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Index to the 1911 Census of Canada : Québec.

The First Census of New France (Quebec) 1666

1666 Montreal, Quebec Census

Projet Adhémar -- XVIIe siècle : XVIIth Century Montreal population from 1642 to 1704, owners and tenants (in French)

Projet Adhémar -- XVIIIe siècle : XVIIIth Century Montreal population in 1725, 1765 and 1805, owners and tenants (in French)

Alphabetical Listing of the Filles du roi. The filles du roi, or King's Daughters, were some 770 women who arrived in the colony of New France (Canada) between 1663 and 1673, under the financial sponsorship of King Louis XIV of France.

Immigrants at Grosse-Île (Quebec) : This database includes information on 33,026 immigrants who stayed at the Grosse-Île Quarantine Station between 1832 and 1937.

Family Name-Nickname Associations in Old Quebec. A problem facing genealogists researching old Quebec documents concerns the use of nicknames along or instead of surnames. Moreover, distinction between name and nickname is often not clear. Often referred to as "dit names", because they are introduced in French by the word "dit" meaning "said", they abound in the nominative history of old Quebec. This database is a list of all family name-nickname associations found in in birth, marriage and deaths certificates prior to 1800. Enter a family name (or nickname) and you will get a list of other names to which it is associated in the certificates, along with the number of occurences.

Les 1 000 premiers noms de famille selon le rang, Québec. 1,000 Most Common Surnames in Québec (in French.)

Les 1 000 premiers noms de famille par ordre alphabétique, Québec. First 1,000 most frequent family names in alphabetical order, Quebec (in French.)

Les 5 000 premiers noms de famille par ordre alphabétique, Québec - The 5000 most frequent surnames in Quebec in alphabetical order : A-B, C-D, E-K, L-M, N-R, S-Z

Frequency of Family Names in Old Quebec (prior to 1800). Enter a family name to obtain its frequency among the baptised before 1800.

Soldiers in the Carignan-Salières Regiment who settled in Canada. Between June and September 1665, some 1200 soldiers and officers of the Carignan-Salières Regiment arrived in Quebec. Over 450 of these troops remained in the colony.

Ecclesiastical Authorizations for Permission to Marry: 15 April 1757 to 1763 (World Vital Records - subscription required) : Contains a listing (with supporting evidence) of those people wishing to marry in Quebec who must prove that they are not currently married to someone in France. Each candudate had to prove that he was not married either by religious testimony or, more often, the testimony of a friend.

HMS Buffalo 1813-1840. Convicts transported to Australia for their participation in the 1838-39 Canadian rebellions. List of names extracted from the book "HMS BUFFALO" by Robert Sexton published 1984.

Online Databases of the National Archives of Quebec. Several databases are currently available (in French) :
- Inventory of the property of the deceased in the judicial districts of Québec City, Charlevoix, Beauce, Montmagny and Kamouraska, 1796-1955.
- Demands for free land grants from families with 12 living children in accordance with the act of 1890.
- Mount Hermon Cemetery Register (1848-1904), Quebec City.
- Charlevoix (1737-1920), Saguenay (1840-1911), and Quebec City area (1761-1946) Marriage Contracts.
- XIXth Century Quebec Jail Registers.
and more.

Patronymes étudiés par les membres de la Société de Généalogie de la Mauricie et des Bois-Francs (Québec). Surname interests and email addresses of members of this Genealogical Society based in Trois-Rivières, Quebec (in French.)

Fichier Origine The database of vital records of French and foreign immigrants who settled in Quebec from the beginnings of the colony to 1865. A presentation of The Quebec Federation of Genealogical Societies and France's Federation of Genealogy (in French.)

The Notaries of French Canada 1626-1900 (World Vital Records - subscription required) : Lists notaries alphabetically, chronologically and by the area served.

Parish/Town Guides to the Province of Quebec (World Vital Records - subscription required) : Online edition of this book by Robert J. Quintin. Revised and augmented edition. Pawtucket, RI, 1993, 63pages. Designed to prevent wasting time looking for your ancestor in the wrong town at the wrong time. This guide will save you many hours of research by helping you focus on the correct parish in the correct town during the correct time period. Four different lists designed to make your genealogical research in Québec much easier. This book contains 1) a chronological listing of pre-1901 Catholic Churches, 2) an alphabetical listing of parishes by town, 3) an alphabetical listing of parishes by the patron saint of that parish and 4) an alphabetical listing of parishes by county.

Chroniques de la Société de généalogie de l'Outaouais (Quebec). Full transcription of the genealogy columns published by the Society from 1990 to 1995 in Le Droit newspaper (Ottawa). Over 100 surnames covered (in French.)

Militia Captains for the Quebec city area in 1775

List of 1058 Persons arrested during the 1837 Rebellion in Lower Canada (Quebec)

Hebridean Scots of the Province of Quebec: 5855 individuals and 671 unique surnames

Huguenots in New France : from the beginning of the colony to 1763 (321 names)

French Canadians in the 1842 Oregon census

St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church Marriages, Hogansburg, Franklin County, New York. This is a compilation of the records of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Hogansburg, NY from approximately 1843-1852. The records cover the geographical area of northwestern Franklin Co. NY, northeastern St. Lawrence Co. NY and southwestern Quebec.

Roll of the Company of Sorel, New France, in 1760

CAN-CHALEUR-BAY-IRISH Mailing List. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the Irish Protestants from southwest Cork who settled in the Bay Chaleur area of New Brunswick and Quebec, Canada in the early 1800s. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.

CAN-CHALEUR-BAY-IRISH Mailing List. Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the Irish Protestants from southwest Cork who settled in the Bay Chaleur area of New Brunswick and Quebec, Canada in the early 1800s. You can search the archives for a specific message or browse them.