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There are many collections of biographies of the earliest French Canadians. Stories of the immigrant women called the "king's daughters" are in:
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==Online Records==
*[https://www.prdh-igd.com/en/home PRDH Database], index and images. ($)
*[https://www.fichierorigine.com/ Fichier Origine (Original File) Database], index and images.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/235556?availability=Family%20History%20Library Our French-Canadian ancestors], e-book.
*[http://www.tracingsbysam.com/frenchcanadian_hx/Tanguay%20Genealogical%20Dictionary.pdf Tanguay's Genealogical Dictionary (Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Canadiennes)], e-book.  In French but easy to decipher. Also at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2177/ Ancestry.com], index & images ($).
*[https://fillesduroi.org/cpage.php?pt=9 A list of the king's Daughters] plus a list of men who came to the colony in 1665 as a soldier of the Carignan-Salières Regiment. Some 400 soldiers remained in New France, many of them marrying one of the filles du roi (King's Daughters).
::The King's Daughters (French: filles du roi; filles du roy) is a term used to refer to the approximately 800 young French women who immigrated to New France between 1663 and 1673 as part of a program sponsored by King Louis XIV of France. The program was designed to boost New France's population both by encouraging male colonizers to settle there, and by promoting marriage, family formation and the birth of children. <ref>"King's Daughters", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_Daughters, accessed 17 October 2020.</ref>
*[http://shsb.mb.ca/en/Voyageurs_database Voyageur Contracts Database] Approximately 35,900 fur trade contracts signed in front of Montréal notaries between 1714 and 1830.
*[http://www.genealogywise.com/group/frenchcanadiandescendants/forum/topics/frenchcanadian-acadian-cajun French-Canadian, Acadian, Cajun &amp; Metis families]


Dumas, Silvio. ''Les filles du roi en Nouvelle-France: Étude historique avec répertoire biographique (The King's Daughters in New France: Historical Study and Biographical Sketches)''. Cahiers d'histoire, number 24. Québec: Société historique du Québec, Canada, 1972. (FHL book 971.4 D3ds; film 1421670 item 5.) Text in French.
==Canada Biography==
See [[Canada Biography]] for national biographical dictionaries that include prominent [[Quebec Genealogy|Quebec]] residents.  


Biographies of the earliest pioneer men are in the continuing series:
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Lebel, Gérard. ''Nos ancêtres: biographies d'ancêtres (Our Ancestors: Biographies)''. Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada: La Revue, 1983–. (FHL book 971.4 D3L.) Text in French.
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An English version of Lebel's series is:
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Laforest, Thomas J. ''Our French-Canadian Ancestors''. Palm Harbour, Florida, USA: LISI Press, 1983–. (FHL book 971.4 D3Lt; several volumes on 79 fiche.)
 
Some books relating to trades, professions, or government officials include biographical sections. They are described in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under QUEBEC - OCCUPATIONS and QUEBEC - OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES. An example is:
 
''Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec, 1792–1992 (Biographical Dictionary of the Parliament of Québec, 1792–1992)''. Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada: Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 1993. (FHL book 971.4 D3d.) Text in French. This includes brief biographies of members of the Assemblée nationale du Québec and its predecessor, the provincial parliaments.
 
See the Canada Research Outline (34545) for national biographical dictionaries that include prominent Québec residents. Canadian encyclopedias also include biographical sketches.
 
Local histories often include biographies of residents. An example is:
 
Hubbard, Benjamin F. ''The History of Stanstead County, with Sketches of More Than Five Hundred Families''. Revised Edition. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Lawrence, 1874. (FHL book 971.467 H2h; film 873948 item 1.)

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The King's Daughters (French: filles du roi; filles du roy) is a term used to refer to the approximately 800 young French women who immigrated to New France between 1663 and 1673 as part of a program sponsored by King Louis XIV of France. The program was designed to boost New France's population both by encouraging male colonizers to settle there, and by promoting marriage, family formation and the birth of children. [1]

Canada Biography

See Canada Biography for national biographical dictionaries that include prominent Quebec residents.


  1. "King's Daughters", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_Daughters, accessed 17 October 2020.