LAFRANCE to Expand into Acadia and Ontario

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The Drouin Institute regularly publishes updates to their work on LAFRANCE, which is a set of millions of indexed parish registers from the Drouin collection.  I don't normally share those posts, though, as they are usually routine.

That said, there is an exciting update about the future of the database.  After announcing that the Institute had completed indexing all of the Catholic baptisms and burials through 1861 in the Québec parishes, it was announced that the it would begin indexing the registers in Acadia and Ontario, covering the period from inception to 1861.  In addition, the Protestant records in Québec parishes will be updated to 1861 as well (they are currently indexed through 1849).

More details can be found at the Drouin Institute blog, which can be found here.

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Thank You Greg Lavoie for your share .. I've always thought it is interesting that the the name "LAFRANCE" was used given its strong English translation as "France" and the paramount amount of records not from France but from Nouvelle-France, Quebec. Acadia and Ontario. My many ancestors who fought in the circa 1534-1763 wars against British rule, the Rebellions of 1837-1838 and the more recent efforts for Quebec sovereignty from the 1960's to the present would be delighted. lol ..

Answer 1

Yes, I saw that, they actually have oodles of records in their various databases, including René Jetté's work, the original PRDH books, and so on.  They are a goldmine.

Jerry, Lafrance is actually the name of the database, and exists independently also, as evidenced by an ad I saw once on a truck.