Always make an appointment before visiting any historical society or archive. This helps you establish hours of operation and ensures that the staff will be free to help you.
This is especially advisable for those of you who have French-Canadian roots but speak no French. Most societies, even if they operate mainly in French, will make every effort to help you, and with a little warning can usually find an English speaking volunteer. A little advance planning can make sure that the money and time you spend visiting the areas where your ancestors settled is well spent.
Many of these addresses come courtesy of David Lepitre who has worked very hard to preserve and promote the genealogy of the Eastern Townships.
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Quebec
Family History Society 173 Cartier Ave. P.O. Box 1026 Pointe Claire, QC H9S 4H9 (514) 695-1502 This group focusses on the genealogy of English-speaking Quebeckers. Among its publications is a catalogue of cemetery indexes for cemeteries across Quebec. Non-members can put a query in its quarterly magazine Connections for $5 ($4 U.S.) per query. Friends of the Archives Lennoxville-Ascot Historical Society
Société d'Histoire De
Shefford Association du Patrimoine de Potton
Inc./Potton
Heritage Association Inc. Société de
généalogie
des Cantons de l'Est inc. Sherbrooke Historical Society
Brome County Historical Society Compton County Historical Museum
Society Missisquoi Historical Society
Richmond County Historical Society
Lake Massawippi Area Historical
Society Megantic-Compton Cemetery & Church
Association Société d'histoire du
Lac Memphrémagog Société d'histoire de
Magog Bibliotheque Eva Sénécal
Georgeville Historical Society
La Société d'Histoire de
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Société
d'histoire et du patrimoine du Haut-Saint-François 93, rue Principale Est C. P. 972 Cookshire (Québec) J0B 1M0 tel : (819) 875-1022 fax : (819) 875-5311 e-mail : soc.hist.haut-st-francois@qc.aira.com
Sir John Johnson Branch U.E.L.
Little Forks Branch U.E.L.
Sarge & Pauline Bampton
(Centre d'archives de l'Estrie) 225, rue Frontenac, bureau 401 Sherbrooke, QC J1H 1K1 Phone: (819) 820-3010 Fax: (819) 820-3146 anq.sherbrooke@banq.qc.ca Eastern Townships Research Centre Archives department Bishop's University 2600, College Street Sherbrooke, QC J1M 0C8 (819)822-9600 ext. 2261 http://www.etrc.ca/ etrc2@ubishops.ca Sons of the American Revolution, Canada
Across The Border, a quarterly magazine focussing on rsearching families in northern Vermont and Quebec's Eastern Townships. Queries are free to subscribers, limited to three per issue, no limit in length. $18 U.S. a year. All submittals, questions to Diana Hibbert Bailey, RR2 McGregor Ridge, Carleton Place, Ont. K7C 3P2 Your Ancestry, a genealogical column printed in the Stanstead Journal, a weekly newspaper. Queries are free but must be clear and concise--make it obvious what information you are seeking, include ample identifying information about your ancestor. You can reach Your Ancestry's editor at: David Lepitre, Box 484, Derby Line, VT 05830-0484 or Box 81, Stanstead, QC J0B 3E0. Include a SASE in case he has information on hand which can help you. Hibbard, B.F. Forests and Clearings, The History of Stanstead County, Province of Quebec with Sketches of More Than Five Hundred Families. Montreal. 1874. This book has been reprinted and is available from the Stanstead Historical Society. Day, Mrs. C.M. History of the Eastern Townships, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, Civil and Descriptive. Montreal. 1869. This book has been reprinted and is available from both the Brome and Missisquoi Historical Societies. Noel, Francoise. Competing for Souls: Missionary Activity and Settlement in the Eastern Townships 1784-1851. 1988. Université de Sherbrooke Press. Taylor, Rev. E.M. History of Brome County, Vol. I & II. 1908 and 1937. Out of print but occasionally available through the Brome County Historical Society.
Eichholz, Alice. Collecting Vermont Ancestors. New Trails!, Box 766, Montpelier, VT 05602. 1993.
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