For Canadian/Quebec genealogy, referencing Tanguay is a must.
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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. There are some 4400 pages originally published in 7 volumes.
The information given in an entry may include: • Names of the husband and his wife (or wives). • Names of the fathers of the husband and wife. • Names of the children. • Names of the children's spouses. • Christening dates and places. • Marriage dates and places. • Burial dates and places. • Generations of the husband and wife from their immigrant ancestors. • Often, an immigrant's exact place of origin in France.Also Included:
Repertoire general du clerge canadien contains information on Catholic Clergy from the earliest years in New France until about 1880.
A travers les registres contains some 300 pages of facts related to the ancestors in the dictionary.About the Author: Cyprien Tanguay
He was born at Quebec in 1819 and died in 1902. After a course of classics and theology at Quebec Seminary, he was ordained in 1843. The first twenty-two years of his priesthood were devoted to parochial work, especially at Rimouski, where he greatly contributed to the foundation of the future diocesan seminary. His early taste for genealogical studies fully manifested itself after his official appointment to the Dominion Statistics Department (1867). His whole time was henceforth spent in consulting and compiling parochial and historical records throughout Quebec, the Maritime Provinces, Ontario, and the old French settlements in the United States. He also twice visited France for the same purpose. As the result of his labours he published (1871-90) his "Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes françaises depuis les origines de la colonie jusqu'à nos jours", comprising seven large double column volumes: a colossal undertaking, fit for a numerous body of collaborators, which he achieved alone. Every French Canadian by completing from contemporary registers and then using the information supplied by this dictionary can proudly trace back his genealogy to his ancestors from old France.
The files are in pdf format which uses Adobe Reader which is probably on your computer now but is easily downloaded for free if you require it. These volumes in their original book form are exceedingly rare and VERY expensive. The major internet book sites have a limited number of separate volumes available costing in the HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS.
The material is in French but it easy enough to follow even if you do not speak French.
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