Pontiac County, Quebec Genealogy

Canada Quebec  Pontiac County

Getting Started
1. What information do you wish to locate about your ancestor? To choose the sources you need to search first, please click on RECORD SELECTION TABLE: Quebec, which will help you decide.

2. From the above Record Selection Table, which sources do you wish to check in this county? To check the availability of your sources of interest as well as to check the websites that have them online, please click on this county's SOURCES LINKS TABLE.

3. Do you know the location that you wish to search in this county? If so, please check for some possible sources and some online information about your location of interest, by clicking on this county's POPULATED PLACES TABLE.

4. For further information regarding your sources of interest, see "Resources" ABOVE in the "CONTENTS" table and click on the source of interest.

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Populated Places
Alymer, Bryson, Chapeau, Campbell's Bay (County Seat), Chapeau,Fort Coulonge, Portage Du Fort, Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Shawville, Waltham.

Neighboring Counties
Renfrew County, Ontario is on the western side of the Ottawa River.

Biographies
At this time, please read about Biographies in the Province of Quebec Resources - Biography.

Cemeteries
At this time, please read about Cemeteries in the Province of Quebec Resources - Cemeteries.

Census Records
At this time, please read about Census Records in the Province of Quebec Resources - Census.

Church Records
At this time, please read about Church Records in the Province of Quebec Resources - Church Records.

Civil Registration
At this time, please read about Civil Registration (i.e. Vital Records) in the Province of Quebec Resources - Civil Registration.

Court Records
At this time, please read about Court Records in the Province of Quebec Resources - Court Records.

Directories
At this time, please read about Directories in the Province of Quebec Resources - Directories.

Genealogy
At this time, please read about Genealogies in the Province of Quebec Resources - Genealogy.

Land and Property Records
At this time, please read about Land and Property Records in the Province of Quebec Resources - Land and Property.

Local Histories
At this time, please read about Local Histories in the Province of Quebec Resources - History.

Maps
At this time, please read about Maps in the Province of Quebec Resources - Maps.

Military Records
At this time, please read about Military Records in the Province of Quebec Resources - Military Records.

Newspapers &amp; Obituaries
At this time, please read about Newspapers and Obituaries in the Province of Quebec Resources - Newspapers.

Notarial Records
At this time, please read about Notarial Records in the Province of Quebec Resources - Notarial Records.

Probate Records
At this time, please read about Probate Records in the Province of Quebec Resources - Probate Records.

Taxation Records
At this time, please read about Taxation Records in the Province of Quebec Resources - Taxation.

Vital Records
See Civil Registration Records above.

Societies and Libraries
When doing genealogical research in the Pontiac County area of Quebec, you need to consult archives on both sides of the Ottawa River (Outaouais, the French version). This means you have to consult archives in Ontario and Quebec such as Renfrew County, Ontario, Gatineau, Quebec, Ottawa and Montreal. Your ancestors did not stay in one area and would frequently move back and forth across, up and down the Ottawa river with ease.

Here is a list of archives:

Pontiac Archives, 356 Rue Main, Shawville, QC JOX 2YO, Canada. Please use their PO Box or email them for research inquires, and hours by consulting their website. This archive is in the lower floor of the Shawville Public Library. They emphasize Pontiac County. They have family histories, maps, books for each region of the Pontiac, cemetery records and more. Website:http://www.pontiacarchives.org/

Upper Ottawa Valley Genealogical Society Group, 225 Dickerson Ave., Pembroke, Renfrew Co., Ontario. This society is in the lower floor of the Masonic Building in Pembroke, Ontario. This society covers all of Renfrew County and further north in the area on the Ontario side, as well as Pontiac County, Quebec. They have family histories, newspapers, books, cemetery records and more. Consult their webite for their holdings, hours, and research policies: www.uovgg.ca/

Arnprior &amp; McNap/Braeside Archive, 21 B Madawaska St., Arnprior, ON K7S 1R6 This archive is in the public library of Arnprior, Ontario. This archive's emphasis is more on Renfrew County and surrounding areas but again our ancestors moved around more than you think. Consult their website for their holdings, hours and research policies. www.adarchives.org/

Quebec Family History Society, 173 Cartier Avenue, Suite 102, Pointe-Claire, Quebec. This library has a great collection of cemetery records for the Pontiac County area of Quebec. Their focus is on English speaking people who settled in Quebec but they are now expanding into the French-Canadian sources. Consult their webiste for their holdings, research policies and how to do Quebec genealogical research, hours and research inquires:www.qfhs.ca/

The Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society their library is at 100 Tallwood Drive, Ottawa, Ontario. Mailing address is P.O. Box 8346 Station T, Ottawa, Ontario K1G 3H8. They cover the counties of Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell, which all are in Ontario but again our ancestors migrated a lot more than we think.Check their website for more information: ogsottawa.on.ca/

Libraries and Archives Canada 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, ON K1A ON4, Canada. This is the Canada's main government archive. Consult their online website for more information all topics of genealogy in Canada: www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/home.aspx