Your Guide to Finding Quebec Ancestors

Wikipedia: Quebec

Province of Quebec 1763-1791

The Quebec Act (1774)

If the census records say Canada East or Lower Canada

Guides * Maps * Ethnic Groups * Libraries and Archives * Resources * More Links *

Guides & Periodicals

French Canadian Sources: A Guide for Genealogists 2002 (find in a library)

Research Aid: French Canadian Genealogy Research. 2011 (this is a one page, laminated quick-guide)

Finding Your Ancestors in English Quebec. 2001. (find in a library)

Finding Your French Canadian Ancestors. 2001. (find in a library)

Our French Canadian Ancestors

Maps

Map of Quebec (Province)

Province of Quebec in 1774

Ethnic Groups

Acadians

• Acadians of Quebec (find in a library)
• French Acadian and Acadian Genealogical Review

French

• Miller's Manual, A Research Guide to the Major French-Canadian Genealogical resources... What They are and How to Use Them. 1997 (find in a library)
• Drouin
• Tanguay
  • Online copy of Tanguay
• LeBoeuf. Complement to Tangua
• Jette Dictionnaire genealogique des familles du Quebec. 1983. (find in a library)
  • Quebec Families Jette describes and explains how to use Jette. You'll want to read this before you have a copy of Jette in hand!
• Understanding Names
• French Names
  • The dits names -- a nice, concise explanation..
  • Understanding Dit Names (an About.com page)
  • Surnames French-Canadian: Variants, Dit, Anglicization, etc. -- a very comprehensive listing.
  • French-Canadian Given Names:English Variants, Anglicization's, Latin -- this chart is in order by French name, so you will have to peruse the whole to find all of the possibilities for an English equivalent. For example, Charles in English could have originally been (in French) Charles or Telesphore. Use the "find on a page" search to find all possibilities.
  • The "Dit" Name: French-Canadian Surnames - Aliases, Adulterations and Anglicizations (find in a library)

Irish

• Irish Quebecers (Wikipedia)
• Articles about the Irish in Quebec
• Canadian Irish Studies Foundation
• Griffintown
• The Irish Catholic Churches in Quebec

Scots

• Les Écossais: The Pioneer Scots of Lower Canada (Quebec), 1763-1855 (find in a library)
• Oatmeal and the Catechism, Scottish Gaelic Settlers in Quebec. (find in a library)

Libraries and Archives

Bibliotheque et Archives Natinales du Quebec (this link is to the English pages)

There are 9 Archives Centers

Resources

Census

Churches

• A Genealogical Guide to the Catholic Churches of the Province of Quebec. 1996. (find in a library)
• Parish/Town Guide to the Province of Quebec (find in a library)
• Guide to Quebec Catholic Parishes and Published Parish Marriage Records. (find in a library)