Tanguay's Genealogical Dictionary: Difference between revisions

A supplement to Tanguay's Dictionnaire is J.-Arthur Leboeuf, Complément au dictionnaire généalogique Tanguay (Supplement to Tanguay's Genealogical Dictionary), 4 vols. (Montréal, families are traced to the late 1800s. Series 3 is the most complete but is not available on microfilm.

The information given in an entry may include:

Names of the husband and his wife (or wives). Names of the fathers of the husband and wife. Names of the children. Names of the children's spouses. Christening dates and places. Marriage dates and places. Burial dates and places. Generations of the husband and wife from their immigrant ancestors. Often, an immigrant's exact place of origin in France.

Entries are in alphabetical order by the husband's name. A year in large, bold numbers indicates the beginning of a new record. (It is the year of the husband's first marriage.) The entry is a record of the husband's marriages and children.

For the English translation of common French genealogical terms and abbreviations, see “Key Words” in the “Language and Languages” section of this outline.

People married from 1608 to 1700 are in:

Volume Number film number Vol. 2. Abel to Chapuy 105970 item 2 Vol. 3. Charbonneau to Eziero 105971 item 1 Vol. 4. Fabas–Jinines 105971 item 2 Vol. 5. Joachim–Mercier 105971 item 3 Vol. 6. Mercin–Robidou 105972 item 1 Vol. 7. Robillard–Ziseuse 105972 item 2

Dates. Most dates have a letter in front of them. The letter “b” means a christening date, “m” means a marriage date, and “s” means a burial date.

Example 2

The dictionary often gives an immigrant's exact place of origin in France. To trace a genealogy back to an immigrant ancestor:

Find the name of the person's father. If only a given name is listed, the father and child had the same surname. The Roman numeral (I, II, III, etc.) by the father's name indicates the number of generations to the immigrant ancestor. Find the record for the father. Look for the name of his father. Continue tracing the fathers' records until you come to the ancestor with I by his name. That is the immigrant ancestor.

When the events have been registered under both a proper name and a nickname, the dictionary generally refers you back to the proper name. For example, in a marriage record Jacob Lessard married Marie Louise Wolfe (Polish by nationality). In the records of their childrens' baptisms, she is named Marie-Louise Loupe or Marie-Louise Polonaise (meaning Polish). The dictionary refers the names Loupe and Polonaise back to the name Wolfe. Name variations which were known in the colony before the year 1700 are indicated in Volume 1, pages xxxi and xxxii.

Sometimes children were baptized several months after their birth. The reason for these delays was the prolonged absence of the missionaries who infrequently visited the different centers of population. The families would wait for the visit of the missionary to have baptism administered to their children. Therefore, do not be surprised if several baptisms in the same family are only a few months apart.

Vol. 1: p. xix: Survey of the etymology and history of names. (Aperçu étymologique et historique sur les noms.) p. xxxiii: Key to the genealogical dictionary. (Clef du dictionnaire généalogique.) p. 593: Ecclesiastical provinces of France in the year 1631. (Provinces ecclésiastiques de France en l’année 1631.) p. 595: Alphabetical list of the cities in France with the name of their province in 1631. (Table alphabétique des villes de France avec le nom de leur province en 1631.) p. 601: Chronological list of parishes and missions of the province of Quebec having registers from 1621 to 1871. (Table chronologique des paroisses et missions de la province de Québec tenant registres, de 1621 à 1871.) p. 607: Geographical list of the parishes of Quebec in 1871. (Table géographique des paroisses de la province de Québec en 1871.) p. 611: Alphabetical list of the parishes of the province of Quebec in 1871. It gives the diocese and the number of each parish. (Table alphabétique des paroisses de la province de Québec en 1871.) p. 617: Governors of New France from 1608 to 1700. It also lists the judges, provost-marshalls, doctors, and notaries. (Gouverneurs de la Nouvelle France de 1608 à 1700.) p. 619: Lists of Lords of New France in 1681. It also includes a list of personnel of the different religious houses. (Tableau des seigneuries de la Nouvelle France en 1681.)

Vol. 4 p. 607: Illegitimate births. A statistical picture of the total births, total legitimate births, and total illegitimate births for French Canada from 1701 to 1870. (lllégitimes.)

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