This page contains several online resources that you might find helpful in researching your ancestors in Acadian, Canadian, and Maine parish registers, cemeteries, vital records, or other genealogy sites.
Parish Registers
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Parish Register |
Years covered |
Site where available |
| Ste Luce, Frenchville, Maine | 1843 - 1860 | Baptisms on Upper St. John Valley web site |
| Ste Luce, Frenchville, Maine | 1843 - 1860 | Marriages on Upper St. John Valley web site |
| Ste Luce, Frenchville, Maine | 1843 - 1860 | Burials on Upper St. John Valley web site |
| Ste Luce, Frenchville, Maine | 1843 - 1860 | Combined search of baptisms, marriages, and burials on Upper St. John Valley web site |
| Ste Luce, Frenchville, Maine | 1858 | 1858 Ste Luce and mission of St François Xavier parish census on Upper St. John Valley web site provides location where ancestors lived. |
| St Bruno, Van Buren, Maine | 1821 - 1875 | Baptisms in International Genealogical Index (IGI) on Family Search web site. Choose the
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| St Bruno, Van Buren, Maine | 1872 | 1872 St Bruno parish census on Upper St. John Valley web site provides location where ancestors lived. |
| St Louis, Kamouraska, Québec | 1727 - 1763 | Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials on Kamouraska web site |
| St Jean Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, Acadia | 1702-1755 | An Acadian Parish Remembered The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755 in Acadia, part of Nova Scotia's Public Archives. |
| Régistre de la paroisse de Beaubassin | 1712-1748 |  Régistre de la paroisse de Beaubassin Situé en Nouvelle-France, le village de Beaubassin, composé de 2 800 habitants, est incendié en 1750 à l’arrivée des troupes anglaises. Le registre est sauvé de la destruction par les Acadiens fugitifs qui l'emportent avec eux à Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. Puis en 1778, il est transporté à La Rochelle. Les Archives municipales de cette ville le conserve jusqu’en 1923, date à laquelle elles en font don aux Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime. |
| Fortress of Louisbourg | 1713 - 1758 | Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials on Fortress of Louisbourg in Acadia, part of Canada's Digital Collection. |
Cemeteries
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Cemetery |
Years covered |
Site where available |
| Acadian Cemeteries in New Brunswick | Lucie LeBlanc Consentino's site provides photos of the tombstones of the Acadian Cemeteries in New Brunswick. | |
| Halde Cemetery, Waterville, Maine | 1853 to 1924 | Listing of Halde Cemetery on The French Connection web site. Note that the site no longer appears to be online |
| Holy Family, Daigle, Maine | 1906 to 2006 | Our site provides both a Simple Search, and an Advance Search, and Plot Maps of the Holy Family Cemetery in Daigle, Maine. |
| New Brunswick Provincial Archives | Search New Brunswick Cemeteries. | |
| Pine Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine | 1851 to 1927 | Listing of Pine Grove Cemetery on The French Connection web site. Note that the site no longer appears to be online |
| St David, Madawaska, Maine | 1871 to 2013 | Our site provides both a Simple Search, and an Advance Search of the St David Cemetery in Madawaska, Maine as created by Ken Theriault. |
| St Gerard, Grand Isle, Maine | 1930 to 2013 | Our site provides both a Simple Search, and an Advance Search of the St Gerard Cemetery in Grand Isle, Maine as created by Ken Theriault. |
| St Joseph Cemetery, Sinclair, Maine | 1879 to 2007 | Our site provides both a Simple Search, and an Advance Search of the St Joseph Cemetery in Sinclair, Maine as inventoried by Walter Fournier in 2000. |
| Ste Luce, Frenchville, Maine | 1843 to 2006 | Our site provides both a Simple Search, and an Advance Search, and Plot Maps of the Ste Luce Cemetery in Frenchville, Maine as inventoried by Walter Fournier and Antoine Paradis in 2003. |
| Old St Louis, Fort Kent, Maine | 1874 to 1916 | Our site provides both a Simple Search, and an Advance Search of the Old St Louis Cemetery that was created from the inventory made by Penny (Gail) Laporte in 1994 and originally posted by Norma Kennedy Plourde on her web site. |
| St Louis, Fort Kent, Maine | 1974 to 2013 | Our site provides both a Simple Search, and an Advance Search of the St Louis Cemetery in Fort Kent, Maine as created by Simone Levesque. |
| St Mary, Eagle Lake, Maine | 1905 to 2007 | Our site provides both a Simple Search, and an Advance Search of the St Mary Cemetery in Eagle Lake, Maine as inventoried by Maurice Saucier. |
| St Paul Congregational Cemetery, St Francis, Maine | 1879 to 2007 | Our site provides both a Simple Search, and an Advance Search of the St Paul Congregational Cemetery in St Francis, Maine as created by Carol Pelletier. |
Maine Resources
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Resource |
Years Covered |
Site where available |
| Maine State Archives | 1892-1966 1976-1996 |
Index of Marriages |
| Maine State Archives | 1960 - 1996 | Index of Deaths |
| Maine State Archives | 1860 - 1865 | Civil War |
| Maine State Archives | Legislature 1820 - 1860 |
Search Archives databases |
| Maine State Archives | Legislature 1820 - 1860 |
Local Government Portal can be used to find County a town is in. |
New Brunswick Resources
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Resource |
Years Covered |
Site where available |
| New Brunswick Provincial Archives | Online Provincial Archives. Choose whether to use English or French (Français) | |
| New Brunswick Provincial Archives | 1800 - 1957 | Search Vital Statics databases |
Québec Resources
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Resource |
Years Covered |
Site where available |
| Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec | Collection de Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Available mainly in French (Français). | |
| Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec | Des origines à 1906 | Archives des notaires du Québec. Available in French (Français) only. |
| Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec | 1608 - 1760 | Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes de Cyprien Tanguay. Available in French only. Even with its errors and with more recent compilations by others providing corrections, his work published between 1871 and 1890 still remains a principal tool for genealogical research in Québec. |
| Parchemin, présenté par la société de recherche historique Archiv-Histo | Pionniers | 1617 - 1825 | Plongez dans l’univers notarial ... Les pionniers et pionnières établis par mariage au Canada 1617-1825 Base de données élaborée par Marcel Fournier et diffusée par la Société de recherche historique Archiv-Histo>/td> ` |
France Resources
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Resource |
Years Covered |
Site where available |
| Les archives en France et ailleurs | Des origines à 1906 | Les archives en France et ailleurs. Available in French (Français) only. |
| Archives départementales de l'Yonne | 1608 - 1760 | Archives départementales de l'Yonne Available in French only. Where one can search the old parish registers for the department of Yonne, such as that of Joigny where our ancestor was born. |
| Archives départementales de Charente-Maritime | 1608 - 1760 | Archives départementales de Charente-Maritime Available in French only. Where one can search the old parish registers for the department of Charente-Maritime, including the Parish registers of Beaubassin. |
Censuses
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Hosting Site |
Site Census Content |
Site where available |
| Automated Genealogy | Provides indices to the Canadian Censuses for 1901, 1906, and 1911 | Indices to Canadian censuses |
| Family Search | Provides 1800 U.S. Census, 1881 British Census, and 1881 Canadian Census | Family Search census records |
| Upper St John Valley | Provides 1820 through 1860 U.S. Census, 1831 Kamouraska County (Lower Canada), 1833 New Brunswick Special Census of Madawaska (both sides of the border), 1837 Maine census of Madawaska Settlements, and 1851 Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada census | Upper St John Valley census records |
| Upper St John Valley | Searchable database of 1860 U.S. census for Northern Maine | Upper St John Valley 1860 census search |
| U.S. GenWeb Census Project | On-Line Inventory of Transcribed Censuses in the U.S. GenWeb Project with Search capability | U.S. GenWeb census inventory U.S. GenWeb census search |
| All Census Records | Your One-Stop Site for links to USA Census Records, Canadian Census Records, English Census Records, Census Indexes & Images, Census Transcriptions, Blank Census Forms, City Directories, Tax & Assessment Lists, Voters Registrations, Veterans Census, Questions on Census Records | U.S. and Canadian censuses |
Genealogy / History Sites
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Genealogist / Historian |
Predominant Site Content |
Site where available |
| Chip Gagnon | Census transcripts, church records, land grants and surveys, historical maps, history of the region for communities in the Upper St. John River, the Allagash and Fish Rivers valleys in Aroostook County, Maine, the Green and Madawaska Rivers in the Madawaska County in New Brunswick | Upper St. John River Valley |
| Lucie LeBlanc Consentino | Acadian genealogy, history, census records, Acadian maps, settlements, Acadian exiles, exile lists, Acadians in France, in Massachusetts, in Louisiana and in all of the colonies, Acadians exiled to England, repatriation to France | Acadian and French Canadian Ancestral Home |
| Tim Hébert | Acadian genealogy, history, census records, Acadian maps, settlements, Acadian exiles, exile lists, Acadians in France, in Massachusetts, in Louisiana and in all of the colonies, Acadians exiled to England, repatriation to France | Acadian and French Canadian Ancestral Home |
| Robert E. Chenard | Extensive information on the French-Canadians in Maine, including genealogy, cemetery listings, Franco-Americans in the Civil War, town and church listings. | The French ConnectionNote that the site no longer appears to be online. |
| University of Montreal | Le site exhaustif de la généalogie canadienne-française du Québec avant 1800 (The comprehensive site for Québec French-Canadian genealogy). | Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique (PRDH) (The Research Program in Historical Demography) |
| Centre de généalogie francophone d'Amérique | This site is in French. It provides a genealogy guide and forms for gathering information, and a genealogy forum where you can ask questions. Brief history on our ancestors is provided in the Ancêtres et histoire (Ancestors and History) section. | Centre de généalogie francophone d'Amérique You must subscribe (free) to access some of the information. |
| Denis Beauregard | Provides a gateway to Franco-American and French-Canadian Genealogy on the Internet in Quebec and Acadia, in France and other countries. The Places link provides a list of towns and parishes within the old counties. Now has a dictionary of all families (until 1720) in Quebec, Acadia, West, Illinois, Michigan, Louisiana, etc. and most foreign ancestors. | FrancoGene |
Maps
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State / Province |
Predominant Site Content |
Site where available |
| Old Place Names | Old Place Name Map of the Upper St. John River Valley. Based on a map by Walter Fournier, Sinclair, Maine on Madawaska Historical Society web site. | Old Place Names in Upper St John Valley |
| New England & NY | Historic USGS Maps of New England & NY | Maps of New England & New York |
| Historical Maps | This online collection of over 2000 USGS topographic maps includes complete geographical coverage of New England, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland from the 1890s to 1950s. | Maptech Historical Maps |
| New Brunswick | Maps of New Brunswick province and its counties. Site also includes links that allow you to download the map as a MS Word document. | Maps of New Brunswick |
| Québec old counties | Map of the old counties in the Province of Québec which provide a popup display when you mouse over the county area. The oldest parishes for some of the counties are displayed, if our site has known ancestors who were baptized, married, or buried in that parish. | Map of Old Counties in Québec on our site. |
| Québec Parishes | Interactive map will display the position of the parishes in Québec in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Select a parish in the pulldown, and click the Go button. The resulting map will show the parish with a red dot on the map. When you mouse over the dots on the map, the parish name is displayed. | Québec Parishes |
| Cartes et plans de Québec | Maps of Québec villages created between 1876 and 1950, maps of early North America between 1500 and 1800, and ancient topographical maps of Québec. | Maps of Québec |
| Maine | Maine town and county maps, interactive internet mapping, tourists, and historical collections of maps. The Maine Cities and Counties link allows finding the county for a town. | Maine maps |
| U.S. Census Bureau | State maps from the U.S. Census Bureau are available by clicking the state counties - selection map link in the upper left corner of the page. | U.S. Census Bureau maps |
| Wikipedia | A chart of the top reported ancestries in the United States, as provided by the 2000 census. Shaded color represents the largest number of respondents (a plurality) from sample. Areas with the largest "American" ancestry populations were mostly settled by English, French, Welsh, Scottish and Irish. | Maps of American ancestries |
| Atlas of Canada | Historical and reference maps of Canada and Canadian Provinces. | Atlas of Canada |
| National Atlas of the United States | Printable maps of Congressional Districts, State counties, and State counties with principal towns and cities. | National Atlas of the United States |
Other Web Sites of Interest
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Web Master |
Predominant Site Content |
Site where available |
| Canadian Museum of Civilization | Collections series to acquaint people with the cultural institutions in North America and Europe that hold material evidence on New France. People information on les Filles du Roi, les Coureurs des Bois, les Seigneurs, les Habitants, les soldats, and les voyageurs. | Virtual Museum of New France |
| Madawaska Historical Sociery | Information on the Madawaska Historical Society, its officers, and its projects | Madawaska Historical Sociery |
| Madawaska Historical Sociery | Acadian Festival in Madawaska, Maine | Acadian Festival |
| Maine State Archives | Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps in Maine, tribute to members | Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) |
| National Archives | Immigration / Emigration, Military Records (American Revolutionary War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War) | Access to Archival Databases (AAD) |
| Fold3 | National Archives and Footnote launch project to digitize Historic Documents. Includes Civil War Pension applications, Naturalization index. You can search the collection but will need to subscribe to get a copy of the document. | Access to National Archive Historic Documents |
| Samuel de Champlain Portal | Provides information on the 400th Anniversary of Samuel de Champlain vogyages and on the founding of Québec on 3 July 1608 and the discovery of Lake Champlain on 4 Jul 1609. | Access to Samuel de Champlain Portal |
| Northern New York American-Canadian Genealogical Society | Provides list of early settlers in Québec and Acadia who walked with Samuel de Champlain. | Access to several family histories and biographies of early settlers in Québec and Acadia. |
 Franco-American Oral History Archives |
The mission of the Franco-American Oral History Archives is to develop, collect, archive, and make available to the public oral documentation pertaining to the personal, regional, ethnic and political histories of Franco-Americans.
The Franco-American Center team led Lisa Desjardins Michaud have been digitizing and making available on the web the interviews conducted by Dr Marc Chassé, Dr Normand Beaupré, and the Franco-American Center at the University of Maine in Orono The Franco-American Center web site allows the interview to reach a wide audience of people who grew up in the St John River Valley and are now scattered around the United States. |
The Franco-American Center site provides access to several video interviews |
Genealogy Tools / Software
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Developer |
Software Tool capability |
Site where available |
| Darrin Lythgoe | The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding© ("TNG") is a powerful way to manage and display your genealogy data on the Internet, all without generating a single page of HTML. Instead, your information is stored in MySQL database tables and dynamically displayed in attractive fashion with PHP (a scripting language). TNG is used to drive the genealogy display on this site. | The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding (TNG) |
| Michel Démorest | Filiatus is a French genealogy publishing software that generates a family tree book with descendant charts. Filiatus vous permet d'editer le biographe de vos ancêtres du Gedcom à l'Album. Filiatus transforme votre fichier Gedcom en une superbe monographie familiale rédigée dans le style des dictionnaires de généalogie d'autrefois ou bien sous forme d'un article de revue généalogique. | Filiatus |
| Rex Clement | GEN-BOOK can read your data directly from Personal Ancestral File (PAF 2.31/3.0/4.0) and generate a BOOK. GEN-BOOK can read a GEDCOM file from any genealogy software that creates a GEDCOM file. Some people judge a book by its cover. Most genealogists judge a book by its index. Every name in the book is included in the index generated by GEN-BOOK. | GEN-BOOK |
| Thomas Bouteil | Mapedit is an imagemap-editing program that generates the code to add client-side imagemaps to web pages. See my Vietnam map for an example of imagemap generated using this tool. | Mapedit |
| Irfan Skiljan | IrfanView is an image-editing program that can be used to add and save IPTC data to jpg files. See my Grandfather Roy's Family for an example of caption and copyright statement added as IPTC tags and displayed by TNG. Program can also be used to batch resize images. | IrfanView |
| Dr. Stephen Morse | One-Step search tool generator enables you to easily generate the search form and search engine, create a database, and add soundex codes to the database to search a collection of data. See my Ste Luce Cemetery search for an example generated using this tool. | One-Step search tool generator |
| Jacob Boerema | Transcript enables you to view an image and type a transcript or translation of the text in the window below the image. Great tool for transcribing and translating those original document images. | Transcript |
| FastStone Capture | FastStone Capture is a screen image capture program that can be used to create help files with a Draw option to add text boxes and pointer lines on the captured image. See How To Navigate our web site for examples of images captured and documented using FastStone Capture on how to navigate our web site. | FastStone Capture |
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