Québec Acadians & Canadians
Many of our Acadian ancestors tried to
escape to Québec during the years of the
deportation. Some of these made it there
successfully, others did not, meeting with
cold and starvation on the way, or
contagious disease on their arrival. The
rest of the Acadian refugees arrived there
after the end of the exile, either on foot
through the New England forests, or by ship
from Boston and other ports. At the
following sites you will discover various
databases to help in your Acadian research
in that province. Remember, many Québecois
descendants today can claim at least one or
more lines of Acadians who married into the
Québecois population. It was from this area
that the first Acadians began to migrate to
the United States to work in the textile
industry centers of New England and upstate
New York. It is also from this province that
a vast number of Acadians migrated to the
American Midwest in search of farmland, and
to the California goldrush.
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Programme de recherche en démographie
historique (PRDH
Beginnings of Quebec to
1799) (Pay Site)
- This is a pay site, but will give
one access to much information from the
extant Québecois registers from the
beginnings of the Province to 1799.
Sponsored by the University of Montréal,
this database contains perhaps the most
accurate information on every act in
every register in the whole Province.
Well worth the price.
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Genealogy for All (Planete
Québec - Various Databases)
- This site has an English button, and
is composed of numerous databases
compiled by many people. Usually the
surname of the person is the same as the
majority of the records the individual
database contains, but it also include
information on spouses and their parents
as well. In some cases, people have
found the whole lineage of their
ancestors on this site with relative
speed and great success. A great site.
When arriving at each database, go right
to the top and click the patronym link,
and then from there, click the
alphabetical letters for the surnames
you're seeking. This site contains many
Acadian-related surnames and databases.
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Planete Québec (Links;
databases continued)
- This is a continued page from the
previous site which contains many
Acadian families as well. In addition
there are also other links to various
genealogical societies and
organizations, and links to a host of
other interesting facets of Canadian
research. This page also has links to
French royalty for those fortunate
enough to descend from the St-Étienne de
Latour family of Acadia, or the Miville
& Baillon couple of Québec. Both are
gateways to French Royal lines.
Tracing Your Ancestors in Canada
(Pamphlet from Collections Canada Library
and Archives)
(Please advise: this file a large file. Be
patient while waiting for it to load.)
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
Archives nationales de Québec (with link to the
Tanguay Dictionnaire)
1881 Census of Canada
1901 Census of Canada
St-Pierre et Miquelon and
Iles-de-la-Madeleine
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St-Pierre & Miquelon (1763-1791) &
Iles-de-la-Madeleine, QC (1794-1816)
(Robert Langlois, Michel Poirier)
- At this site, one will find the most
complete data compiled from the extant
registers and censuses of St-Pierre and
Miquelon for the years after the exile
of the Acadians (1763-1791). One must
remember that this population returned
to France at least twice during this
timeframe, and also after 1795. Thus,
there are gaps in the registers.
Miquelon was completely deserted by the
Acadians by 1792, having left that
locality with their pastors for the
Magdalen Islands (whose first registers
follow) and for Arichat. If a record is
not available for Miquelon between
1763-1791, chances are the event occured
back in France. Researchers may write to
the
ACS Research
Committee with questions
regarding missing ancestors.
New Brunswick
Researchers in New Brunswick are very
fortunate to have many sites from which to
derive information. Here are a few of the
best.
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New Brunswick Provincial Archives
(Searchable Database)
- This is the site of the Provincial
Archives which has a searchable database
for some Births, Marriages and Deaths.
While it does not give ALL the details
of an event, it at least can locate the
area and date when an event took place.
The timeframe is for records closer to
1900, than the early years, but then
again, you might strike paydirt! When
you arrive, click on "English", "On-Line
Research", "Government Records" and
"Database Search". Best results are
again by entering a surname only, and
going through them one by one.
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New Brunswick GenWeb
- A site where there are many links to
various areas, as well as a place for
questions to be placed. Good starting
point to get one oriented.
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37 Host Families of the Retrouvailles
'94 (Stephen A. White)
- An excellent site of descending
lineages for 37 of New Brunswick's
founding Acadian families. Mr. White
gives their direct line down from the
original Acadian ancestors, then through
the years of missing registers (1763-ca
1810), guides the researcher to the time
of extant material on the families. If
you're stuck in southeastern New
Brunswick, definitely visit this site!
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Memramcook, NB Registers (Stephen A. White)
- Very good database of the principals
of the St-Thomas of Memramcook church
registers (1806-1900). Baptisms,
marriages and burials. After consulting
these, you can also consult our
Archdiocese of Moncton microfilm
collection at the Fitchburg Public
Library for more details.
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Upper Aboujagane, NB Registers
(Stephen A. White)
- Very good database of the principals
of the parish registers for Haute-Aboujagane
(1878-1899), Baptisms, marriages and
burials.
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Grand Falls, NB Baptisms (1868-1900)
- Baptismal information from the
parish registers of Grand Falls, New
Brunswick (1868-1900).
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