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1 Genealogical Collections preserved at various Genealogy and Historical Societies in Québec * original pioneer papers, original manuscripts, family papers, township papers, towns and villages papers, indexed church records of births, marriages, deaths, indexed cemetery listings, indexed land grants, local census records, forgotten villages and old place names, church history, history books, publications for sale which can be found at various societies across this province and surrounding regions.

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Genealogical Collections preserved at various

Genealogy and Historical Societies in Québec

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original pioneer papers,

original manuscripts,

family papers,

township papers,

towns and villages papers,

indexed church records of births, marriages, deaths,

indexed cemetery listings,

indexed land grants,

local census records,

forgotten villages and old place names,

church history,

history books, publications for sale which can be found at various societies across this province

and surrounding regions.

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Table of Contents Ascott Heritage ........................................................................................................................................... 5

Aylmer Heritage Association ....................................................................................................................... 5

Beaurepaire-Beaconsfield Historical Society............................................................................................... 5

Brome County Historical Society ................................................................................................................. 5

Cascapedia Bay Heritage - Cacapedia River Museum ................................................................................. 5

Chateauguay Valley Historical Society ........................................................................................................ 6

Coasters Association Inc ............................................................................................................................. 6

Coaticook History Society ........................................................................................................................... 6

Compton Historical Society ......................................................................................................................... 6

Compton County Historical and Museum Society....................................................................................... 6

Council for Anglophone of Magdalen Islanders .......................................................................................... 6

Cowansville Historical Society ..................................................................................................................... 6

Drouin Genealogical Institute - The Bookstore ........................................................................................... 7

Eastern Townships Resource Centre ........................................................................................................... 7

Eaton Corner Museum - Compton County Historical Museum Society ...................................................... 7

Franklin County Historical and Museum Society ......................................................................................... 7

Frelighsburg Historical and Patrimonial Society .......................................................................................... 7

Gaspé Jersey Guernsey Association ............................................................................................................ 7

Gaspesian British Heritage Village .............................................................................................................. 8

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Gatineau Valley Historical Society .............................................................................................................. 8

Georgeville Historical Society ..................................................................................................................... 8

Glengarry Historical Society ........................................................................................................................ 8

GoGaspe.com - History-Genealogy ............................................................................................................. 8

Greenwood Center for Living History ......................................................................................................... 9

Harrington Harbour Association ................................................................................................................. 9

Hemmingford Archives ............................................................................................................................... 9

Heritage Gaspé ........................................................................................................................................... 9

Heritage Huntingville .................................................................................................................................. 9

Heritage Lower St-Lawrence ....................................................................................................................... 9

Heritage New Carlisle.................................................................................................................................. 9

Heritage Sutton ........................................................................................................................................... 9

Hudson Historical Society ........................................................................................................................... 9

Irish Heritage Quebec ................................................................................................................................. 9

Leeds Historical Society ............................................................................................................................ 10

Lennoxville-Ascot Historical & Museum Society ....................................................................................... 10

Literary & Historical Society of Quebec - Morrin Centre ........................................................................... 10

Loyalists – United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada - Little Forks Branch ...................................... 10

Loyalists - United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada - Sir John Johnson Centennial Branch - ......... 10

Loyalists - United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada - Montreal Chapter ....................................... 10

Megantic English-Speaking Community Development Corp ..................................................................... 10

Megantic Compton Cemetery and Church Association ............................................................................ 10

Megantic County - Maple Grove Anglican Cemetery Foundation ............................................................. 10

Mille Isles Historical Society ...................................................................................................................... 10

Missisquoi Historical Society ..................................................................................................................... 11

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Morin Heights Historical Association ........................................................................................................ 11

MRC d'Argenteuil ...................................................................................................................................... 11

Mulgrave & Derry Historical Society ......................................................................................................... 11

Musée de la Gaspésie ............................................................................................................................... 11

North Hatley - Old North Church Cemetery Association ........................................................................... 11

North Shore Community Association ........................................................................................................ 11

Norway Bay Historical Society .................................................................................................................. 11

Park Extension Historical Society .............................................................................................................. 11

Pontiac Archives ....................................................................................................................................... 11

Potton Heritage Association ..................................................................................................................... 12

Rawdon Historical Society......................................................................................................................... 12

Restigouche Genealogical Society............................................................................................................. 12

Richmond County Historical Society ......................................................................................................... 12

Société d'histoire de Pointe-Saint-Charles ................................................................................................ 13

Société d'histoire de Rivière-Rouge .......................................................................................................... 13

Société d'histoire du protestantisme franco-québécois ........................................................................... 13

Ste-Anne-de-Bout-de-l'Ile Historical Society ............................................................................................. 13

Stanstead Historical Society Archives - Colby-Curtiss Museum ................................................................ 13

St-Patrick's Society Richmond & Vicinity ................................................................................................... 13

St-Patrick Society of Montreal .................................................................................................................. 13

Townshippers Association ........................................................................................................................ 13

Upper Ottawa Valley Genealogical Group ................................................................................................ 13

Verleg-Ahnentafel ..................................................................................................................................... 14

Westmount Historical Association ............................................................................................................ 14

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Ascott Heritage - Beverly Loomis, president - 2185 Mcvety Road, Waterville QC J0B 3H0 - 819-346-6746 - [email protected] - www.townshipsheritage.com Aylmer Heritage Association – Enid Page, archivist - François Arsenault, president – 405

Aylmer Road, Gatineau QC J9H 1A9 - 819-684-6809 Mailing address; PO Box 476, Gatineau - QC J0H 5E7- [email protected] - www.histoirequebec.qc.ca - Archives; original records of early settlements, local founding families, old photos of people and heritage houses. Beaurepaire-Beaconsfield Historical Society - Barbara Barclay, president - [email protected] - Pauline Gaguy-Girard, secretary-treasurer - [email protected] - http://www.hist-beaurepaire-beaconsfield.com - A member of the Fédération Histoire

Québec - Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network - Brome County Historical Society – Donald Gray-Donald, president - Arleene Royea, Executive director – 130 Lakeside, Knowlton, QC J0E 1V0 - 450-243-6782 - www.bromemuseum.com/ - [email protected] - Archives; Family papers, personages, township papers, newspaper clippings, township papers by township, towns and villages papers, press clippings, photographs, records of inscriptions taken from gravestones, cemetery listings, microfilm church records of births, marriages, deaths, index of obituaries, marriages of the county of Brome, Brome county history books published by the society, Brome county general file of deeds, Loyalist lists - External sources; Brome County Cemetery Records; http://interment.net/can/qc/brome.htm Cascapedia Bay Heritage - Cacapedia River Museum – Rachel Dell, coordinator – 275 route 299, Cascapedia St-Jules QC G0C 1T0 - 418-392-5079 - http://www.cascapedia.org - [email protected] - Archives; books, photographs relating to the early way of life on the Cascapedia

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Chateauguay Valley Historical Society - Robert Anderson, president - Ian Rennie, archivist - PO Box 61, Howick, QC J0S 1G0 – [email protected] - www.rootsweb.com/~qcchateau/cvhs.htm - Archives; for a fully detailed description of fonds, see; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~qcchatea/jour-ind.htm Coasters Association Inc - Cornella Maurice, president -PO box 10, St-Paul's River QC G0G 2P0 - 418-379-2006 - [email protected] - www.coastersassociation.com -

Archives: family histories of the region Coaticook History Society – Carmen Michaud, president – 34 Principale est, Coaticook QC - 819-849-1023 - [email protected] - [email protected] - www.histoire-coaticook.qc.ca - Archives; local searches conducted on people who resided in the region in the past and description of the actual houses they actually resided, newspaper clippings related to genealogy information, old photographs, copies of The Coaticook Observer from 1928 to 1938 in totality plus other years, textual records on families - External sources: Stanstead County Cemetery Records - http://www.interment.net/can/qc/stanstead.htm Compton Historical Society – Russell Nichols, president – 6280 Route Louis-Saint-Laurent, Compton, QC J0B 1L0 - 819-835-9117 - www.townshipsheritage.com - Second address: Patricia Hurley, archivist - 112 Boulevard Champêtre, Waterville QC J0B 3H0 - 819-837-0682 - email unknown - Archives: Compton county pioneer families, an ongoing project - External sources: Compton County Cemetery Records - http://www.interment.net/can/qc/compton.htm - The Hebridean Scots of the Province of Quebec - http://hebridscots.com/sources.htm/ Compton County Historical and Museum Society – Marc Nault, president - [email protected] - 374 route 253, PO Box 967, Eaton Corner (Cookshire), QC J0B 1M0 / 819-875-5793 – www.histoirequebec.qc.ca / [email protected] / http://quebecheritageweb.com/attraction/south-compton-heritage-trail - Archives; fonds dealing with many pioneer families from the townships of Hereford, Clifton, Auckland, Compton, Eaton, Newport, Ditton, Chesham, Hampden, Marston, Bury, Lingwick, Winslow, Whitton, Emberton. Documents which include families from the villages and settlements of Eaton Corner, Sawyerville, Cookshire, Island Brook, Bury, Bishopton, Marbleton, St-Malo, Westbury, East Hereford, Ascot, Kinnear's Mills, Inverness, Lower Ireland, St-Jean-de-Bréboeuf, Stornoway, Gould, Dudswell, Waterville, Compton, Hill Hearst, Moe's River, Hereford, Perryboro, Randborough, La Patrie, West Ditton, Notre-Dame-des-Bois, Piopolis, Marsborough, Ste-Cécile-de-Whitton, Spring Hill, Glenn River, St-Romain and others. / External sources; Compton County Cemetery Records http://www.interment.net/can/qc/compton.htm - The Hebridean Scots of Quebec - http://hebridscots.com/sources.htm

Council for Anglophone of Magdalen Islanders - Helena Burke, administrator - 787 ch. Principal, Grosse-Ile QC G4T 6B5 - 418-985-2116 - [email protected] - www.cami.mi.org

Cowansville Historical Society – Bruck Museum - Cowansville – Michel Racicot, president - Bruck House, 225 Principale, Cowansville, QC J2K 1J4 - 450-266-3977 - www.societehistoirecowansville.com - [email protected] - Archives: Among its archival material, one can find publications on local history on 6000 subjects, 26,000 references, 12 professional directories, an index containing 15,000 names, names listing for cemeteries in Cowansville, directories from 1851 to 1936, list of voters in 1911, census of

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Cowansville and Sweetsburg of 1901. Drouin Genealogical Institute - The Bookstore - Sébastien Robert - general manager - [email protected] - 514-400-3961 - http://www.drouininstitute.com -Books for sale; #N-0278 Protestant & Catholic marriages County of Iberville (1823-1979) vol. 1, 421 pages, vol. 2, 381 pages / #N-0613 - Gardenville Presbyterian Church in Longueil-Greenfield Park (1905-1925) Longueil United Church (1926-1941) marriages, baptisms, deaths 77 pages / #N-0579 - Lower North Shore - Protestant and Catholic marriages from the the region referred to as Basse-Côte-Nord or Lower Noth Shore from Moisie to Blanc-Sablon plus a few Protestant and Catholic churches in Labrador (1847-1987) 6,470 marriages - a version of these two books are available at QFHS, reference section / #N-0752 Protestants of Compton County (1815-1994) burials - #N-0751 Protestants of Compton County (1815-1994) marriages - #N-0705 Protestant baptisms, counties of Sherbrooke, Richmond, Stanstead, Wolfe, Compton (1815-1879) a version of this compilation available at QFHS, reference section - #N-0706 - Protestant marriages, counties of Sherbrooke, Richmond, Stanstead, Wolfe, Compton (1815-1879) a version of this compilation is available at QFHS, reference section - #0707 Protestant deaths, counties of Sherbrooke, Richmond, Stanstead, Wolfe, Compton (1815-1879) a version of this compilation is available at QFHS, reference section - #0723 - Richmond & Drummond counties, Protestant church records of baptisms, marriages, deaths (1824-1925) - #0747 Protestants of Shefford county, marriages, baptisms, deaths (1797-1962) Eastern Townships Resource Centre - Jody Robinson, archivist - 2600 College street, Bishop's University, Lennoxville QC J1M 1Z7 - 819-822-9600 #2261 - [email protected] - www.etrc.ca - Archives; see: http://www.etrc.ca/archives-department.html or http://www.etrc.ca/archives-department/genealogical-sources.html or http://www.etrc.ca/archives-department/price-list.html

Eaton Corner Museum - Compton County Historical Museum Society - Cookshire Library – Marc Nault, president - 374, Route 253, PO Box 967, Cookshire-Eaton QC J0B 1M0 - 819-875-5256 - [email protected] - http://www.eatoncorner.ca - Archives; Archival materials

dealing with pioneer families of Compton county including those of Ascot Corner, Auckland, Bishopton, Bury, Cookshire, Dudswell, East Angus, Eaton, Fontainebleau, Johnville, La Patrie, Lingwick, Marbleton, Sawyerville, Scotstown, Weedon, Westbury - External sources; Compton County Cemetery Records; http://www.interment.net/can/qc/compton.htm

Franklin County Historical and Museum Society – Malone, New York - PO Box 388, 51 Milwaukee street, Malone, New York 12953-0388 / 518-483-2750 - www.franklinhistory.org/ - [email protected] - Archives: see: www.franklinhistory.org/?page_id=15 Frelighsburg Historical and Patrimonial Society – Andrée Poulin Potter, president – 46 rue Principale, Frelighsburg, QC J0J 1C0 - 450-298-5479 - [email protected] - www.histoirequebec.qc.ca - Special mapped tours; Google, enter: A Tour of the Border

Churches of Frelighsburg and Saint-Armand. Gaspé Jersey Guernsey Association – Suzanne Mauger, president - 418-269-5923 - [email protected] - Marie Savage, vice-president - 418-782-2790 - [email protected] - http://www.gogaspecom/gcis/board.html / www.gogaspe.com/gcis/index/html - 15-225

Reval Street West, PO Box 6004 Gaspé QC G4X 1A0 - 418-368-5923- The last pilgrimage of a Jerseyman to the Gaspé Coast - A book of 90 pages by George Francis Le Feuvre - English

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translation available for free on: www.tonylesauteur.com/pilgrimage.pdf - Tony Le Sauteur, president - www.tonylesauteur.com – Web site hosted by Tony Le Sauteur 854 families (perhaps more today) - Covers most if not all of the families who originated from the Channel Islands, including; Jersey, Guernsey, Sercq, Aurigny, and Herm who emigrated to the Gaspé Peninsula - A detailed story of the Channel Islanders of Jersey and Guernsey, who they were, when they arrived, what hamlets they settled and their contibution to the Gaspé Peninsula - Channel Islanders in Gaspesia resided in Barachois, Bay of Gaspé, Bonaventure, Bonaventure Island, Cap-aux-Os, Cape Cove, Chandler, Coin-du-Banc, Douglastown, Gaspé, Grand Étang, Grande-Grève, Grande Rivière, Hope Town, Jersey Cove, L'Anse-à-Brillant, L'Anse-au-Griffon, L'Anse-aux-Gascons, Malbaie, Malbay (St. Peter's Church), New Carlisle, Newport, New Richmond, Pabos, Paspébiac, Paspebiac West, Penouille, Percé, Percé (St. Paul's Church), Pointe-Saint-Pierre, Port Daniel, Port Daniel (St. James Church), Rivière-au-Renard, Rose Bridge, Sandy Beach, Shigawake - Channel Islanders Research Program - Marcel R. Garnier Collection - Marcel R. Garnier, historian passed away a few years back (2006), for over 25 years Mr. Garnier researched and compiled more than 1,500 births, marriages and deaths of families who originated from the Channel Islands and who would settle in Gaspesia, New Brunswick and the North Shore of the St. Lawrence River - Claudette Garnier, his sister and partner of many years is the present owner of the documents of her late brother. Ms. Garnier can be reached at 76 route 132 est, Bonaventure QC G0C 1E0 - 418-534-3821 Gaspesian British Heritage Village - Kim Harrison, president [email protected] - [email protected] - [email protected] - 351 Perron boul. west, New Richmond QC G0C 2B0 - 418-392-4487 - www.gaspesianvillage.com - www.villagegaspesien.com - Archives; Genealogy centre, features an extensive collection of books and microfilms on family trees and regional historical information - By appointments only Gatineau Valley Historical Society (GVHS) – Marc Cocburn, president – PO Box 1803, Chelsea, QC J9B 1A1 - 819-827-6224 - [email protected] - www.gvhs.ca - Archives; see: http://gvhs.ca/research/index.html or: http://www.gvhs.ca/research/library-subjects.html Georgeville Historical Society – Steve Moore, president – 4600 Georgeville Road, Georgeville QC J0B 1T0 - 819-562-8036 - www.histoirequebec.qc.ca - www.townshipsheritage.com/Eng/Org/Society/HS_georgeville.html - External sources; Bullock Cemetery Georgeville http://www.interment.net/data/canada/qc/stanstead/bullock/ index.htm - Hill Cemetery Georgeville http://www.interment.net/data/canada/qc/stanstead/hill/index.htm / MacPherson Cemetery Georgeville http://www.interment.net/data/canada/qc/stanstead/macpherson/index.htm - Ives Cemetery Georgeville http://interment.net/data/canada/qc/stanstead/ives/index.htm Glengarry Historical Society – Alexandria, Ontario – Grant Cameron - David G. Anderson – PO Box 416, Alexandria, Ontario K0C 1H0 - 613-525-1340 - www.glengarrycounty.com/glenlife.html - [email protected] - Archives; Dictionary of

Glengarry Biography - A comprehensive history of Glengarry County told through the lives of pioneers, fur traders, soldiers, farmers - 800 pages, 1,600 entries, 850,000 words, maps. GoGaspe.com - History-Genealogy - Andy Patterson, webmaster - see also Heritage Gaspé - [email protected] - http://www.gogaspe.com/index_en.php?page=genealogy.php -

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Greenwood Center for Living History - Diane Ratcliffe, president - 254 Main Street, Hudson QC J0P 1H0 - 450-458-5306 - [email protected] - http://www.greenwood-centre-hudson.org - Family phographs, family books

Harrington Harbour Association - Keith Rowsell - 418-795-3131 - [email protected] - Families of the North Shore of the Lower St. Lawrence - http://www.tourismlowernorthshore.com/largemap.htm http://www.tourismlowernorthshore.com/villages.asp - - http://www.tourismlowernorthshore.com/bycar.asp - Kegaska, La Romaine, Unamen Shipu, Chevery, Harrington Harbour, Tête-à-Baleine, Mutton Bay, La Tabatière, Pakua Shipi, St. Augustine, Old Fort Bay, St.Paul's River, Middle Bay, Brador, Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, Blanc Sablon, Red Bay Hemmingford Archives - Mary Ducharme, president - CP 1006 Hemmingford QC J0L 1H0 - 514-778-2845 - [email protected] - http://hemmingfordarchives/home - Archives;

Hemmingford-related Family Trees online of persons born or married or with deaths in Hemmingford; RootsWeb's World Connect Project Global Search - see: http://sites.google.com/site/ hemmingfordarchives/hemmingford-related-family-trees-online and click on either birth-christening or marriages or deaths-burials - hundreds of entries.

Heritage Gaspé - James F. Caputo, president - 580, Montée Wakeham, Gaspé - QC G4X 2A1 - 613-678-3471 or 418-368-5696 - Andy Patterson - webmaster - [email protected] - http://heritage-gaspe.org - http://www.heritage-gaspe.org/

Heritage Huntingville – Mr. Terry Skeats, president – 150 McKay street, North Hatley, QC J0B 2C0 - 819-842-3102 - [email protected] - www.histoirequebec.qc.ca External sources; http://www.interment.net/data/canada/qc/ compton/hunting/ index.htm - Compton County Cemetery Records http://www.interment.net/data/canada/qc/compton .htm Heritage Lower St-Lawrence - Jenne Hurwood, president - 160 A rue Principale, Métis-sur-Mer QC G0J 1S0 - 418--936-3239 - [email protected] Heritage New Carlisle - Manon Cyr, president - 125 boulevard Gérard D. Lévesque - CP 444, New Carlisle QC G0C 1Z0 - 418-752-1334 - [email protected] - http://gaspesie.quebecheritageweb.com/ attraction/new-carlisle-heritage-walking-tour Heritage Sutton - Carole Kierulf, president - 450-538-3222 - [email protected] - www.heritagesutton.ca Hudson Historical Society - Maben Poirier, president - 541 Main Street, Hudson Heights QC J0P 1J0 - 450-458-4290 - http://www.hudsonhistoricalsociety.ca - [email protected] Irish Heritage Quebec - Joseph Lonergan, president - 1145 de Salaberry, Québec QC G1R 2V7 - 418-704-3404 - [email protected] - http://www.irisheritagequebec.net - Book sale; http://www.irishheriragequebec.net/books-for-sale - Genealogy; http://www.irishheritagequebec.net/genealogy/ - Links; http://www.irishheritagequebec.net/links/ - Local Irish history; http://www.irishheritagequebec.net/loval-history/

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Leeds Historical Society - Richard Lefrançois, president - [email protected] – 230 rue Principale, St-Jacques de Leeds, QC G0N 1J0 - 418-281-2134 - www.mcdc.info/en/historical-societies-records/leeds-historical-society/ -

Archives; various books such as; Annals of Megantic County, Kinnear's Mills, Leeds and Sylvester, The Pioneers of Inverness Township, The Anglo-Protestants of Megantic County - Books which features the families of Inverness, Leeds, Ireland, Thetford Mines, Kinnear's Mills, Lemesurier from about 1826 to the early 1990's - Archives: Documentation on Loyalists in the Eastern Townships - External sources; Megantic County Cemetery Records - http://www.interment.net/can/qc/megantic.htm - The Hebridean Scots of the Province of Quebec - http://hebridscots.com/sources.htm Lennoxville-Ascot Historical & Museum Society - Lillian Rider, president - 9 Speid, Sherbrooke, QC J1M 1R9 - 819-564-0409 - [email protected] - www.uplands.ca Literary & Historical Society of Quebec - Morrin Centre - Sovita Chandler, president - 44 Chaussée des Écossais, Québec QC G1R 4H3 - 418-694-9147 - [email protected] - http://www.morrin.org Loyalists – United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada - Little Forks Branch – Beverly Loomis, president - PO Box 401, route 143 South RR#2, Lennoxville QC J1M 2A3 - http://www.uelac.org/branches.php Loyalists - United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada - Sir John Johnson Centennial Branch - Michel Racicot, genealogist - 143 Principale ouest, Farnham, QC J2N 1K6 - 450-293-6342 -http://www.uelac.org/branches.php Loyalists - United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada - Montreal Chapter - Robert C. Wilkins. president - Gary Aitken, vice-president - http://www.uelac.org/branches.php - Megantic English-Speaking Community Development Corp - Suzanne Aubré -

administrator - 906 rue Mooney Ouest, Thetford Mines QC G6G 6H2 - 418-332-3851 - [email protected] - http://www.mcdc.ivic.qc.ca Megantic Compton Cemetery and Church Association – Keith Bennett, president – William Cloutier, secretary [email protected] - 39 Pearson Place, Kirkland QC H9J 1R2 514-695-8505 (William Cloutier) - External sources; Megantic County Cemetery Records - http://www.interment.net/can/qc/ megantic.htm - Compton County Cemetery Records - http://www.interment.net/can/qc/compton.htm - Megantic County - Maple Grove Anglican Cemetery Foundation - Dale Stewart, president - 745 Maheux, Thetford Mines QC G6H 1S7 - 418-423-4611 - 418-423-5921 - [email protected] - External sources; Megantic County Cemetery Records; www.interment.net/data/canada/qc/megantic/maple_anglican/index.htm - Maple Grove Anglican Church http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//Holy_Trinity_Church_(Maple_Grove_Quebec) - Maple Grove Holy Trinity Church http://imagesmitrasites.com/holy-trinity-church-(maple-grove-quebec).html Mille Isles Historical Society – Shirley Dey Captain, president – 48 Birch street, Mille Iles QC J0R 1A0 - 450-562-4480 - [email protected] -

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www.ilaniaabileah.com/150th_anniversary.htm - External sources; Mille Isles Church Records http://morinheightshistory.org/records/MI_records_preface.html Missisquoi Historical Society – Michel Barrette, president – PO Box 186, Stanbridge East, QC J0J 2H0 - 450-248-7008 / 450-248-3153 - www.museemissisquoi.ca/ - www.missisquoimusueum.ca - www.townshipsheritage.com - [email protected] - Archives: Extracts of church records, cemetery inscriptions, indexed inventories of original pioneer papers, microfilms of church registers including marriages, baptisms, deaths, census records, family files, family papers, personages, towship papers by township, towns and villages papers, newspaper clippings, obituaries, books of marriages, books of births, Loyalist lists, crown land grants, township valuation rolls, forgotten villages and old place names, photographs. Morin Heights Historical Association – Charles Vaillancourt, president – PO Box 2693, Morin Heights, QC J0R 1H0 - 450-226-5664 - [email protected] - http://morinheighhistory.org MRC d'Argenteuil - Catherine Lapointe - administrator - 430 Grace, Lachute QC J8H 1M6 - 450-562-2474 - [email protected] Mulgrave & Derry Historical Society - Jim Nicol - president - 2 chemin Laura Lane, Mulgrave et Derry QC J8L 2W8 - 819-986-9355 - [email protected] - http://www.mdhistory.org

Musée de la Gaspésie - France Côté - president - Sébastien Lévesque, general manager - 80 boulevard Gaspé - Gaspé QC G4X 1A9 - 418-368-1534 - [email protected] - http://www.museedelagaspesie.ca

North Hatley - Old North Church Cemetery Association - Phyllis Emery Skeats, president - 150 McKay street, PO Box 2408, North Hatley QC J0B 2C0 - 819-842-3102 - [email protected] North Shore Community Association - Jody Lessard - administrator - PO Box 163, Baie-Comeau QC G4Z 2G9 - 418-296-1545 - [email protected] - www.quebecnorthshore.org Norway Bay Historical Society - James Ritchie, administrator - 29 Strathcona Street, Norway Bay, Bristol QC J0X 1G0 - 819-647-5483 - [email protected] - http://bristolmunicipality.qc.ca/NBHS/welcome.html Park Extension Historical Society - Mary McCutcheon, administrator - 7630 Stuart Avenue, Montreal QC H3N 3R4 - 514-271-6650 - [email protected] - www.parkextensionhistory.com Pontiac Archives - Pontiac County - Shawville-Clarendon Library - William E. McDowell, president - Elsie Sparrow, archivist - 358 Main street, Shawville - P.O. Box 506 Shawville QC J0X 2Y0 - www.pontiacarchives.org - 819-647-7013 - http://www.members.shaw.ca/relatives_merit/UOVGG/PontiacHistSoc.html - [email protected] - Archives; Quebec crown land grant 1773-1890, Pontiac

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county census records 1842-1901, papers of the Pontiac MRC and its municipalities, townships valuation rolls, forgotten villages and old places names of the Pontiac, pedigree charts of Pontiac families, church records of births, marriages, and deaths on microfiches, Pontiac county cemeteries, churches of the Pontiac, Protestant marriages of Pontiac county. Potton Heritage Association – Sandra Jewett, president - 6, chemin de l’Equinox, PO Box 262, Mansonville QC J0E 1X0 - 450-292-0202 - [email protected] - [email protected] - www.patrimoinepotton.org - Archives in pdf format - Villages of Dunkin, Highwater, Knowlton Landing, Owl's Head, bilingual book on the history of the region including the first settlers of Vale Perkins, West Potton (Dunkin), South Potton (Highwater), Meig's Corner, North Potton, Mansonville - see; http://pottonheritage.org/?page_id=532

Rawdon Historical Society – Beverly Prudhomme, archivist – [email protected] - http://rawdonhistoricalsociety.com/ - Glenn F. Cartwright, archivist – [email protected] or at: www.rawdon.qc.ca or at: Alice Quintal Library, 363 Queen street, Rawdon, QC J0K 1S0 / 450-834-2596 #2244 - Renée Lalonde, Librarian -Archives; see the above web address for a detailed description of books, cemeteries, churches and other subjects. Restigouche Genealogical Society - Gaspé Peninsula - Dalhousie Centennial Library - www.genealogy.restigouche.net/society.htm - [email protected] - 403 Adelaide street, Dalhousie NB - E8C 1B6 - 506-684-7370 - Pennie Barbour, president - [email protected] - 511 Cameron street, Dalhousie, NB E8C 1J6 - 506-684-4624 - P.O. Box 353, Campbellton, NB E3N 3G7 506-789-7759 - Québec Province Fonds #107 Anglican Church Records, marriages, births and deaths - #107 Prebyrerian Church Registers of Rev. James Stevens, minister to Bonaventure County from about 1798 or 1811 to about 1832 - #108 Matapedia Marriages (years not indicated, most likely from 1855 to 1931) - #116 Churches in Gaspé - Christian Brothers (1865-1985), New Richmond-Cullen's Brook (1928-1930), New Richmond-Matapedia (1932-1961), New Richmond-Black Cape (1962-1985), New Richmond-Cascapedia (1959-1971), New Richmond-Matapédia (1855-1931) - #119A New Carlisle Anglican Church Records book 1 (years not reported, most likely from 1811 to 1820) - #119B New Carlisle Anglican Church Records Book #2 (1821-1858 & 1859-1891) - #119C New Carlisle Anglican Church Records Book #3 (1891-1949) - #119D New Carlisle Anglican Church Records Book #4 (1949-1987) - #129 New Richmond Presbyterian Records Book #1 (1839-1920) Book #2 (1920-1987) - #132 New Carlisle Anglican Records Vol 1 & 2 (1821-1987) - #138 Gaspesia Protestant Church Records (1) Records of Rev. John Suddard for the villages of Malbay, Percé, L'Anse-à-Beaufils, Cape Cove (1820-1826) (2) Records of of Rev. William Arnold (1827-1830, 1833, 1834) for the Anglican parishes of St. Paul's & St. James of Gaspé (3) Records of Rev. George Milne (1841-1874) for the Anglican parish of St. Andrew's of New Carlisle & Rural area. (4) Records of Bishop Mountain (1850) for the parish of The Magdaline Island (5) Records of Rev. François de Montmollin in regard to the Dispersed Families of the Gaspé Peninsula (1768-1794) (6) Gaspesian Marriages which were filed under the Anglican Parish of Lévis (years not indicated, most likely from about 1768 to 1794) Richmond County Historical Society – Beverly Taber Smith, president - 1296 Route 243 Sud, Melbourne Township QC J0B 2B0 - 819-826-1332 - Nick Fonda, archivist - [email protected] - Archives; for a detailed description of fonds, visit; www.richmondcountyhistoricalsociety.com/archives/.htm - External sources; Richmond County Cemetery Records http.//www.interment.net/can/qc/richmond.htm

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Société d'histoire de Pointe-Saint-Charles - Natacha Alexandroff, vice-president - 2390 rue de Ryde, suite 206 Montreal QC H3K 1R6 514-932-5610 - [email protected] - http://shpsc.org Société d'histoire de Rivière-Rouge - Ronald McGregor, president - 232 chemin des Aigles, Rivière-Rouge QC J0T 1T0 - 819-275-5943 - [email protected] Société d'histoire du protestantisme franco-québécois - Richard Lougheed, president -

4824 Ch. de la Côte-des-Neiges, #301 Montreal QC H3V 1E4 - 514-526-2003 #107 - http://www.shpfq.org - [email protected]

Ste-Anne-de-Bout-de-l'Ile Historical Society - Bruce Grainger, administrator - 85 rue

Somerset, Baie D'Urfé QC H9X 2W3 - 514-457-9167 - [email protected]

Stanstead Historical Society Archives - Colby-Curtiss Museum - Ann Montgomery, president, 535 Dufferin, Stanstead QC J0B 3E0 819-876-7322 - www.colbycurtis.ca/eng/archives.html - www.townshipsheritage.com - [email protected] - [email protected] - www.colbycurtis.ca - Publications for sale: Vital statistics (1845-1964 - 11 volumes), census of 1825 & 1866, wills & testaments (1840-1950), marriage contracts (1840-1950), vital statistics from the Sherbrooke Daily Record (1897-1906 volume 1 & 2) - In order to fully appreciate the content of various fonds kept at the Stanstead Archives, refer to an excellent article written by Davide Lepitre entitled "Some helpful information for Genealogical Researchers in Stanstead, Quebec". Article which can be accessed on http://www.tomifobia.com/genealogy/genealogy1.html - Another source on the content of collections stored at the Stanstead Archives can be found on http://www.qfhs-database.ca/QFHS-virtual-library/Cemeteries/Stanstead/ QC1553.pdf / External sources; Stanstead County Cemetery Records; http://interment.net/can/qc/stanstead.htm St-Patrick's Society Richmond & Vicinity - Julie O'Donnell, vice-president - 220 Principale nord, Richmond QC J0B 2H0 - 819-826-2535 - - [email protected] - www.richmondstpats.org/ St-Patrick Society of Montreal – J. Peter Shea, historian [email protected] – Erin Matheson, office manager [email protected] - 6767 Côte St. Luc Road #1, Montréal QC H4V 2Z6 - 514-481-1346 - http://www.spsmtl.com/index_en - Townshippers Association – Lennoxville - Rachel Hunting, administrator - [email protected] – 100-257 Queen, Sherbrooke (Lennoxville), QC J1M 1K7 - 819-566-5717 / 1-866-566-5717 - www.townshippers.qc.ca - [email protected]

Upper Ottawa Valley Genealogical Group – Pontiac County - UOVGG Library Fonds - Inquiries: Bernie Buechman at [email protected] - Library: Diane Walker Burnett at [email protected] - http://uovgg.ca/holdings_pontiac.html - PO Box 972, Pembroke, ON K8A 7M5 - Québec Library Fonds - Pontiac County - Protestant births, marriages, deaths

#912.3 box 2 Anglican North Clarendon (1864-1873) Anglican North Clarendon & Thorne (1864-1916) Wesleyan Methodist Allumette Island (1864-1916) - #912.3 box 3 Pontiac County Anglican baptisms, marriages, deaths (1864-1911) for St. George's, St. Stephen's & St. Matthew's Anglican Churches - Pontiac County Wesleyan Methodist marriages (1864-1911) -

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Anglican & Presbyterian marriages (1864-1911) churches not indicated - #912.3 box 7 Quyon Wesleyan Methodist births & baptisms (1859-1902) - Quyon United births, marriages, deaths (1859-1930) - #912.3 shelf Index to Clarendon Township Anglican Parish Records (1823-1898) - Pontiac Protestant cemeteries - St. George's Anglican Campbell's Bay, St. Andrew's United Campbell's Bay, Stark's Corners Community Cemetery, Stark's Corners United Cemetery, Clarendon Front Armstrong Burying Ground, St. John's Anglican Church Cemetery Clarendon Township, Yarm United Cemetery, Yarm Methodist & Hodgins Methodist Cemeteries Clarendon Township, Standard Church Cemetery Clarendon Township, North Clarendon Baptist Church Burial Ground, Austin United Cemetery, Austin Methodist Cemetery, Norman United Cemetery, Norman & Kemp Methodist Cemetery, Clarendon Township Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery, Shawville Community Cemetery, Maple Grove Pentecostal Cemetery - #929.3 box 3 Green Book of Cemeteries, Volume 1 includes Aberdeen, Allumette Island, Campbell's Bay, Chichester, Clarendon Township, Volume 2 includes Grand Calumet, Litchfield, Mansfield, Onslow, Portage du Fort, Sheen, Thorne, Waltham - #929.3 box 4 St. James Anglican Cemetery Hull (Gatineau county) Cantley Protestant Cemetery, Chelsea Private Cemetery, Centre Eardley Cemetery, Norway Bay United Cemetery, Norway Bay Anglican Cemetery, Quyon Old Pontiac Cemetery, Burials on private property, St. John the Evangelist Anglican Cemetery Clarendon Street Quyon - #929.3 box 5 includes Portage du Fort Protestant Cemetery, Litchfield Protestant Cemetery, Lower Litchfield Cemetery, United Church Cemetery Lower Litchfield, Litchfield Presbyterian Cemetery, Litchfield Church of Scotland Cemetery, St. George's Anglican Cemetery in Portage du Fort - Litchfield, Dunraven Union Church Cemetery, Craig Methodist Cemetery Thorne Township, Ladysmith Methodist Church Cemetery in Thorne Township, St. Stephen's Anglican Cemetery in Thorne Township, Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery in Thorne Township Verleg-Ahnentafel - Claude Kaufholt-Couture, president - Éditions Verleg-Ahmentafel, 2-230 boul. René-Lévesque Ouest, Québec, QC G1R 2A8, 418-521-1558 - [email protected] - Book for sale; Births, marriages, deaths of two Baptist churches, one in Quebec City (1858-1995), the second in Inverness (1865-1872) - Majority of families compiled were English, a few were French - 170 pages - Westmount Historical Association - Doreen Lindsay, president - [email protected] / www.westmounthistorical.org - 514-989-5510 - 4574 Sherbrooke street west, Westmount QC H3Z 2G5 - Archives; see: www.westmounthistorical.org/archives.html