50 000 new baptism and burial records added to the LAFRANCE on Genealogy Quebec

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An update has been applied to the LAFRANCE in early February. This update pertains to the Catholic baptism and burial records recorded in the province of Quebec between 1850 and 1861.

LAFRANCE update figures

Catholic baptisms 1850-1861 : 34 116 records added
Catholic burials 1850-1861 : 15 145 records added

The corrections suggested by our subscribers over the past month have also been applied.

About the LAFRANCE

The LAFRANCE, one of 16 tools available to GenealogyQuebec.com subscribers, is a detailed index with link to the original document of ALL Catholic marriages celebrated in Quebec between 1621 and 1917, ALL Catholic baptisms and burials celebrated in Quebec between 1621 and 1849 as well as ALL Protestant marriages celebrated in Quebec between 1760 and 1849.

Baptisms and burials from the 1850-1861 period are added gradually through bimonthly updates.

Updated parishes

Here are the parishes that have been updated:

Parish nameEvent type*Min year**Max yearAdded records
Aylmerb185218562
Aylmers185518551
Batiscanb185218521
Batiscans185418541
Bicb185018611199
Bics18501861293
Bouchervilleb183518351
Cap-de-la-Madeleineb186118611
Douglastownb18501861836
Douglastowns18501861240
Grande-Rivièreb18521861797
Grande-Rivières18521861250
Hemmingfordb18501861579
Hemmingfords1850186195
Hinchinbrooke (Athelstan)b1858186177
Hinchinbrooke (Athelstan)s1858186112
La Malbaieb185218592
La Malbaies185218605
L’Acadieb1851186116
L’Acadies185318542
Les Éboulementsb185018611477
Les Éboulementss18501861480
Les Escouminsb185118609
L’Isle-aux-Allumettes (St-Alphonse, Chapeau)b18501861850
L’Isle-aux-Allumettes (St-Alphonse, Chapeau)s18501861119
L’Isletb185518593
L’Islets185618561
Montebellob185118511
Montmagnyb180018004
Montréal (Gésu)b1852186053
Montréal (Notre-Dame-de-Montréal)b185518605007
Montréal (Notre-Dame-de-Montréal)s185518604824
Montréal (St-Patrick)b185918592
Nicoletb185018611227
Nicolets18501861641
Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire-de-Lévisb185718571
Notre-Dame-du-Lacb1861186139
Notre-Dame-du-Lacs1861186111
Okab18501861188
Okas1850186148
Ormstownb185018611132
Ormstowns18501861228
Papineauvilleb185818606
Pointe-Gatineaub185118594
Pointe-Gatineaus185818581
Québec (Notre-Dame-de-Québec)b179617962
Québec (Notre-Dame-de-Québec)m179617961
Québec (Notre-Dame-de-Québec)s1796179618
Québec (St-Patrick)b185619602833
Québec (St-Patrick)s185618611654
Ristigoucheb18501861622
Ristigouches18501861246
Rivière-du-Loupb183918391
Sault-St-Louis (Kahnawake)b18501861187
Sault-St-Louis (Kahnawake)s1850186178
Sorelb185118543
Sorels185418553
St-André-Avellinb1855186122
St-André-d’Argenteuils185318531
Stansteadb185018611172
Stansteads18501861212
St-Antoine-Abbé (Franklin)b18601861113
St-Antoine-Abbé (Franklin)s1860186134
St-Arsène-de-Cacounab185018611128
St-Arsène-de-Cacounas18501861409
St-Athanase-de-Bleuryb185018612205
St-Athanase-de-Bleurys18501861927
St-Christophe-d’Arthabaskab185218611731
St-Christophe-d’Arthabaskas18521861531
St-Clément-de-Beauharnoisb185018612553
St-Clément-de-Beauharnoiss185018611192
St-Colombanb18501861377
Ste-Anne-de-la-Péradeb185218614
Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérades185818581
Ste-Anne-des-Montsb1851185916
Ste-Anne-du-Grand-Calumetb1850186113
Ste-Anne-du-Grand-Calumets185318531
Ste-Flavie (Rimouski)b185018611253
Ste-Flavie (Rimouski)s18501861336
Ste-Geneviève-de-Batiscanb185118592
Ste-Geneviève-de-Batiscans185018562
Ste-Julie-de-Somerset (Laurierville)b186018612
Ste-Luce (Rimouski)b185018611381
Ste-Luce (Rimouski)s18501861415
Ste-Madeleine-de-Rigaudb185218521
St-Étienne-des-Grèsb186018601
St-Eusèbe-de-Stanfoldb185818592
St-Ferdinand-d’Halifaxb1850186017
St-François I.O.b181018101
St-Irénée (Charlevoix)s185318606
St-Jacques-de-Leedsb186118611
St-Jean-Port-Jolib185218573
St-Jean-Port-Jolis185418572
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Cathédrale)b1850186146
St-Louis-de-Gonzague (Beauharnois)b185018612316
St-Louis-de-Gonzague (Beauharnois)s18501861850
St-Mauriceb185618615
St-Maurices185318585
St-Michel-de-Percéb1847186128
St-Michel-de-Percés184718471
St-Ourss185018595
St-Régisb1850186187
St-Régiss1850186129
St-Stanislasb185418541
St-Stanislass185418585
St-Timothée (Beauharnois)b185018612289
St-Timothée (Beauharnois)s18501861882
Stukely-Nord (Bonsecours)b185818581
St-Urbain-de-Charlevoixb185318612
St-Urbain-de-Charlevoixs185818581
St-Valérien-de-Miltonb18541861194
St-Valérien-de-Miltons1854186154

*(b = baptism, s = burial)
**the additions are dated from between the min year and the max year

Only 2 parishes remain to be added to the LAFRANCE in order to complete the addition of every Catholic baptism and burial recorded in Quebec up until 1861. Namely, the Ste-Marthe parish as well as the baptisms and burials of the year 1861 for the Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal.

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Genealogically yours,

 

The Drouin team