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Most of the French-Canadian Research Resources at the SCGS Library in Burbank

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Blue Drouin

  • There are 2 versions – male 49 volumes; female 64 volumes
  • Contains between 1 and 2 million marriages, mostly Québec
  • There are only 4 other libraries in the U.S. with this resource

Microfiche cabinet

Loiselle index

  • Covers the period 1608-1972
  • Cross-indexed by bride and groom
  • Contains over 400,000 marriages taken from over 400 parishes mostly in the province of Québec, the Ottawa area of Ontario, Madawaska County in New Brunswick, Ste Anne’s in Fall River, MA and some records from Manchester, NH

Microfiche cabinet

Marriage records

  • Covers over 1,030 parishes in Québec, Ontario and other provinces.
  • In book form, covers approximately 500 other parishes in Québec Ontario, Acadia, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts
  • Includes some baptismal and burial records

Microfiche cabinet

French-Canadian Families of the North Central States by Lareau and Courteau

  • Contains genealogies of many of the French-Canadians who settled in Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Wisconsin
  • 8 volumes

929.4 COLL
/GENEALO
FRENCH
CANADIAN

Bibliographie de l’histoire du Québec at du Canada by Paul Aubin and  Louis Marie Coté
  • 1946-1965, 2 volumes, 1395 pages
  • 1966-1976, 2 volumes, 1430 pages
  • 1976-1980, 2 volumes, 1316 pages
  • 1981-1985, 2 volumes, 2073 pages

971.0 CAN
/BIBLIOG

Bibliographie annotée d’ouvrages généalogies au Canada by K. Mennie-de-Vavennes
  • Annotated bibliography of genealogical works of Canada
  • 6 volumes

971.0 CAN
/BIBLIOG
GENEALOG

Dictionary of Canadian Biography
  • Covers the period 1000-1890
  • 11 volumes

971.0 CAN
/BIOGRAP

200 Family Trees from USA to Canada to France by Youville Labonte
  • Starts with the obituary of a Maine resident tracing the descendant through French-Canada back to his earliest ancestor
  • Includes a recitation of the information in the obituary

971.0 CAN
/GENEALO

Your Ancient Canadian Family Tiesby Reginald Olivier
  • Covers the period 1618-1700

971.0 CAN
/IMMIGRA
PIONEERS

The “King’s Daughters” Among our Ancestors by Louise Pomeroy
  • Fille du roi
  • 3 volumes

971.0 CAN
/IMMIGRA
KINGSDAU

Nos Origines en France des Debuts à 1825 by N. Robert
  • Each book lists all the known ancestors who emigrated to New France from each Department in France
  • 10 volumes

971.0 CAN
/IMMIGRA
FRENCH

Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France
  • 2 volume index
  • Entire 73 volumes on CD

971.0 CAN
JESUIT
/INDEX
1610-1791

Metis Families – Genealogical Compendium by Gail Morin
  • 6 volumes

971.0 CAN
/NATIVE
METIS

Miller’s Manual
  • A “how-to” research guide in English
  • A Research Guide to French-Canadian Genealogical Resources
  • Explains in simple terms how to research Drouin, Jette, the PRDH, and Tanguay and baptismal, marriage, and burial records in general

971.0 CAN
/REFEREN
HANDBOOK

The dit Name: French-Canadian Surnames, Aliases, Adulterations, and Anglicizations by R. J. Quintin

971.0 CAN
/SURNAME

Manitoba Scrip by Gail Morin

 

971.2 MAN
/LAND
SCRIP

Our French-Canadian Ancestors by Laforest
  • 30 volumes

971.4 QUE
/ANCESTO

Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec des origines à 1730 by René Jetté
  • Genealogies of the families of early Québec
  • Covers the period 1621-1730

971.4 QUE
/BIOGRAP

The French-Canadians 1600-1900 by N. M. Elliot
  • An Alphabetized Directory of the People, Places and Vital Dates
  • 3 Volumes
  • Contains 468,000 names taken from city and town directories, marriage records, land records, and other sources

971.4 QUE
/DIRECTO

Historical and Genealogical Atlas of Québec from Antiquity to the 20th Century

 

971.4 QUE
/GENEALO
ATLAS

Recueil de généalogies des Comtes de Beauce, Dorchester, Frontenac by Frere Eloi-Gerard

  • Covers the period 1625-1946
  • 11 volumes

971.4 QUE
/GENEALO
1625-

Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français 1608-1760 by Drouin
  • 2 volumes of marriage records
  • 1 volume containing historical data, coats of arms, etc.
  • Covers the period 1608-1760

971.4 QUE
/MARRIAGE
DROUIN
MALE

Répertoire des actes de baptême, marriage, sepulture, et des recensements du Québec ancien

  • 47 volumes referred to as the PRDH
  • Covers the period 1621-1765
  • Contains most of the printed parish records – baptisms, marriages, burials, censuses, marriage contracts, hospital sick lists, etc.
  • Lists everyone present at the ceremony

971.4 QUE
/VITALS
CENSUS

PRDH
  • Same as above but in CD form
  • Covers the period 1621-1799

On Patron computer

Dictionnaire généalogique des familles Canadiennes by Mgr. Tanguay
  • Contains extensive genealogies of early Canadian families in French Canada from the beginning of the Colony
  • Covers the period 1608-1700

971.4 QUE
/VITALS
MARRIAGE

Dictionnaire généalogique des familles Acadiennes by Stephen A. White
  • 2 volumes in French + 1 supplement in English
  • Covers the period 1636-1714

971.6 NS
ACADIA
/DICTION

Histoire et Généalogie des Acadians by Arsenault
  • 6 volumes

971.6 NS
ACADIA/
HISTORY
GENEALOG

Le Grand Arrangement des Acadians au Québec by Adrien Bergeron
  • Genealogies and histories
  • 8 volumes

971.6 NS
/ACADIANS
QUEBEC
DEPORTA

Familles Acadiennes by Leopold Lanctot

  • 2 volumes

971.6 NS
ACADIENS
/FAMILY
HISTORYS

Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records

  • 19 volumes
  • Covers the period 1718-1831

976.3 LA
ORLEANS
NEWORLEA
/CHURCH

Southwest Louisiana Records by Rev Donald Hebert
  • Church and civil records of settlers
  • Covers the period 1756-1903
  • 35 volumes

976.3 LA
/VITALS

French Families of the Detroit River Region 1701-1936 by Rev. Fr. Denissen
  • 2 volumes

977.4 MI
/GENEALO
DETROIT
RIVERREG

Periodical collections for the following Societies:

  • American Canadian Genealogist – American Canadian Genealogical Society, Manchester, NH
  • Je Me Souviens – American-French Genealogical Society, Pawtucket, RI
  • The Canadian Maple Leaf – French-Canadian Genealogical Society of Connecticut
  • Lost in Canada

 

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