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24,283 new baptism, marriage and burial records are now available on the LAFRANCE, one of the 15 tools offered to Genealogy Quebec subscribers.
These new parish records are from Quebec, Acadia and Ontario.
Sault-St-Louis (Kahnawake) and St-Régis (First nations)
6,714 baptism and burial records from the missions of Sault-St-Louis and St-Régis have been added to the LAFRANCE. These records pertain to individuals from the First Nations and date from 1769 to 1861.
Record 6217257, LAFRANCE, GenealogyQuebec.com
Quebec (Protestant)
The addition of Quebec Protestant records continues on the LAFRANCE with 6,079 new baptism, marriage and burial records dated between 1768 and 1861.
Record 6228993, LAFRANCE, GenealogyQuebec.com
The table below shows the number of records added by parish, type of record and date range.
| Parish | Type of record | Min year | Max year | Added records |
| Ascot (Universalist Church) | b | 1833 | 1855 | 64 |
| Ascot (Universalist Church) | m | 1850 | 1859 | 151 |
| Ascot (Universalist Church) | s | 1845 | 1859 | 109 |
| Frelighsburg (Anglican Church, Holy Trinity) | m | 1850 | 1861 | 28 |
| Granby (Anglican Church) | b | 1844 | 1861 | 430 |
| Granby (Anglican Church) | m | 1850 | 1861 | 53 |
| Granby (Anglican Church) | s | 1844 | 1861 | 113 |
| Granby (Congregational Church) | b | 1842 | 1854 | 87 |
| Granby (Congregational Church) | m | 1850 | 1854 | 29 |
| Granby (Congregational Church) | s | 1842 | 1853 | 41 |
| Granby (Granby & Milton) (Anglican Church) | b | 1850 | 1852 | 64 |
| Granby (Granby & Milton) (Anglican Church) | m | 1850 | 1852 | 21 |
| Granby (Granby & Milton) (Anglican Church) | s | 1850 | 1852 | 15 |
| Granby (Granby & Milton) (Methodist Church) | b | 1843 | 1843 | 15 |
| Granby (Granby & Milton) (Methodist Church) | s | 1843 | 1843 | 2 |
| Granby (Methodist Church) | b | 1857 | 1861 | 50 |
| Granby (Methodist Church) | m | 1857 | 1861 | 28 |
| Granby (Methodist Church) | s | 1857 | 1861 | 13 |
| Lennoxville (Church of England) | b | 1827 | 1861 | 299 |
| Lennoxville (Church of England) | m | 1850 | 1861 | 46 |
| Lennoxville (Church of England) | s | 1827 | 1861 | 85 |
| Roxton (Roxton & Milton) (Anglican Church) | b | 1853 | 1861 | 89 |
| Roxton (Roxton & Milton) (Anglican Church) | m | 1853 | 1861 | 24 |
| Roxton (Roxton & Milton) (Anglican Church) | s | 1853 | 1861 | 22 |
| Sherbrooke (Congregational Church) | b | 1838 | 1861 | 137 |
| Sherbrooke (Congregational Church) | m | 1851 | 1861 | 60 |
| Sherbrooke (Congregational Church) | s | 1838 | 1861 | 11 |
| Sorel (Anglican, Christ Church) | b | 1796 | 1861 | 1268 |
| Sorel (Anglican, Christ Church) | m | 1839 | 1861 | 59 |
| Sorel (Anglican, Christ Church) | s | 1796 | 1861 | 904 |
| Trois-Rivières (Congrégation protestante) | b | 1768 | 1861 | 945 |
| Trois-Rivières (Congrégation protestante) | m | 1850 | 1861 | 33 |
| Trois-Rivières (Congrégation protestante) | s | 1769 | 1861 | 784 |
b = baptism, m = marriage, s = burial
Acadia
On to Acadia, where 11,605 baptism, marriage and burial records dating from 1721 to 1861 have been added to the LAFRANCE. These are from Caraquet, Memramcook, Petit-Rocher and Ile-St-Jean.
Record 6207364, LAFRANCE, GenealogyQuebec.com
Chatham (Ontario)
Finally, it is in Chatham, Ontario that we conclude the overview of this update, with the addition of 1,503 baptism, marriage and burial records dated 1850 to 1861.
Record 6227420, LAFRANCE, GenealogyQuebec.com
These records can 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, ALL of Quebec’s Protestant marriages from 1760 to 1849 as well as over 68 000 additional BMD records from 1861 to 2008.
You will find more information about the LAFRANCE on the Drouin Institute’s blog.
Genealogically yours,
The Drouin team
