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.
Siebert, Wilbur Henry. “The American Loyalists in the Eastern Seigniories and Townships of the Province of Quebec.” Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada/Mémoire de la Société Royale du Canada 3rd Series, Vol. 7 (1913): 3–41. http://archive.org/details/cihm_90752
Dedis write.. my father, Lee Irving Greene,
1897-1970 was raised in the Cowansville- Clarenceville area. His parents were Herbert Fargo Greene and Edna Jane Clark . Our family roots go back 3-4 generations in that area. I’m looking for any obits or census records that might tell me a bit about the lives of those
ancestors. I do have photos of several generations that I could share, as well as a “mystery” couple that I can’t identify but I believe are family.
My father's parents were Herbert Fargo Greene, born March 27 1858, St Sebastian LeGranit Quebec, died July 6 1921,Clarenceville . Edna Jane Clark Greene, born Dec 17,1861, died Oct 14 1920. He married Edna on May 25, 1880. Theirs was a big family, Grant, Ida Carlton, Minnie, Lee,
Myrtle and Ethel Greene. Herbert worked as a live stock speculator, butcher and farmer according to census records .He and Edna attended the Methodist church.
When they were first married they lived with Edna’s parents.
My paternal great grandparents were Heman Green, born Feb 9 1826, Brookville Quebec, died Aug 25 1918. He married Almira Johnson born Nov 18 1919, died, Nov 18, 1919 in Clarenceville, on Oct 18 1847 at the Episcopal church. I’m thankful to have a copy of his obituary which I could share if anyone is interested. Email me is you have any information to share with Dedie Missisquoigenealogy@gmail.com
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The keeping of birth, marriage and death records in Quebec dates back to the very beginnings of the French colony in North America.
Indeed, it was in 1621 that the first Catholic parish register opened, recording the baptisms, marriages and burials of the population of the young colony.
https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/en/2021/03/31/quebec-birth-marriage-and-death-records/
From My Genealogy Life blog: Yesterday a post by Gail Dever alerted me about a webinar hosted by Family Search covering Quebec Notary records.
I arrived to the webinar in time and enjoyed watching the class and learned ow to find Notary records online.I have spent quite a but of time working with the index to Quebec Notary records created by Ancestry.
At Ancestry some of the records have been added but for the most part I have found it is mainly an index. If you keep reading you will find out how to find them online.LINK
Gail's article on "How to order a notary record from the Quebec Archives after finding it in an index on Ancestry" Link
