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All French-Canadians are related as they are descended from about 2.500 people. They also have some of the best kept records in the world. Please feel free to post queries, events, pictures, tell stories, etc.

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Hi Everyone,I'm going through some family history papers that were given to me. I've attached the marriage entry for Francois de Sales Lefebvre and Marie Louise Hamelin. I don't know what this entry…Continue

Started by Michelle Gimelberg. Last reply by Michelle Gimelberg May 9.

French-Canadian, Acadian, Cajun & metis surnames sites & bibliography 15 Replies

Attached here is an updated listing of surname sites. I am going through Tanguay's listing of "dit" names & spelling variations he has listed in the back of vol.7 to better cross reference my…Continue

Started by James P. LaLone. Last reply by James P. LaLone May 9.

Charles Lefebvre 1 Reply

I'm looking for the parents of Charles Lefebvre.He was born 13 Sep 1774. He married Josette/Josephte PAQUET. They had at least one son, Raphael LEFEBVRE. He was born 1814 in Quebec, Canada.Any help…Continue

Started by Michelle Gimelberg. Last reply by Cecelia Redmond May 8.

Jacques De La Bourliere dit LaPlante 3 Replies

I've been looking at this person too long and am in need of a fresh pair of eyes.What I know: Jacques De La Bourliere dit LaPlante AKA Jacques De La Bourliere AKA Jacques LaPlanteBorn: 27 Dec…Continue

Started by Michelle Gimelberg. Last reply by Michelle Gimelberg May 7.

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Comment by James P. LaLone on April 20, 2012 at 1:12pm: Terri, not sure what you mean "I also have checked all the Drouin records". Do you mean actually gone through the records page by page or what? Neither the Family Search nor Ancestry have complete indexes for the Drouin collection, so do not depend on that alone.

Comment by Terri Mercier on April 20, 2012 at 12:51pm: Thank you James for your information. I have assumed that Victorine Bedard died between 1871 and 1876. My thought also was that she died in childbirth. I have not found a child born to them in St. Flavien, St. Croix and Ste. Agathe (Lotbiniere). I also have checked all the Drouin records for her death in those three towns. I have also assumed that in Quebec (such a Catholic province) your remained married until death. Thank you for your input.

Comment by James P. LaLone on April 20, 2012 at 7:25am: Terri, I have been giving this some thought. If I understand you query you have looked through the St-Flavien church records for Victorine's death record between 1871 and 1876 when her husband Nazaire remarried? There are a couple of things I would do. To narrow down a date of death, look for children being born to this couple (she may have died in childbirth?) And since these are burial records she may have been buried in her home town of St. Croix, so I would check that parish's records also. Good luck, Jim.

Comment by Terri Mercier on April 19, 2012 at 8:18pm: Thank you for responding. My Edouard Bedard was born in 1815 in St-Antoine-de-Tilly, Quebec.

Comment by cap on April 19, 2012 at 6:40pm: I have an Edouard Bedard as my 2nd great grand uncle--son of Joseph Bedard & Marie Bergevin/langevin. He was b 1805 as one of 18 children.

Comment by Terri Mercier on April 19, 2012 at 3:44pm: Sorry--I thought I did post here. Ooops.

Comment by James P. LaLone on April 19, 2012 at 3:17pm: Again, I would like to remind everyone to post your messages on this page as the search engine will bring up the names you are reseasrching so everyone whether a member or not can see who you are researching:

A message from Terri Mercier to all members of French-Canadian Descendants on Genealogy Wise!

I seem to have hit a brick wall of sorts. Our ancestor Nazaire Mercier married Marie Victorine Bedard on August 14, 1871 in St. Flavien, QC. She was born February 22, 1848 in St. Croix, Lotbiniere, QC to Edouard Bedard and Sophie Demers. Nazaire married Georgiana Couture in 1876 in St. Bernard, QC. But, I can find no death record for Marie Victorine Bedard (I have also check under Victoria Bedard). I have searched in the years between their marriage in 1871 and Nazaire marriage to Georgiana Couture in 1876. Any assistance here would be most appreciated. Thank you.