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Québec Research Outline |
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Table of Contents
Québec Search Strategies
Records At The Family History Library
The Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Biography
Business Records And Commerce
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
Historical Geography
History
Land And Property
Language And Languages
Military Records
Names, Personal
Native Races
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Notarial Records
Periodicals
Probate Records
Societies
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
Loiselle Marriage Index
Appendix A
The Rivest Marriage Index
Organization Of The Index
How To Use The Index
Names And Film Numbers
Tanguay's Genealogical Dictionary
Information In The Dictionary
Organization Of The Dictionary
Common Terms And Abbreviations
Names And Film Numbers
How To Read An Entry
Finding An Immigrant Ancestor
Miscellaneous Situations
Other Information In The Dictionary
TANGUAY'S GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY Appendix C
Cyprien Tanguay's Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes (Genealogical Dictionary of French Canadian Families) is an important source for Québec research. The seven-volume dictionary gives the genealogy of most of the French Canadian colonists and many of their descendants. Records are from the late 1500s to about 1800.
A supplement to Tanguay's Dictionnaire is J.-Arthur Leboeuf, Complément au dictionnaire généalogique Tanguay (Supplement to Tanguay's Genealogical Dictionary), 4 vols. (Montréal, Qué.: Société Généalogique Canadienne-Française, 1957–1977; FHL book 971 D2t supp. ser. 1, 2, and 3; film 823824 items 1–3; computer nos. 119273 and 217247–217249). The text is in French. The supplement includes additions and corrections to Tanguay's Dictionnaire. Some families are traced to the late 1800s. Series 3 is the most complete but is not available on microfilm.
The information given in an entry may include:
Entries are in alphabetical order by the husband's name. A year in large, bold numbers indicates the beginning of a new record. (It is the year of the husband's first marriage.) The entry is a record of the husband's marriages and children.
For the English translation of common French genealogical terms and abbreviations, see “Key Words” in the “Language and Languages” section of this outline.
People married from 1608 to 1700 are in:
People married after 1700 are in:
Dates. Most dates have a letter in front of them. The letter “b” means a christening date, “m” means a marriage date, and “s” means a burial date.
Localities and Superscript Numbers. The Dictionnaire gives the locality where the christening, marriage, or burial was registered. Sometimes the place the person came from is listed.
Superscript (raised) numbers are used to represent localities. The first time a locality appears in an entry, there will be a superscript number behind it (for example: Trois Rivières 3). In the rest of the entry, 3 may be listed instead of rewriting Trois Rivières.
Superscript numbers do not represent the same locality in all entries. In one entry, 3 may mean Trois Rivières. In another entry, 3 may mean Montréal. Each time you look at an entry, find the first time every superscript number appears. The place the number represents in that entry will be listed. (You may wish to make a list of the numbers and localities to help you interpret the entry correctly.)
Localities can help you follow the migration of the family. For example, if several children are baptized at Montréal but the rest are baptized at Trois-Riviéres, the family probably moved from Montréal to Trois-Riviéres.
Names. The husband's surname is written in large capital letters. The surname of the wife is written in small capital letters. The children's names are written in italics. When only a given name is listed, it means the father and child had the same surname.
Roman Numerals. Roman numerals indicate generations. A person with I beside the name is the first ancestor listed in Tanguay's Diccionnaire. II is a child of the first ancestor. III is the grandchild of the first ancestor, and so on.
The dictionary often gives an immigrant's exact place of origin in France. To trace a genealogy back to an immigrant ancestor:
When the events have been registered under both a proper name and a nickname, the dictionary generally refers you back to the proper name. For example, in a marriage record Jacob Lessard married Marie Louise Wolfe (Polish by nationality). In the records of their childrens' baptisms, she is named Marie-Louise Loupe or Marie-Louise Polonaise (meaning Polish). The dictionary refers the names Loupe and Polonaise back to the name Wolfe. Name variations which were known in the colony before the year 1700 are indicated in Volume 1, pages xxxi and xxxii.
Sometimes the record of the baptism of an infant is recorded under the Christian name of his father. For example, Louis is the son of Jean Raymond, whose full surname is Raymond de Fogas. A reference is made from the shortened surname Raymond to de Fogas.
Sometimes children were baptized several months after their birth. The reason for these delays was the prolonged absence of the missionaries who infrequently visited the different centers of population. The families would wait for the visit of the missionary to have baptism administered to their children. Therefore, do not be surprised if several baptisms in the same family are only a few months apart.
Vol. 1:
Vol. 3
Vol. 4
Vol.7
Paper publication: Second edition October 1997. English approval: 10/97.
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Information in the Dictionary
Organization of the Dictionary
Common Terms and Abbreviations
Names and Film Numbers
Volume Number
film number
Vol. 1.
105970 item 1
Volume Number
film number
Vol. 2. Abel to Chapuy
105970 item 2
Vol. 3. Charbonneau to Eziero
105971 item 1
Vol. 4. Fabas–Jinines
105971 item 2
Vol. 5. Joachim–Mercier
105971 item 3
Vol. 6. Mercin–Robidou
105972 item 1
Vol. 7. Robillard–Ziseuse
105972 item 2
HOW TO READ AN ENTRY
FINDING AN IMMIGRANT ANCESTOR
MISCELLANEOUS SITUATIONS
OTHER INFORMATION IN THE DICTIONARY
p. xix: Survey of the etymology and history of names. (Aperçu étymologique et historique sur les noms.)
p. xxxiii: Key to the genealogical dictionary. (Clef du dictionnaire généalogique.)
p. 593: Ecclesiastical provinces of France in the year 1631. (Provinces ecclésiastiques de France en l’année 1631.)
p. 595: Alphabetical list of the cities in France with the name of their province in 1631. (Table alphabétique des villes de France avec le nom de leur province en 1631.)
p. 601: Chronological list of parishes and missions of the province of Quebec having registers from 1621 to 1871. (Table chronologique des paroisses et missions de la province de Québec tenant registres, de 1621 à 1871.)
p. 607: Geographical list of the parishes of Quebec in 1871. (Table géographique des paroisses de la province de Québec en 1871.)
p. 611: Alphabetical list of the parishes of the province of Quebec in 1871. It gives the diocese and the number of each parish. (Table alphabétique des paroisses de la province de Québec en 1871.)
p. 617: Governors of New France from 1608 to 1700. It also lists the judges, provost-marshalls, doctors, and notaries. (Gouverneurs de la Nouvelle France de 1608 à 1700.)
p. 619: Lists of Lords of New France in 1681. It also includes a list of personnel of the different religious houses. (Tableau des seigneuries de la Nouvelle France en 1681.)
p. 603: Slaves. A list of slaves in the 17th and 18th centuries giving the name of the slave, the names of the owner, the slave's birth date, and the burial date and place of each slave. (Esclaves.)
p. 607: Illegitimate births. A statistical picture of the total births, total legitimate births, and total illegitimate births for French Canada from 1701 to 1870. (lllégitimes.)
p. 495: Alphabetical list of proper names, their variations, and nicknames. (Table alphabétique des noms d’hommes, leurs variations et surnoms.)
p. 603: Alphabetical list of the names of women who do not have a family founder in Canada. (Table alphabétiqe des noms de femmes n’ayant pas souché en Canada.)
p. 685: List of women for whom only the first name is mentioned in the christening. (Liste des femmes dont le nom de baptême seul est mentionné.)
p. 687: Names of white men married to native (Indian) women. (Noms des blanc mariés aux femmes indigenes.)
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