Tag Archives: Fichier Origine

This week’s crème de la crème — June 24, 2018

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Probate Records Part 4: Quebec and Ontario by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Finding Your Eastern European Ancestor in Canada by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. How … Continue reading →

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Canada’s new governor general speaks about her ancestors who settled in New France

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Gail Dever

During her installation Monday as Canada’s 29th governor general, former astronaut Julie Payette, spoke about her ancestor, Pierre Payet(te) dit Saint-Amour. She said, in French, “My ancestor, Pierre Payette dit Saint-Amour, came to this land in 1665. He was a … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — February 18, 2017

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Vital Statistics Part 5 – Alberta and British Columbia by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Finding your Ancestors in Canada by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. Early … Continue reading →

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New Fichier Origine website launched

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Gail Dever

The Quebec federation of genealogy societies, the Fédération québécoise des sociétés de généalogie, announced its Fichier Origine website has a new look, and it certainly looks cleaner and easier to read than the old site. Fichier Origine is a collection … Continue reading →

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FQSG signs 5-year agreement with FamilySearch

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Gail Dever

The Fédération québécoise des sociétés de généalogie (FQSG) announced yesterday an agreement to provide FamilySearch with access to part of its Fichier Origine record collection. Fichier Origine is an online database of civil and notarial records about the first families … Continue reading →

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Book to document pre-1850 Franco-Québécois civil and religious records in Paris

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Gail Dever

Next summer, the Société de recherche Archiv-Histo de Montréal will release Les actes civils et religieux des Parisiens et des Canadiens tirés des archives de Paris 1550-1850, a book that may help genealogists establish their Franco-Québécois ancestry in Paris before … Continue reading →

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