The LAFRANCE now contains ALL of Quebec’s Catholic baptisms and burials up to 1861!

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We are happy to announce that we have completed the addition of ALL of Quebec’s Catholic baptisms and burials from the 1850-1861 period to the LAFRANCE.
This project, which debuted in 2015, represents the addition of some 652 502 baptism and burial records from 422 different parishes.

The LAFRANCE now contains:

  • ALL of Quebec’s Catholic marriages from 1621 to 1917
  • ALL of Quebec’s Protestant marriages from 1760 to 1849
  • ALL of Quebec’s Catholic baptisms from 1621 to 1861
  • ALL of Quebec’s Catholic burials from 1621 to 1861
  • 68 401 Quebec Catholic baptisms and burials from between 1862 and 2019

For a grand total of 3 755 659 parish records from the province of Quebec.

You will find these parish records under two formats in the LAFRANCE:

Original documents – a digitized image of the original parish register, as it was originally drafted.

St-Philippe parish register, sourced from the Drouin Collection

Record certificate – Every record in the database is indexed under what we refer to as a certificate. The certificate contains all the relevant information extracted from the original record such as the names, dates, roles, occupations, relationships, marital status, etc.

Record certificate from the LAFRANCE

You can use the LAFRANCE with a subscription to Genealogy Quebec at this address.

For more information about the LAFRANCE as well as research tips, take a look at this article on our blog.

What’s next?

The development of the LAFRANCE continues! Our focus will now be on the indexation of every Ontarian and Acadian parish register available in the Drouin Collection, as well as all of Quebec’s Protestant baptism and burial records from 1760 to 1861. Protestant marriages from the 1850 – 1861 period will also be indexed.

Here is the list of Ontarian parish registers we plan to index up to 1861:

South MarchChatham
MattawaSouth Gloucester
OrléansMaidstone
TecumsehMont-St-Patrick
EmbrunBelle-Rivière
Ottawa (St-Joseph)Cornwall (St-Colomban)
PakenhamCurran
Garden River (Cœur-Immaculée-de-Marie)Pembroke (mission)
Garden River (Missions)Wikwemikong
LafontaineCorkery
Pembroke (cathédrale)Alexandria
St-EugèneRichmond
Clarence CreekL’Orignal
Ottawa (St-Patrice)Ottawa (Notre-Dame)
TilburyÎle-Drummond
WilliamstownAmherstburg (mission de la Rivière-aux-Hurons)
EganvilleSt-Andrew’s West
Fitzroy HarborSt-Raphaël
PaincourtAmherstburg (St-Jean)
FallowfieldSt-Pierre
LaPasseWindsor (Missions des Hurons de Detroit)
LochielWindsor (L’Assomption-de-Sandwich)
Osgoode

And here is the list of Acadian parish registers that will be indexed up to 1861:

JohnvilleMemramcook
Cap-PeléBartibogue
St-François-XavierEscuminac
Golding-GroveSt-Louis-des-Français
St-LéonardArdouane (mission)
CharloBaie-des-Vents
Renous-BridgeBaie-Verte
ScoudoucBarachois
Loch-LomondBouctouche
DalhousieBoujagane
Pokemouche-en-BasCocagne
Pokemouche-en-HautGrande-Digue
Woodstock (paroisse)Shédiac
Red-BankSt-Charles-Borromée
Cap-TourmentinBathurst-Ouest
LamèqueTracadie
ArichatAcadie (St-Bernard de Neguac)
BelleduneNash Creek (St-Bernard)
ChathamRichibouctou
MilltownSt-Basile
BlackvilleMiramichi
Frédéricton (Bureau de Santé)Baie-Ste-Marie
DorchesterAcadie (St-Pierre de Caraquet)
St-AnselmeAcadie (Missions)
Woodstock (Bureau de Santé)Acadie et Gaspésie (mission d’Acadie)
Frédéricton (St-Dunstan)Ecouipahaq
St-Andrew (paroisse)Sunbury
NelsonSte-Anne-de-Restigouche
Central KingsclearPetitcodiac
Petit-RocherSackville
ShippaganLouisbourg
Pointe-au-SapinIle-St-Jean
St-Jean (cathédrale)Beaubassin
ArgyleIle-Royale
Restigouche, comté deLa Baleine
Rivière-JacquetSt-Charles-les-Mines
ShemoguePort-Royal
Ile-du-Prince-EdouardAcadie et Gaspésie (Registres des missionnaires)
CaraquetAcadie (Recensements)
Frédéricton (Central Kingsclear)Plaisance

The indexing of Quebec’s Catholic baptisms and burials is therefore temporarily put on hold, but we will come back to it as soon as possible! We intend to index all of Quebec’s parish registers up to 1940, at a pace which will be dictated by our financial and human resources.

This massive task is entirely funded by the revenues generated from Genealogy Quebec and PRDH-IGD.com subscriptions. We would like to thank you for the trust you place in us, without which we wouldn’t be able to preserve and share Quebec’s genealogical and historical heritage.

Genealogically yours,

The Drouin team