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Episode 099-February 1, 2022

Today is the last part in the series on French-Canadian resources at Ancestry.com. This is probably the one most people avoid: resources written in French. But we now have an ally in this task — Techsmith’s Snagit® (see below for more information).

Lisa Louise Cooke covered Snagit in depth in her Elevenses with Lisa videos on YouTube. For more ideas on using Snagit, see her episode 61, How to Use Snagit for Genealogy, and episode 66, Snagit Part 2—Advanced Clipping Techniques.

Lesser-Used French-Canadian Resources at Ancestry.com-Part 4

Page numbers are digital image numbers unless otherwise noted.

Lists (gazetteers, directories, censuses, etc.)

Almanac Containing an Alphabetical List of the Cities, Towns, Villages, Parishes, and Townships of the Province of Quebec, the names of the Counties, Districts and Dioceses in which they are situated; a Table of the Registration Divisions, the names of the Registrars, the Chefs-lieux, &c., &c. (Almanach Contenant Une Liste Alphabétique des Cités, Villes, Villages, Paroisses et Cantons de la Province de Québec, 1880)

Alphabetical list of cities, towns, counties, districts, and parishes (p. 4)
Districts with included counties and main administrative cities (p. 15)
List of the registration divisions of the province of Quebec with the names of the counties, registrars, chefs-lieux, the date of proclamation, the coming into force and the expiration of the cadastre, since 1869 (p. 17)
List of bailiffs of the province of Quebec alphabetically by district (p. 20)

Judicial Almanac of the Province of Quebec Containing The Names of the Judges of the Dominion of Canada, Prothonotaries, Sheriffs, Registrars, Magistrates, Clerks, Bailiffs, Etc., of the Province of Quebec as well as the Terms of the Courts, Tariffs of Lawyers, Registrars, Notaries and Bailiffs (Almanach judiciaire de la province de Québec: contenant les noms des juges de la Puissance du Canada, les protonotaires, shérifs, régistrateurs, magistrats, greffiers, huissiers, etc., de la province de Québec: ainsi que les lermes des cours, tarifs des avocats, régistrateurs, notaires et huissiers)

Lists the public departments of Quebec with their heads, sometimes the members, and often fees charged
Index (p. 44)

List of lands granted by the Crown in the province of Quebec: from 1763 to December 31, 1890 (Liste des terrains concédés par la Couronne dans la province de Québec: de 1763 au 31 décembre 1890)

Land grant recipients alphabetically by county, then canton (p. 13)
Land grant recipients alphabetically by county and loosely by first letter of last name (p. 587)

Quebec City Census for 1716 (Recensement de la ville de Quebec pour 1716)

Includes the name of each of the inhabitants (whether family member or not) with age, occupation, and street of residence (p. 6)
Name index (p. 33)

Histories

History of the Church of Notre-Dame des Victoires, Lower Quebec City: second centenary, 1688-1888 (Historique de l’église de Notre-Dame des Victoires, basse-ville de Québec: deuxième centenaire, 1688-1888)

History divided into time periods with summary of chapter contents on first page of each chapter

Remembrance of the feasts of the second centenary of the founding of the Hôpital-général de Québec celebrated at the monastery on May 16, 17 and 18, 1893 (Souvenir des fêtes du second centenaire de la fondation de l’Hôpital-général de Québec célébrées au monastère le 16, le 17 et le 18 mai 1893)

Floor plan including dates of expansion (p. 5)
Table of contents (p. 33)

History of the Hôtel-Dieu de Quebec (Histoire de l’Hôtel-Dieu de Quebec)

History from the beginning to 1646 (p. 12)
History from 1646 to 1759 (p. 80)
History from 1759-1840 (p. 231)
Appendix I. General idea of the Rules and Constitutions of Hospitallers of the Mercy of Jesus, and of life of a Hospitaller from her entry in religion until her death (p. 285)
Appendix II. Historical Notes on the General Hospital (p. 296)
Appendix III. Order of Monseigneur de Harlay (p. 300)
Appendix IV. Arms of the Order of the Religious Hospitallers of the Mercy of Jesus (p. 301)
Lists of superiors, confessors, chaplains, and superiors of the community from 1639 to 1877 (p. 303)
Floor plan of the Hôtel-Dieu (p. 306)
List of the women who joined the order (p. 308)

History of the parish of Saint-Anne des Plaines, erected under Mgr Hubert, bishop of Quebec, in the year 1787 (Histoire de la paroisse de Saint-Anne des Plaines, erigée sous Mgr Hubert, évêque de Québec, en l’année 1787)

Parish history (p. 11)
Parish priests and religious (p. 89)
Genealogies of parish families (p. 92)
Engagement contract (p. 113)
Proclamation (p. 119)
List of inhabitants who petitioned for a chapel and a priest in 1786 (p. 121)
List of church wardens from 1788 to 1860 (122)
Table of contents (p. 123)

Freemasonry in the province of Quebec in 1883 (La franc-maçonnerie dans la province de Québec en 1883)

Table of contents (p. 143)

Old Quebec, descriptions, our archives, etc. (L’ancien Quebec, descriptions, nos archives, etc.)

Biographical information about Wilfrid Laurier (p. 7) and Honoré Mercier (p. 10)
The Needs of Our Province- a socio-economic look at concerns in late 19th-century Quebec (p. 17)
Life in Gaspésie (p. 23)
Fortifications of Canada during the French Regime (p. 31)
The Archives (p. 42)
Old Quebec (p. 46)
Jean Martel bio (p. 77)
Table of Contents (p. 81)

Quebec and Lévis at the dawn of the 20th Century (Québec et Lévis à L’aurore du XXe Siècle)

Picturesque Quebec (p. 7)
Monumental Quebec (p. 19)
Symbolic and Religious Quebec (p. 49)
Legendary Quebec (p. 55)
Historical Quebec (p. 70)
Social Quebec (p. 114)
Archaeological Quebec (p. 124)
The City of the Dead (p. 151)
Lévis (p. 163)
Quebec in the 20th Century (p. 172)

In the back of the book is a table of engravings (p. 180) and a table of chapters (p. 181).

Ethnographic Study of the Elements That Make Up the Population of the Province of Quebec (Etude Ethnographique des Éléments Qui Constituent la Population de la Province de Québec)

This short article looks at the various waves of immigrants to New France and Canada and where they came from.

Chart: Places of birth of heads of households in the 1891 census (p. 5)
Origins of pioneers who arrived in New France between 1615 and 1641 (p. 6)
British officers who married in Canada between 1840-1870 and the names of their wives (p. 6)

History of the City of Trois-Rivières and its Surroundings (Histoire de la Ville de Trois-Rivières et de Ses Environs)

This book covers the history of Trois-Rivières up to 1637.

Early baptisms and deaths recorded in the parish register, including those of Natives (p. 42)
The history of early Trois-Rivières families (p. 49)

Biographies

Portraits and parliamentary files of the first Parliament of Quebec (Portraits et dossiers parlementaires du premier Parlement de Quèbec)

Biographical sketches of selected members of parliament (p. 5)
Table of votes (p. 72)
Table of Colonization Societies with the name of each society’s president and secretary-treasurer (p. 82)

Biographical album of the members of the City Council, followed by the principal officers and contractors of the new city hall of Quebec, 1896-97 (Album biographique des membres du Conseil de ville, suivis des principaux officiers et des entrepreneurs du nouvel hôtel de ville de Quebec, 1896-97)

Biographies of mayors, judges, city councilmen, and others who served their municipality. Photos are included.

Semi-annual report / College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Province of Quebec, 1900 (Rapport Semi-annuel / College des Médecins Et Chirurgiens De La Province De Québec, 1900)

This short report covers the annual meeting held on July 4, 1900, in Montreal.

Statement of the amounts of contributions paid before July 1893 and not credited to the accounts of the members of the college (p. 8)
Report on how the college dealt with medical charlatans (p. 14)

Biographical notes: Theophile Baillairgé 4th child of Pierre-Florent, assistant engineer of the city of Quebec and Charlotte-Janvrin Horsley his wife (Notices biographiques: Theophile Baillairgé 4ème enfant de Pierre-Florent, ingénieur-adjoint de la cité de Québec et Charlotte-Janvrin Horsley son épouse)

This book covers the life of Theophile Baillairgé as well as the Horsley, Welling, Innes, and Janvrin lines of his wife Charlotte Janvrin Horsley (p. 12).

Techsmith’s Snagit®

Using Snagit to “read” French text

If you are a more visual learner, you can watch these steps in action in the video Using Snagit® to Unlock French Text.

Step 1: Choose your French passage from a page, article, or chapter. If your selection is already digitized, go to step two. If not, scan or take a picture, and save it to your computer.

 

Step 2: Bring up Snagit Capture (not the Snagit Editor). Under Image, in the Selection drop-down window, choose Grab Text. Click the Capture button. Then drag your cursor over the text you want to translate. If the page is double columned or pictures are interspersed with the text, you may have to grab smaller sections and piece them together.

 

Step 3: Snagit applies OCR. Wait for the Grab Text Results box to appear. Copy and paste that text into a word processor. Edit the text.

 

 

Step 4: Copy and paste the text in Google Translate or some other reliable translator.

 

To watch the video Using Snagit® to Unlock French Text, go here.

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Elevenses with Lisa episode #61: How to Use Snagit for Genealogy

Elevenses with Lisa episode #66: Snagit Advanced Screen Clipping

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Announcements

Lifelines

Just a reminder that if you need help researching your Franco roots and you don’t speak French, if you are trying to locate your ancestors in America but the name changes find you stumbling around not knowing where to look, if you find records for your ancestors and struggle to understand what they’re telling you, then check out my book French Language Lifelines for the Anglo Genealogist at Amazon.

Journal Rundown

Michigan’s Habitant Heritage, the journal of the French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan

Volume 42 number 3

List of Lenders to Voyageurs to le Détroit du Lac Érié from 1711-1730, part 3
The Origins of Phillipe Amiot/Hameau, His Spouse Anne Couvent, and Their Nephew Toussaint Ledran, part 3
Establishing a Trade Network in the 18th Century-Lessons Learned from the Chevalier Family, part 5
16 and 17 May 1701 Confirmed in the Chapel of the Seminary by Monseigneur L’Ancien, part 4
Mystery of Marie Anne Lespérance, also known as Robert/Robert dite Lespérance/Magnan dite Lespérance
Catherine de Baillon’s Ancestry: Marigny and Popincourt
Veterans of the War of 1812 in the Michigan Militia: Joseph Thuot dit Duval/Duvalle, 1784-1840
François Vaillant de Guélis/Gueslis, S. J.

Volume 42 number 4

List of Lenders to Voyageurs to le Détroit du Lac Érié from 1711-1730, conclusion
The Origins of Phillipe Amiot/Hameau, His Spouse Anne Couvent, and Their Nephew Toussaint Ledran, part 4, the conclusion
Establishing a Trade Network in the 18th Century-Lessons Learned from the Chevalier Family, part 6a
16 and 17 May 1701 Confirmed in the Chapel of the Seminary by Monseigneur L’Ancien, part 5
The Obligations/Debts of Pierre Mallet and Madeleine Thunay dite Dufresne, Jacques Campeau and Cécile Catin, and François Marie Picoté de Belestre and Catherine Trottier: 1704-1710, part 2a
Families Who Lived in Détroit by 24 July 1721
Veterans of the War of 1812 in the Michigan Militia: Daniel Thuot dit Duval/Duvalle, 1788-1873
Soldiers, Officers, and Voyageurs Documented to have been in Détroit between 24 July 1701-24 July 1721

American-French Genealogical Society’s Je Me Souviens Magazine

Volume 44 number 2

A Corrected Biography of Fille du Roi Marie-Marguerite de Provinlieu by Peter Gagné
Glossary of Terms You Might Find While Researching the “Filles du Roi”-Peter Gagné
Catherine Ducharme (1657-1719) Fille du Roi—City Girl Survives and Thrives on Pioneer Life in La Prairie by Susan McNelley
What’s Cooking: two versions of Poor Man’s Pudding and a recipe for Maple butter-Jan Burkhart

The American Canadian Genealogical Society’s the American-Canadian Genealogist

Volume 47 number 2

My Ancestors in a Company of Frenchmen in the American Revolution
French-Canadian Illness – OPMD
Acadians in France: In Their Footsteps, Part II

Volume 47 number 3

Acadians in France: In Their Footsteps, Part III
Marie Desanges Levesque: Life Sketch
Newfoundland Captives & Prisoners
Canada’s Abominable Snowman

French-Canadian News

The French Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan

February 12, 11 am, Zoom meeting: Accustomed to carrying a burden: French female camp followers during the seven years war with Joseph Gagné

The Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society

Most Saturdays at noon, online webinars:

February 5: Using MyHeritage Library Edition
February 12: Researching New England’s First Settlers
February 19: First Black Family in Essex, Vermont
March 5: The Value of Newspapers in Genealogy Research
March 8: Researching Your Irish Ancestors
March 19: What is a “Reasonably Exhaustive Search?
March 26: Why Research Logs? Five Reasons & Five Options
April 2: Planning a Research Trip
April 9: The Value of Research Plans and How to Use Them

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