The Catholic Parish Registers in Angoumois – Aunis – Limousin – Marche – Périgord – Saintonge of the 17th & 18th Centuries

What to expect while researching online at about 92 Archives départementales de France – Free Online searches with free downloads of original Church Registers or original Civil Registers or original Notarial acts through the web or smart phones. No memberships required with the exception of one archive and at the latter, the online research process is also free, once you have completed a one-page online request.

The contents of this database :

• List of Archives Repositories
• Genealogy Socieities
• History of the regions

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Map of Paris and Ile de France

Below are excerpts from the attached database:

“Catholic baptism records began in many regions of France in 1539, some regions a few years later. Marriage documents five years later. Death about ten years after marriage dossiers. In a few Catholic parishes, acts of baptisms have survived dating back to1334 and 1357 within the region of Saône-et-Loire.”

“Subsequently, both Parish Registers from about 1539 to 1793 (Registres paroissiaux) and Civil Registers from 1793 onward (Registres de l’état civil) were the responsibility of the newly created départements. In 2020, 95 such départements. A département is a mini state or mini province.”

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Catholic Parish Registers of Paris and Ile de France

Catholic Parish Registers in Normandy, France of the 17^th and 18^th centuries.

For genealogists researching Catholic ancestors in Normandy, France, it is useful to understand some French history, pre and post Revolution, in order to navigate modern French bureaucracy.

Whether you do or do not speak the French language, here is Jacques Gagne’s list -in English- of the best free online research tools with some helpful historical – and technical – background. The Filae.com files are accessible only through a membership to their website.

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These institutions are highly active in the field or Oral History :

• Concordia University,
• Dawson College,
• UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal),
• Centre d’histoire de Montréal,
• Université de Sherbrooke,
• UQAC( Université du Québec à Chicoutimi),
• UQAR (Université du Québec à Rimouski.

In full partnership and cooperarion, BAnQ with all of the groups and above educational institutions listed have agreed to post online at BAnQ Numérique, as dossiers at BAnQ Advitam, as documents or books at BAnQ Catalogue, and papers penned by professors, authors, historians, university students, college students in both the English and French languages, all addressing: Oral Interviews.

the following is what can be found at BAnQ addressing Oral History.

• BAnQ Numérique– Oral History – Histoire orale – Three online databases : 48,765 online dossiers / 13,117 online dossiers / 10,247 online dossiers.
• BAnQ Catalogue – Oral History – Histoire orale – Three databases (some of the items can be
• BAnQ Advitam – Oral History – Histoire orale – One database with 1,161 dossiers

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Oral Archives Québec

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The following database contains a collection of selected works by authors who wrote about the many nationalities who immigrated to Canada from the late 1700’s to today.

Below is a brief sample of authors and the title of their books.

Douglas J. Borthwick  Montreal its history : to which is added biographical sketches,  .

Patrick Donovan – The Irish – Irish Famine Orphans in Canada

Mary Alice Downie – Chinese in Montreal: Early voices

Dany Fougères – Montreal – A history of a North American City

Laurent Busseau – Montreal’s Italian Community – Guido Nincheri

Collectif (various authors) – List of notaries whose notarial records are deposited at the archives of the city and district of Montreal

Collectif (various authors) – 1881 – Montreal Guide Book with Map

Jacques Lacoursière – People’s History of Quebec

John McConniff – 1890 – Montreal – Illustration, history, scenery, grand institutions – Vol 1 & 2 & 3 & 4

Ken McGoogan – Flight of the Highlanders – The Making of Canada Montreal’s Jewish community from the 1880s to 1945

Denis Vaugeois – The first Jews in North America. The extraordinary story of the Hart family 1760-1860

Click the following link to access the database.

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The British Isles American, European Immigrants to Quebec from 1759 onward – South West Quebec – Richelieu Valley

The database consists of the many authors who wrote about immigration to Canada.

Below is a sampling of the titles and their content.

Robert J. Fraser – Scots of the Seaway Valley – As others see us >

J.I. Little – Borderland Religion – The emergence of a Canadian identity 1792-1852

Burton Lang – Old and new placenames of South Western Quebec

Harvey Mann – Samuel Jacobs (Schmuel Jacobs) – The Jew of St. Denis (Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu) 1761-1786

J. L. Hubert Neilson – Sorel – St-Jean-sur-Richelieu – Laprairie – The Royal Canadian Volunteers 1794-1802

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The British Isles American, European Immigrants to Quebec from 1759 onward – South West Quebec – Richelieu Valley

The Fenians were a group of Irish Patriots living in the United States having left Ireland during the Potato Famine and the crop failures. Millions of Irish citizens immigrated to the United States, Canada and Australia.

This secret society had one goal in mind and that was Irish independence from Britain. They began by launching several small attacks  beginning in 1866. In Canada. The Fenians were taken seriously and Britain and Canada had spies infiltrate the Fenians. The Canadians  had 10,000 volunteers called  up for duty. However, these volunteers were poorly trained and lack supplies including rifles. Several days later the Fenians crossed the border near Huntingdon and as they were advancing they realized that opposition was converging on them.

The Battle of Ridgeway was  the largest raid fought  by Canadians. They defeated the Fenians at Pidgeon Hill.

There was a lull for several years and then in 1870. 13,000 volunteers were called up to defend the borders. The Fenians remained largely an effective group.

Click here to access a database of Authors who have written about the Fenian Raids in Quebec.

Click on the above link to access the many authors who have written books on the Fenian raid.

Twenty Confederate soldiers attacked the village of St. Albans, Vermont on October 19, 1864. The raid was planned to avenge assaults on Southern cities, to obtain money needed by the Confederacy, and to cause confusion and panic on the Northern border. The raiders robbed three banks of more than $200,000, killed one citizen and wounded two others, stole a number of horses, and tried unsuccessfully to burn down the town. The Confederates, with Vermonters in close pursuit, escaped across the Canadian border. Eventually several were captured and arrested by Canadians.  MilitaryHistoryNow.com

Click below to access St. Alban’s Raid of 1864.

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