Useful Links

Useful Links

Most Popular Links

Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Canadiennes by Cyprien Tanguay (7 vols.), 1608-1800

Programme de Recherche en Démographie Historique (PRDH). Official site from the University of

Montréal

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) (Familysearch) the largest collection of free family history, family tree and genealogy records. Includes searchable 1881 Canadian and 1880 US census databases. To access originals of French-Canadian parish registers, click on “Search”, then “Browse all published collections”, choose Canada in the list at left, then scroll to "Quebec Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979” and a list of registers by town or parish will come up.

Connecticut Digital Library (iConn.org) The place to go for U.S. census information and more. Requires log-in using a bar code from a Connecticut town library or CT State Library

Nos Origines Click on English version (upper right corner) if necessary. This site has information about Québec couples and their married and unmarried children. The generations are linked, and you can use a Soundex or alias (“dit”) search in addition to an exact surname spelling search. When you pull up a couple, the husband’s info appears in the green box at left. Click on the small tree symbol to get a printable pedigree chart of ancestors that are linked to him. To do the same for the wife, click on her name and positions on the screen will reverse, giving you access to information entered for her family tree. This site is always adding new data from researchers, and they screen information very carefully, asking submitters for their credentials, sources, etc. You will find some information for the 20th century, and quite often for individuals who emigrated from Canada, usually to the U.S. Not all entries are complete, some or all children in a family may be missing, and there is an occasional error, but on the whole this is a very reliable site. There is also a surname listing at http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/genealogielistfamily.aspx?lng=fr

FichierOrigine “Directory of acts of French emigrants and foreigners established in Quebec from the origins to 1865.” This site is in French, but not difficult to navigate. Enter the surname of interest, a locality if available, and scroll down to view results. The database can be searched alphabetically and there are links for the Filles du Roi, Carignan soldiers, soldiers of Montcalm, and a guide to source abbreviations used in the listings. For instance, if you scroll down and click on the Filles du oi link at the right of the screen, a listing for Marie Major of Touques (St-Thomas) in the Calvados region appears. Click on her name, and information about her place of origin, baptismal date, parents, father’s occupation, and more shows up. Click on the live link – it says “numérisé” – and you will see a copy of the baptismal record. What’s interesting here is that the site gives the source of the information and the name of the researcher who verified the document, and you can contact that person by going to the link provided at the bottom of the page.

Archives Francaises. Site for research in the archives of France. If you locate the immigrant ancestor, you may want to use this site to research his or her family of origin. The site is searchable by region or by Department, so you will need to know where your immigrant ancestor came from. A good gazetteer of France will be helpful in determining where the town is located, and a knowledge of French is quite useful here, as there is no English translation available. The site provides access to copies of original French parish records of births, marriages and deaths. Like the handwritten Québec records, they can be difficult to read. Also keep in mind that many such records were destroyed during the two World Wars, so not all will be available. But this site provides free access to much of what survives.

http://habitant.org/index.htm John P. DuLong’s excellent site on French-Canadian genealogy, with emphasis on Acadian research. On this site you can access information about the Carignan- Salieres Regiment (at http://habitant.org/carignan.htm ).

www.learnwebskills.com/patriot/frenchcanadianpatriots.ht This site has a list of French-Canadian participants in the American Revolution

www.banq.qc.ca/archives/genealogie_histoire_familiale/ Link to the National Library and Archives of Québec. No English translation available for much of this site, but with the help of a dictionary you should be able to access its many useful resources. For example, click on the “Ressources en ligne” link (under the horizontal bar near the top of the page). Then scroll down to the Archives link, and then to “Registres de l’état civil du Québec Des origines à 1915” (the arrow on right that says “Accéder”). Use the links on left to navigate to the parish or region desired, then choose the desired time frame to view original parish records of baptisms, marriages, and burials. These records typically cover time periods beyond those found in Ancestry or Familysearch.

www.migrations.fr/700fillesroy.htm One of many useful sites about the Filles du Roi and Filles à Marier. This site has the advantage of providing copies of the baptismal and marriage records of the Filles, plus much more.