Montcalm County: Populated Places Table
How Each Column Helps You With Your Research
1. POPULATED PLACE column: names the "populated place" or "location" of interest.
2. FORMER NAME, if applicable column: if the location was known by another name, it is listed here (a year of name change is given, if known).
3. TYPE column: gives type of location (i.e. village, town, city, etc.) - the size definition varies per province.
4. FHL CATALOG column: links to the "catagories of sources" available in the Family History Library for this populated place or location.
5. WIKIPEDIA column: links to background information regarding this location or its county if Wikipedia does not have an article for that specific place.
Useful Websites
- Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB) - gives brief information about a place, including historic names/places. For historic information, scroll to #3, and click Formerly Official, also try with All.
- Google Maps - shows the whereabouts of places on a map.
- Google Images - shows pictures/photos/old maps (sometimes) of a place.
- WorldCat - shows sources (books, maps, etc.) at various libraries/repositories, etc. for a place.
Notes
- Listed below are the populated places in this district, according to the Répertoire toponymique du Québec, 1978.[1] This gazetteer is used as the source of locations or populated places in the Family History Library Catalog for the Province of Québec.
Populated Places Table
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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POPULATED PLACE |
FORMER NAME, if applicable | TYPE |
FHL CATALOG |
WIKIPEDIA |
| Chertsey | Link | Link | ||
| Entrelacs | Link | Link | ||
| Kilkenny | Canton | Link | Link | |
| Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci | Link | Link | ||
| Rawdon | Link | Link | ||
| Rawdon | Canton | Link | Link | |
| Saint-Alexis | Link | Link | ||
| Saint-Calixte | Link | Link | ||
| Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm | Link | Link | ||
| Saint-Esprit | Link | Link | ||
| Saint-Jacques | Link | Link | ||
| Saint-Liguori | Link | Link | ||
| Saint-Lin-Laurentides | Link | Link | ||
| Sainte-Julienne | Link | Link | ||
| Sainte-Marie-Salomé | Link | Link | ||
| Val-des-Lacs | Link | Link | ||
| ANY NEW LOCATIONS IN FHL CATALOG??? | Link |
References
- ↑ Répertoire toponymique du Québec, 1978, (Québec, Québec : Éditeur officiel, c1979 ). FHL book 971.4 E5r
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