---------- > From: Ron Mazzola <rmazzol1@san.rr.com> > To: ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ILSTANNE] PARISHES AND SITE MAP > Date: April 10, 2000 10:29 PM > > Becky: > Hi again - tried www.genealogie.unmontreal.ca without success. Do I have it > correct? Thanks > Karen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Becky Hatton <Bhatton@hplsck.org> > To: <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, 21 March, 2000 5:23 PM > Subject: [ILSTANNE] PARISHES AND SITE MAP > > > > And especially for Marcel Benoit: > > Marcel, I just discovered this www site last eve. The infor on the parishes > are great but the Site Map for the Parish Location - is very vague - no > details - especially looking from the USA and KS and since my > HATTON/CHARTIER/SHARKEY lines have not been exposed to the > French/Canadian/Catholic influence since my great great grandmother's > childhood. > > My first question and only one at this time - when I viewed the map for > Chambly and for St Jean I.O. - the map looked the same. Is St Jean I.O. > the older parish and was replaced with Chambly, or did boundary lines > change? > > This is the www.genealogie.unmontreal.ca site and check these links also: > Denomination in old Quebec > The most frequent first names > The most frequent family names > > Short name > Complete names and variants > Baie-St-Paul > Baie-St-Paul > St-Pierre-et-St-Paul-de-Baie-St-Paul (snip) This project by the University of Montreal was to reproduce all church records of the Province of Quebec and nowhere else. It was for future demographic study. The original project resulted in a series of 47 volumes which are exact reproductions of the church acts in computer format, giving records up to 1765. This was not intended as a genealogy research tool, but it does replace microfilms, and a good way to read a microfilm if the handwriting is not clear. This series is known as the PRDH. About 4-5 years ago, the project was extended to cover the up to 1799, it was published in CD format which did not work as well, and then extended to Internet suscription. This extension will not be published in book form, because of cost and quantity estimated at 600 or more volumes. In 1983 René Jetté, part of this project published his book which ends in 1730. It is in family groups using the PRDH data plus historic and notary marriage contracts. A bit like Tanguay but very accurate. This book is still available. The Un. Mtl has no intention of telling anything else, only BMS plus census if applicable. This information is very available and fairly complex as parishes grew rapidly after the British conquest. French Canada had a moto, "La revenche du berceau" (The revenge from the crib) while the English tried to out populate and out vote Quebecers by immigration from England. ((It also helped to take land squatters off the farms to allow the cultivation of sheep for the textile industry there)). By mid 1850's French Canadians were allowed to immigrate freely to New England and IL, there was no attempt to retain these in Canada. In a 100 years 1860-1960 Quebec lost 6,000,000 people which is the same population today. Parishes are tricky and the only solution is a good map and a suitable book. The Un. of Montreal has a companion volume "Inventaire des Registres Paroissiaux Catholiques du Quebec 1621-1876" (1990) ISBN 2-7606-1526-X. That is a must reference 352 pages only in Fench. Provides all details needed about microfilms and church records. Oh yeas the book has maps inside for each period under study telling what parishes are in established. Your rep from Quebec Marcel Benoit bunker.books@videotron.ca http://www.abebooks.com/home/BENOITBOOKS/ help