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New Online Resource: In Quarantine: Life and Death on Grosse Île, 1832-1937 Posted 04 November 2008 By Sylvie Tremblay, Acting Head, Canadian Genealogy Centre, Client Services Division, Library and Archives Canada Featuring a variety of documents preserved and digitized by LAC, such as lists of births and deaths at sea, hospital registers, journals, letters, photographs and maps, this virtual exhibition tells the story not only of the quarantine station, but also of the individuals who experienced life on the island. Immigrants at Grosse Île, a database containing thousands of digitized documents related to individuals who lived on Grosse Île, is now available through this website. You are invited to visit the site at: The contributions of many LAC staff were instrumental in the success of this project, and their efforts are much appreciated. LAC also wishes to thank Parks Canada for its participation and full cooperation in the creation of this virtual exhibition. Sylvie Tremblay Acting Head, Canadian Genealogy Centre Client Services Division, Library and Archives Canada More Quebec Genealogy & History Resources from Global Genealogy: 
CD ROM - Tanguay Collection - Version 3.0 - 2 CD Set By Rev Cyprien Tanguay and Joseph-Arthur Leboeuf This edition published by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 2011 The first CD contains all seven volumes of Dictionnaire généalogique des familles Canadiennes (Genealogical dictionary of Canadian families) originally published between 1871-1890. Covers Catholic vital records for the period of French Canada from 1608 to approximately 1760. Perhaps the most-well known and oft-quoted source for French-Canadian genealogy. The second CD includes three other inportant works including Complément au dictionnaire généalogique Tanguay (600 pages of corrections/additions to Tanguay) by LeBoeuf; À travers les registres (Gleanings from the Registers) by Tanguay; Répertoire général du clergé Canadien (Directory of Canadian Clergy) by Tanguay. Over 5,900 pages of essential information for those researching their early French Canadian or Catholic roots. More information
BOOK - L'île d'Orléans [Isle of Orleans, Quebec]By: Pierre Georges Roy Originally published by Historic Monuments Commission of the Province of Quebec, Quebec, 1928 This edition published by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 2011 (CD 2011) A high-quality production, our edition of L'île d'Orléans contains all of the pages of the original work, including the 14 full colour plates, plus a colour image of the origial cover. L'île d'Orléans is an essential read for everyone with an interest in French settlement in North America insofar as a large percentage of French Canadians and Franco-Americans can trace their ancestry to early residents of the island. Île d'Orléans has been described as the "microcosm of traditional Quebec and as the birthplace of francophones in North America." ISBN 978-1-926797-51-9 (Hardcover) More information
BOOK - Forests and Clearings - The History of Stanstead County, Province of Quebec, With Sketches of More Than Five Hundred Families Compiled by B. F. Hubbard Revised, Abridged, with Additions and Illustrations by John Lawrence Originally published by Lovell Printing and Publishing Co., Montreal, 1874 This edition by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 2010 This authoritive local history provides a comprehensive description of the history of Stanstead County from the time of the earliest European settlers until 1874. Genealogists and the descendants of those early pioneers and inhabitants of Stanstead county will especially be drawn to the collection of more than five hundred family histories/sketches. Overflowing with names, dates and places as well as local history of the community that the county's early families forged from the wilderness. ISBN 9781926797137 (Hardcover) More information
By Rev. Ernest M. Taylor, M.A. New Indexes by Arlene Royea [2009] Volume One - Originally published by John Lovell and Son, Montreal 1908 Volume Two - Originally published by John Lovell and Son, Montreal 1937 These facsimile reprints by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 2009 The Reverend Ernest M. Taylor created two volumes of history of Brome County and family sketches of the people who called Brome their home. The first volume was published in 1908. The author had intended to have the second volume ready soon after, "however, various matters occassioned the delay", not the least being the challenge of accumulating the histories of failies who settled in teh county pior to 1850. That second volume was published 29 years later in 1937. These works have been valued by historians and genealogists ever since. Both volumes include carefully prepared text that offers valuable insights into the early settlement and development of the County of Brome. More information
BOOK - History of Shefford [Shefford Township, Quebec]By Cyrus Thomas A historical reprint of the original 1877 book with a new every-name index. This historical reprint discusses the civil, ecclesiastical, biographical and statistical history of Shefford Quebec, as it was known by author C. Thomas in 1877. Of great interest to those who seek knowledge of the region during its early development and the personalities that guided it throughout its development. Local individuals and their accomplishments are included as well as lists of those who served in public office, sorted by year. ISBN 1-894378-46-6 (Hardcover) More information
BOOK - Sketches of Some Early Shefford Pioneers (Quebec, Canada) (1905).
By J. P. Noyes. The design of this book is to provide of a series of biographical sketches to accompany portraits of ten men who had, in one way or another, been intimately connected with the early history of Shefford. In telling the stories of these men, Noyes also shed considerable light on the settlement and development of Shefford, as well as on family members and others in the community up to 1905. . More information
BOOK - Pioneers of The Upper Ottawa, and The Humors of the Valley [Hull & Aylmer, Quebec area]By Anson Guard. Originally published by Emerson Press, Ottawa, 1905. This facsimile reprint by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 1999 (CD 2009) Genealogists will rejoice to see this new edition of Pioneers of the Upper Ottawa, with its wealth of genealogical information about families in the Aylmer-Eardley-South Hull area. The original edition of 1906, published by a small press in Ottawa, has disappeared so thoroughly that even libraries have not found copies to place in their rare book rooms. The core of the book, and the justification for republishing it after so many years of neglect, are the genealogies which occupy the last third of the volume. All the earliest families are listed, with information about who married whom, where migrant children have gone and whose farms various descendants occupy now. This historical reprint includes a new introduction and a new index. ISBN 1-894378-28-8 (Hardcover) More information
BOOK - History of The Ottawa Valley, A Collection of Facts and Reminiscences For Over Half A Century [Ontario & Quebec]
By J. M. Gourlay Originally published 1896 This edition published by Global Heritage Press, Milton 2008 (CD 2010) History of The Ottawa Valley is a great resource for those with an interest in the settlement and early development of the communities in the Ottawa Valley. The book addesses both the Ontario and Quebec sides of the Ottawa River. Seemingly endless references to specific settlers and early community leaders populate the pages of this respected history. Originally published in 1896 ISBN 1-978-1-897446-3-5 (Hardcover) More information
BOOK - Contributions To The History of The Eastern Townships, Accounts of the Early Settlement of St. Armand, Dunham, Sutton, Brome, Potton, and Bolton [Quebec, Canada] By Cyrus Thomas. Originally published by John Lovell, Montreal 1866. This facsimile reprint by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 2006 (CD 2009) Cyrus Thomas created a work that has endured as a valued reference work since it was first published by John Lovell, Montreal in 1866. It is a carefully prepared text that offers valuable insights into the early settlement and development of the Eastern Townships of present-day Quebec as reported by a witness from more than one hundred and forty years ago. ISBN 1-894378-91-1 (Hardcover) More information
BOOK - History of the Eastern Townships (1869) Province of Quebec, Dominion of CanadaBy Mrs. C.M. Day Originally published by John Lovell, Montreal, 1869 This edition published by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 2005 The author describes the founding and development of the Eastern Townships in detail. The book contains much biographical information about individuals and families who settled in the area. An invaluable reference for everyone with an interest in the early history of the Eastern Townships of Quebec (Lower Canada / Canada East). ISBN 1-897210-72-8 (Hardcover) More information
BOOK - Pioneers of the Eastern Townshipsby Mrs. C.M. Day Originally published by John Lovell, Montreal, 1863 This edition published by Global Heritage Press, Milton 2000 (CD 2010) This high quality historical reprint contains pioneer sketches of the first settlers in this area, as well as a very good description of what they encountered while establishing a life for themselves in the New World. New Index! According to the original author : "the object of the book is to bring a more lively remembrance of the hardships and privations suffered by the early settlers of these townships." ISBN 1-894378-45-8 (Hardcover) More information
BOOK - The Parish Registers of Births, Marriages, Deaths of St. Regis Roman Catholic Mission (Early Jesuit) 1784-1879 [Hogansburg, New York] Compiled by Duncan MacDonald Originally published by MacDonald Research Centre, Brockville, 1989 This edition published by MacDonald Research*, Milton, 2010 (CD 2012) *MacDonald Research is an imprint of GlobalGenealogy.com Inc. This pair of books contain the transcribed Baptism, Burial and Marriage registers of St. Regis Roman Catholic Mission of Hogansburg, New York which began as an early Jesuit Mission that served Roman Catholics the area in New York State that is on the American side of the St. Lawrence River east of Ogdensburg, South Glengarry Township (Ontario), and south western tip of the province of Quebec. South Glengarry Township is in the present-day united counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. More information...
BOOK - Montreal Directory, 1868-69Compiled by John Lovell & Co. Originally published by John Lovell & Co., Montreal, 1868 This edition published by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 2000 (CD 2011) The John Lovell directory of the city of Montreal for the years of 1868 to 1869 contains an alphabetical listing of the citizens of the city and a street directory that lists head of household an occupation of occupant of each address. It also includes subscribers and advertisers classified business directories and a miscellaneous directory. ISBN 1-894378-38-5 (Hardcover) More information
BOOK - History of Compton County and Sketches of the Eastern Townships, District of St. Francis, and Sherbrooke CountyCompiled by L.S. Channell Originally published by L.S Channell, Cookshire, 1896 This edition published by Global Heritage Press, Milton 1999 (CD 2009) After more than 100 years, this book is still considered an essential resource for those with an interest in the early settlement history of Commpton County, and its founding families. Filled to the brim with biographical sketches, first-hand accounts, and historical records from a wide array of primary and secondary sources, The History of Compton County will continue to delight readers and researchers for centuries to come. Most information was gathered from old settlers, old newspapers, government reports, municipal records, and written accounts left by some pioneers. ISBN 1-894378-13-X (Hardcover) More information
BOOK - History of the Counties of Argenteuil, Quebec & Prescott, OntarioBy: Cyrus Thomas Originally published by John Lovell & Son, Montreal, 1896. This facsimile reprint by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 1999 (CD 2010) Cyrus Thomas, educator and author, wrote this comprehensive history of neighboring counties - one in Quebec, and one in Ontario - in 1896. This book remains the foremost published history of the settlement and development of the region up to its publication date in 1896. The historical and family sketches included in History of the Counties of Argenteuil, Quebec & Prescott, Ontario, contain a wealth of names and genealogical information that will be of great interest to those with an interest in the history and families of the region. ISBN 1-894378-06-7 (Hardcover) More information
BOOK - The History of the County of Huntingdon, and of the Seigniories of Chateaugay and Beauharnois from Their Settlement to the year 1838 By Robert Sellar Originally published by Canadian Gleaner, Huntingdon, 1888 This edition published by Global Heritage Press, Milton 2010 This thick county history is overflowing with the history of the settlement and advancement of the Quebec county of Huntingdon and the seigniories of Chateaugay and Beauharnois from the time of the first Europwan settlement up to 1838. Lists of occupants of properties and first settlers are a windfall for family historians who seek information about their ancestors who settled or lived in the community. Much anecdotal and biographical information about specific individuals is included in this fine local history. ISBN 9781926797045 (Hardcover) More information
BOOK - Pontiac County Protestant Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1864-1911, St. George's, St. Stephen's & St. Mathew's Anglican ChurchesBy Dawn Murphy This book consists of information extracted from microfiche records of Anglican circuit riders and churches from Pontiac County Quebec. Pontiac County is located on the Ottawa River, upstream from the present day cities of Ottawa & Hull, situated opposite the Ontario counties of Renfrew and Lanark. Many of the family names contained in this book will be familiar to those who have researched in Lanark and Renfrew as there was a great deal of migration between the counties. ISBN 1-894378-09-1 (Hardcover) More information
BOOK - St. Joseph De Soulange, Les Cèdres, Québec. Some Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1777-1833By Duncan MacDonald Originally published by MacDonald Research Centre, Brockville, 1991 This edition published by MacDonald Research, Milton, 2010 This book includes carefully transcribed records of baptisms, marriages and burials from 1777 until 1833 that were recorded in the regiters of St. Joseph De Soulange Roman Catholic Church in Les Cèdres, Québec. Also included are images of pages from the original registers. ISBN: 9781926797243 (Hardcover) More information
RESEARCH AID - French Canadian Genealogy ResearchBy: Denise R. Larson Published by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 2011 French-Canadian genealogical research has never been so easy. In just four laminated pages, Denise R. Larson, author of the best-selling Companions of Champlain: Founding Families of Quebec,1608-1635, lays out the basic elements of French-Canadian research, boiling the subject down to its essence and allowing you to grasp the fundamentals of French-Canadian research at a glance. ISBN 9780806318745 More information
BOOK - Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec - JETTÉBy René Jetté Published by Presses de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, 2003 Edition This cornerstone of French Canadian genealogical research lists Quebec marriages, births and deaths from 1621 to 1730 using parish records, census records, notarial records, and others. Jette sometimes includes several generations of a family, often taking them back to their origins in France. This edition includes a 37 page supplement of corrections that was added in 2002. More than 1100 pages of genealogical extractions. ISBN 978-2-89105-815-5 More information
By Peter J. Gagné Published by Quintin Publications, Orange Park, 2001-2008 A groundbreaking biographical dictionary of the nearly 800 women and girls sent from France to populate Quebec between 1663 and 1673. The introduction explains the need for the program, compares it to similar initiatives by the British and Spanish, dispels misconceptions about the Filles du Roi and gives a history of the program in Canada. Includes information and index to husbands of Filles du Roi. Written in English. ISBN 1-58211-950-3 (vol 1) (Softcover); ISBN 1-58211-731-4 (vol 2) (Softcover) More information
BOOK - Before The King's Daughters: The Filles a Marier, 1634-1662By Peter J. Gagné Published by Quintin Publications, Orange Park, 2002-2008 Before the state-sponsored immigration program that sent nearly 800 women known as Filles du Roi to Québec, 262 brave and adventurous women made the journey to New France on their own. Sent by relatives and religious organizations or enlisting on their own account, these women did not benefit from a paid passage and dowry drawn from the King’s treasury, but they did face the same if not worse hardships and dangers as earlier settlers. Known as the Filles à Marier or “marriageable girls,” they were the first single women to set foot in the colony since its return from the English in 1632. ISBN 1-58211-932-5 (Softcover) More information
BOOK - The Good Regiment. The Carignan-Salieres Regiment in Canada, 1665-1668
By: Jack Verney. In 1665 the Carignan-Salieres Regiment was sent to Canada by King Louis XIV to quell the Iroquois, whose attacks were strangling the colony's fur based economy and threatening to destroy it's tiny settlements. In this book, Jack Verney reveals that soldiers in the Carignan-Salieres Regiment were not saintly knights but caroused, womanized, and gambled just like those of any other infantry. Many of their members married some of the first French women to come to the colonies, and some married women from the 'Fille du Roi' immigration.ISBN 1-58211-932-5 (Softcover) More information
BOOKS - Our French Canadian Ancestors [28 Volume Series]By Thomas J. Laforest Published by Lisi Press, Palm Harbour, Florida This fine series of books contains biographies of many hundreds of our first French ancestors as well as interesting and informative articles on life in early New France, maps and illustrations. The source material for this English language edition of Our French Ancestors was the French language series Nos Ancêtres by R. P. Gerard Lebel and M. Jean-Jacques Saintonge. Thomas J. Laforest translated the original work to English, added an index of names, a bibliography, maps, illustrations, appendices, and two introductory chapters on colonial life in New France. A full index and information about each of the 28 volumes can be found here: More information 
BOOK - Companions of Champlain, Founding Famlies of Quebec, 1608-1635 By Denise R. Lawson. Drawing on primary and reliable secondary sources, this work provides readers with a concise historical overview of the founding of Quebec and French-Canadian culture. It also supplies readers with the research tools necessary to link their family lines with those of the original 18 pioneer families who inhabited Quebec during the lifetime of the city's founder, Samuel de Champlain. Companions of Champlain was produced to honor the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City and to enable North Americans on both sides of the border to appreciate more fully their French-Canadian heritage. ISBN 9780806353678 More information
BOOK - The French-Canadian Heritage in New England By Gerard J. Brault The French-Canadian Heritage in New England is a comprehensive historical, sociological, and cultural introduction to the sizable Franco-American population in New England. From 1865 to 1920 thousands of French Canadians immigrated to New England from Quebec and Acadia; today Franco-Americans are the third largest ancestry group in New England, outnumbered only by the English and the Irish. In his account of their history and culture, Gerard Brault follows the migration of French Canadians to New England, their experience as a community in the United States, and the many aspects of their cultural legacy: literature and folklore, art and architecture, education and politics. ISBN 0-7735-0537-7 More information
BOOK - The Fortifications of Île Aux Noix, A portrait of the defensive strategy on the Upper Richelieu Border in the 18th and 19th centuries [Quebec, near USA border] By André Charbonneau Published by Department of Canadian Heritage, Ottawa, 1994 As a key element in Canada's defense strategy during the past two centuries, Île aux Noix has been the stuff of myth making. André Charbonneau, an historian with Parks Canada, has set the record straight with the first-ever detailed study of Île aux Noix and other military positions along Quebec's Richelieu River. His research casts new light on defence strategies that helped define Canada. Île aux Noix is a 210 acre island in the Richelieu River in Quebec, just inside the Canadian border. ISBN 978-0660151946 (Hardcover) More information
CD ROM - Quebec Land Grants Indexed by Surname - Complete Set Land records are a critical source of information for family historians. They place a person/family at a specific place at a definite time and date. The information on this CD is organized in an alphabetical index format (sorted by Surname) to the Land Grants by the crown, in the province of Quebec from 1763 to 1890. An alphabetical index, county by county of those persons who received a Crown Land Grant from 1763-1890. More information BOOKLETS - Crown Land Grants of Quebec. By: Reprinted by QFHS. Terrific reference, sorted alphabetically by surname.More information CD ROM - "Red Drouins" - The "Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Francais 1608-1760" Economical source for all three volumes of the RED DROUIN. More information BOOK - Les Écossais: The Pioneer Scots of Lower Canada (Quebec), 1763-1855 By: Lucille H. Campey. This is the first fully documented account, produced in modern times, of the migration of Scots to Lower Canada (Quebec). Scots were in the forefront of the early influx of British settlers, which began in the late eighteenth century. More information BOOK - Finding Your French Canadian Ancestors 2nd Ed. by L. St. Denis. This publication includes over 150 resources to assist in finding your French-Canadian Ancestors. More information BOOK - Finding your Ancestors in English Quebec. by Althea Douglas. This publication includes: how to locate documents, what records are open or closed, and what published sources are best, unique research methods for finding your ancestors in English Quebec. More information BOOK - Crofters and Habitants- Settler Society, Economy, and Culture in a Quebec Township, 1848-1881. by J.I. Little. In Crofters and Habitants, J.I. Little examines the ways in which two highly distinct social groups- Gaelic-speaking crofters from the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Herbrides and French-speaking habitants from south of Quebec City- adapted to a common physical environment in the rugged Appalachian plateau of south-eastern Quebec. More information BOOK - Habitants and Merchants in Seventeenth Century Montreal By: Louise Dechene. The island of Montreal in the seventeenth century as a case study for an analysis of the establishment of colonial society, investigates the emergence of urban and rural communities that were shaped by both their French cultural backgrounds and the new environment. More information BOOK - The Loyalists of Quebec, 1774, 1825 by Montreal U.E.L. More information BOOK - The Seigneurial System in Early Canada, A Geographical Study. By: Richard Colebrook Harris. With remarkable clarity, Harris unfolds a detailed picture of the landscape of early Canada and of the people who created it. The reissue of this important volume will be welcomed by all interested in early European societies in North America. More information 
BOOK - The Christie Seigneuries, Estate Management and Settlement in the Upper Richelieu Valley, 1760-1854 By: Francoise Noel Published by McGill-Queen`s University Press, Montreal, 1992 In The Christie Seigneuries, Françoise Noël provides a detailed case study of the Christie Seigneuries in the Upper Richelieu Valley (in what is now Quebec) during the period from the French surrender to the British in 1760 to the commutation act of 1854 ending seigneurial tenure. While most seigneurial studies have focused on the censitaires, Noël examines the administrative practices of the seigneurs themselves. ISBN: 9780773508767 More information
BOOK - Guide to Quebec Catholic Parishes and Published Parish Marriage Records. by Jeanne Sauve White. This book is intended to help researchers locate their Catholic ancestors in Quebec, Canada. More information BOOK - Quebec, 1759 The Seige And The Battle by C.P. Stacey Edited and with new material by Donald E. Graves A superb account of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham -- a turning point in the history of North America. More information More Canadian Genealogy & History Resources from Global Genealogy:
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