La Société de généalogie des Cantons-de-l’Est is another important genealogical society that collects information about the marriages, baptisms and deaths of English language families of Lower Canada and Québec, whether found in binders, books, CDs or  online downloads.

Often these guides were compiled and researched by local genealogists or historians who visited the vaults of Protestant churches and English language Catholic churches.

As a long-time researcher in family lineage searches in Québec, I can attest to the accuracy of most of these various compilations, regardless of whether they cover the various Protestant denominations or of the Catholic faith.

Dedicated and persistent family lineage researchers in Québec working at various repositories of the Archives nationales du Québec (10 such archives exist) have referred to these precious indexes during the last ten or more years to identify the church where a child was baptized, in which church young couples were married or the burial place for a person or persons.

Some of the guides I particularly recommend from La Société de généalogie des Cantons-de-l’Est, http://www.sgce.qc.ca, sgce@libertel.org are:

Item #9 – Judicial District of St. Francis  – Indexes of Protestant births (1815-1879) – 16 Protestant Churches – 1,240 pages – 2 volumes –  Sherbrooke – Richmond – Stanstead – Wolfe – Compton Counties – Towns of Ascot – Ascot Corner – Ascot Township – Barford Township – Barston Township – Brompton – Brompton Township – Beebe – Beebe Plain – Bury – Bury Township – Bury & Lingwick Township – Charleston – Cleveland Township – Coaticook – Compton  – Compton Township – Cookshire – Danville – District of St. Francis – Dudswell – Dudswell Township – Eaton – Eaton Township – Fitch Bay – Georgeville – Gould – Hatley – Hatley Township – Hereford Township – Lennoxville – Lingwick Township – Magog – Marbleton – Melbourne – Melbourne Township – Melbourne & Cleveland Township – Richmond – Sawyerville – Sherbrooke – Shipton Township – Shipton & Melbourne Township – Stanstead – Stanstead Township – Stukely – Waterville – Westbury Township – Windsor Mills > Spiral binders $113. + taxes-shipping – CDs $45. + taxes-shipping

 Item #10 – Judicial District of St. Francis – Indexes of Protestant marriages (1815-1879) – 16 Protestant Churches – 774 pages – 2 volumes – Sherbrooke – Richmond – Stanstead – Wolfe – Compton Counties – Towns of: Ascot – Ascot Corner – Ascot Township – Barford Township – Barston Township – Brompton – Brompton Township – Beebe – Beebe Plain – Bury – Bury Township – Bury & Lingwick Township – Charleston – Cleveland Township – Coaticook – Compton – Compton Township – Cookshire – Danville – District of St. Francis – Dudswell – Eaton – Fitch Bay – Georgeville – Gould – Hatley – Hatley Township – Hereford Township – Lennoxville – Lingwick Township – Magog – Marbleton – Melbourne – Melbourne Township – Melbourne & Cleveland Township – Richmond – Sawyerville – Sherbrooke – Shipton Township – Shipton & Melbourne Township – Stanstead – Stanstead Township – Stukely – Waterville – Westbury Township – Windsor Mills > Spiral binders $75. + taxes-shipping – CDs $33. + taxes-shipping

 Item #11 – Judicial District of St. Francis – Indexes of Protestant deaths  (1815-1879) – 16 Protestant Churches – 791 pages – Sherbrooke – Richmond – Stanstead – Wolfe – Compton Counties – Towns of: Ascot – Ascot Corner – Ascot Township – Barford Township – Barston Township – Beebe – Beebe Plain – Brompton – Brompton Township – Bury – Bury Township – Bury & Lingwick Township – Charleston – Cleveland Township – Coaticook – Compton – Compton Township – Cookshire – Danville – District of St. Francis – Dudswell – Dudswell Township – Eaton – Eaton Township – Fitch Bay – Georgeville – Gould – Hatley – Hatley Township – Hereford Township – Lennoxville – Lingwick Township – Magog – Marbleton – Melbourne – Melbourne Township – Melbourne & Cleveland Township – Richmond – Sawyerville – Sherbrooke – Shipton Township – Shipton & Melbourne Township – Stanstead – Stanstead Township – Stukely – Waterville – Westbury Township – Windsor Mills  –  791 pages – 2 volumes > Spiral binders $82. + taxes-shipping – CDs $35. + taxes-shipping

Item #29 – Richmond & Drummond Counties Protestant Families – Indexes of church registers (1824-1925) – 250 pages – Towns of: Danville – Drummondville – Durham – Kingsey – Melbourne – Richmond – Shipton – Tingwick – Warwick – Windsor > Spiral binders $38. + taxes-shipping

Item #46 – Shefford County Protestant Families – (1797-1962) – Indexes of marriages, baptisms, deaths – 298 pages – 556 baptisms – 1,418 marriages – 488 deaths – Townships of: Ely – Granby –  Milton – Roxton – Shefford – Stukely > Spiral binders $34. + taxes-shipping – CDs $16. + taxes-shipping

Item #54 – Richmond County Protestant Families – (1820-1925) – Indexes of marriages, baptisms, deaths – 445 pages – 6,105 births – 1,818 marriages–  2,859 deaths – Towns of: Danville – Danville-Asbestos – Denison’s Mills – Durham (L’Avenir) – Kingsbury – Kingsey – Melbourne – Richmond – Shipton – Spooner Pond – Sydenham – Tingwick – Trenholm – Ulverton – Windsor > Spiral binders $46. + taxes-shipping – CDs $22. + taxes-shipping

 Item #56 – Compton County Protestant Families – (1815-1994) – Indexes of baptisms – 510 pages – 15,266 baptisms – Towns of: Agnes – Ascot – Ascot Corner – Auckland – Beebe Plain – Birchton – Bishopton – Bulwer – Bury – Canterbury – Clifton – Compton –  Cookshire  – Ditchfield – Dudswell – East Angus – East Clifton – Eaton – Eaton Corner – Gould – Hampden – Island Brook – Johnville – Lingwick – Marbleton – Marsboro – Marston – Megantic – Milan – Milby – Newport – Orford – Randboro – Sandhill – Sawyerville – Scotstown – Sherbrooke – Stanstead – Stoke – Stornoway – Ste. Cécile – Tree Lakes – Westbury – Whitton – Winslow > Spiral binders $52. + taxes-shipping – CDs $34. + taxes-shipping

Item #57 – Compton County Protestant Families – (1815-1994) – Indexes of marriages – 261 pages – 3,580 marriages – Towns of: Birchton – Bishopton – Bulwer – Bury – Cookshire – Dudswell – East Angus – Eaton – Hampden – Island Brook –  – Lingwick – Marsboro – Megantic – Milan – Sawyerville – Scotstown – Stornoway – Westbury – Whitton – Winslow > Spiral binders $33. + taxes-shipping

 Item #58 – Compton County Protestant Families – (1800-1994) – Indexes of deaths – 355 pages – 10,200 deaths – Towns of: Ascot – Aukland – Barnston – Beebe – Beebe Plain – Birchton – Bishop’s Crossing – Bishopton – Brookbury – Bulwer – Bury – Canterbury – Clifton – Compton – Cookshire – Dudswell – East Angus – East Clifton – East Dudswell – Eaton – Eaton Corner – Galson – Gould – Gould Station – Hampden – Island Brook – Johnville – Lake Megantic – Lawrence – Lennoxville – Lingwick – Magog – Marbleton – Marsboro – Marston – Megantic – Milan – Milby – Newport – North Hill – Randboro – Red Mountain – Sandhill – Sawyerville – Scotstown – Sherbrooke – Stanstead – Stornoway – Weedon – Westbury – Whitton – Winslow > Spiral binders $39. + taxes-shipping – CDs $19. + taxes-shipping

 Item #80 – St. Patrick Catholic Parish – Sherbrooke – Indexes of marriages, baptisms, deaths (1889-2007) – 4,967 baptisms – 1,957 marriages – 1,965 deaths – 1,454 annotations – 550 pages > Spiral binders $55. + taxes-shipping – CDs $26. + taxes-shipping

 Item #95 – St. Peter’s Anglican – Sherbrooke – Indexes of baptisms, marriages, deaths (1822-1999) – 4,794 baptisms – 1,673 marriages – 3,750 deaths – 468 pages  Spiral binders $43 + taxes-shipping – CDs $25. + taxes-shipping

Compiled and researched by Jacques Gagné

gagne.jacques@sympatico.ca