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GENERAL
RESEARCH SOURCES
Arsenault,
Bona. Histoire et généalogie des
Acadiens. (6 vols.) Ottawa:
Editions Leméac, 1978.
(971.004/A781H) (See Jehn below.)
Arsenault,
Bona. History of the Acadians.
Ottawa: Editions Leméac, 1978.
(971.004/A781H)
Charbonneau,
Hubert and Jacques Légaré. Répertoire
des actes de baptême, marriage,
sepulture et des recensements du
Québec ancien. Montréal: Presses
de l’Université de Montréal, 1991.
(R971.4/R425 [complete] and
Q971.4/R425 [vols. 4 & 6 only])*
Douglas,
Althea. Tools of the Trade for
Canadian Genealogy. Toronto:
Ontario Genealogical Society, 2004. (R929.1/D733T)
Gaudet, Placide. Acadian Genealogy and
Notes Concerning the Expulsion. Pawtucket, RI: Quintin Publications, Inc., 1996.
(R971.6/G266A)
Geyh,
Patricia Keeney et al. French-Canadian
Sources: A Guide for Genealogists.
Orem, Utah: Ancestry Publishing, 2002.
(R971/F873)
Jehn,
Janet B. Corrections and Additions
to Arsenault’s Histoire et
généalogie des Acadiens.
Covington, KY: J. B. Jehn, 1988.
(Q971.004/J47C)
Miller, Douglas J. Miller’s Manual: A
Research Guide to the Major French-Canadian Genealogical Resources, What They
Are and How to Use Them. Pawtucket, RI: Quintin Publications, 1997.
(R971/M647M)
Moogk, Peter. La Nouvelle France: The
Making of French Canada – A Cultural History. East Lansing: Michigan State
University Press, 2000. (R971.01/M817N)
St. Denis, Louise. Finding Your
French-Canadian Ancestors (2nd ed.) Toronto: Heritage Productions, 2001.
(R971.4/S136F and 971.4/S136F)
Trudel,
Marcel. Introduction to New France.
Pawtucket, RI: Quintin Publications,
1997. (R971/T866I)
CENSUS
RECORDS
- Hillman,
Thomas A. Catalogue of Census
Returns on Microfilm (Catalogue de
Recensements sur microfilm), 1666-1891.
Ottawa: Public Archives of Canada,
1987. (R971/H654C and Q971/H654C)
- Hillman,
Thomas A. Catalogue of Census
Returns on Microfilm (Catalogue de
Recensements sur microfilm), 1901.
Ottawa: National Archives of Canada.
(R971/H654C)
- 1881
Canadian Census.
(3 discs) Salt Lake City, UT: Church of
Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2002.
(CD-ROM R971/E34
CHURCH
RECORDS
- Birkett,
Patricia. Checklist of Parish
Registers, 1986 (Répertoire de
registres paroissiaux, 1986).
Ottawa: National Archives of Canada,
1987. (R971/C514)
- Demers,
Armand H. Searching Through the Old
Records of New France. Pawtucket,
RI: Quintin Publications, 1999.
(R971/T164S) This book is an English
translation of Cyprien Tanguay’s A
Travers les Registres, which is
also available in French in Special
Collections. See below.)
- Parish
Registers of French North America.
Ottawa: Public Archives of Canada,
1967.* (Microfilm Drawer 97)
- Tanguay,
Cyprien. A Travers les Registres.
Montréal: Editions Elysée, 1978.
(R971/T164T)
- Thwaites,
Reuben Gold. The Jesuit Relations
and Allied Documents: Travels and
Explorations of the Jesuit
Missionaries in New France, 1610-1791.
(73 vols. in 36) New York: Pageant
Book Co., 1959. (R971.011/J58)
- White,
Jeanne Sauve. Guide to Québec
Catholic Parishes and Published Parish
Marriage Records. Baltimore:
Clearfield Publishing Company, Inc.,
1993. (R971.4/W585G)
CIVIL
RECORDS
- Inventaire
des Greffes des Notaires du Régime
Français
.
(Vols. 22, 24-27 only) Québec: Archives
Nationales du Québec, 1942-1976.
(R971.4/I62)
- Rapport
des archives nationales du Québec.
Québec: Ministère des affaires
culturelles, 1970-1973. (R971.4/R221
[vols. 51 and 53] and Q971.3/R221 [vols.
48-51])
- Roy,
Pierre-Georges. Inventaire des
testaments, donations et inventaires
du régime français conservés aux
archives judiciaires de Québec.
(3 vols.) Pawtucket, RI: Quintin
Publications, 1941. (R971.4/Q31)
FORT RECORDS
-
Faribault-Beauregard, Marthe. La population des forts français d’Amérique (2
vols.) Montreal: Editions Bergeron, 1982-1984. (R971/B383P and Q971/B383P)
(Include baptisms, marriages and burials.)
FRENCH-CANADIAN
FAMILIES
- Acadian-Cajun
Family Trees
.
Wolfville, NS: Progeny Publishing, 1999.
(CD-ROM R929.2/A168)
- Bergeron,
Adrien. Le Grand Arrangement des
Acadiens au Québec. (8 vols.)
Montréal: Editions Elysée, 1981.
(R971.4/B496G)
- Canadian
Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s.
Novato, CA: Broderbund, 1996. (CD-ROM
R971/F198)
- Dictionnaire
National des Canadiens-Français
(1608-1760)
(3 vols.) Woonsocket, RI:
American-French Genealogical Society,
2003. (R971.4/D554) (Vol. 1: A-K; Vol.
2: L-Z; Vol. 3: Historical Sketches)
- Jetté,
René. Dictionnaire
généalogique des familles du
Québec des origines à 1730.
Montréal: Presses de l’Université
de Montréal, 1983. (R971.4/J58D and
Q971.4/J58D)
- Lebel,
Gérard. Our French Canadian
Ancestors (Nos Ancêtres). (30
vols.) Palm Harbor, FL: LISI Press,
1993. (R971.4014/L4420 [Vols. 1-30]
and 971.4014/L4420 [1-16; 18-21])
- LeBoeuf,
J- Arthur. Complément au
dictionnaire généalogique Tanguay.
Montréal: Société Généalogique
Canadienne-Française, 1957.
(R971.4/L447C [7 vols. in one] and
Q971.4/L447C [vol. 1 only]. (See
Tanguay below.)
- Tanguay,
Cyprien. Dictionnaire
généalogique des familles
canadiennes. (7 vols.)
Pawtucket, RI: Quintin-Rock
Publications, 1982. (R971.4/T164D)
- Tanguay,
Cyprien. Dictionnaire
généalogique des familles
canadiennes. Baltimore:
Genealogical Publishing Co., 1967.
(Q971.4/T164D, vol. 1 only)
- White,
Stephen. Dictionnaire
généalogique des familles
acadiennes: Première partie, 1636
à 1714. (2 vols.) Moncton, New
Brunswick: Université de Moncton,
1999. (R971.5/W588E and
971.5/W588E)
- White, Stephen A. English
Supplement to the Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes: Part I,
1636 to 1714. Moncton, New Brunswick: Université de Moncton, 2000.
(971.5/W588I)
Heraldry
-
Massicotte, E. Z. and Regis Roy. Armorial du Canada Français. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1970. (971/M417A)
MARRIAGE
RECORDS
- Reisinger,
Joy and Elmer Courteau. The King’s
Daughters. Sparta, WI: Joy
Reisinger, 1988. (R971/R377K and
971/R377K)
- Roy,
Pierre-Georges. Inventaire des
contrats de marriage du régime
français conservés aux archives
judiciaires de Québec. (6 vols.)
Québec: [Archives de la province de
Québec], 1937-1938. (R971.4/R888I)
PERIODICALS
- Acadian
Genealogy Exchange
.
(Vols. 2-26, 1973-1997) Covington, KY:
J. B. Jehn, 1973- (Ask at desk.)
- French
Canadian and Acadian Genealogical
Review.
(Vols. 1-3 and 5 only, 1968-’69, ’71
and’75). Québec: Centre canadien des
recherches généalogique, 1968- (Ask at
desk.)
- Lost
in Canada.
(Vols. 1-16, 1975-1992 only) Sparta, WI:
Joy Reisinger, 1975-. (Ask at desk.)
- Mémoires
de la société généalogique
canadienne-française.
Vols. 46-48; 51-, 1995-1997; 2000-.
Montréal: Société généalogique
canadienne-française, 1944- (Ask at
desk.)
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