Connolly File annual update: Over 46 000 new baptism, marriage and burial records

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The Connolly File, one of 16 tools available to Genealogy Quebec subscribers, has been updated.

A total of 46 444 baptism, marriage and burial files have been added to this collection. 105 corrections suggested by our users were also applied.

What is the Connolly File?

The Connolly File is an index of Catholic and Protestant baptisms, marriages and burials from Quebec and part of the United States covering a period extending from 1621 to 2018.
In total, the tool contains 6 500 000 baptism, marriage and burial files.

You will find more information about this collection as well as some research tips and best practices in this article.

Update details

Here is the list of regions and parishes affected by this update, which includes the number of records added and the years they cover.

Holy Blood, Holyoke MA,US
Marriages 1860-1889: 566 records added

St-Mathew de Fall River MA, US
Marriages 1885-1986: 1960 records added

Jay & Winthrop ME, US
Marriages 1872-1983: 3160 records added

St-André de Biddeford ME, US
Marriages 1899-1978: 4454 records added

Burials published in newspapers around the Quebec region
434 files added

Our Lady of Peace, Berwick ME, US
Marriages 1919-1982: 469 records added

St. Michael, South Berwick ME, US
Marriages 1818-1982: 1016 records added

Notre-Dame, Springvale ME 
Marriages 1888-1981: 1138 records added

N-D-de-Lourdes, Saco ME, US
Marriages 1927-1986: 1121 records added

St-Alphonse de Stornoway (Frontenac), QC
Baptisms 1909-1940: 921 records added
Burials 1909-1940: 264 records added

St. Louis, St. Paul MN, US
Marriages 1869-1900: 594 records added

St-Jean-Baptiste de Brunswick ME, US
Marriages 1877-1979: 3496 records added

St. Charles Borromeo de Brunswick ME, US
Marriages 1931-1980: 642 records added

St. Francis de Sales, Waterville ME, US
Marriages 1782-1989: 3988 records added

N-D-de-Lourdes de Fall River MA, US 
Marriages 1874-1962: 6509 records added

St-Thomas, Compton QC
Baptisms 1854-1939: 3990 records added
Burials 1855-1939: 1450 records added

Blessed Sacrement, Fall River MA, US
Marriages 1883-1933: 685 records added

Notre-Dame, Southbridge MA, US
Marriages 1834-1917: 2741 records added

Directeur de l’état civil du Québec
Births: 156 tardy declaration of filiation files added
Marriages: 17 057 civil/religious marriage files and civil union files added

You can browse these new documents with a subscription to Genealogy Quebec on the Connolly File at this address.

Free-access obituaries

The Online obituary section, available for free at this address, has just hit over 2 300 000 death notices!

This section contains Canadian death notices published online between 1999 and today and is updated regularly.

Genealogically yours,

The Drouin team