Bas-Saint-Laurent Genealogical Records

Bas-Saint-Laurent Birth & Baptism Records

Quebec Catholic Parish Registers (1621-1979)

An index to and images of registers recording more than 10 million baptisms, marriages and burials. The records list names of relatives; personal details; and particulars of baptisms, marriages and burials.

Quebec Church Records (1621-1967)

An index to 14.5 million entries from baptism, marriage, and burial registers; confirmations records, dispensations records, censuses, statements of readmission to the church and more. The records are predominantly from Catholic churches, but all other denominations are included.

Acadia Catholic Church Records (1670-1946)

An index to close to 1 million baptism, marriage, burial, confirmations, dispensations, censuses and statements of readmission records.

Quebec Birth & Baptism Index (1662-1898)

An index of over 25,000 records of births and baptisms, including parents' names and other details.

Canada Birth & Baptism Index (1661-1959)

A collection of various collated birth and baptism records, totaling around 1.5 million births.

Bas-Saint-Laurent Marriage & Divorce Records

Quebec Catholic Parish Registers (1621-1979)

An index to and images of registers recording more than 10 million baptisms, marriages and burials. The records list names of relatives; personal details; and particulars of baptisms, marriages and burials.

Quebec Church Records (1621-1967)

An index to 14.5 million entries from baptism, marriage, and burial registers; confirmations records, dispensations records, censuses, statements of readmission to the church and more. The records are predominantly from Catholic churches, but all other denominations are included.

Acadia Catholic Church Records (1670-1946)

An index to close to 1 million baptism, marriage, burial, confirmations, dispensations, censuses and statements of readmission records.

Canadian Genealogy Index (1604-1980)

This database contains over two million records referencing individuals from all regions of Canada and early Alaska. Entries have been extracted from city directories, marriage records, land records, census records, and more.

Canada Quaker Meeting Records (1786-1988)

An index to and images of membership registers, marriage records, meeting minutes, certificates of removal, death registers, disciplinary records, and other records for The Society of Friends.

Bas-Saint-Laurent Death & Burial Records

Quebec Catholic Parish Registers (1621-1979)

An index to and images of registers recording more than 10 million baptisms, marriages and burials. The records list names of relatives; personal details; and particulars of baptisms, marriages and burials.

Quebec Church Records (1621-1967)

An index to 14.5 million entries from baptism, marriage, and burial registers; confirmations records, dispensations records, censuses, statements of readmission to the church and more. The records are predominantly from Catholic churches, but all other denominations are included.

Acadia Catholic Church Records (1670-1946)

An index to close to 1 million baptism, marriage, burial, confirmations, dispensations, censuses and statements of readmission records.

Canadian Genealogy Index (1604-1980)

This database contains over two million records referencing individuals from all regions of Canada and early Alaska. Entries have been extracted from city directories, marriage records, land records, census records, and more.

Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects (1627-1965)

Registers of births/baptisms, marriages and deaths/burials containing over 160,000 entries from over 30 countries. These largely relate to British subjects.

Bas-Saint-Laurent Census & Population Lists

1842 Lower Canada Census (1842)

An index to and images of registers recording around 50,000 inhabitants of Quebec, their occupations and other details.

1831 Lower Canada Census (1831)

An index to and images of registers recording around 90,000 inhabitants of Quebec, their occupations and other details.

1825 Lower Canada Census (1825)

An index to and images of registers recording around 75,000 inhabitants of Quebec, their occupations and other details.

1861 Quebec Census (1861)

An index to documents recording details of almost 1.1 million people living in Quebec; includes agricultural censuses.

Canada Voters Lists (1935-1980)

An index to and images of registers that list the name, address and occupation of those registered to vote. Contains over 95 million entries.

Newspapers Covering Bas-Saint-Laurent

Newspaper Archive: Canada (1872-Present)

Text-searchable copies of over 6.6 million Canadian newspaper pages.

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

April 1916 Canada Illustrated Journal (1916)

Searchable editions of a newspaper covering Canadian and British-Canadian military news.

May 1916 Canada Illustrated Journal (1916)

Searchable editions of a newspaper covering Canadian and British-Canadian military news.

June 1916 Canada Illustrated Journal (1916)

Searchable editions of a newspaper covering Canadian and British-Canadian military news.

Bas-Saint-Laurent Immigration & Travel Records

St. Lawrence Steamboat Co Passenger Lists (1819-1838)

Lists recording passengers and freight carried between Montreal and Quebec.

Canada-US Border Crossings (1895-1956)

This database contains an index of aliens and citizens crossing into the U.S. from Canada via various ports of entry along the U.S.-Canadian border. It may include name, age, date and place of birth, gender, ethnicity/nationality, names of friends and relatives and more.

Canada Passenger Lists (1881-1922)

An index to an images of lists of passengers traveling to and from Quebec City, Halifax, Saint John, North Sydney, Vancouver, Victoria and some US ports.

Canadian Passenger Lists (1865-1935)

Digital images of passenger lists of ships arriving in various Canadian ports as well as some eastern US ports. They may list name, age, gender, marital status, place of intended residence, birth country, race, occupation, religion, port of departure and more. Searchable by a index of over 7.25 million names.

Irish Famine Immigrants (1846-1851)

A record of over 600,000 immigrants arriving in the United States; being predominantly those escaping the Irish famine. Records may contain numerous useful details, such as age or year of birth, native county and intended destination.

Bas-Saint-Laurent Military Records

Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918)

An index to Canadian soldiers of WWI, linked to digital images of their attestation papers.

WWI Commonwealth Casualty Lists (1914-1920)

A list of over 1.3 million British and Commonwealth servicemen who were injured during World War One.

1861 British Army Census (1861)

An index listing the rank and regiment of over 245,000 British Army soldiers serving in June 1861. Compiled from paylists, this essential work can help locate further records for military men whose regiment is not otherwise known.

Canada Volunteer Militia Nominal Rolls & Paylists (1857-1922)

An index to and images of registers detailing over 1.6 million payments made to militia volunteers.

Hellfire Corner (1897-1919)

A collection of fascinating diaries and remembrances of WWI soldiers.

Canada Voters Lists (1935-1980)

An index to and images of registers that list the name, address and occupation of those registered to vote. Contains over 95 million entries.

Patents of Canada (1824-1849)

Descriptions of patents granted by the Canadian government.

Lectric Law Dictionary (1066-Present)

A dictionary of law terminology from earliest times.

Provincial Government Personnel List (1919)

Lists of elected representatives and civil servants of the provincial governments of Canada.

1837 Rebellion Losses Claimants (1837-1849)

A list of people claiming money from the government for losses and damages as a result of the Rebellions of 1837.

Bas-Saint-Laurent Land & Property Records

Quebec Land Grants (1763-1890)

A list of around 35,000 people who received land grants from the Crown, including name of grantee, location of the land, acreage, date of patent and more.

Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases (1507-2000)

This database is a collection of maps and atlases detailing land areas that comprise the present-day United States and Canada, as well as various other parts of the world.

Soldier Homestead Grant Registers in Canada (1918-1931)

An index to and images of documents recording grants of lands to veterans of World War I.

Bas-Saint-Laurent Directories & Gazetteers

Lovell's Business & Professional Directory (1890-1891)

A directory of businesses, tradesmen and professional in Quebec.

Canadian Phone & Address Directories (1995-2002)

This database is a collection of phone and address directories from throughout Canada from 1995-2002. With around 38 million entries, information contained in this database includes: name, spouse's name, address, city, province, phone number and year.

Canada Gazetteer & Business Directory (1930)

A list of companies and tradesmen in Canada.

Canada Directory (1886-1889)

Searchable books containing information relating to the area, its residents and businesses.

Lovell's Canadian Dominion Directory (1871)

Descriptions of settlements in Canada, with lists of people residing and businesses operating there; supplemented by statistics and other details.

Bas-Saint-Laurent Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Canadian Headstones (1720-Present)

A growing collection of over 1 million photographs of graves in Canada. Graves can be searched by a name index.

Canada War Graves Registers (1914-1948)

This database contains death and burial information for Canadian military personnel who died during and as a result of the world wars.

Bas-Saint-Laurent Obituaries

Canada Obituary Collection (2006-Present)

A growing index, regularly updated, containing abstracts of over 1 million obituaries, including names of relatives.

Germans from Russia Obituaries (1899-2012)

Indexed images of over 400,000 obituaries of Germans from Russia who died in North America.

Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs Obituaries (1906)

A small number of short obituaries of notable Canadians.

Bas-Saint-Laurent Histories & Books

The Storied Province of Quebec (1500-1930)

A detailed history of Quebec and biographies of many leading Québécois.

History of the Eastern Townships of Quebec (1470-1869)

A history of the region, its resources, settlement etc.

Lovell's Gazetteer of British North America (1874)

A searchable edition of a book listing descriptions of settlements, regions, geographic features etc.

Canada Year Book (1867-1967)

A collection of books detailing important facets of the country, including government, immigration, vital statistics, health and welfare, resources, labour and more.

The American Gazetteer (1798)

One of the earliest attempt to form a comprehensive dictionary of places in The Americas.

Bas-Saint-Laurent School & Education Records

Canada School Yearbooks (1908-2010)

An index to and images of middle school, junior high, high school, and college yearbooks. They may list name, photo, hobbies, family relationships and more.

McGill University at War (1914-1945)

A description of McGill graduates' contributions to the world wars.

McGill University Graduates (1946)

A searchable book listing some details of the university and lists of graduates, ordered by various criteria.

Golden Jubilee of T. Eaton Co. (1869-1919)

A history of a Canadian department store.

Fleming's Farm & Live Stock Almanac (1916)

A book filled with useful info for livestock owners.

Bas-Saint-Laurent Occupation & Business Records

Crockford's Clerical Directories (1868-1914)

Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.

1871 Canada Census (1871)

An index to a list of all inhabitants of Canada; nominal returns of the deaths within last twelve months; returns of public institutions, real estate, vehicles and implements; returns of cultivated land, of field products, plants, fruits, live stock, animal products, home-made fabrics, furs; returns of industrial establishments; returns of products of the forest; returns of shipping and fisheries; and returns of mineral products.

Canada Officials (1853-1894)

Lists of civil servants, government employees and military officers. Some include their place of origin.

Biographical of Architects in Canada (1800-1950)

Biographies of over 2,200 architects who worked in Canada.

Canadian Maritime Records (1789-1935)

A database containing data on the vessels, captains and crews of Great Britain and Atlantic Canada. It contains records of crew members, masters, and ship owners for vessels registered in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Bas-Saint-Laurent

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Colonial Gentry: Genealogical & Heraldic History 1 (1891)

Genealogies of land-owning families in the British colonies, including biographies.

Colonial Gentry: Genealogical & Heraldic History 2 (1891)

Genealogies of land-owning families in the British colonies, including biographies.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Debrett's Baronetage of England (1835)

An alphabetical list of baronetcies as have merged in the peerage, or have become extinct, and also of the existing baronets of Nova Scotia and Ireland.

Bas-Saint-Laurent Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Colonial Gentry: Genealogical & Heraldic History 1 (1891)

Genealogies of land-owning families in the British colonies, including biographies.

Colonial Gentry: Genealogical & Heraldic History 2 (1891)

Genealogies of land-owning families in the British colonies, including biographies.

Debrett's Baronetage of England (1835)

An alphabetical list of baronetcies as have merged in the peerage, or have become extinct, and also of the existing baronets of Nova Scotia and Ireland.

Bas-Saint-Laurent Church Records

Quebec Catholic Parish Registers (1621-1979)

An index to and images of registers recording more than 10 million baptisms, marriages and burials. The records list names of relatives; personal details; and particulars of baptisms, marriages and burials.

Quebec Church Records (1621-1967)

An index to 14.5 million entries from baptism, marriage, and burial registers; confirmations records, dispensations records, censuses, statements of readmission to the church and more. The records are predominantly from Catholic churches, but all other denominations are included.

Acadia Catholic Church Records (1670-1946)

An index to close to 1 million baptism, marriage, burial, confirmations, dispensations, censuses and statements of readmission records.

Crockford's Clerical Directories (1868-1914)

Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.

US & Canada Quaker Annual Reports (1808-1930)

Digital images of records from the highest bodies in the Quaker church. The minutes contain names of representatives and committee members, memorials and obituary notices, along with business news.

Biographical Directories Covering Bas-Saint-Laurent

The Canadian Biographical Dictionary (1881)

Biographies and portraits of hundreds on notable Québécois.

The Storied Province of Quebec (1500-1930)

A detailed history of Quebec and biographies of many leading Québécois.

Canadian Cyclopedia of Names (1894)

A large tome containing biographies of Canadian men and women.

Crockford's Clerical Directories (1868-1914)

Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.

Biographical of Architects in Canada (1800-1950)

Biographies of over 2,200 architects who worked in Canada.

Bas-Saint-Laurent Maps

Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases (1507-2000)

This database is a collection of maps and atlases detailing land areas that comprise the present-day United States and Canada, as well as various other parts of the world.

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Bas-Saint-Laurent Reference Works

Lectric Law Dictionary (1066-Present)

A dictionary of law terminology from earliest times.

Researching a Medical Ancestor (1505-Present)

A guide to tracing ancestors who practiced medicine in several English-speaking countries.

Work of The Canadian Archives (1908-1913)

Details of some records held in Canada.

Most Common Surnames in Bas-Saint-Laurent

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Quebec
1Levesque5,7681:3517.32%14
2Ouellet5,6561:3619.86%20
3Pelletier4,3661:4711.26%10
4Gagnon4,1191:495.72%2
5Dube3,7521:5416.33%29
6Lavoie3,7271:559.13%8
7Michaud3,4721:5918.18%41
8Berube3,3811:6022.69%74
9Beaulieu3,2451:6312.09%21
10Cote3,0701:665.50%4
11Belanger2,8451:727.84%11
12Caron2,8311:729.89%19
13Roy2,6501:774.05%3
14Gagne2,5551:807.36%13
15Rioux2,5151:8122.08%117
16Tremblay2,3021:882.42%1
17Fournier2,0381:1007.89%25
18Dionne1,9431:10515.73%97
19Bouchard1,9421:1054.18%6
20Morin1,9351:1054.45%7
21St-Pierre1,8561:1109.98%43
22Boucher1,7411:1175.80%18
23Landry1,6991:1207.49%31
24Theriault1,6141:12613.58%102
25Proulx1,6121:1268.75%47
26Dumont1,4831:13714.11%129
27Gauthier1,4791:1383.14%5
28Lepage1,4641:13912.59%113
29Bernier1,4591:1407.04%39
30Fortin1,4491:1413.64%9
31Sirois1,4391:14219.54%216
32Desrosiers1,3361:15211.62%115
33Plourde1,2911:15816.35%197
34Lebel1,2781:15914.77%172
35Deschenes1,2711:16011.19%118
36Soucy1,2291:16620.79%291
37Jean1,1311:1809.59%106
38Desjardins1,1151:1835.18%34
39St-Laurent1,0381:19614.95%236
40Thibault9991:2046.06%61
41Paradis9921:2056.22%64
42Roussel9751:20920.50%355
43Marquis9421:21616.13%299
44Charest8991:22712.10%212
45Turcotte8791:2324.88%51
46Simard8721:2342.71%15
47Malenfant8711:23428.28%517
48Chouinard8701:2349.09%147
49Martin8361:2443.63%28
50Parent8131:2514.92%60
51Dumais8011:25415.82%338
52Ross7991:25512.84%274
53Leclerc7981:2553.64%33
54Poirier7211:2832.70%22
55Rousseau6891:2964.43%68
56Labrie6661:30610.30%258
57Tardif6571:3106.14%125
58Nadeau6561:3112.86%30
59Gendron6501:3135.65%116
60Castonguay6421:3179.86%256
61Paquet6211:3284.50%85
62Richard6151:3312.95%37
63Lemieux6131:3323.39%50
64Lizotte6121:33316.05%435
65Chenard6091:33428.21%706
66Morneau6081:33514.43%394
67Dufour6031:3383.61%56
68Brisson5961:3427.99%210
69Perreault5931:3433.49%55
70Belzile5861:34826.37%695
71Langlois5831:3493.49%57
72Leblanc5791:3521.85%17
73Lagace5711:35710.72%318
74Lapointe5681:3592.20%24
75D'Amours5661:36025.86%700
76Savard5641:3613.14%53
77Thibeault5581:3658.30%243
78Bosse5431:37520.32%588
78Hudon5431:37510.37%324
80Gosselin5331:3822.96%52
81Levasseur5181:3939.22%309
82Cloutier5071:4021.91%23
83Raymond5021:4063.69%88
84Coulombe4921:4145.37%158
85April4911:41534.31%942
86Vaillancourt4851:4204.11%108
87Pineault4801:42418.76%609
88Cyr4791:4252.92%62
89Dion4731:4312.86%59
90Banville4691:43425.77%808
91Plante4681:4353.00%67
92Harrisson4561:44733.46%975
93Drapeau4491:45410.32%384
94Carrier4481:4553.75%100
95Ruest4451:45830.48%933
96Morissette4371:4665.91%213
97Canuel4351:46824.99%829
98Couture4241:4802.04%38
99Potvin4211:4844.21%141
100Lamarre4201:4858.02%325
101Laplante4171:4884.37%148
102Albert4141:49214.42%546
103Emond4131:4935.29%199
104Senechal4121:49421.60%774
105Moreau4081:4993.82%127
106Jalbert4071:50010.86%437
107D'Astous4021:50734.10%1,081
108Chasse3901:52217.28%684
109Rouleau3851:5296.41%284
110Murray3821:5339.37%400
111Fillion3811:5356.48%293
112Bouffard3781:5397.03%314
113Garon3761:54218.60%747
114Santerre3741:54517.61%717
115Bourgoin3721:54821.87%842
116Picard3701:5512.92%96
117Guimond3631:5619.27%424
118Durette3591:56742.84%1,342
119Masse3531:5774.45%196
120Robichaud3521:5796.73%327
121Viel3511:58031.82%1,123
122Blanchette3461:5893.59%145
122Imbeault3461:58912.80%580
124Chamberland3441:5926.62%328
125Berger3431:59415.97%708
126Lechasseur3401:59929.18%1,088
127Dupont3381:6034.10%182
128Lajoie3361:6065.05%245
129Perron3341:6101.89%54
130Lauzier3321:61420.47%870
131Anctil3301:61715.38%710
132Arsenault3261:6253.44%150
133Bouillon3241:62936.04%1,293
134Truchon3221:63315.28%723
135Corbin3211:63517.72%811
136Bergeron3151:6470.90%12
137Lafrance3071:6634.40%234
138St-Onge3021:6744.16%219
139Blais3001:6791.59%42
140Bellavance2991:68112.57%650
140Lefrancois2991:6818.41%464
142Theberge2981:6848.31%457
143Mailloux2971:6866.61%373
144Boulanger2961:6884.17%225
144Otis2961:68813.52%700
146Voyer2951:69010.04%537
147Gauvin2941:6935.20%305
148Boudreau2901:7022.88%140
149Vignola2891:70533.14%1,314
150Martel2881:7071.31%32
151Mercier2861:7121.71%58
152Duchesne2851:7153.25%165
153Leblond2741:7436.50%393
154Gamache2721:7495.58%346
155Guerette2691:75720.68%1,011
156Blouin2661:7662.93%159
156Doucet2661:7663.61%215
156Pouliot2661:7663.04%166
159Denis2651:7693.22%185
160Talbot2611:7804.48%302
161Dumas2601:7833.62%221
162Girard2571:7930.82%16
163Lebrun2561:7965.99%389
164Veilleux2541:8022.45%131
165Francoeur2441:8354.37%310
166Beaupre2401:8495.16%364
167Pigeon2381:8566.93%471
168Couturier2371:85910.89%703
168Gallant2371:8595.20%368
170Briand2361:86312.07%762
170Harvey2361:8632.17%123
170Langlais2361:8637.67%518
173Brillant2351:86746.44%1,795
173Fraser2351:8678.34%556
175Dupuis2291:8891.63%84
176Rivard2231:9132.64%177
177Letourneau2221:9182.76%193
178Blanchet2211:9224.18%320
179St-Amand2191:9309.92%697
180Verreault2161:9435.66%434
181Larouche2151:9471.77%99
181Saucier2151:94712.27%827
183Labonte2111:9652.98%227
184Cimon2101:97018.58%1,111
185Boulay2091:9755.62%440
185Migneault2091:97511.91%825
187Allard2081:9791.45%82
187Grenier2081:9790.98%36
189Valcourt2061:98916.51%1,036
190D'Anjou2051:99416.69%1,053
191St-Jean2021:1,0083.46%298
192Charron1981:1,0291.96%138
193Beland1961:1,0392.97%247
193Gaudreau1961:1,0393.07%265
195Marceau1921:1,0615.01%430
196Guay1911:1,0661.39%87
196Normand1911:1,0664.87%423
198Collin1901:1,0724.92%429
199D'Auteuil1891:1,07827.16%1,503
200Charette1881:1,0832.27%180
200Villeneuve1881:1,0831.26%75