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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 name | Type of record | Date range | Number of records | |
Alexandria | m | 1836 | 1861 | 388 |
Baie-Ste-Marie | b | 1780 | 1801 | 270 |
Baie-Ste-Marie | d | 1799 | 1815 | 13 |
Beaubassin | b | 1717 | 1748 | 747 |
Beaubassin | d | 1719 | 1749 | 28 |
Ecouipahaq | b | 1767 | 1768 | 155 |
Ecouipahaq | d | 1767 | 1768 | 13 |
Embrun | m | 1858 | 1861 | 16 |
Lafontaine | b | 1856 | 1861 | 33 |
Lafontaine | d | 1857 | 1857 | 10 |
Lafontaine | m | 1857 | 1857 | 5 |
LaPasse | m | 1851 | 1861 | 55 |
Louisbourg | b | 1722 | 1759 | 2236 |
Louisbourg | d | 1722 | 1758 | 1222 |
Louisbourg | m | 1722 | 1759 | 572 |
Matane | b | 1832 | 1841 | 134 |
Matane | d | 1832 | 1929 | 59 |
Montréal (Anglican, Christ Church Cathedral) | b | 1766 | 1807 | 1474 |
Montréal (Anglican, Christ Church Cathedral) | d | 1801 | 1807 | 5 |
Orléans | b | 1860 | 1861 | 108 |
Orléans | m | 1860 | 1861 | 23 |
Orléans | d | 1860 | 1861 | 4 |
Ottawa (Notre-Dame) | m | 1829 | 1855 | 1729 |
Ottawa (St-Joseph) | b | 1858 | 1861 | 258 |
Ottawa (St-Joseph) | d | 1858 | 1861 | 77 |
Ottawa (St-Joseph) | m | 1858 | 1861 | 37 |
Paincourt | b | 1855 | 1861 | 411 |
Paincourt | d | 1855 | 1861 | 128 |
Paincourt | m | 1852 | 1861 | 70 |
Port-Royal | b | 1702 | 1755 | 2509 |
Port-Royal | d | 1702 | 1754 | 421 |
Québec (Metropolitan Church) | b | 1768 | 1794 | 1005 |
Québec (Metropolitan Church) | d | 1768 | 1794 | 484 |
Québec (Saint Andrew’s Presbyterian) | b | 1770 | 1800 | 425 |
Québec (Saint Andrew’s Presbyterian) | d | 1770 | 1794 | 20 |
South March | b | 1861 | 1861 | 9 |
St-Charles-les-Mines | b | 1707 | 1748 | 1407 |
St-Charles-les-Mines | d | 1709 | 1748 | 166 |
Tecumseh | b | 1859 | 1861 | 110 |
Tecumseh | d | 1861 | 1861 | 18 |
Tecumseh | m | 1859 | 1861 | 17 |
Williamstown | b | 1854 | 1861 | 590 |
Williamstown | d | 1854 | 1861 | 161 |
Williamstown | m | 1854 | 1861 | 87 |
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