Hello there - Alexsa(?) There are a few ways you can go about finding your records. Yes, you can send a cheque or money order to the Ontario archives. I don't have an address, but a simple internet search will turn them up, where you can find on their site some guides to finding information in Ontario. Indexes to many parish registers have been published in book form, and you can inquire at your local library about the possibility of interlibrary loan. It sounds like this might be what you've consulted. You can also visit a Family History Centre at a Church of Latter-Day Saints (ie, the Mormons). This appeals to those who have the time and the desire to find it for themselves, to see the "original," or for those who prefer the less expensive alternative. Once there, you can order copies of the microfilm in at very little cost. They stay at the Centre, but are there for you to consult for good once a copy is ordered. You can then view microfilm of the original parish registers. To learn which parish registers in Ontario and Quebec are available for the Ottawa Valley area, including Carleton County, you can visit the website of the Family History Library in Utah, at www.familysearch.org Just click on "library," and search the catalogue for your area of interest, get the information down, and go order in the microfilm or fiche. I believe that many of the registers which you've mentioned would be available, although many are damaged, faded, or burned in fires, and so on, but the odds are still on your side. On the issue of the French, if the listowner doesn't object, an occasional request for translation would get answers, and I don't mind if you send a few (not a lot) over my way. The one caveat - French priests had a habit of writing names in the French form, even if the person being recorded wasn't French. Great Great Grandparent "Jean" Murphy may have been French, or may simply have been John Murphy. In some cases, as in the surname Grace, there were English and French who used the surname. Only more research on your family can tell. Otherwise, it is usually pretty simple translation, despite some archaic words. I should add that a key benefit to reading parish registers for yourself is that you sometimes find other family. For example, I recently searched a parish register for a burial record for an ancestor. While searching, I found other relationships, including the marriage of a daughter of his who I had not known about. Jaimie McEvoy New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.