Source

Identification

Author

Year Published

ISBN

Comments

A.H.O.D.M.

A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts

Reprint edition by Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association of Deerfield

Very good source

091227414X

From 1636-1886, history, biographies, battles, names, dates, Indian Wars, children, etc.

A.M.E.N.B.

Genealogies of the Catholic Families of Aroostook Cnty., Maine, and the Catholic Diocese of Edmondston, New Brunswick

Reverend Ernest Lang

Very good source

4 Volumes, printed in 1997 by Quintin Publications.

Volume 1:

Volume 2:

Volume 3:

Volume 4:

0886560383

0886560390

0886560404

0886560412

Repertoire of marriages; names, dates parents, locations

A.M.P.R.N.Y.

Assumption of Mary Parish, Redford, New York

1996, by Norther New York American-Canadian Genealogical Society

Alphabetical, Baptisms: 1853-1910, Marriages: 1853-1923, Burials: 1853-1923

A.P.R.K.O.

Anglican Parish Register, Kingston – Ontario

Rev. John Stuart

Russ Waller

Good source

1990

Indexed

B.B.S

Best Bill’s Sources

Numerous

Mixed sources from personal files.  No one source can be named.

B.D.

Blue Drouin

Official title:  “Repertoire Alphabetique des Mariages des Canadiens Francois, 1760-1935”

Institute Genealogique Drouin

The institute, originally headed by Claude Drouin no longer exists.  Claude sold the rights to these books – mostly to the Rhode Island Genealogical Society.

Very reliable source.

5 printings.  The fifth printing was the final printing.

113 Volumes of marriages split into dark blue (Female) and light blue (Male)

Mostly Catholic marriages, but the books do contain some non-Catholic marriages.  Some marriages prior to 1760 and after 1940.  Title indicates Québec marriages only, but some other locations are included as well. 

B.S.L.A.R.

Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution

Lorenzo Sabine

Very good source.

2 Volumes, printed 1864, Boston, Massachusetts

Alphabetical by surname.

C.I.C.K.N.Y.

Church of the Immaculate Conception, Keeseville, New York

2001, Northern New York American Canadian Genealogical Society

Alphabetical - Marriages, Births and Deaths, 1835-1925

C.L.G.

Crown Land Grants, Québec

Government du Québec, Ministere de la Justice

Very good source.

1 volume, no print date

None

List of lands granted by the crown in the province of Québec, 1763-1890.

Contains names, townships, counties, acres, date of letters-patent, registered # letter & page numbers.

C.O.C.

Chronicles of Canada

Press of the Hunter-Rose Co., of Toronto

Excellent source.

32 Volumes, printed in 1920

Each volume is by various authors who, I suspect, are a specialist in their field for all the different subjects and time periods of history.

Volume 1 starts with the first man in Canada/Aboriginies, and Volume 32 ends with the building of Canadian railroads in 1914.

D.B.P.N.S.

Deaths, Burials & Probate of  Nova Scotia – 1747 – 1799

Allan Everett Marble-Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia

1990

2 Volumes

D.M.F.

Drouin Microfilm

Institute Genealogique Drouin.  Distributed in 1999 by Jean-Pierre Pepin.

Very Reliable source.

Initial work to compile data begun in 1940.

32 films, double-sided, from New France beginning into 1940s

Also known as “The Lost Marriages” and “Hard-to-Find Marriages”.  Originally for Québec, but many other Canadian provinces and some U.S. States also included.  All religions included.

D.R.C.H.S.N.Y.

Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York Procured in Holland, England and France

John Romeyn Brodhead, Esq.

Excellent source

15 Volumes, printed: 1856, 1600s, 1700s

Alphabetical index.  Actual documents.

D.R.R.

Genealogy of the French Families of the Detroit River Valley, 1701-1936

Rev. Father Christian Denissen, published by Detroit Society for Genealogical Research

Very good source.

2 volumes, First printing, 1976, Revised printing 1987 (my source)

0943112028

Births, baptisms, burials, cemeteries, children, marriages, etc., for the Detroit River region, with some Lac St. Clair, Lake Erie, Windsor, Sandwich, Ontario and south coast of Ontario.  Can also contain origins, i.e., France and Ireland.

D.S.E.C.B.C

A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada Before Confederation

Donald Whyte, Ontario Genealogical Society

Very good source.

Volume 1, printed 1986

Volume 2, printed 1995

0920036090

0777909199

Alphabetical, very short history of vital statistics for each name.

E.N.E.T.Q

Extracts From Newspapers of the Eastern Townships of Québec, 1823-1849

Diana Hibbert Bailey

Very good source.

1998

Includes: 

The Stanstead Colonist

The St. François Gazette

The Sherbrooke Gazette

The Missisquoi Standard

The Stanstead Journal

Lists births, deaths, marriages, indexed.

FAB

Fabien Collection

Ottawa, Canada Archives. 

25 Microfilms for Eastern Ontario

Good source, but missing a lot of info; e.g., names of parents.

Printed in 1981

Marriages only.  Can also contain some obituaries, but infrequent.

Used primarily for Eastern Ontario research.

F.P.W.

Francis Parkman’s Works

Francis Parkman

Excellent source.

Published 1899, Toronto

16 Volumes

Begins:  “Pioneers of France in the New World; last volume is “The Oregon Trail.”

Parkman is perhaps one of the most famous and most quoted historians.

G.F.H.N.N.Y

Genealogical & Family History of Northern New York

Very good source

Published 1910 by William Richard Cutter,

Reprinted 2000 by Clearfield Publishing Co.

080635030X

1700s to early 1900s.  Gives history of families and all other statistics.

G.F.H.S.V.

Genealogical & Family History of the State of Vermont

Honorable Hiram Carleton

2 volumes ~1,450 pgs each.

Originally published, 1903, reprinted 1998

(Reprint):

0806347945

Covers up to 1902.

G.I. 1847

A Register of Deceased Persons at Sea and on Grosse Ile in 1847

André Charbonneau & Doris Drolet-Dube, produced through Canadian Heritage, Ottawa, Parks Canada

Very good source

1997

0660168774

Deaths and burials at Grosse Île, Emigrants, employees, sailors, others who died on ships and in quarantine; married women who died and were buried there.  Also lists ships names that arrived at Grosse Île and Québec City.

H.A.S.A.V.

Holy Angels, St. Albans, Vermont, 1873-1930

2005, The Vermont French Canadian Genealogical Society

0-9761263-3-8

Alphabetical – Marriages, 1873-1930

H.I.

History of Ireland

Rev. Geoffrey Keating

Very good source.

Originally published 1866, reprint volumes:

Volume 1-------

Volume 2-------

Volume 3-------

0940134440

0940134480

0940134497

History and surname information

H.I.C.C.N.Y.

Headstone Inscriptions, Clinton County, New York

Vol 1 (2004)

Vol 2 (2004

Vol 3 (2004)

0-9749999-3-8

0-9749999-2-X

0-9749999-4-6

Alphabetical.  Actual tombstone reading with tombstone location(s).

H.N.

A History of Newfoundland from the English Colonial and Foreign Records, with supplement, “The Churches in Newfoundland.”

D. W. Prowse

Very good source.

Originally published 1895

1 Volume

H.N.C.N.Y.

History of the North Country, New York

Harry F. Landon

3 Volumes ~4,000 pgs.

Published: 1932

Includes:  Jefferson, St. Lawrence, Oswego, Lewis, Franklin counties.  Indexed.

H.O.B.

History of Buffalo (New York

William Ketchum

Very good source.

Printed 1864, Reprinted 2002

2 Volumes

0788420380 (set)

History and names, well indexed.

H.S.C.Q.

The History of Stanstead County Province of Québec

B. F. Hubbard

Very good source.

Printed in 1874

Reprinted in 1988

1556131232 (reprint)

History and family information; dates and indexed.

H.S.D.G.

History of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry

John Graham Harkness

Very good source.

1946 at Ottawa

Indexed.  History of the area and its peoples.

H.S.L.C.N.Y.

History of St. Lawrence County, New York

Published reprint by St. Lawrence County Historical Society

0-932334-52-0

Indexed, 540 pages

I.H.M.C.N.Y.

Immaculate Heart of Mary (Formerly St. Philomena and St. Bridget), Churubusco, New York

2005 by Northern New York American-Canadian Genealogical Society

Alphabetical, Marriages, Births, Deaths – 1860-1930.

I.P.

Irish Pedigrees

John O’Hart

Very good source.

Printed 1892, reprinted 1976 and 1989

0806307374

Indexed

I.S.I.A.R.

Irish and Scotch-Irish Ancestral Research

Margaret Dickson Falley

Very good source.

Published 1962 – 2 Volumes:

1>>>>>>>>>>

2>>>>>>>>>>

0806309180

0806309172

Guides to genealogical records, methods and sources in Ireland

J

Jette “Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles du Québec”

René Jetté

Very good source.

Original publisher – Presses de l’Universite de Montréal.

1 Volume, printed 1983, 1,173 pages

2-7606-0645-5

Marriages, births, deaths, burials, locations, occupations, parents, some history and some generations back to France

J.H.

Janet Jehn

Acadian Exiles in the Colonies

“Acadian Descendants”

Janet Jehn

Very good sources, all.

1977

1972 – Volume 1

1975 – Volume 2

1979 – Volume 3

1980 – Volume 4

0939444046

939444011

093944402X

None

0939444003

Births, deaths, marriages, where and when the Acadians were sent.

Indexed.

Histories and genealogies

Same as Volume 1, indexed

Same as Volumes 1 & 2

Family charts

K.D.

King’s Daughters and Founding Mothers:  The Filles du Roi, 1663-1673

Peter J. Gagné

Excellent source.

2 volumes, First printing: Sept. 2001

Volume 1

Volume 2

1-58211-950-3

1-58211-731-4

Biographical sketches of the women who left France for New France between the years of 1663-1673.

K.V.G.S.

Kankakee Valley Genealogical Society

Website: http://www.kvgs.org

Publications, Kankakee Records: Birth, Death, Meetings, etc.

L

Loiselle

Antonin Loiselle

Québec National Archives,

at Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada

Collection continually being added to.

Very reliable source.

1908-1986

Microfiche & Microfilm.  For Québec Province marriages with exceptions; e.g., Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, New England, New York and occasionally Massachusetts.  Some fiche for obits and nuns and priests. Time Period: From founding of New France into1900’s.

L.C.U.C.

Loyalist Children of Upper Canada

Barbaranne Wright, compiled by Ontario Archives Warrants

Very good source.

Printed 2000

0968737404

Alphabetical.  Children, warrant numbers, townships, occupations, wife/husband, land issues, 1818-1865. 

L.E.T.Q.

The Loyalists of the Eastern Townships of Québec

Sir John Johnson Branch, United Empire Loyalists, 1783-1784

Very good source.

Printed 1992

Historical sketches, biographies, descriptions, annals, narratives.

L.L.O.C.

Loyalist Lineages of Canada

Toronto Branch of United Empire Loyalists Assoc of Canada

Very good source.

1991

2 Volumes, 1784 – 1791

0969517807

Baptisms, burials, cemeteries, churches, children, land concessions, deaths, divorces, military killed in action, marriages, dates and parishes.

L.P.F.F.

La Population des Forts Français d’Amerique

Marthe Faribault-Beauregard, printed by Biblioteque Nationale du Québec (National Library of Québec)

Very good source.

2 Volumes

Volume 1, printed 1982

Volume 2, printed 1984

2892471001

2892471168

Baptisms, marriages, deaths (Catholic & non-Catholic), Indians/Métis

Listed events for each fort (mostly French forts in America – with exceptions)

M.C.C.N.Y.

Marriages, Clinton County, New York

1984, Pontbriand

Alphabetical - Marriages, 1830-1880 for: Plattsburgh, Coopersville, Ausable Forks, Keeseville, Redford, Rouses Point, Champlain, Dannemora, Moores Forks, Cadyville, Ellenburg, Churubusco

M.F.M.

Métis Families Genalogical Compendium

Gail Morin

Time period: 1700s – 1900s.

Very good source.

2001

1582114129

Métis = Children of French Canadian and Indian parents.  Contains 21 tribes of Indians; births, deaths, marriages, parents, children and locations.  Info is derived from census records, annuity lists, church and death records, info from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and from private researchers.

N.C.C.C.

New England Captives Carried to Canada Between 1677 – 1760 during the French-Indian Wars

Emma Lewis Coleman

Very good source.

2 volumes, published 1925, indexed

None

Contains missions, missionaries, redemptions, ransoms, attacks, naturalizations, names and dates.

N.C.I.

Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867

Col. Leonard H. Smith, Jr., & Norma H. Smith

Very good source.

2 volumes, published 1992

0806313439

Alphabetical.  Immigrants’ names, vessels, biography, manuscripts, dates, locations, etc.

N.D.M.

Notre Dame Montréal

Québec City Archives, Laval

Microfiche, 1642 – 1850, 15 fiche

N.D.O.N.Y.D.

Notre Dame Parish, Ogdensburg, New York

Alphabetical death records, 1859-1915

N.D.O.N.Y.M.

Notre Dame Parish, Ogdensburg, New York

Alphabetical marriages, 1859-1915

N.D.Q.

Notre Dame Québec City

Québec City Archives, Laval

Microfiche, 1621 – 1900, 15 fiche

N.C.S.

French-Canadian Families of the North Central States – a Genealogical Dictionary

Paul J. Lareau and Elmer Courteau

8 volumes: 1600s – 1970s

Very good source.

1980 by Northwest Territory French & Canadian Heritage Institute

Families originating in Québec Province.  Derived from Church and civil records, genealogies and private researchers.  Alphabetical by surname, mostly Minnesota, Wisconsin, North & South Dakota and some for Upper Michigan, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

O.F.C.A.

Our French Canadian Ancestors (Nos Ancetres Biographies d’Ancetres)

Father Gerard Lebel, C.Ss.R., translated by Thomas J. Laforest

Excellent  source.

Copyright 1993 by The LISI Press

30 Volumes

Separate for each volume

Biographies of early ancestors of New France

O.L.L.S.L.

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Schroon Lake, New York

Kelly Townsend; translated by Father Gilbert Patenaude.

Very good source.

Baptisms, marriages and deaths taken from church records.

O.M.N.W.

Ontario Marriage Notices by Wilson

1830 – 1856

Thomas B. Wilson

1982

0806346833

Indexed.  Mostly from Newspapers.

P.C.P.B.M.B.

Pontiac County Protestant Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1864-1911 (Pontiac, Québec, CA)

Dawn Murphy

Very good source.

Printed 1999

1894378091

Includes St. Georges, St. Stephens and St. Mathews Anglican churches.

P.M.D.B.

Protestant Marriages in the District of Bedford, Québec, 1804-1979

Ralph Neil Broadhurst

Very Good source.

Published 1991

1895-435-005

Title is self-explanatory.

P.P.O.N.A.

Pioneer Priests of North America

Rev. T. J. Campbell, S.J.

Very good source.

Printed 1908

3 Volumes

None

Major stories, history, biographies of famous priests, such as:  Isaac Jogues, Simon le Moyne, Jean de Brebeuf, Gabriel Lalemant.

P.R.D.H.

Programme de rescherche en démographie historique

University of Montreal

Excellent source.

Website:

www.genealogy.umontreal.ca

All births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials of Québec province between 1621 and 1799.  Information derived directly from parish repertorie.

R.D.

Red Drouin

Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français, 1608-1760

Institute Genealogique Drouin (see Blue Drouin)

Very reliable source.

Volumes 1 & 2:  Marriages of Québec, and ancestors of Acadians who moved to Québec.

Volume 3:  Historical part, usually, not reliable.  Articles written to give prestige to our ancestors.

Biographies are of early, prominent settlers to New France.  Some Acadian, New England, etc., marriages as well as Native, Indian, Métis.  3 Appendices (1978, 1979 and 1985).  Important:  Those appendices are at the end of Volume 2.

S.A.C.M.F.N.Y.

St. Anne’s Church, Mooers Forks, New York

1998 – Northern New York American Canadian Genealogical Society

Alphabetical – Marriages, Baptisms, Burials, 1860-1925

S.A.C.P.N.Y.

St. Augustine’s Church, Peru, New York

2001 by Northern New York American Genealogical Society

Alphabetical -  Marriages, Births, Deaths.  1841-1947, also includes St. Patrick’s and Mother Cabrini Shrine Mission of West Peru, New York.

S.A.L.C.

St. Alphonse of Ligouri Chapeau, Allumette Island, Pontiac County, Québec

Elaine Brown, Yarker, Ontario, Canada.

Very good source.

2000

0968697704

Cemetery inscriptions and burial records; names, death dates, burial dates, age, witnesses and relationships.

S.F.O.

Societe Franco-Ontarienne d’Histoire et de Genealogie

Society of French Ontario History and Genealogy, Ottawa, Canada

Very good source.

2000

4 volumes (French only)

2,130 lineages

Beginning of New France to ~1998

0968780571

Marriages, dates, locations, mainly for Ontario and Québec, but all provinces mentioned as well as 11 states.

S.J.B.K.N.Y.

St. John the Baptiste, Keeseville, New York

1987, Northern New York American Canadian Genealogical Society

Alphabetical – Baptisms and Burials, 1853-1880

S.J.D.C.C.N.Y.

St. Joseph du Corbeau, Coopersville, New York

1985, Pontbriand

Alphabetical Baptisms and Burials, 1843-1880

S.J.D.N.Y.

Saint Joseph’s Church, Dannamora, New York

Northern New York American Canadian Genealogical Society

2001

Alphabetical Marriages, Births, Deaths, 1860 - 1922

S.M.C.R.C.C.C.N.Y.

St. Mary’s Church Records, Champlain, Clinton County, New York

1998, Northern New York American Canadian Genealogical Society

Alphabetical – Marriages, Births and Deaths, 1860-1899

S.M.C.S.A.VT.

St. Mary’s Church, St. Albans, Vermont

2005, The Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society

O-9761263-5-4

Alphabetical – Marriages 1850-1930

S.P.C.N.Y.

St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Chateauguay, Franklin Cnty., New York

Kelly Townsend; translated from Latin by Father Gilbert Patenaude, from church records.

Very good source.

Baptisms, marriages and burials recorded in the church.

T.M.O.C.

The Makers of Canada

Multiple authors

1906, Toronto, Canada

21 Volumes

Histories, biographies; beginning of Canada to mid 1800’s.

T.M.R.

The Munson Record

Myron A. Munson

Originally printed in 1896

2 Volumes

Genealogical and biographies of the Munson family; an account of Captain Thomas Munson and his descendants, 1637 – 1887. Complete index.

T.O.M.N.Y.V.S.

Town of Moores, New York, Vital Statistics

2004, Northern New York American-Genealogical Society, Keesevilly, NY, Clinton County

Alphabetical – Births=1875-1959

Deaths=1875-1929

Marriages=1875-1954

T.P.O.O.H.

The Province of Ontario History – 1615-1927

Edgar Middleton and Fred Landon

1927

4 Large Volumes

Same content as The Province of Québec History

T.S.B.N.A.

The Scot in British North America

Very good source.

Printed 1880 in Toronto

4 Volumes

Indexed, names, history.

T.S.F.

The Stebbins Family Genealogy

Robert Stebbins Greenler & Robert Lemuel Greenler

Very good source.

2 volumes, printed 1904

Over 1400 pages.  All information possible concerning genealogy of this family and related families.

T.S.O.Q.

The Siege of Québec and The Battle of the Plains of Abraham

A. Doughty

1901, Québec City

6 Volumes

Great history of the subject and well indexed.

T.S.P.Q.

The Storied Province of Québec

Col. William Wood

1931, Toronto, Canada

4 Volumes

1534 – 1921 – History of Québec Province.

T.T.T.

The Taillon/Tyo

Duncan Darby MacDonald, U.E.

0921133618

Taillon/Tyo family genealogy, Lalonde descendants, marriages, baptisms, deaths, newspaper clippings.  Indexed.

U.C.L.G.

Index to Upper Canada (Ontario) Land Books (Grants)

Ontario Genealogical Society of Toronto

Very good source.

Volume 3, pub 2001

Volume 4, pub 2001

Volume 5, pub 2002

Volume 6, pub 2002

Volume 7,

Volume 8,

Remaining volumes will be acquired as they are published.

0777921162

0777921189

0777921170

077792126X

Jan 1806 – Dec 1816

Jan 1817 – Dec 1820

Jan 1821 – Dec 1826

Jan 1827 – Dec 1832

Jan 1833 – Dec 1835

Jan 1836 – Dec 1838

Contains names, personal info (rank, widower, deceased, etc.), residence, location, dates, petition numbers, and book and includes the townships where the land is located.

U.E.A.

United Empire Loyalists

Alexander Fraser

Concerns Loyalists who lost everything while in the US during the Revolutionary War period; land, services, etc.

Very good source.

1904

2 Volumes

Complete alphabetical index:  “Enquiry into the losses and service in consequence of their loyalty,” “Evidence in the Canadian Claims.”  From the Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario.

U.E.L.L.

United Empire Loyalist Lists

Ontario Genealogical Society

Very good source.

Printed 1984

0777902273

Part 1: General return of refugee loyalists in Québec province.

Part 2: Roll of Kings Rangers/Rogers Rangers.

Part 3: Return of the 1^st battalion of the King’s Royal Regiment of New York / The Royal Yorkers.

Part 4: Return of Loyal Rangers / Jessup’s Rangers.

WH

Stephen A. White Books – Dictionnaire Genealogique des Families Acadiennes

Volume 1 & 2 (French)

Volume 3 (English)

Volume 4 Corrections

1636 – 1714 with some exceptions before and after.

Very good source.

Published 2003

0919691919

0919241476

None

Primarily marriages, births, deaths, locations, children, small amount of history.

Relates to families of Québec province as well as Acadian families.

*Organized and edited by Diane Szabo.  Any questions, please direct them to me at dianeszabo@comcast.net