French-Canadian Genealogy Research

[@seventhfirestephanie8740]

I'm Ojibway from my mom. I recently did my Ancestry DNA and learned my origins linked me to the early French Quebec settlers.

[@larrymorin]

Interesting. I’m very fortunate to have 99% of my ancestors from French Canada. In 30 years of research, one of my favorite discoveries was a 8x GGM Hélène Desportes. She was the first surviving European child born in Quebec in 1620. Her second marriage was to Noel Morin.

[@GenealogyTV]

Wow. Very cool.

[@jdancause]

Lol Nice My favorite discovery was One of My ancestor was on the river ouelle battle against Phips

[@christiansaint-pierre5360]

@@jdancause I am a Québecois and my first generation Saint-Pierre ancestor was at that battle too !

[@unapologeticallyme8513]

That's so neat!

[@lmhitchcock6945]

Hi hey that's my family too! From NJ, USA now.

[@myChellieanne]

This was so helpful to me. My Ancestors are mostly from Quebec -Normandy, France. Ancestry reports my DNA 100% French and currently gives 120,000 matches, The resources will be a big help. Thank you.

[@Kayce860]

myChellieanne my grandmother was French Canadian - and just through here i have over 1500 matches My mom is Irish and my other grandparent was Polish- but almost all of my matches are French Canadian

[@blackswan1983]

So was mine. Look up the Percheron Settlers. There's an entire museum in France dedicated to the immigrants.

[@burgermister7580]

Mine too

[@jdancause]

I am curious to make this test, it wouldn’t surprise me if it say I’m french with some British and Irish ancestors.

[@marieh52]

The surname, Belanger is from Normandy

[@banditdog1338]

I have found exactly what she is telling us when researching my French-Canadian roots. Our surname was anglicized when my great grandfather moved his family to northern NY. Fortunately for me my father knew the Canadian version and correct spelling and that was the single most important key to finding my roots. Also, she is right about the records in Canada the church recorded every birth and marriage if you had a location they most likely can help. I managed to trace my family back to the 1600's in Canada and British Colonial America.

[@suew4609]

Me, too! The records of the Catholic Church are fantastic!

[@jenniferblackorby3194]

Yes! Surname Blow, Bleau, Blon, Bileau, so its hard to track

[@stevedavenport1202]

Same here..deep roots going back to Quebec...early 1700s

[@bearsandbutters]

There is also the Acadian immigration wave in the 1600s which was landed in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and PEI!! This video is very helpful. Having French-Canadian family, who all lived near the Quebec boarder in New Brunswick and Maine. Awesome info and thanks for sharing.

[@GenealogyTV]

Glad it was helpful.

[@dinkster1729]

@@GenealogyTV But the history of Canada and the demography of Canada is full of errors. If your researcher googles the history of Canada, she will realize how bizarre her "facts" are. I take an interest in who my ancestors were, but I also take an interest in why they emigrated to the locales where they went and why they left and so forth. Also, knowing where French-Canadians lived is also important. Many Francophones lived in what is now New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, and even Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta.

[@maybememory1]

Same! Mine are French Acadian, then obviously French-French before that

[@maryjeanjones7569]

Yes those of us from Atlantic Canada have Acadian French ancestry not Quebecois ancestry.

[@CertifiedKyl504]

Acadian immigration? You should've said French invaders.

[@lisas2915]

My French-Canadian ancestry started a little differently. My 6th great grandparents were captured by natives from Canada (in cahoots with French military). 1704, Deerfield Massacre (Deerfield, Massachusetts). She was 3, he was 12. A decade later, after being enslaved by the natives, they were released and allowed to marry each other. They stayed in Oka, Canada and raised their family. There’s an amazing KZbin video all about it “From Deerfield to Oka”. It’s all about my ancestors Abigail Nims and Josiah Rising.

[@deborahgraham3964]

This is great information. My grandfather was born in Quebec. My father traced the surname ( Smith/ Smit/Schmidt) back 3 generations to a German Soldier circa 1780. That was all I had until… I took a bus trip from CT to NH with members of CT Soc. Of Genealogists to the American-Canadien Society of Genealogists’ headquarters/ library. Within 15 minutes the staff member had found my soldier! With their wonderful records my whole French Canadian ancestry opened up. (It helped that I had studied French in school. 😊 It took a few years visiting libraries etc. both in CT and FL to discover all my French Canadian lineage back to the 17th century and even beyond. Years laters reading an article in the American Canadian Society Journal, which reported on French Canadians who fought as Patriots in the Revolutionary War, I recognized the name of one of my ancestors. As it turns out I found more - one of whom ( Claude Monty) I had approved by DAR!

[@JackTadoussac]

The Battle of the Plains of Abraham (1759) was the big event that marks the transfer of control of New France (Quebec), from France to England. 1867 marks the date the Canadian provinces were joined together in Confederation. Thus there was a period from 1759 until 1867 that Quebec of New France was entirely under British rule. As far as Boston and New England is concerned, the very large French Canadian families encouraged migration to the Yankee states, especially when there was employment in the textile industry. But it ain't limited to textiles, loads of houses in New England have been built by French Canadian carpenters.

[@rebeccaabetterlife996]

This is so helpful! I've been doing my family tree for a few weeks and now I'm starting on my daughter's father's family tree. His family line led to French Canadian, Canada. Thank you!!

[@GenealogyTV]

If you’re new to Genealogy, check out the Learn Genealogy playlist. You’ll find it helpful.

[@crixusthenorman1603]

Thank you for this. My mother is from Quebec city. All of her ancestors are from Norman roots. All of the family names are Franco Norman names. The genealogy is so detailed and I was very impressed by the details. Cloutier, Cote, Hebert, and several more. Very proud of my heritage. Zacharie Cloutier is our first ancestor from 1632 I believe or close to that time. This has lead me to discover the Normans and how influential and powerful they were. The influence they had on England after taking over from the Anglo Saxons as well as Sicily and more.

[@GenealogyTV]

Very good! Thanks for sharing

[@christiansaint-pierre5360]

My Saint-Pierre ancestor worked for a son of Zacharie Cloutier !

[@crixusthenorman1603]

@@christiansaint-pierre5360 Wow that is amazing and thank you for sharing this as well. Great channel. Wishing you all the best

[@InventoryBag]

Damn right!! Norman descendants all over Quebec 💪💪

[@blackswan1983]

I'm descended from then as well. www.perche-quebec.com/perche/lieux/perche-en.htm

[@vanillaseahorse]

Please also discuss the French Canadians who relocated to Louisiana.

[@andreraymond6860]

It's worth mentioning the work done in the 1970s and 1980s by Jetté at the University of Montréal that translated into the PRDH database. Jetté and his research assistants did a massive amount of work in consolidating all the church records and genealogical encyclopedias into one singular data base that dates from the earliest days of the colony of New France to about 1800.

[@monl3807]

I'm waiting for my genealogies I'm getting it done at the Ottawa 1st Nation office cost $175.00 I know my grandmother was native so I'm really excited I'm French Canadian . 2:03

[@jaydee1532]

Je me souviens ⚜️

[@lizdrouin1104]

My family is 100% French Canadian....ancestors settled in Woonsockett ,Rhode Island, to work in the mills. This was the case with many folks from Quebec setting by large rivers in New England, where large textile mills were popular sights. My last name is Drouin...popular in Quebec and northern New England...a few here in Connecticut were I live. By the way, there is a fantastic mususem in Woonsockett,RI,dedicated to the work and culture of early life of French Canadians in New England around the era of the Great Depression. Wonderful place to visit.... Merci Beaucoup..

[@minikitz5642]

Very informative, as always! I was mind-boggled at the potential complexity of the names situation. Very good info to know! Thanks, Debbie J.

[@GenealogyTV]

Thanks for the comment Debbie

[@WuhanMan2013]

The name changes when people moved from Quebec to the USA are very interesting. There is an American football player named Tim Tebow; I’m sure the last name was Thibault at one time. 😊

[@budmike81]

Why did you not mention the grand dérangement and Acadia?

[@torchape]

Thank you for this video and your excellent guest!! I recently put two and two together and realized my grandmother was 100% French-Canadian, though born in Revere, MA. Her mother must have come from the Neguac, NB area already pregnant, so our DNA matches (Dad's and mine) are mostly French-Canadian. I have two "dit" names so far. One is Claude Lefebre dit Boulanger (1648-1690). He married Marie Ursule Arcular (1651-1718), one of La Filles du Roi. So far, I have found I am descended from three La Fils de Roi. I have a lot of work to do yet on my French-Canadian roots, and I'm looking forward to it! And finding my biological great grandfather's side!

[@GenealogyTV]

Yay. Glad you were able to get something out of the video. Good luck chasing your ancestors! Happy Thanksgiving!

[@NicholasPadula]

yeah, the records are immaculate for French Canadian. I just dug into my mom's side and someone already built LaForest out to the 1500s. The majority of the french names actually went back to early 1800s with easy to find records, I was pretty shocked.

[@dinkster1729]

The priests didn't want in breeding so they developed these massive genealogy records so people could avoid marrying close relatives. Of course, those records are not biological proof that you are not marrying a close relative, right?

[@jdancause]

The Catholic Church in NewFrance and after that have kepping thousands records. They were well organized, they nearly save us. We haven’t had any large war on our soil since the fall our nation by the British.

[@marklundy6879]

My mothers side, I’m 17th generation Canadian. The Paquette and Oulette families came to New France in the early 1600’s

[@ixchelssong]

My great grandparents came from Quebec via Sault Ste Marie to northern Michigan. The Riopel/Riopelle family has traced them back to France. We were very lucky to find all of that information because of the fantastic church records in Quebec! I remember seeing we had a dit name, though I don't remember it now. I'll have to go back and find it!

[@EdinburghFive]

Are you related to painter Jean-Paul Riopelle?

[@ixchelssong]

@@EdinburghFive Yes! Apparently, we are third cousins, twice removed.

[@EdinburghFive]

@@ixchelssong Nice. Interesting artist.

[@unapologeticallyme8513]

My favorite acadian find in my own personal family tree was Louis Prudhomme (1611-1671) he was the first militia captain in Quebec, the founder of the first ever candian brewery and was one of the original settlers in Montreal.

[@EdinburghFive]

If he lived in Quebec in the seventeenth-century he is not Acadian. Prudhomme name is not an early Acadian name.

[@dinkster1729]

@@EdinburghFive Yes, the Acadians were from an entirely different French area than were the early French-Canadians in Quebec City and Montreal. Of course, a fair number of Quebecers did move back into New Brunswich, right? So, maybe, this Prud'homme was a Quebecer who moved into New Brunswick so the OP thinks he was an "Acadian". My Great-Grandfather was supposed to be originally from the Montreal area, but my father was from northern New Brunswick so I always thought we were "Acadians", but we are not descended from the original Acadians expelled in 1755 or so. .

[@calipidgious]

I was so excited to see this! I live in NH and both my maternal and paternal lines run through Trois-Rivieres. My maiden name is Belmer which I've found spelled so many different ways it's nearly impossible to pinpoint people. I have a maternal grandmother with a dit Major surname and that was a big surprise. There is even a book written in French about my ancestors in that area. I don't speak or read French so while I purchased the digital version of the book, I have no idea what it says. This was great information and I think it's definitely worth my time to hook up with the American Canadian Genealogical Society in Manchester which is quite close to where I live. Thanks for the great discussion on this as someone who wades through it for almost all of my family research. I believe I may have found an ancestor who was a Crypto-Jew but have been struggling to try to nail it down. Hopefully, some of this will help and will help to break some impenetrable brick walls I've hit with some lines that keep me in the 1900s.

[@GenealogyTV]

I bet there’s a way to translate that book since you have a digital version... at least enough to get the gist. If you can highlight the text you should be able translate it.

[@GenealogyTV]

I bet there’s a way you can translate that book. Especially if you can highlight the text. At worst case you could highlight part of the text, copy it, and put it into Google translate.

[@Speaktruthabsolutely2024]

I could help you translate some of it if you want. I've been doing genealogy for more than 30 years now. Sabourin-Choiniere is my family. I'm french canadian and fluent in both english and french. For me it's a pastime, I love to help solve mysteries.

[@lilsabin]

I live in Canada (quebec) and speak both languages... the belmer is actually bellemare , which is a well known last/family name ... And for fun , it translate to Nice/belle Pond/mare . :)

[@dinkster1729]

@@GenealogyTV Or find someone who reads French to translate it for you. I would be glad to do that unless it's got photocopies of the old records. I get very impatient with people who wrote poorly. I have poor handwriting myself, but I do type very well. Hallelujah for the typewriter and the word processor, right?

[@Speaktruthabsolutely2024]

I will get you the infos you needed on French Canadian Surnames. There is a dictionnary written about it with all the names and now there is probably a data base accessible too.

[@alainbellemare2168]

I think it s called Le Petit Jean

[@dandrouin3796]

Very interesting info and I can relate to the difficulty of doing this type of work. Cross referencing everything from census records to birth, death and marriage records however, being a DROUIN myself I am very grateful for the DROUIN Collection itself. I have traced back to 1555 France with my ancestor arriving and settling on the St. Lawrence in 1634 and just recently have uncovered more info dating back to 1385 Northern France/Belgium border but have much work to verify this latest discovery.

[@kimb2590]

I am researching LaRocque/LaRock, so grateful for this video! Very helpful!

[@michelseguin4698]

ma grand mere est une Laroque de l Ontario Ottawa je pense Salut du Québec

[@grumpybear123]

My paternal grandfather's family were from St. Chrysostome, Quebec, immigrated to Massachusetts and then my great-grandfather settled in Michigan, where I live now. My great-great uncle was the philosopher/historian Will Durant (my maiden name).

[@genevieveemond843]

St jean chrysostone is now Lévis!

[@texas-reggae-fan9114]

Oh my I love this channel! Thank you so much for this video. I've been working so hard on The Carroll's and Powells of North Carolina. I think maybe I'll switch back to those French Canadian roots. Thanks again! So helpful.

[@GenealogyTV]

Thanks for the compliments. You should know that I have a KZbin channel about North Carolina too. It's called NC Ancestry. I don't post there nearly as often as I do for Genealogy TV... as GTV is a much larger audience... but I'm curious, where in NC are you researching?

[@carsoncontrerasgalaviz4580]

France lost Québec on the late 1700s... Not 1867! "On 8 September 1760, Montreal surrendered to the British and with the 1763 Treaty of Paris, New France was officially ceded to Britain (see Province of Quebec 1763-81)."

[@GenealogyTV]

Thanks Carson

[@AvaT42]

I am surprised a professional genealogist did not know this.

[@carsoncontrerasgalaviz4580]

@@AvaT42 history is elusive ;)

[@rolandgirouard5914]

We were taught in school that the pivotal point was the battle of Quebec City by General wolf and Montcalm in 1759.

[@mariebrown4966]

I feel like it's possible that the region became Canada at that point, after having been a part of the UK colony prior? I don't specifically know, but that's what I thought when she said it. France loses the territory, it becomes part of Great Britain, until in the later 1800s or whatever when it becomes part of the nation of Canada.

[@crepo2000]

I do a lot of genealogy and I'm a french Canadian it was very interesting .. I only jump a little bit when I hear France lost the territory in 1867. Thank for the work

[@GenealogyTV]

Understood.

[@christiansaint-pierre5360]

It would have been so good if it had happen only that late ! 😉

[@gailspotpourri2930]

Perfect times for me to find this video as I am getting ready to start on my husbands Acadian roots here on PEI

[@loriendillemuth2975]

My great grandparents left Rimouski and resettled in N.H. and then eventually in Massachusets. They changed their names as time went on. Our surname went from Roi to King.

[@michaelchen8643]

I know lots of Americans of French Canadian descent when they want to connect into their French Canadian culture. Their first thought is let’s go visit France. I have politely pointed out to both Americans of French Canadian background, and of Canadian citizens and French background that maybe it would be to both their mutual best interest to encourage Americans of French Canadian descent to visit Quebec and even have working vacations where they can come in and live and work for the purposes of learning, the French, Canadian language and reconnecting with the culture 💡👍 My mother‘s family specifically my mothers mother grandmother was born in Montreal from Jewish immigrants She and her family immigrated. I will leave to the New York City area in the early 1920s and I see where she went to an English speaking school in Montreal. I know she spoke some street French because she used to converse with it with her sisters, my great aunts There was precious little, if no encouragement for my mother, her daughter, and us to visit French Canada, as having even a passing curiosity or desire to pass on that experience In fact, anecdotally, I have found stories were French. Canadians were less than accommodating for English-speaking Americans, who wanted to visit and learn about their culture at decades past from here. I don’t think that would serve people of Canada very well from a standpoint of promoting their culture

[@michaelchen8643]

I intentionally visited city Quebec in 1999 and where we were dying in a restaurant. We had a retired Canadian civil Servant sitting at a table with his wife, died and scolding us and saying why are you here in Canada right now they’re having a sale to travel and see Paris you should go there This is a example of everything I’ve shared of discouragement of Americans, visiting French Canada My wife initially went to an all Catholic school in Lima Peru that was run by French Canadian nuns That is why I chose to take her there She speaks fluent French as she lived for a year in Switzerland

[@NotLeftarded1]

Visiting Quebec is pointless they don't even like Frenchmen not from there . Your ancestor having Jewish roots would have meant they weren't considered Quebecois fyi , they are very ethnocentric in Queerbec. Acadians with French names aren't even included to them. Acadians are burnt wood and they are pure wool . They don't even like English people and they look very similar. I dread when I have to go there.

[@WuhanMan2013]

France ceded nearly all its North American possessions to the Great Britain in 1763 at the Treaty of Paris after the Seven Years' War. This is when Quebec became part of the British Empire. Confederation of Canada took place in 1867, but this date is more than 100 years after France left Quebec. Note remark at 3:15.

[@maryjeannechessrown9920]

Goudreau Grand Pre, and Quebec Canada! Thanks ! Great Program.

[@GenealogyTV]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@danlanglais8300]

My research revealed my surname was changed from Langlois to Langlais in the 1730s. I agree, the documents are very well kept in Canada.

[@KevinChampagne1]

So your french canadien ancestor's name was litteraly changed to "the english"? 😂

[@ctreadywhenuare]

your probably right, Dan, my 9th great grandmother was Anne Langlois 1637-1704. Just found out recently that she might have had a " dit " name, Traversy. Found this out on ancestry.com

[@leecox6241]

Hmmm. It makes more sense that dit L’anglais would have become Langlois.

[@bobholtby8618]

Your guest was wrong about French Canadians being barred from moving west. Many moved through the fur trade. I’ve researched my wife’s family back to 1620 and documented movement south and west. Also, Quebec was conquered by the English in 1763 not 1867 which was the date of confederation.

[@maureenhewett333]

Re: Suname changes, my 4th Great Grandparents Moïse Arel and Marie Marguerite Neau dit LaBrie became Moses and Marie Knowe when they moved from Quebec to Massachusetts. Without the help of the French Canadian Genealogy board on Facebook, I would still be searching for "Knowe" in Massachusetts!

[@GenealogyTV]

Got to love genealogy groups on FB.

[@JS-iy4zb]

My paternal grandmas family moved from Quebec to Bois Blanc Island, to Charlevoix then to western Michigan. I was able to trace one line to a Filles du Roi. I’ve only recently discovered this using Ancestry.

[@crixusthenorman1603]

Great video. My mother's side first ancestor is Zachary Cloutier. 1634. We knew this before the ancestry DNA thing came about. We are descendants of the Normans.

[@christiansaint-pierre5360]

My Saint-Pierre ancestor worked for one of Zachary Cloutier's son.

[@pierredessein5568]

@@christiansaint-pierre5360 I am a St-Pierre from Massachusetts USA and I can also trace my heritage to Zacharie Cloutier!

[@leecox6241]

I think there is now a cheese named in his honour!

[@ChristopherDrouin]

My father is Joseph Drouin from Lansing, Michigan. His father was Raymond Drouin from either Houghton or Hancock Michigan and moved to Lansing. Great grandpa was 1 of 8 (we think) from the area and Great Grandpa we think was originally from Quebec.Any insight?

[@karrieward4254]

Trombley - Phillipe Tromblay, Quebec 1620

[@Jenova498]

My mother's family. The Merritt's and Vincent's. They are from Quebec Canada, but records seem to end once we reach the Canadian border.

[@mariebrown4966]

Thank you so much for this video! I found it infinitely interesting. I was especially fascinated to hear about the "dit" names, which I have run across in my own research, and long wondered about. Thanks for the information! Much of my mother's paternal family is French Canadian, and the Drouin records are particularly extensive, now that you mention it! I studied French in school, which helps with the language but not the handwriting 😀 My grandfather was born in Quebec, and someone had, before the internet, traced his paternal line "Gautron dit LaRochelle" back to France in the mid 1600s so it's true about the good records in French Canada! Lately I have been researching other lines, including the filles du roy which is an interesting part of the colony's history. Thanks again for a useful video!

[@GenealogyTV]

You're welcome.

[@alg7010]

This was very helpful, most of my ancestors came from France and Quebec and still researching.

[@GenealogyTV]

There is a lot to discover.

[@karenmanderville154]

I'm having a heck of a time trying to find my 4x grandfather & mother married in 1839 Restigouche Co., New Brunswick, Canada, his name was Michael Mandeville ( no r we believe, his online marriage had last-named spelled Maundeville) and her name is Margaret Currie....something occurred where all 4 children were "adopted" out very young and before 1st census of 1851 in N B....all that was passed won was their father as he was from Ireland.....I did trace Normandy Mandeville's to Ireland and have been in Ireland ( not long enough) and can not find him.....I did find Margt Currie's parents and sisters in Restigouche.....I don't know if he went to NFLD first and over for work, I checked all passenger lists and nothing.....I tried many angles....can you help please I'm getting desperate now as I took over for my uncle who is 86 now and not well with very poor eyesight

[@GenealogyTV]

DNA might help.

[@dinkster1729]

A lot of Irish records were destroyed in the 1920's, I believe. You are lucky your county's census still exists. Gloucester Co.'s census of 1851 no longer does.

[@packard5682]

I guess I am pretty lucky in that my French-Canadian ancestors did not emigrate to the US as they were all born and died in Quebec or Ontario. The only one that seemed to have come to the US was my great grandmother (Souliere) to Detroit and the records are really amazing and go so far back. I am trying to figure out a few things and hopefully will get it all figured. My 4th great grandfather and his daughter were born on Walpole Island around 1800 and I have not figured out why they were there. All fascinating!!

[@Honey_jones]

Does anyone know If the name Boris is a French Canadian name? I had a great grandpa his name was Boris Boris apparently was French Canadian. Lived in Ny most his life. I’ve heard different stories about my ancestry but my grandmother isn’t giving any information. Matter of fact she is upset that I’m trying to figure out this information.

[@oosterhuisd]

I just learnt my 10th Great Grandfather was Jean de Lauzon, a Governor of New France from 1651-1657.

[@dianeraymond7458]

I thought that the "dit" name was the mother's maiden name. In my research on my father's mothers' side, I found that she was a descendant of Sarah Allen who was a child of 12yrs when she was kidnapped in the Deerfield Massacre in 1704. Sarah was baptised in 1705 with the name Marie Madeleine Helene Allen in Quebec. In 1710 she married Guillaume Lalonde and they had 13 children. Digging in my parents family tree is so much fun and it's more interesting when your parents are 2nd cousins. My great grandmothers were sisters. I've gone as far back to 1606 with Jacques Bilodeau from France on my mother's side. I'm having a ball I just don't know what's around the corner.

[@GenealogyTV]

Fantastic. I'm having fun too! :)

[@marieh52]

Im so sorry for your loses in the deerfield, mass. Im french Canadian and native.

[@beowolf8331]

My name is Lalonde and I'm also descendent of Guillaume!

[@anthonyfowler8634]

Sanguinet Benoist left Quebec and headed down the Mississippi to Saint Louis. Le Ber, and Le Moyne are somehow entwined. Many successful Americans are descendant of this Man.

[@hirampriggott1689]

I live in the US, but my parents' family on both sides arrived in Canada in the 1660's. My great grandparents came to the US to work in the factories in New England.

[@GenealogyTV]

I think a lot of folks did that. Enjoy the journey.

[@BulletDiscipline]

Having Quebec ancestery since mid 1500's id say we go way back,never been to Canada but they migrated here to Missouri from Illinois and New Hampshire and Maine from the border your Dna branches off so much in 500 years migrated from Mostly southern and western France found 1 in northern France, most ofem settled along the st lawerence river just north of Quebec city on the eastern side,found a few in Novia Scotia and New Brunswick pretty neat stuff i never got to meet my grandmother due to parkinsons disease and cancer this has really got my attention to do family history glad to know that french canadians kept excellent records ancestery dug 500 years of our French Canadian history wich is awesome!

[@EdinburghFive]

You may have a typo as there were no French settlers in Quebec in the 1500s. Champlain established Quebec City in 1608.

[@BulletDiscipline]

@@EdinburghFive scripted internet

[@EdinburghFive]

@@BulletDiscipline ?

[@jonnyn8928]

That's an outrageous lie.

[@jonnyn8928]

"500 years of French Canadian history."😂

[@AudreyPrevost-z2t]

Thank you for the wonderful video....I am still researching for the birth location and parents of my 5th great ancestor. He immigrated from France to New York (1848 Naturalization record does not state the ship he came on or the names of his parents.) he married in NY and his marriage record does not state his parents. When his NY wife passed away, he and his children moved to Quebec, probably to live with other family that were there already. He did get remarried in 1854 Quebec and on that record his parents were not listed either. I was not able to find his death record in hopes that might help give clues to his birth date and birth place and possibly parents names. He was living in Quebec in 1881 and does not show up in the 1891 census, so he had passed away during that time. His name was Joseph Henri Cesar Blanc; his birth date is between 1823-25 France. Any help you can give me would be wonderful and appreciated! Throughout the years many have been looking for this information with no success.

[@jonnyn8928]

See that's actual French heritage. Not colonial French heritage. Your ancestors lived through the French revolution, as did mine, the French ancestors of most French speaking Canadians didn't. Our heritage belongs in a different category.

[@109109109109109]

New-France belonged to france till 1763. Not 1867.

[@tomfafard2024]

This was very helpful. One of my lines is Fafard. The other is Ashworth.

[@BlessedFigTree]

This is very helpful, we are research the time period before the clear cut in Wisconsin and it is very hard to get solid information. Hearing a Genealogist saying that before 1890 info was lacking and who was in the states was not recorded is refreshing but sad, we were running into mysteries before 1900, so that makes a ton of sense.

[@iswhatitiskiddo5155]

Working on Desrochers from Hamsud QC

[@cindyconner8017]

Hello Constance. I have French -Canadian roots that has come to dead end. Your show was very helpful. I hope I can find more about my people. There could be Native American blood mixed with them.

[@GenealogyTV]

I wish you luck. Enjoy the journey.

[@72CrossingRS]

Thank you ❤

[@tianabernier7708]

Very interesting!

[@GenealogyTV]

Glad you think so!

[@antoinelemoine3036]

Acadians came from France in 1604. They are in majority in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI and Newfoundland. Plus, there are one million Québecers of Acadian descente from the déportation. New Brunswick is one third french

[@DM-pn3bz]

Would have liked to have info on metis as well. But this was very useful

[@GenealogyTV]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jonnyn8928]

This is what Metis are.

[@jonnyn8928]

French speaking Canadians.

[@jonnyn8928]

There are also English speaking Canadians with Indigenous ancestry. No different.

[@jonnyn8928]

There are also English speaking Americans of Indigenous ancestry. No difference.

[@meganesergerie5382]

Legitimate or « enfant légitime » means that the parents were officially married. « Natural » child or « enfant naturel » means that the child was babtized in church but the parents were not married at that time.

[@wattsupwiththat1463]

My great grandfather was baptized Aime Illegitimate. His father was married and she was 14. Back then that wasn't considered rape. I did connect them using DNA and the fact that he showed up a year later in the 1851/52 Canadian Census with his fathers last name but listed as bastard. An interesting find.

[@viewer7200]

3:15 France did NOT own Canada until 1867, France lost it over 100 years prior - in 1759. Margaret Fortier may be a "genealogist " (whatever that means ), but she is ignorant of history .

[@ctreadywhenuare]

Very interesting episode, but there are some great corrections noted in the comments. My big take on Canadian genealogy is that a relatively small group of immigrants, as compared to New England, mostly intermarried and this makes you likely related to so many people on both sides of your tree. I am finding cousins on my mothers side are actually related to distance cousins on my dad's side if you go back far enough. You'll find common last names on both sides of your family tree. With regards to where they came from in France, There were not very many areas which were sending these settlers. I found two 9th great grandfathers, one on my mother's side, and one on my father's side, actually came from the same town. They were usually contracted to come to New France with the promise of land, which they could not get in France like my father's ancestor, or were a " Fille du Roi" who were contract brides sent to help establish the colony ( Have about 4 in my tree at last count), or were a soldier sent to quell the attacks by Iroquois, like my mother's ancestor. Another fun aspect of this is that some celebrities who have a French Canadian ancestor, can be a distant relative. I found Celine Dion, Angelina Jolie, Madonna, and Justin Bieber to have a shared ancestors with me. It's a fun thing to research your roots.

[@GenealogyTV]

Yes it is. I have found a ton of supposed famous cousins, but I have not taken the time to verify the links. I'm supposedly related to 10 U.S. presidents. We'll see. It's a lifetime of work tracing all those lines. :)

[@BlueMeaney49]

Very true!! After showing my cousin some of the family tree on our maternal side, she asked me to do a quick run on her father's side. Many people on her father's tree in the 1600's in Canada matched some on our maternal side! Her father is actually identified as our "eighth cousin, twice removed!"! Two more of my mom's 4 sisters married Frenchmen....so I''ll probably have a lot of matches there too.

[@marielucier7982]

Québécois Grandparents Lucier and Vanasse. Possibly from the Loire Valley in France. I know a lot of the first names. Studied France French most of my life. Fluent no. Need to live it to be fluent. But have a decent vocabulary, and it came in handy at work reading French patents when no one else could.

[@litogor]

There are the names of French Canadians who were anglicized but there are also the countless names of Americans (British) who are at the origin of the French names already anglicized in the United Kingdom for several centuries when the French had invaded the England! Two examples of famous American figures who come from ancestors from England and Ireland whose French names have been changed: _Davy Crockett: his Huguenot (French Protestant) ancestors immigrated to the USA from Ireland and the real name is "Croquetagne" _Walt Disney: his first known "English" ancestor, was actually a Norman soldier (France) who accompanied William the Conqueror for the invasion of England in 1066. He was then appointed knight and remained in England and anglicized its name "D'isigny" for "Disney". Genetically and historically, it is almost impossible to have an English DNA without also having French DNA .... This is why DNA research companies are a hoax because they often only use the names of the ancestors for you. give the results without going back before anglicization. They are fooling people because it is not real precise scientific research. Several tens of millions of Americans have French ancestors without knowing them ...

[@dinkster1729]

A friend of my daughter's from Tennessee has the surname "Trivette" pronounced "Trivit" now. It's an Anglo-Norman name, not a French-Canadian name. I have also run across "Cluett" which is also Anglo-Norman, not really French and certainly not French-Canadian.

[@beowolf8331]

not 1867 but the seven years war or french and indian war that ended in 1763. 1867 was the confederation of canada.

[@andreraymond6860]

Whenever this lady says Québec you need to think 'Saint Lawrence valley'. She glosses over the causes of emmigration from 1850 to 1930. There is an interesting story behind the words 'crop failures'. There is another interesting story regarding industrialisation in the province of Québec. The larger cities couldn't support the number of people who moved in looking for work in industry. The overflow translated into foreign immigration. Also she states that they could not immigrate into Ontario (westward). This is false. The immediate overflow from Québec went into the Ottawa valley (vallée de l'Outaouais). Then French Canadians went south into the closer Vermont and New York states. More research needs to be done about the corrolation between the Civil War and the availability of jobs in the Northern States in the manufacturing industries. I am sure that fat government contracts with the Union Army had something to do with attracting French Canadian cheap labor for the textile mills in Rhode Island, Massachussetts and Connecticut.

[@markpowers5907]

Thank you for this ! Ms. Fortier's husband and I share the ancestral name "Juneau". Specifically, the family "Juneau dit Latulippe" settled in L'Assomption Repentigny, Quebec. I've been able to trace my Juneau ancestors with certainty back to my 4th Gr Grandparents. But it gets confusing after that. I am certain that Joseph Juneau (born 1836) and Solomon Juneau (born~1790) are distant relatives. Both were born in Repentigny QU. Both have the dit name Latulippe. Juneau Alaska is named for Joseph Juneau. The 1st Mayor of Milwaukee Wisconsin was Solomon Juneau who was a founder of Milwaukee. I'm trying to Avoid aging more $money to Ancestry for access to the Drouin Collection.😂

[@patriciacardin6829]

Researching my husband's family - Cardin. Also will continue my paternal ancestry -- Godbout.

[@GenealogyTV]

Best of luck!

[@dinkster1729]

It's a famous name in Quebec. Jacques Godbout has done a film on the Godbout, his great-uncle who was the Premier of Quebec before Duplessis. Jacques Godbout is also a famous writer and cineaste.

[@joycesrvlegacy-4635]

Edwidge became Elizabeth! Arpin became Arper. I do not see the exhaustive list of names link as mentioned around 27 min. Thanks

[@GenealogyTV]

Let me check when I get back to the office. Thanks for the heads up.

[@GenealogyTV]

Here is the website with the names. www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html A complete set of the Show Notes are at GenealogyTV.org. I could not fit all of it here.

[@CrochetRoset]

I am hoping that this information will be helpful for me. My maternal grandfather's family came to the United States to Maine from Prince Edward Island. Grandpa always talked of the French Canadian ancestry. I have hit a wall because of the name change, Bernard became Barnett. I think some branches still use the Bernard. So I am working this slow.

[@rickybarton5036]

Watched your video on French-Canadian Genealogy and found it very informative. I'm trying to find more information on an ancestor who is born in 1795 in Canada, her name is Frances Barton. She is the mother of Theodore Barton a great-great-grandfather of mine. But, I've hit a stone wall so any tips would be helpful. Ricky

[@beowolf8331]

Maybe it is Lebreton. Le means the, and from there Breton becomes Barton..

[@BarbaraD-io9io]

My paternal ancestry is French-Canadian, probably partly meti (-in picture of my father in WWII army uniform, he looks like a Mohawk!), but family lore does not give us any details. Family name is Vadnais, and my father's family wound up in UP MICHIGAN, for at least several generations. Grandmother, nearly 100, told me her family went by 'Rivard de la Range' (sp?). But that is all I've been able to gleen so far. Interestingly, my sister did DNA testing and it came back a large % confirmation of the paternal pattern we already knew, but instead of just French ancestry, it was listed as French-Canadian. I'm assuming that takes into account that there was an historical admixture of French and indigenous DNA in the sample that she sent in. Am I assuming too much???

[@DriftingFortniteVault]

Definitely want to look into this. Couture German grandmother

[@MargaretSchneider-ts6kr]

I wish I knew about the Dit names 10 years ago It took me forever to settle that issue Jean Hogue dit Jean Marie His Son William Jemery I finally figured it out but would have been much easier had I known this then 🙂

[@grantboucher2696]

The french were mostly left in New Brunswick so it approx 45 percent french . The britsh removed most of the french in Nova Scotia who were dropped off all along the US. eastern seaboard terminating in New Orleans . The french not prohibited from Ontario and Northern Ontario has significant French populations as well as populations in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Of course rural agricultural Quebec did not offer much to the French exploding population so there was much movement to US. east coast industries and New York lumber industries. Descendants from the early New France immigrants are now in all Canadian provinces and all US states. Finally after the French Indian wars and the fall of Quebec city the British consolidated control in North America with a treaty.

[@EdinburghFive]

Although the Acadians were "dropped (deported) off all along the US. eastern seaboard" these deportations were not "terminating in New Orleans". No Acadians were deported by the British to Louisiana. All the Acadians who went there did so after the Seven Years War when Louisiana was a Spanish colony.

[@NotLeftarded1]

My Quebec side of the family was fun doing its ancestry because there are records ,my Acadian side of the family however that's been a frustrating thing. So much was destroyed and erased. My actual family name though I can trace back to 1585 in France where records seem to disappear. I can tell you the name of every La Croix man who came before me until that time.

[@NotLeftarded1]

Not by heart I actually keep a list in my wallet, it's something that matters to me personally.

[@bluetocop]

sorry as a student of canadian history you are only partly right on some points. Boucher becomes Boushey or Bushey. My family is on both sides of the US Canada border. Some French stayed in New Brunswick (now 50 percent french ) And Nova Scotia . Most Canadiens are from Normandy an area of Viking descent.

[@linefrenette9116]

My maternal ancestors are from Amiens in France. And my paternal ancestors are Innus ,I'm Métis

[@joyce7892]

Now I'm going to work on my Quebec ancestry. Edwidge dit Arpir or Elizabeth Arper. Thanks much!

[@EdinburghFive]

As commented by others, this lady really needs to read up on her Canadian history. The idea that French Canadians were somehow barred from moving to the western areas of Canada is nonsense. In 1867 there was already a French and Métis population there. Few people were heading west at that time. The big reason for not heading west is the area was wilderness and there was a bit of unrest which eventually ruptured into the Red River Rebellion and later the North-West Rebellion. There certainly were some French Canadians who moved into Ontario. As for New Brunswick it was hardly "English". New Brunswick then, as now, had a large French population. The main draw to the "Boston States" was the booming forestry and industrial markets. Like now - jobs, jobs, jobs is what attracted people. So, if "...the English and the French were not friendly to each other.." why would the Quebecois head to an American bastion of English speakers and Protestantism? Illogical. They were familiar with Maine and Vermont as it had been French territory for several centuries and there were already family and historical ties there. I lot of Quebecois were engaged in the timber/lumber industry so it was an easy transition into upper Vermont and upper Maine. French Canadians also changed their names just to blend in and not because the English tongue could not pronounce them. Case in point, Leblanc became White which of course is just a direct translation. Dit names also tended to be used as there was an overuse of a handful of first names (i.e. Pierre and Marie). So, to distinguish who was who, nicknames (dit) were used. This was also used among other groups in North America (i.e. the Scots).

[@GenealogyTV]

Thank you for the clarification.

[@ctreadywhenuare]

I have to agree with you, I have been going to New Brunswick since I was a child, and you are right, mostly french !

[@dinkster1729]

@@ctreadywhenuare The northern part of New Brunswick is heavily French, but not the southern part of New Brunswick. I think the population is about 1/3 French speaking and 2/3 English speaking. The Francophones do speak English very well as well these days.

[@guyboye3091]

Juneau - Avoyelles Parish Louisiana

[@NAOinDepthMusic]

Very interesting

[@Jemini553]

Hello my name is Marie , and i have a problem find out where my fathers dad, dad originated from since Madore seems to be a strange find kind of sur name can ypou help me out , sincerly Marie A. Madore

[@GenealogyTV]

Having an unusual name is actually an advantage. It can be easier to find as opposed to common names. Look for all different kinds of spellings that are possible for that name.

[@hugobourgon198]

I know someone called Madore-Claveau here in Quebec city.

[@Jemini553]

@@hugobourgon198 could you find out from them if they have a Pierre o Madores he was my grandfather, he lived in west port Ma. Died around 1987

[@edgewaterz]

The trouble with Drouin records on Ancestry is the image quality is so bad that it's illegible. Very blurry and just unreadable. So even if you're comfortable trying to translate French, it's unreadable. Is it possible to request a better scan from the Drouin society itself? Or maybe another collection has better scans?

[@GenealogyTV]

Try looking for them on FamilySearch. Their images are much better.

[@edgewaterz]

@@GenealogyTV I reached out to Institut Généalogique Drouin and they confirmed FamilySearch doesn't have the same records and that there's only one collection. So we're limited to existing image quality. They said an expert in reading them should be able to decipher them. Which wasn't encouraging considering I posted the image to a French speaking forum and nobody could make out.

[@1717maxpo]

Hi, I currently live in the touristic and administrative region of Lanaudiere in Quebec. About Ms. Marie Juneau in your program Was Mrs. Fortier referring to a certain Marie Fortier born on August 25, 1867 in the city of Joliette, in Lanaudière in Quebec and baptized the same day in the Cathedral of Joliette whose parents were Mr. Isidore Juneau and Mrs. Helene Connaly or Crownaley ? The godfather was a certain Mr. Francois-Xavier Arbour and the godmother was a certain Mrs. Athalie Desmarais. Thank you in advance for your future correspondence 👍👍👍

[@GenealogyTV]

Hi Moi de meme. You can contact her through the Association of Professional Genealogist.

[@1717maxpo]

@@GenealogyTV: Thanks :)

[@grantboucher2696]

I am glad so many people referenced their ancestory as french canadian . Because "Canadien" is what they called themselves.

[@helloxo666]

I’m French Canadian

[@alainbellemare2168]

French canadian surname dictionary called Le Petit Jean , written by Jean Cournoyer

[@jamesprovencher1623]

can you tell me anything about my name Provencher name. thank you

[@GenealogyTV]

Try searching the resources in the video. Also drill in by location at both FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com.

[@beowolf8331]

I don't know if you found your answers. Sebastien Provencher was born in France in 1634. Married with Marguerite Manchon in 1663. He had 6 kids. He Became widow and remarried to Marie-Catherine Guillet in 1691. They had 3 more kids. He move from France to Quebec in 1660 to a village called Cap-de-la-Madeleine. near Trois-Rivieres

[@9infiniteblessings]

My memere n pepere were French Canadian their last names were Bernier n Viger 💖

[@GenealogyTV]

Very cool

[@jasonhenderson5260]

Very difficult for someone who doesn't speak French to understand the Drouin collection.

[@irishrepub84]

In my own tree Bissonette became Bisnett lol

[@genevieveemond843]

The best set or records on earth Wait until you end up with a jean-baptiste or you get to the surname Tremblay

[@debbiebaker8434]

I have those people in my family tree. Also Petrin, Jasmin/ Jesmer.

[@robertgalloway7320]

Jean baptiste for me Trudeau Pelletier

[@agbobier2657]

Some of my relatives are Tremblays.

[@dinkster1729]

@@agbobier2657 The OP meant that there are so many of them. However, I think Gagné is a very common Quebec surname and it might be my surname if Goneau or Gonneau is not.

[@leocheverie8550]

There needs to be a distinction between French families that came to what is now Quebec ( French-Canadians) and French Families that came to Acadia - Eastern Provinces of Canada - they are both distinct and Quebec became English Territory after the Battle of Quebec in 1763 - Canada was formed in 1867 but were British North America long before that - such glaring issues like this do not assist in making this video as well informed as I would like - I am of Acadian ancestry but not Québécois ancestry -

[@sharonperry5213]

I was born in Quebec. A Canadian. Mixed cultured. 33 percent French of France origin. . 44 percent Scottish. So I'm from Quebec. Not Frsnce