LAFRANCE update: 28 442 new records from Ontario, Acadia and Quebec

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28 442 baptism, marriage and burial records have been added to the LAFRANCE, one of 15 tools available to GenealogyQuebec.com subscribers.

Now that the indexing of Quebec’s pre-1862 Catholic parish registers has been completed, the focus of our indexing efforts turns to the parish registers of Ontario and Acadia available in the Drouin Collection Records, as well as Quebec’s Protestant baptisms from 1760 to 1861.


Marriage record as presented on GenealogyQuebec.com‘s LAFRANCE.

Here is the list of parishes affected by this update and the number of records added for each.

Parish nameType of recordDate rangeNumber of records
Alexandriam18361861388
Baie-Ste-Marieb17801801270
Baie-Ste-Maried1799181513
Beaubassinb17171748747
Beaubassind1719174928
Ecouipahaqb17671768155
Ecouipahaqd1767176813
Embrunm1858186116
Lafontaineb1856186133
Lafontained1857185710
Lafontainem185718575
LaPassem1851186155
Louisbourgb172217592236
Louisbourgd172217581222
Louisbourgm17221759572
Mataneb18321841134
Mataned1832192959
Montréal (Anglican, Christ Church Cathedral)b176618071474
Montréal (Anglican, Christ Church Cathedral)d180118075
Orléansb18601861108
Orléansm1860186123
Orléansd186018614
Ottawa (Notre-Dame)m182918551729
Ottawa (St-Joseph)b18581861258
Ottawa (St-Joseph)d1858186177
Ottawa (St-Joseph)m1858186137
Paincourtb18551861411
Paincourtd18551861128
Paincourtm1852186170
Port-Royalb170217552509
Port-Royald17021754421
Québec (Metropolitan Church)b176817941005
Québec (Metropolitan Church)d17681794484
Québec (Saint Andrew’s Presbyterian)b17701800425
Québec (Saint Andrew’s Presbyterian)d1770179420
South Marchb186118619
St-Charles-les-Minesb170717481407
St-Charles-les-Minesd17091748166
Tecumsehb18591861110
Tecumsehd1861186118
Tecumsehm1859186117
Williamstownb18541861590
Williamstownd18541861161
Williamstownm1854186187

b=baptism m=marriage d=burial

All these records may now be browsed in the LAFRANCE, which also contains ALL of Quebec’s Catholic marriages from 1621 to 1918, ALL of Quebec’s Catholic baptisms and burials from 1621 to 1861 as well as ALL of Quebec’s Protestant marriages from 1760 to 1849.
You will find more information about the LAFRANCE on the Drouin Institute’s blog.

 

 

To conclude, the Drouin team would like to wish a great holiday season to our fellow genealogy enthusiasts and designated family historians.
The holiday season is a great opportunity to share the results of your research with your loved ones and to ensure that your family history is preserved from generation to generation.

Genealogically yours,

The Drouin team