We need donations to continue our work and hosting of all these transcribed records. So we are going to now ask for a donation for searches and records.
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I am busy getting a database built of all our transcribed records. As of date we our volunteers have transcribe more than 50,000 individual records over the past 15 years from parishes, directories, newspaper etc around the historic Missisquoi county which is now know has the Estrie region and the Brome - Missiquoi regional county municipality.
Note! I have also added the names from most of the Missisquoi area cemeteries to my master searchable list and other documenst! I am even harnessing ChatGpt to help index.
You can see a list of records we have transcribed and collected in the document embedded below and download a list here
Wonderful new video series from New QAHN documentary filmn series:
“Raising Spirits: Exploring the Cemeteries, Crossroads and Vanishing Places of
Rural Quebec.the seigneury of James McGill, this hamlet still has its manor house
and covered bridge, but very few people know its story and its
importance in Stanbridge Township. Our guide Marcel Heyligen grew up at
its crossroads”
Malmaison still has its manor house and covered
bridge, but very few people know its story and its importance in Stanbridge
Township.The whole series of videos can be found here https://www.youtube.com/@QAHNCanada
Check out Malmaison, the first film in QAHN's new documentary film series "Raising Spirits: Exploring the Cemeteries, Crossroads and Vanishing Places of Rural Quebec." Once the seigneury of James McGill, the hamlet of Malmaison still has its manor house and covered bridge, but very few people know its story and its importance in Stanbridge Township. Series host: Heather Darch. Camera & Editing: Allison Kirkwood. Special guest (Episode 1): local resident Marcel Heyligen.
Check out Heathton, the second film in QAHN's new documentary film series "Raising Spirits: Exploring the Cemeteries, Crossroads and Vanishing Places of Rural Quebec." Heathton was located along the Stage Road in Barnston Township, not far from the Stanstead Township line. Local resident George Weller highlights his own life and the experiences he remembers from the neighbourhood along Stage Road.
Series host: Heather Darch. Camera & Editing: Allison Kirkwood. Special guest (Episode 2): George Weller.
Check out Episode 3 of QAHN's new documentary film series Raising Spirits! This episode takes us to Gould Station, a hamlet in Bury Township that once prospered from its sawmill and train station. Special guest Rebecca MacMillan, immersed in family lore, provides a tour of a community that has all but disappeared and where the train no longer stops.
Check out Episode 4 of QAHN's new documentary film series Raising Spirits! In this episode, called "Magoon's Point," historian Steve Moore walks us through the remnants of this long-lost village in Stanstead Township on the east shore of Lake Memphremagog. Although Magoon's Point was once renowned for its lime production, today there is little left of the village other than crumbling foundations and an overgrown cemetery.
