Index to selected Quebec births and baptisms. Only a few localities are included and the time period varies by locality. This collection contains 26,614 records. 1825 Census for Lower Canada. 1831 Census for Lower Canada. 1842 Census for Canada East (Quebec). 1861 Québec Census (familysearch.org). Index to the 1901 Census of Canada : Québec. Index to the 1911 Census of Canada : Québec. Online Databases of the National Archives of Quebec. Several databases are currently available : - Parish censuses of Notre-Dame-de-Québec 1792, 1795, 1798, 1805, 1806, and 1818. - Notarial records. - Coroners' inquests in the judicial districts of Beauce (1862-1947), Charlevoix (1862-1944), Montmagny (1862-1952), Québec (1765-1930) and Saint-François (Sherbrooke) (1900-1954) - Non-Catholic marriages and burials and in the Montréal area 1766 to 1899. - Inventories after death of the judicial district of Rimouski 1822-1918, in the Montréal area 1791-1840, and in the judicial districts of Québec, Charlevoix, Beauce, Montmagny and Kamouraska, 1785-1955 - Applications for free grants of land to families with 12 living children under the 1890 law of Premier Honoré Mercier. - Register of interments in Mount Hermon Cemetery (1848-1904) - Marriage contracts in the Charlevoix region (1737-1920), the Saguenay region (1840-1911), and in the Québec City area, (1761-1946). - Jail logs of Québec City prisons in the 19th century. and more. The First Census of New France (Quebec) 1666 Fichier Origine The database of vital records of French and foreign immigrants who settled in Quebec from the beginnings of the colony to 1865. A presentation of The Quebec Federation of Genealogical Societies and France's Federation of Genealogy (in French.) 1663-1673 : Alphabetical Listing of the Filles du roi (archived Web page). The filles du roi, or King's Daughters, were some 770 women who arrived in the colony of New France (Canada) between 1663 and 1673, under the financial sponsorship of King Louis XIV of France. Les Filles du Roy 1663 à 1673. Annoted list of 700 unmarried Frenchwomen (the King's Daughters) who immigrated to New France under the sponsorship of the King of France (Web site in French). À travers les registres : Free online edition of this book by Cyprien Tanguay published 1886. Gleanings of unusual facts as they appear in Quebec historical documents, mainly parish registers of births, marriages, and deaths. Covers the period from the beginning of New France to 1799. (in French). Dictionnaire généalogique et héraldique de la noblesse canadienne-française du XVIIe au XIXe siècle. Genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the French-Canadian nobility from the 17th to the 19th century. Free 2010 edition of this book by Yves Drolet (in French, pdf document). Quebec Royal Descends : A list of immigrants having a king among their ancestors. The list is limited to people coming from France and who spent at least one winter in North America, or to people who moved (for at least one year) to one of the former French colonies on the North American continent. Liste des nobles canadiens (archived website) : Name and date of arrival. Genealogical Tables of the Quebec Noblesse From the 17th to the 19th Century (pdf document) Seigneurs, Fiefs et Seigneuries du Québec (archived website). Lords, fiefdoms and seigniories of Quebec. Hors des sentiers battus : Québecois retracés dans des lieux inhabituels. People who left Quebec but did not follow the usual migration patterns. (Web site in French) Dictionnaire généalogique de nos origines (échantillon). This dictionary (the DGO) is dedicated to roots of Frenchmen in Americas and particularly for those who came before 1800, the first target being migrants who came before 1731. Family Name-Nickname Associations in Old Quebec. A problem facing genealogists researching old Quebec documents concerns the use of nicknames along or instead of surnames. Moreover, distinction between name and nickname is often not clear. Often referred to as "dit names", because they are introduced in French by the word "dit" meaning "said", they abound in the nominative history of old Quebec. This database is a list of all family name-nickname associations found in in birth, marriage and deaths certificates prior to 1800. Enter a family name (or nickname) and you will get a list of other names to which it is associated in the certificates, along with the number of occurences. Voyageur Contracts Database. The Voyageur Database includes data from approximately 35,900 fur trade contracts signed in front of Montreal notaries between 1714 and 1830. The project is part of the National Research Initialive of the Métis National Council. Database hosted on the website of the Centre du patrimoine managed by the Société historique de Saint-Boniface (Manitoba). The first 1,000 family names by rank, Québec. Stock of the first 1,000 family names, Québec, 2005. Les 5 000 premiers noms de famille par ordre alphabétique, Québec - The 5000 most frequent surnames in Quebec in alphabetical order : A-B, C-D, E-K, L-M, N-R, S-Z Frequency of family names among the baptised in Quebec before 1850. 1665 : Soldiers in the Carignan-Salières Regiment who settled in Canada (archived Web page). Between June and September 1665, some 1200 soldiers and officers of the Carignan-Salières Regiment arrived in Quebec. Over 450 of these troops remained in the colony. Le Régiment de Carignan. Officers and soldiers of the Carignan-Salières Regiment sent to Quebec in 1665. About 450 of these men finaly settled in Quebec. Land Petitions of Lower Canada, 1764-1841. This research tool provides access to more than 95,000 references to individuals who lived in present-day Quebec between 1764 and 1841. Misc. Abenaki Indian Records (archived website). Mainly Quebec Abenaki census records 1822-1852. Patronymes et noms dits (pdf document) : A list of Quebec family names and associated nicknames also known as "dit names". Nicknames were sometimes used along or instead of surnames in official documents from the beginnings of New France until the late 1800s. La domesticité dans la colonie laurentienne au XVIIe siècle et au début du XVIIIe siècle (1640-1710) (pdf document - large file) : Indentured service in the colony of Canada during the 17th and early 18th centuries. Thesis by Arnaud Bessière presented in 2007. Includes several lists of names and mentions multiple early settlers involved in specific situations (in French). Militia Captains for the Quebec city area in 1775 (archived website). List of 1058 Persons arrested during the 1837 Rebellion in Lower Canada (Quebec) (archived website). Hebridean Scots of the Province of Quebec: 5855 individuals and 671 unique surnames Huguenots in New France (archived website): from the beginning of the colony to 1763 (319 names) Liste des associations membres de la Fédération des associations de familles du Québec. List of Quebec Family Associations with links to their respective Web sites. May include surname variations and anglicized surnames covered by some of these associations : French Canadians in the 1842 Oregon census St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church Marriages, Hogansburg, Franklin County, New York. This is a compilation of the records of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Hogansburg, NY from approximately 1843-1852. The records cover the geographical area of northwestern Franklin Co. NY, northeastern St. Lawrence Co. NY and southwestern Quebec. Roll of the Company of Sorel, New France, in 1760 (archived website). Montreal Emigrant Society Passage Book (Quebec). Organizations such as the Montreal Emigrant Society were founded to help immigrants. This research tool provides access to 1,945 references to people who received aid from the Montreal Emigrant Society between May 12 and November 5, 1832. Immigrants at Grosse-Île (Quebec) : This database includes information on 33,026 immigrants who stayed at the Grosse-Île Quarantine Station between 1832 and 1937. 1901 census for Victoria, British Columbia & surrounding area : residents who were born in Quebec (archived Web page). L'Abitibi d'autrefois, d'hier, d'aujourd'hui. Digital edition of this book by Pierre Trudelle, published in 1937. Includes a general census of the colonists established in the Abitibi region of Quebec as of June 30, 1914. Gore Township, Argenteuil County, Quebec Census Index (archived website). Morin Heights area, County of Argenteuil, Misc. Census Records 1851-1861. (archived webpages). Beauharnois and Huntingdon Counties : misc. census transcriptions : 1825-1901. 19th century Châteauguay valley Protestant Church registers. Southwestern Québec: Huntingdon County and the seigniories of Beauharnois & Châteauguay. Pionneers of the Châteauguay Valley, Quebec : English, Irish and Scots ancestors who settled in the Châteauguay Valley (Huntingdon, Beauharnois & Châteauguay) in the 1800s. Index des contrats de mariage avec des notaires des comtés Montmagny, de L'Islet et de Bellechasse. Index to marriage contracts in the counties of Bellechasse, L'Islet, and Montmagny, Quebec. Free online edition of this 1073 page book published in 2006 (pdf document). Les Grandes Familles Gaspésiennes : The main pioneer families of the Gaspésie region of Quebec. Registers of Ste Anne de Restigouche, Quebec for the years 1842 to 1867 Some MicMac Indians of Ristigouche, Quebec : 1841 - 1866 (Restigouche, Bonaventure County). Some Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials for Restigouche and Other Parishes in Baie des Chaleurs (Quebec and New Brunswick) 1759-1795 Saint-Antoine de Longueuil Parish, Quebec 1851 Census (archived Web page) Longueuil, Quebec Lovell Directories 1877-1931 (archived Web pages). Longueuil, Quebec 1901 Census (Large file, archived Web page). Le Bas de Ste-Anne (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Comté de Champlain, Québec). History of the Bas de Ste-Anne section of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Champlain County, Quebec published in 1980. Includes several lists of names. In French. Autour du clocher natal : notes historiques sur la paroisse de Saint-Prosper, comté de Champlain (Québec). Free online edition of this book published in 1909. Saint-Prosper, Champlain County, Quebec history and genealogies (in French.) 19th century Châteauguay valley Protestant Church registers. Southwestern Québec: Huntingdon County and the seigniories of Beauharnois & Châteauguay. Pionneers of the Châteauguay Valley, Quebec : English, Irish and Scots ancestors who settled in the Châteauguay Valley (Huntingdon, Beauharnois & Châteauguay) in the 1800s. Beechridge Presbyterian Church, Sainte-Clotilde (Châteauguay County), Quebec Cemetery Monument Inscription List St-Matthew's Episcopal (Edwardstown Anglican) Cemetery, St-Chrysostôme, Quebec Russeltown Protestant Church Cemetery, St-Chrysostôme, Quebec. Riverfield Cemetery, Tres-Saint-Sacrement (County of Chateauguay), Quebec Indexed list of Burials in St-Paul's Presbyterian (United) Church. Ormstown, Quebec. St James Anglican Cemetery, Ormstown, Quebec Compton Cemetery, Quebec, Canada Compton County Cemeteries, Quebec, Canada Misc. Lower North Shore Cemeteries, Quebec (archived website). La chronique Histoire de nos familles (archived website). Full text and of the genealogy columns publish weekly by the Saint-Eustache Genealogical Society (Quebec) in the newspaper L'Éveil. Scroll down to near the bottom of the page for a surname index (in French.) Frampton Irish. The Frampton Irish website is dedicated to the history and genealogy of the Irish people who emigrated from Ireland to the vicinity of Frampton Township in Dorchester County of Lower Canada (Quebec) in the early 19th century. Grantham Township, Drummond County, Quebec Misc. Records. Covers the area of today's municipalities of Drummondville, Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Saint-Edmond-de-Grantham, Saint-Eugène-de-Grantham, Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham, and Saint-Nicéphore. L'Avenir, townships de Durham et de Wickham : notes historiques et traditionnelles avec précis historique des autres townships du comté de Drummond. Includes a list of disbanded soldiers granted land in the Townships of Wickham and Grantham, Drummond County 1815-1816 (see page 425). Drummond County Militia, 1865 Les Grandes Familles Gaspésiennes : The main pioneer families of the Gaspésie region of Quebec. Gaspé, Quebec Land Commission : List of names of claimants 1626-1841 Mont-Louis, Quebec 1699 and 1700 Census Records. Mont-Louis is located in the former County of Gaspé. Fishermen at Mont-Louis, Gaspésie Region, Quebec 1751-1758 St. Martin's RC Church at Martindale, Gatineau County, Quebec : Births, Marriages and Deaths Index, 1884-1900 (archived website). St. James' Anglican Church Cemetery, Gracefield, Gatineau County, Quebec. (archived website). Cemeteries of West Quebec and Upper Gatineau (archived website): In Gatineau County : Aylwin, Farrellton, Gatineau, Gracefield, Maniwaki, Montcerf, Sainte-Famille-d'Aumond; In Papineau County : Angers, Buckingham, Mayo, Perkins. Bois-Franc Cemetery (Catholic) and Old Gracefield (Catholic) Cemetery, Gatineau County, Quebec (archived website). St. Andrews Church Cemetery (Presbyterian/United), Aylwin, Gatineau County, Quebec (archived website). Beauharnois and Huntingdon Counties : misc. census transcriptions : 1825-1901. 19th century Châteauguay valley Protestant Church registers. Southwestern Québec: Huntingdon County and the seigniories of Beauharnois & Châteauguay. The Gleaner (Huntingdon, Quebec) Extracts 1863-1920 : primarily birth, marriage, and death announcements of English speaking families in the area. Pionneers of the Châteauguay Valley, Quebec : English, Irish and Scots ancestors who settled in the Châteauguay Valley (Huntingdon, Beauharnois & Châteauguay) in the 1800s. Athelstan Cemetery, Huntingdon County, Quebec Index of persons to the book "Hemmingford [Quebec] Then and Now" by Alister Somerville (archived website). Hemmingford, Quebec Cemetery Records . Ste. Agnes de Dundee, Huntingdon County, Quebec : Catholic Church Marriage Register Transcription 1861 to 1967 Zion United Church Cemetery, Dundee, Quebec : old cemetery - new cemetery. Hillside Cemetery Index, Huntingdon County, Quebec Ste. Agnes de Dundee (Huntingdon County), Quebec Catholic Cemetery Gore Cemetery Transcription, Huntingdon County, Quebec Assemblée des habitants de Sainte-Rose, 9 mars 1788. A quasi-census of Sainte-Rose, Île-Jésus found in the papers of notary Joseph Turgeon. Sépultures de St-Félix-de-Valois (comté de Joliette), Québec 1875-1899 (archived website) : Roman Catholic Burial Records. St-Félix-de-Valois, Quebec Baptisms/Births (1875-1900) (archived website) Généalogie des familles Beaudoin de Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie. A comprehensive accout of all Beaudoin families that lived in Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie, Quebec and their ancestors. Covers the period from 1638 to 1843. In French. Le centenaire de Saint Alexandre de Kamouraska : 26 juillet au 4 août 1952 (Quebec). Searchable online edition of this publication commemorating the centennial of the parish/municipality of Saint-Alexandre, Kamouraska County, Quebec. Includes several lists of names. In French. Kamouraska, Québec, Roman Catholic Parish Register (St-Louis Parish) 1727-1763 : Baptisms, marriages and deaths (archived Web pages.) 1831 Census of Lower Canada (Quebec), Kamouraska County Annuaire du Collège de Lévis, Québec 1942 : Lévis College, Lévis, Quebec 1942 yearbook (in French.) Index des contrats de mariage avec des notaires des comtés Montmagny, de L'Islet et de Bellechasse. Index to marriage contracts in the counties of Bellechasse, L'Islet, and Montmagny, Quebec. Free online edition of this 1073 page book published in 2006 (pdf document). Stanbridge Temperance Society (Quebec) List of Original Members, January 20, 1831 Stanbridge, Missisquoi, Quebec Census 1851 1855 Militia of Stanbridge, Missisquoi, Quebec Missisquoi County, Quebec 1851 Census Name Index (archived pdf document) South Beech Ridge Cemetery, Clarenceville, Quebec John M. McGregor Notary Records : Index 1851-1879. Images online of the original index, surnames A to J only. John M. McGregor practices in Montreal, Quebec from 1851 to 1854 and in Stanbridge, Quebec from 1854 to 1880. List of Persons Taking the Oath of Allegiance at Missisquoi Bay from the Lower Canada (Quebec) Land Records 1795-1797 Maple Dale Cemetery, Morgan’s Corner, Missisquoi County, Quebec Index des contrats de mariage avec des notaires des comtés Montmagny, de L'Islet et de Bellechasse. Index to marriage contracts in the counties of Bellechasse, L'Islet, and Montmagny, Quebec. Free online edition of this 1073 page book published in 2006 (pdf document). Mariages de Saint-Jean, Ile d'Orléans, Québec 1683 - 1765 (In French) Mariages de Saint-Laurent, Ile d'Orléans, Québec 1681 - 1789 (In French) 1666 Montreal, Quebec Census Projet Adhémar : Montreal population from 1642 to 1805, owners and tenants (in French) Citizenship Registration Records for the Montreal Circuit Court (1851-1945). Before 1947, foreigners could petition for naturalization. Library and Archives Canada holds the citizenship registration records for the Montreal Circuit Court (1851-1945). This research tool contains 8,432 references. Le Repos Saint-François d'Assise, Montréal, Québec : Recherche de défunts : This Roman Catholic cemetery is the final resting place for more than 250,000 people. Search by deceased name. Annuaires Lovell de Montréal et sa banlieue 1842-2010 (Québec). Images online of Montreal City Directories 1842-2010. While the Web site is in French, the directories themselves are in both French and English. Members of the Institut Canadien de Montréal 1844-1884 (archived Web site, not always available. The Institut Canadien was a literary and scientific society. It maintained the largest free library in Montreal, Quebec. Disseminating progressive ideas, the Institut often came into conflict with the Roman Catholic Church. John M. McGregor Notary Records : Index 1851-1879. Images online of the original index, surnames A to J only. John M. McGregor practices in Montreal, Quebec from 1851 to 1854 and in Stanbridge, Quebec from 1854 to 1880. Verdun, Quebec Elected Officials 1875-2005 (pdf document). Once a municipality on the Island of Montreal, Verdun is now a borough of the City of Montreal. The first Catholic cemeteries of Montreal and a guide to the present cemetery. Digitized edition of this book by Siméon Mondou published in 1887. Includes a list of proprietors of lots in Côte-des-Neiges Cemetery (p. 89-188) as of 31th August, 1887 (mainly British and Irish names). Les premiers cimetières catholiques de Montréal et l'indicateur du cimetière actuel. Digitized edition of this book by Siméon Mondou published in 1887. Includes a list of proprietors of lots in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery (p. 85-196) as of 31th August, 1887 (mainly French names). Indicateur du cimetière catholique de Montréal - Indicator of the Catholic cemetery of Montreal. Digitized edition of this book by Siméon Mondou published in 1889. Includes a list of proprietors of lots in the Catholic Cemetery of Montreal (p. 37-223) (listed regadless of ethnic origin). Le vieux Lachine et le massacre du 5 août 1689 Free digitized edition of this book by Désiré Girouard published in 1889. An account of the deadly Iroquois raid on the Lachine settlement near Montreal in 1689. Lists of names appear at the end of the book such as : inhabitants of Lachine in 1689, census of 1681, those who died, disappeared or were made prisoners during the 1689 raid, confirmations of 1681, 1688 and 1690 (in French). Le clergé du diocèse de Nicolet, 1885-1979. Past and present Clergy of the Roman Catholic diocese of Nicolet, Quebec. In French. Cemeteries of West Quebec and Upper Gatineau (archived website): In Gatineau County : Aylwin, Farrellton, Gatineau, Gracefield, Maniwaki, Montcerf, Sainte-Famille-d'Aumond; In Papineau County : Angers, Buckingham, Mayo, Perkins. MacGillivray Cemetery, Lochaber/Thurso, Papineau County, Quebec. Pontiac County, Quebec Cemeteries (archived website). Album paroissial, Saint-Augustin, Comté de Portneuf : 1691-1946. Several lists of names can be found in this work including heads of household of large families (9 to 19 children), a 1946 School census, and a list of families residing in St-Augustin-Portneuf in 1945 with in many cases their lineage up to the first generation in New France. Au tournant d'un siècle : Saint-Léonard, 1899-1999 (Québec). Free online edition of this book published in 1998. Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf, Quebec history, biographies and genealogies (in French.) Recensement de la ville de Québec pour 1716. Census of Quebec City for the year 1716. Includes index. Free online edition of a book published in 1887. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles de Charlesbourg (Québec). Genealogical dictionary of the families of Charlesbourg from the origins (1659) to the date of publication (1906). Charlesbourg is now a borough of Quebec City (since 2002). In French. Notes sur les archives de Notre-Dame de Beauport : Free online edition of this book by Jean Langevin published in Quebec City in 1860. One of the oldest parishes of New France, these gleanings from the archives of Notre-Dame de Beauport contain details on many of the earliest French settlers on the American continent. In French. Index to the 1744 Quebec City Census (archived website). Les cimetières de Québec. Free online edition of this book dedicated to the history Quebec City cemeteries published in 1941. Includes several interment lists. In French. Registres de Danville (comté de Richmond), Québec, 1866-1879 (In French) Liste électorale 1935, Saint-Georges-de-Windsor : 1935 electoral list of Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, Richmond County, Québec (In French) Baptêmes de Saint-Georges-de-Windsor 1864-1909, Asbestos region, Québec (in French). Cimetière St-Joseph de Manicouagan, comté de Saguenay, Québec. Album photo-biographique du clergé catholique du Diocèse de St. Hyacinthe (1879). Photo-biographical album of the Roman Catholic clergy in the Diocese of St-Hyacinthe, Quebec. Images online of this book published in 1879. Album du clergé séculier du Diocèse de Saint-Hyacinthe (1919). Biographies of the members of the clergy in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. Images online of a book published in 1934 (in French.) The English Settlers of Lacolle, Quebec Les pionniers de Trois-Rivières 1634-1665. List of early settlers of Trois-Rivieres. Trois-Rivières, Quebec War Memorial : World War I and II. Municipalité d'Yamachiche, rubrique de généalogie. Over a hundred lines of descent of people living in Yamachiche (Saint-Maurice County), Quebec. Les Côtes à Perreault : Notre-Dame-du-Nord, comté Témiscamingue, 1887-2002 : la petite histoire. History of the Côtes à Perreault section of the municipality of Notre-Dame-du-Nord, Témiscamingue County, Quebec. Includes biographical sketches and several lists of names (early land owners, lists of residents, death records, etc.) In French. Album historique et paroissial de Marie-Médiatrice d'Estcourt. Includes a list of parishioners of the Roman Catholic parish of Marie-Médiatrice, Estcourt, Quebec in 1943 (pages 102 to 108). Témiscouata County, Quebec Cemeteries : Headstone transcriptions and photos (partial). Album historique publie´ a` l'occasion des fe^tes du cinquantenaire de la paroisse de Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, 1861-1911. Includes two lists of Roman Catholic families living in Ste-Agathe-des-Monts: one for the village and the other for the countryside. Contrecoeur : famille, seigneurie, paroisse, village. History of Contrecoeur, Verchères County, Quebec published in 1940. Includes census records for 1681, 1765, 1825, 1831 (partial), biographical sketches, and an index. In French. Wotton (Wolfe County), Quebec Roman Catholic Baptism Records 1851-1855 (In French) Registres catholiques de Saint-Camille (comté de Wolfe), Québec 1868-1879 (In French) Back to Main Page |
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