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A [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_seigneuries_de_la_Nouvelle-France '''list of all of the seigneuries of New France'''], with the dates of their foundation is found on Wikipedia. There is a [http://www.memoireduquebec.com/wiki/images/3/39/MdQCarte_des_seigneuries.jpg '''map of the seigneuries of Quebec'''], made by A. E. B. Courchesne in 1923. Most seigneuries had a frontage of several miles along the Saint Lawrence river and estuary (Le fleuve Saint Laurent), or along a major river, although some seigneuries surrounded large lakes.<br> | A [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_seigneuries_de_la_Nouvelle-France '''list of all of the seigneuries of New France'''], with the dates of their foundation is found on Wikipedia. There is a [http://www.memoireduquebec.com/wiki/images/3/39/MdQCarte_des_seigneuries.jpg '''map of the seigneuries of Quebec'''], made by A. E. B. Courchesne in 1923. Most seigneuries had a frontage of several miles along the Saint Lawrence river and estuary (Le fleuve Saint Laurent), or along a major river, although some seigneuries surrounded large lakes.<br> | ||
The French king's grants to original seigneurs are in: | The French king's grants to original seigneurs are in: | ||
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*Trudel, Marcel. ''Le Terrier du Saint-Laurent en 1663'' (Lands Occupied in the St. Lawrence Valley in 1663). Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa, 1973. (Family History Library {{FHL|34401|title-id|disp=book 971.4 R2t}}.) Text in French. | *Trudel, Marcel. ''Le Terrier du Saint-Laurent en 1663'' (Lands Occupied in the St. Lawrence Valley in 1663). Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa, 1973. (Family History Library {{FHL|34401|title-id|disp=book 971.4 R2t}}.) Text in French. | ||
====Types of Seigneurial Records==== | |||
Seigneurial records include: | Seigneurial records include: | ||
*'''Land grants''' generally give the name of the colonist, the maiden name of his wife or widow, the name of the seigneury and its boundaries, the names of immediate neighbors, and the obligations the colonist accepted or the price paid. | *'''Land grants''' generally give the name of the colonist, the maiden name of his wife or widow, the name of the seigneury and its boundaries, the names of immediate neighbors, and the obligations the colonist accepted or the price paid. | ||
*'''Fealty and homage records''' are registers of the pledges a seigneur made to the king when he received land. These records may show how an individual was entitled to receive the land, either by a grant or by inheritance, and may provide names of relatives of the seigneur. | *'''Fealty and homage records''' are registers of the pledges a seigneur made to the king when he received land. These records may show how an individual was entitled to receive the land, either by a grant or by inheritance, and may provide names of relatives of the seigneur. | ||
*Aveux (oaths of allegiance) | *'''Aveux''' (oaths of allegiance) | ||
*Dénombrements (censuses)<br><br> | *'''Dénombrements''' (censuses)<br><br> | ||
Some '''land grant and fealty and homage records''' are summarized in: | Some '''land grant and fealty and homage records''' are summarized in: | ||