The Drouin Institute of Montreal microfilmed parish records, both Catholic and non-Catholic, including some Indian missions. The collection contains 2,455 reels of microfilm, which includes millions of individual records. The time span covers the founding of parishes to 1940 when the institute microfilmed the records. This collection contains the following:
1. Baptisms, marriages, and death records for the entire Province of Quebec.
2. Baptisms, marriages and death records for the Ontario, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia areas known to be mostly French-Canadian.
3. Notarial acts, such as marriage contracts, wills, deeds, and other legal documents for the Province of Quebec.
4. Vital statistics and Census Records for miscellaneous U.S. States.

These newspapers, from the Montreal and Quebec provinces, cover the years of 1764 - 1862 and are in English and French. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America to Britain in 1763 after the "Seven Years' War" that ended with the signing of the "Treaty of Paris" on February 10, 1763. The first edition of "The Quebec Gazette / La Gazette de Québec" was on June 21, 1764.

Canadian Census records cover the years 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891. The collection is not complete.

The entire 1871 census including many schedules which give important information about Quebec citizens of this time period.

1. Death Index to 1950 and Death Records to 1955.
2. State Census records 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870.

This two-part collection has 250,000 records covering the 17th century to the mid-1800s.
Part-1 covers Hull, Gatineau, Pontiac, Buckingham, LaPetite Nation, Eastern Ontario and Northern Ontario.
Part-2 covers families from Quebec and Prince Edward Island.

Contains nearly 1,000,000 marriages that were researched at the Drouin Institute, but were not included in the Female or Male Drouin collections.

Marriages from Quebec, Madawaska County in New Brunswick, Manchester, NH and Hillsboro County, NH, These records cover 1641-1963. Brides and Grooms are listed alphabetically. Most, but not all of the entries are typewritten. The alphabetical order of the cards is only approximate. The parishes covered are listed at the beginning of each film.

Films from miscellaneous Louisiana parishes. Some are of poor quality, but we have optional sources for them.

State census records for 1840, 1850, 1860 and 1870.

1. Civil records from the Massachusetts state archives and from LDS. Birth index and records 1841-1910, marriage index and marriage records 1841-1910, death index and records 1841-1910, delayed birth, marriage, death 1839-1900.
2. State census records for 1840, 1850, 1860 and 1870.

1. Civil records purchased from LDS. Births, marriages, brides index, death, 1640-1900 and divorces 1640-1938.
2. State census records 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870.

1. 1780-1858 Non-Catholic Marriages.
2. 1858-Jun 1869 Non-Catholic County Marriages.
3. 1828-1870 Romain Catholic Marriages.
4. 1873-1911 Original Index to Marriage Registrations.
5. 1869-1911 Geographical Marriage Registrations.
6. 1873-1923 Index to Marriages.
7. 1869-1923 Marriage Registrations.
8. 1892-1919 Delayed Marriage Registrations.

1. Civil records purchased from LDS. Birth 1852-1905, marriages, 1853-1905, death index 1853-1950, deaths 1853-1955, delayed birth returns, out of town deaths 1905-1943 [includes an index].
2. East Providence Deaths from 1872-1921, miscellaneous cemetery records and birth returns from East Providence various years.
3. Rhode Island parish records contains baptisms, marriages, along with some first communion and confirmation records.
4. State Census Records for 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870.

Marriage records for the Quebec Notarial districts of Joliette, St-Jerome, Mont-Laurier and Sorel, covering the 17th century to 1972. The index is arranged first alphabetically by the surname of the bride, then alphabetically by the surname of the groom. A section for anonymous names is located in the "A" section and is arranged alphabetically by the surname of the groom. This section includes all those marriage entries for which there is either no surname or no name for the bride. If either the bride or groom is widowed, the record of the marriage will indicate the name of the previous spouse. Most entries are handwritten.

A three-part collection purchased from the State Archives of VT contains:
1. Births, marriages and deaths from the start to 1870.
2. Births, marriages, deaths from 1870-1908.
3. Births, marriages, deaths from 1909-1941.
State census records 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870.

This collection contains over 144,000 photos (325,000 names) focusing on French-Canadian names from over 150 cemeteries located in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Florida and Canada. Copies provided by the microfilm service are free of the watermark visible on the images shown on this website. Thanks to Sue & Joe Musial for their dedicated work for over 20 years to build this collection. You won't find many of these on Find-a-Grave.

The collection contains over 600,000 obituaries focusing on French-Canadian names. Most are from local Rhode Island newspapers but many are from other states and Canada. AFGS has been building this collection since 1978 and some are dated even earlier.

AFGS has many volunteers who a well-versed in translating French or Latin documents and records into English. If you have a vital record, letter, document or Notary contact, who better than AFGS to translate it for you. The complexity of Notary Contracts is reflected in the pricing. Prices are per page.