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In this quick read (less then 6,000 words) family historian Jessica Coupé outlines her proven system to help you find your French-Canadian ancestors.
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How to Find Your French Canadian Ancestors - Jessica Coupe
How to Find Your French Canadian Ancestors
How to Find Your French Canadian Ancestors
An Overview
Jessica Coupé
Contents
Introduction
Review Family Memory
Tools You Will Need
Seven Family History Sites
The Records
Census Returns 1851-1921
Church Records 1621-mid-1960s
Notarial Records 1626-1900s
Newspapers
The People
Daily Life in New France
French Genealogical Word List
Alosie Lemire Timeline
About the Author
Introduction
This book provides an overview on how to find your French Canadian ancestors. It also contains links to online sources, such as databases, and includes examples.
You will begin by recording what you already know, usually in a family tree program such as Ancestral Quest (a Windows/Mac app) or FamilySearch (an online tree). Then you will supplement your knowledge with that of family members and the documents, photos and stories they share with you.
Next you will want to narrow your search to a specific ancestor from a specific country. In the case of this book that would be a Catholic French Canadian resident of Quebec.
It is often helpful to record what you know in a timeline document. Here is an example:
1918, January 10 Alosie’s mother died at St. Michel.
1935, Sept 4 Alosie’s father, Luc, died at 93-years of age.
1929, August 6 Alosie died three days short of her 64th birthday and was buried at St Remi, Quebec.
Once you have recorded what you and your family know it is time to fill in some of the gaps by finding your ancestors in documents such as vital records and census.
How do you know what these documents are and where to locate them?
The purpose of this book is to give you
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