Extant Acadian Records - Part I: (Pre-Deportation: 1613-1759)
- Part I: Pre-Deportation: 1613-1759 Current
- Part II: United States & Caribbean (Post-Deportation: 1755-1800)
- Part III: Canada - Québec, Ontario, British Columbia (Post-Deportation: 1755-1900)
- Part IV: Canada (NS, NB, PEI & NL) and St. Pierre et Miquelon (Post-Deportation: 1755-1800)
- Part V: France, England, Caribbean, South America (Post-Deportation: 1755-1800)
Hundreds of thousands of Acadian descendants live in Canada, the United States, France and other parts of the world. Today many of these people search for their roots using the many tools available to today's genealogist.
All genealogical researchers should strive to use primary sources to the extent possible - especially those that occurred near the time of the event (e.g., birth, marriage, death, land sale) and were written by people witnessing the event (i.e., minister, parents, civil clerk). As the time of recording moves farther from the actual time of the event, the opportunity for error to enter the record increases as memories often fail and estimates are made (e.g., ages in censuses). Secondary sources (transcriptions, translations, written histories) suffer similarly from typographical errors and errors in fact.
Original church records are one of the best primary sources since they almost always were recorded immediately following the event by the priest or minister and often had witnesses to the event sign the document and provide family information as parent and grandparent names, location of their residence, etc.
Before their deportation, Acadians were almost exclusively Roman Catholic and the priests kept extensive records of the sacraments (e.g., baptisms, marriages, funerals) that they performed. There were many Acadian Catholic churches located throughout what is today mainland Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island and southern New Brunswick. Each region of communities had their own church as travel was difficult and slow; therefore, a church nearby was a necessity for the Acadian family. Where there were no churches, the Acadian priests made periodic missions to these outlying areas and recorded the sacraments performed in the register of the home parish.
Early members of the Guédry family benefited from the missions as they lived at Merliguèche along Acadia's south shore - isolated from the mainstream of Acadian life. On several occasions priests visited the south shore on missions, conducting mass and performing baptisms and marriages. Often the priests conducted blessings of earlier "civil" ceremonies that Acadian families conducted while awaiting a missionary priest. For example, an uncle, grandfather or other witness would baptize the newborn shortly after birth or a couple married in a "civil" ceremony witnessed by family and community members. The Acadians called the family baptism an "ondoyé". Often the priest included the "ondoyé" in the "official" baptismal record.
The horrific nature of the Acadian deportations that included burning of churches and homes resulted in most of the Acadian church records being destroyed or lost forever. A few, however, have survived and provide important primary source information for the Acadian researcher.
This article summarizes to the extent known the Acadian churches existing from 1613 to 1759, the location of the churches, the priests that served each church, what, if any, records survive today, the location of these records and the availability of transcriptions and translations of these records. It mentions briefly if any Guédry or Petitpas names occur in the various records. Prior to about 1780 there were only Guédry's - there were no Labine, LaBine, LaBean, Jeddry, Jedry, Geddry, Gedry, Guedry, Guidry, Gaidry, Gidry or other variations of the surname (unless it occurred as a misspelling in a record). In the early records there are several variations of the Petitpas surname as Petipas and Petit Pas.
PORTROYAL, ACADIA
- St-JeanBaptiste Catholic Church (Founded: 1613)
Port-Royal (today Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia (NS))
(Cemetery was outside earthworks of Fort Anne, just south of fort on grounds)Original Records
Exist for 1702-1755 in two volumes - 1702-1728 & 1727-1755; Other records lost
Original 1702-1728 Records at:
Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management
6016 University Avenue
3H 1W4
(In British Government at Annapolis Royal Series of Commissioner of Public Records Collection)Original 1727-1755 Records at:
Roman Catholic Diocese of Yarmouth
Diocesan Centre
43 Albert Street
Yarmouth, NS Canada B5A 3N1Original 1702-1755 Records Online at:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/acadian/
Microfilm Copies of Original Records at:
Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON Canada K1A 0N4- Microfilm C-1869 (Births: 1702-1717)
Centre D'Éudes Acadiennes
- Microfilm C-1879 (Births: 1717-1755; Marriages: 1724-1755; Deaths: 1702-1755)
University of Moncton
18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue
Moncton, NB, Canada E1A 3E9- Microfilm F1018 (1702-1728)
- Microfilm F1019 (1727-1755)Transcriptions & Translations
- Acadian Church Records - Volume III (Port Royal - 1702-1721)
Milton P. Rieder & Norma G. Rieder; Privately Published; Metairie, LA; 1977 - Acadian Church Records -Volume IV (Port Royal -1716-1729)
Milton P. Rieder & Norma G. Rieder; Privately Published; Metairie, LA; 1983 - Acadian Church Records -Volume V (Port Royal -1730-1740)
David M. Rieder & Norma G. Rieder; Privately Published; Metairie, LA; 1983
Copy of Records at:
Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON Canada K1A 0N4Guédry in Records
Baptisms of Paul Guédry (1705), Françoise Guédry (1705), Pierre Guédry (1723), Charles Guédry (1726), Marguerite Guédry (1727), Hélène Guédry (1729)
Petitpas in Records
- Baptism of Nicolas Petitpas (1714)
- Marriages of Jacques Girouard & Anne Peittipas (1704), Nicolas Petitpas & Magdealine Simon (1714), Claude Petitpas & Françoise LaVergne (1721)
- Burials of Jean Petitpas (1713), Anne Petitpas (1717)
- Acadian Church Records - Volume III (Port Royal - 1702-1721)
- St-Laurent Catholic Church (Founded: Unknown)
Upper Port-Royal (Near today' Upper Granville, NS)
Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
CAP-SABLE, ACADIA
- Ste-Anne Catholic Church (Founded: Unknown)
Chebogue (Cap-Sable) (today Chebogue, NS)
[Chapel was on Durkee Island]Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
- Notre-Dame Catholic Church (Founded: ca. 1651)
Pobomcoup (today Pubnico, NS)
Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
- SainteCroix Catholic Church (Founded: Unknown)
Merliguèche (today Lunenburg, NS)
Original Records
All records lost: no transcriptions exist
ISTHMUS OF CHIGNECTO, ACADIA
- NotreDameduBonSecours (Later Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption) (Founded: 1679)
Beaubassin (today Amherst, NS) & Jemseg, (today Jemseg, New Brunswick (NB))
Original Records
Exist for 1679-1686, 1712-1723, 1732-1735, 1740-1748; Other records lost
{ Note : Jemseg also includes the lower St. John River. The Jemseg and St. John River records are only in the 1679-1686 register}
Original 1679-1686 Records at:
Québec Diocesan Archives
Bishop's University
2600 College Street
Sherbrooke, QC Canada J1M 0C8
(In library of Bishop's University)Original 1712-1723, 1732-1735, 1740-1748 Records at:
Archives Départementales de la Charente-Maritime
35 rue François-de-Vaux-de-Foletier
17042 La Rochelle Cedex 1 FranceMicrofilm Copies of Original Records at:
Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON Canada K1A 0N4- Microfilm F-696 (Births/Marriages/Deaths: 1712-1723, 1732-1735, 1740-1746)
Centre D'Éudes Acadiennes
(Births/Marriages: 1746-1748)
University of Moncton
18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue
Moncton, NB, Canada E1A 3E9- Microfilm F1030 (1679-1686)
- Microfilm F1038 (1712-1723, 1732-1735, 1740-1748)Transcriptions & Translations
- Acadian Church Records Volume I (1679-1757) -Being a Compilation of Miscellaneous Baptismal, Marriage, and Funeral Records from Beaubassin, n New Riviere St. Jean, Mines, Missions in New Brunswick, and the Parish Churches of Ste. Famille de Pabok, Baie des Chaleurs, Grande Riviere, and Other Places in Acadia and the Gaspe Peninsula
Winston Deville; Privately Published; Mobile, AL; 1964 (pp. 2-9) - Acadian Church Records -Volume II (Beaubassin -1712-1748)
Milton P. Rieder & Norma G. Rieder; Privately Published; Metairie, LA; 1976
Guédry in Records
Baptism of Jeanne Guédry (1681), daughter of Claude Guédry & Kesk8a
Petitpas in Records
Claude Petitpas - sponsor at Baptism of Jeanne Guéry above (1681)
Anne Petitpas -Marguerite Giroire (1746) - Acadian Church Records Volume I (1679-1757) -Being a Compilation of Miscellaneous Baptismal, Marriage, and Funeral Records from Beaubassin, n New Riviere St. Jean, Mines, Missions in New Brunswick, and the Parish Churches of Ste. Famille de Pabok, Baie des Chaleurs, Grande Riviere, and Other Places in Acadia and the Gaspe Peninsula
- St-Louis Catholic Church (Founded: ca. 1750)
Pointe-de-Beauséour (today Aulac, New Brunswick (NB))
Original Records
All records lost having been buried and destroyed by dampness; no transcriptions exist
- "Unknown Name" Catholic Church (Founded: Unknown)
Baie Verte (today Port Elgin, NB)
Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
- Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation Catholic Church (Founded: Unknown)
Chipoudy (today Shepody, NB)
Original Records
Exist for 1755-1756; Other records lost
Original 1755-1756 Records at:
Québec Diocesan Archives
Bishop's University
2600 College Street
Sherbrooke, QC Canada J1M 0C8
(In library of Bishop's University)Microfilm Copies of Original Records at:
Centre D'Études Acadiennes
University of Moncton
18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue
Moncton, NB, Canada E1A 3E9- Microfilm F1030 (1755-1756)
Transcriptions & Translations
- Acadian Church Records Volume I (1679-1757) -Being a Compilation of Miscellaneous Baptismal, Marriage, and Funeral Records from Beaubassin, Riviere St. Jean, Mines, Missions in New Brunswick, and the Parish Churches of Ste. Famille de Pabok, Baie des Chaleurs, Grande Riviere, and Other Places in Acadia and the Gaspe Peninsula
Winston Deville; Privately Published; Mobile, AL; 1964 (pp. 10-12)
Handwritten transcription at:
Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON Canada K1A 0N4Guédry in Records
None
Petitpas in Records
None
- Acadian Church Records Volume I (1679-1757) -Being a Compilation of Miscellaneous Baptismal, Marriage, and Funeral Records from Beaubassin, Riviere St. Jean, Mines, Missions in New Brunswick, and the Parish Churches of Ste. Famille de Pabok, Baie des Chaleurs, Grande Riviere, and Other Places in Acadia and the Gaspe Peninsula
- "Unknown Name" Catholic Church (Founded: Unknown)
Memramcook (today Memramcook, NB)
Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
- "Unknown Name" Catholic Church (Founded: Unknown)
Petitcoudiac (today Petitcodiac, NB)
Original Records
Exist for 1753-1757; Other records lost
Original 1753-1757 Records at:
Québec Diocesan Archives
Bishop's University
2600 College Street
Sherrooke, QC Canada J1M 0C8
(In library of Bishop's University)Microfilm Copies of Original Records at:
Centre D'Études Acadiennes
University of Moncton
18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue
Moncton, NB, Canada E1A 3E9- Microfilm F1030 (1753--1757)
Transcriptions & Translations
- Acadian Church Records Volume I (1679-1757) -Being a Compilation of Miscellaneous Baptismal, Marriage, and Funeral Records from Beaubassin, Riviere St. Jean, Mines, Missions in New Brunswick, and the Parish Churches of Ste. Famille de Pabok, Baie des Chaleurs, Grande Riviere, and Other Places in Acadia and the Gaspe Peninsula
Winston Deville; Privately Published; Mobile, AL; 1964 (pp. 10-12)
Handwritten Transcription at:
Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON Canada K1A 0N4Guédry in Records
None
Petitpas in Records
None
- Acadian Church Records Volume I (1679-1757) -Being a Compilation of Miscellaneous Baptismal, Marriage, and Funeral Records from Beaubassin, Riviere St. Jean, Mines, Missions in New Brunswick, and the Parish Churches of Ste. Famille de Pabok, Baie des Chaleurs, Grande Riviere, and Other Places in Acadia and the Gaspe Peninsula
- Ste-Anne Catholic Church (Founded: 1723)
Tintamarre (today Sackville, NB)
Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
- Ste-Anne Catholic Church (Founded: 1686)
Near Médoctec (today about ten miles below Woodstock, NB on St. John River)
and Pays-Bas (today Fredericton, NB)Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
- Various Churches in Gaspé including Ste-Famille de Pabos, of the Baie des Chaleurs, of the Grande Rivièe and other places from Echedaî (Shediak) to Kamourska
Gaspésie
Original Records
Exist for 1751-1757; Other records lost
Original 1751-1757 Records at:
Québec Diocesan Archives
Bishop's University
2600 College Street
Sherbrooke, QC Canada J1M 0C8
(In library of Bishop's University)Microfilm Copies of Original Records at:
Centre D'Études Acadiennes
University of Moncton
18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue
Moncton, NB, Canada E1A 3E9- Microfilm F1030 (1751-1757)
Transcriptions & Translations
Acadian Church Records Volume I (1679-1757) -Being a Compilation of Miscellaneous Baptismal, Marriage, and Funeral Records from Beaubassin, Riviere St. Jean, Mines, Missions in New Brunswick, and the Parish Churches of Ste. Famille de Pabok, Baie des Chaleurs, Grande Riviere, and Other Places in Acadia and the Gaspe Peninsula
Winston Deville; Privately Published; Mobile, AL; 1964 (pp. 16-22)Guédry in Records
None
Petitpas in Records
None
MINAS BASIN
- St-Charles-des-Mines Catholic Church (Founded: 1687)
Grand-Pré (today Grand-Pré NS about 3 miles east of Wolfville, NS)
(Cemetery was on grounds today' Grand-Pré National Historic Site of Canada near large cross]Original Records
Exist for 1707-1748; Other records lost
Original 1707-1748 Records at:
Diocese of Baton Rouge
Department of the Archives
1800 South Acadian Thruway
P. O. Box 2028
Baton Rouge, LA 70821-2028 USAMicrofilm Copies of Original Records at:
Centre D'Études Acadiennes
University of Moncton
18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue
Moncton, NB, Canada E1A 3E9- Microfilm F1942 (1707-1748)
Transcriptions & Translations
- Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records Volume 1 (1707-1769)
Nora Pollard; Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge; Baton Rouge, LA; 1978 - Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records Volume 1a (1707-1748)
Una Daigre; Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge; Baton Rouge, LA; 1999
Guédry in Records
Baptisms of Joseph Guédry (1716), Helene Guédry (1723), Marie-Josephe Guéry (1723)
Marriage of Judique Guéry & Jean Cousin (1737)Petitpas in Records
None
- Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records Volume 1 (1707-1769)
- St-Joseph-des-Mines Catholic Church (Founded: possibly 1688)
Rivière-aux-Canards (today Chipmans Corner, NS at intersection of Middle Dyke Road and Church Street)
Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
{Note: These records were discovered by Msgr. Cyprien Tanguay in Paris, France in 1867, but have since disappeared.}
- Ste-Famille Catholic Church (Founded: 28 Jun 1722)
Pisiguit {East} (today Falmouth, NS near 419 Gabriel Road)
[Cemetery located in today's Falmouth, NS at 419 Gabriel RoadOriginal Records
All records lost; no transcription exist]
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Catholic Church (Founded: 8 Jun 1698)
Pisiguit {West} (today Windsor, NS; near King Street)
[After church burned in 1752 a building at Fort Edward used for mass]
[Cemetery was on "the Island" near junction of St. Croix River and Avon River within limits of today's Windsor, NS]Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
- St-Pierre et St-Paul Catholic Church (Founded: before 1728)
Cobeguit at Cove d'Église (today near Masstown, NS near junction of Shore Road & Highway 2/4)
Original Records
All records lost, possibly at sea or burned by English; no transcriptions exist
- "Unknown Name" Catholic Chapel (Founded: Unknown)
Cobequit (Located 14 miles from today's Masstown, NS)
Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
- "Unknown Name" Catholic Chapel (Founded: Unknown)
Cobequit (Located 17.5 miles from today's Masstown, NS)
Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
- "Unknown Name" Catholic Chapel (Founded: Unknown)
Cobequit (Located 21 miles from today's Masstown, NS)
Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
- "Unknown Name" Catholic Church (Founded: After 1737)
Tatamagouche (today Tatamagouche, NS)
Cemetery was on a hill at junction of Waugh River and French River)Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
- Sainte-Anne Catholic Mission (Founded: 1725)
Shubenacadie (today Shubenacadie, NS)
[Indian Mission was where Stewiacke River meets the Shubenacadie River; Route 215]Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
MAINE
- Sainte-Famille Catholic Church (Founded 1689)
Pentagouët (today Castine, Maine (ME))
Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
ÎLE ROYALE
- Notre-Dame-des-Anges Catholic Church (Founded: 1713)
Louisbourg (today Fortress Louisbourg, Cape Breton, NS)
Original Records
Exist for 1722-1745 and 1749-1758; other records lost
Original 1722-1745 and 1749-1758 Records at:
Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer (France)
29 Chemin du Moulin de Testa
13090 Aix-en-Provence, France
[ANF, Co1, Serie G1 Volumes 406-409]Original 1722-1745 and 1749-1758 Records Online at:
http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/
Microfilm Copies of Records at:
Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington St.
Ottawa, ON Canada K1A 0N4- Microfilm F-592 (1722-1745)
Centre D'Éudes Acadiennes
- Microfilm F-593 (1749-1758)
University of Moncton
18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue
Moncton, NB, Canada E1A 3E9- Microfilm F1790 (1722-1745)
- Microfilm F1791 (1749-1758)Transcriptions & Translations
Handwritten Transcription at:
Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington St.
Ottawa, ON Canada K1A 0N4Guédry in Records:
- Baptisms of François Bourneuf (1752), Françoise Bourneuf (1754) & Marie Bourneuf (1755) - children of Jeanne Guédry & Julien Bourneauf; Anne Joseph Guédry (1756), daughter of Pierre Guédry & Agnes Triel; Charles Cousin (1757) - son of Judith Guédry & Jean Cousin
- Marriages of Ursule Guédry & Paul Boutin (1750); Jeanne Guédry & 755) & Julien Bourneuf (1751)
- Burials of Jeanne Guédry (1755); Françoise Bourneuf (1755) & Marie Bourneuf (1755) - children of Jeanne Guédry & Julien Bourneuf
Petitpas in Records
Not Determined
- King's Hospital (Founded: 1719)
Louisbourg (today Fortress Louisbourg, Cape Breton, NS)
Original Records
Records lost, but two alphabetical tables provide the names and dates of death of the soldiers for 1719-1742 with several notations from 1754, 1755 & 1758. Also contains list of soldiers that died at the hospital from 31 Oct 1756 to 31 Dec 1757.
Original 1719-1742, 1754-1755 and 1758 & 1756-1757 Records at:
Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer (France)
29 Chemin du Moulin de Testa
13090 Aix‐en‐Provence, France
[ANF, Co1, Serie G1 Volume 411 bis (at the beginning)]Original 1756-1757 Records Online at:
http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/
Microfilm Copies of Records at:
Centre D'Études Acadiennes
University of Moncton
18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue
Moncton, NB, Canada E1A 3E9- Microfilm F1794 (1719-1742, 1754-1755, 1758 & 1756-1757)
Transcriptions & Translations
Handwritten transcription at:
Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington St.
Ottawa, ON Canada K1A 0N4Géudry in Records
Not Determined
Petitpas in Record
Not Determined
- St-Pierre Catholic Church (Founded: 1715)
Port-Toulouse (today St. Peter', Cape Breton, NS)
Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
- Ste-Claire Catholic Church (Founded: ca. 1725)
Petit-Dérat (today Petit-de-Grat, Isle Madame, Cape Breton, NS)
Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
- Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours Catholic Church (Founded: ca. 1721)
Port-d'rléns / Niganiche (today Ingonish, Cape Breton, NS)
Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
- Ste-Anne Catholic Church (Founded: ca. 1721)
Port-Dauphin (today Englishtown, Cape Breton, NS)
Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
- Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours Catholic Church (Founded: 1714)
La Baleine (today Baleine, Cape Breton, NS)
Original Records
Exist for 1714-1745, 1750-1757; other records lost
Original 1714-1745, 1750-1757 Records at:
Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer (France)
29 Chemin du Moulin de Testa
13090 Aix-en-Provence, France
[ANF, Co1, Serie G1 Volume 410]{ Note : The records of La Baleine and Lorembec are interfiled in a single register for the years 1714-1745 and 1750-1757}
Microfilm Copies of Original Records at:
Centre D'Études Acadiennes
University of Moncton
18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue
Moncton, NB, Canada E1A 3E9- Microfilm F1792 (1714-1745, 1750-1757)
Transcription & Translations
None
Guédry in Records
Not Determined
Petitpas in Records
Not Determined
- Ste-Claire Catholic Church (Founded: 1714)
Lorembec (today Little Lorraine, Cape Breton, NS)
Original Records
Exist for 1714-1745, 1750-1757; other records lost
Original 1714-1745, 1750-1757 Records at:
Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer (France)
29 Chemin du Moulin de Testa
13090 Aix-en-Provence, France
[ANF, Co1, Serie G1 Volume 410]{ NOTE : The records of La Baleine and Lorembec are interfiled in a single register for the years 1714-1745 and 1750-1757}
Microfilm Copies of Original Records at:
Centre D'Études Acadiennes
University of Moncton
18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue
Moncton, NB, Canada E1A 3E9- Microfilm F1792 (1714-1745, 1750-1757)
Transcription & Translations
None
Guédry in Records
Not Determined
Petitpas in Records
Not Determined
- St-Esprit Catholic Church (Founded: 1724)
St-Esprit (today St. Esprit, Cape Breton, NS)
Original Records
Exist for 1724, 1726-1737, 1741-1745, 1749
Original 1724, 1726-1737, 1741-1745, 1749 Records at:
Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer (France)
29 Chemin du Moulin de Testa
13090 Aix-en-Provence, France
[ANF, Co1, Serie G1 Volume 410]{ NOTE : Several pages from 1726 are bound with the Port-Lajoie registers}
Microfilm Copies of Original Records at:
Centre D'Études Acadiennes
University of Moncton
18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue
Moncton, NB, Canada E1A 3E9- Microfilm F1792 (1724, 1726-1737, 1741-1745, 1749)
Transcription & Translations
None
Guédry in Records
Not Determined
Petitpas in Records
Not Determined
- "Unknown Name" Catholic Church (Founded: ca. 1722)
Scatary (today Scaterie, Cape Breton, NS)
Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
ÎLE ST JEAN
- St-Jeanl'Évangéliste Catholic Church (Founded: 1720)
Port-Lajoie (today Rocky Point, Prince Edward Island (PE) - vicinity of Fort Amherst near Charlottetown)
Original Records
Exist for 1721-1744, 1749-1758; Other records lost
Original 1721-1744, 1749-1758 Records at:
Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer (France)
29 Chemin du Moulin de Testa
13090 Aix-en-Provence, France
[ANF, Co1, Serie G1 Volume 411]{ NOTE : There are several loose sheets between the two registers dating from 1725-1730 and 1936. Furthermore, the register from 1749-1751 also contains records of St-Pierre Catholic Church of St-Pierre-du-Nord as Father Patrice Lagrée moved from St-Pierre-du-Nord to Port-Lajoie bringing this register with him.}
Microfilm Copies of Records at:
Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington St.
Ottawa, ON Canada K1A 0N4- Microfilm F-595 (1721-1744, 1749-1758)
Centre D'Éudes Acadiennes
- Microfilm F-596 (1721-1744, 1749-1758 Index)
University of Moncton
18 Antonine‐Maillet Avenue
Moncton, NB, Canada E1A 3E9- Microfilm F1792 (17241-1744, 1749-1758)
Transcriptions & Translations
- Acadian Church Records - Port LaJoye, Ile St. Jean 1749-1758 (St. Jean l'vangeliste Parish)
Tim Hebert; Privately Published; 2000
Copy of Records at:
Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington St.
Ottawa, ON Canada K1A 0N4Copy of Records at:
Québec Diocesan Archives
Bishop's University
2600 College Street
Sherbrooke, QC Canada J1M 0C8
(In library of Bishop' University)Guédry in Records
Not Determined for 1721-1744; For 1749-1758:
- Baptisms of Françis Guédry (1749), son of Paul Guédry & Anne Mius; Pierre Janvier Guédry (1752), son of Claude Guédry & Anne LeJeune; Charles Olivier Guédry (1755), son of Claude Guédry & Anne LeJeune; Claude Augustin Guédry (1758), son of Claude Guédry & Anne LeJeune
- Mariages of Augustin Benoist & Marguerite LeJeune (1750), daughter of Jean LeJeune and Francoise Guédry; Anne Marguerite Serrie & Jean Doiron (1752), son of Philippe Doiron & Marie Guédry
Petitpas in Records
Not Determined for 1721-1744; None for 1749-1758
- Acadian Church Records - Port LaJoye, Ile St. Jean 1749-1758 (St. Jean l'vangeliste Parish)
- St-Pierre Catholic Church (Founded: ca. 1720)
St-Pierre-du-Nord (today St. Peter' Harbour, PE)
Original Records
Exist for 1724, 1728-1730, 1732-1747, 1749, 1751-1759; Other records lost
Original 1724, 1728-1730, 1732-1747, 1749, 1751-1759 Records at:
Archives Departementales d'Ille-et-Vilaine (France)
1 rue Jacques-Lénard
35000 Rennes, France{ Note : Records of St-Pierre Catholic Church from 1749-1751 are contained within the registers of St-Jean-l'Éangéiste Catholic Church of Port-Lajoie.}
Microfilm Copies of Original Records at:
Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington St.
Ottawa, ON Canada K1A 0N4- Microfilm F-817 (1724, 1728-1730, 1732-1747, 1749, 1751-1759)
Centre D'Éudes Acadiennes
University of Moncton
18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue
Moncton, NB, Canada E1A 3E9- Microfilm F1059 (1724, 1728-1730, 1732-1747, 1749, 1751-1759)
Copy of Records at:
Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON Canada K1A 0N4Transcription & Translatons
- Acadians in Exile
Rev. Donald J. Hébert; Hebert Publications; Cecilia, LA; 1980
Guédry in Records
None
Petitpas in Records
Marriage of Françoise Bertaud & Jean Petitpas (1742), son of Claude Petitpas & Françoise Lavergne
- Acadians in Exile
- Ste-Famille Catholic Church (Founded before 1745)
Malpèque (today Malpeque, PE)
Original Records
All records lost after burying; no transcriptions exist
- St-Louis Catholic Church (Founded: 1752)
Rivière-du-Nord-Est (today Scotchfort, PE on Hillsborough River)
Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
- St-Paul Catholic Church (Founded: 1752)
Pointe-Prime (today Eldon, PE)
Original Records
All records lost at sea; no transcriptions exist
NEWFOUNDLAND
- Notre-Dame-des-Anges Catholic Church (Founded: 1663)
Plaisance (today Placentia, Newfoundland (NL))
Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
- Catholic Mission to Newfoundland (Founded: May 1740)
Port-aux-Basques (today Port aux Basques, NL)
Visited by Missionaries from Îe Royale]Original Records
Exist for 1740; Any other records lost
Original 1740 Records at:
Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer (France)
29 Chemin du Moulin de Testa
13090 Aix-en-Provence, France
[ANF, Co1, Serie G1 Volume 410]Microfilm Copies of Original Records at:
Centre D'Études Acadiennes
University of Moncton
18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue
Moncton, NB, Canada E1A 3E9- Microfilm F1792 (1740)
Transcriptions & Translations
None
Guédry in Records
Not Determined
Petitpas in Record
Not Determined
SAINT-PIERRE ET MIQUELON
- St-Pierre Catholic Church (Founded: 1687)
Île St-Pierre (today Îe St-Pierre, Îe Saint-Pierre et Miquelon)
Original Records
All records lost; no transcriptions exist
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THE PRIESTS THAT SERVED THE PARISHES
Often the Catholic priests that served the Acadians and Mi'kmaq churches and missions said mass and performed sacraments at several churches and missions within a region. Thus the listing of priests below is primarily by geographic region. This list is not complete, but rovides an overview of the many priests and missionaries that served the Acadians & i'kmaq over the lmost 150 years prior to the deportations.
| CHURCH REGION | PRIEST | DATES OF SERVICE |
|---|---|---|
| Port-Royal | Nicolas Aubry Unknown Priest Jessé Fléché Pierre Biard Énemond Massé Laurent Molin Louis Petit Louis Geoffroy Louis Petit Abel Maudoux Félix Pain Patrice René Justinien Durand Justinien Durand Charlemagne Cuvier René-Charles de Breslay René-Charles de Breslay Antoine Gaulin Claude de La Vernède de Saint-Poncy Charles de la Goudalie Jean-Baptistede Gay Descenclaves Henri Daudin | 1604-1605 1604-1606 Jun 1610-Jun 1611 May 1611-Jul 1613 May 1611-Jul 1613 1664-1676 1676-1690 1686-1692 1692-1694 1694-Fall 1702 1701-1710 1703-1708 1704-1711 1711-1720 1720-1724 1724-1728 1729-1730 1731-1732 732-1739 1741-Jun 1742 Jun 1742-Apr 1754 Apr 1754-Aug 1755 |
| Isthmus of Chignecto | Claude Moireau Claude Trouvé Claude Trouvé Félix Pain Vincent Cocuet René-Charles de Breslay Jacques Lesclaches Jean-Louis Le Loutre Jean Manach François Le Guerne Abbé Le Guet Philippe-Joseph Vizien | 1675-1686 1686-1690 1694-1704 1710-1717 1717-1722 1722-1723 1732-1742 1749-1755 1750-1761 1752-1757 1754 1755-1757 |
| Grand-Pré | Claude Moieau Jean-François Buisson Abbé Guay Bonaventure Masson Bonaventure Masson Félix Pain Félix Pain Isidore Caulet Antoine Gaulin Charles de La Goudalie Charles de La Goudalie Claude-Jean-Baptiste Chauvreulx | 1684 1692-1698 1699-1702 1700-1711 1714-1715 1710-1713 1715-Sep 1724 Sep 1724-1724/25 1725-Spring 17 1729-1740 Jun 1742-1749 1749-Aug 1755 |
| Rivière-aux-Canards | Charles de La Goudalie Jean-Baptiste de Gay Desenclaves Charles de La Goudalie Jean-Pierre de Miniac Jacques Girard Abbé Le Maire | 1729-1740 1740-Jun 1742 June 1742-1749 Fall 1742-Sep 1749 Summer 1750-1752 Fall 1753-Aug 1755 |
| Pisiguit | Louis-Pierre Thury Isidore Colet Jean-Baptiste Breau Noel Alexandre de Noinville du Gléfier Louis Maufils Claude-Jean-Baptiste Chauvreulx Claude-Jean-Baptiste Chauvreulx Henri Daudin | 1698-1699 Feb 1724-Sep 1724 1728-Early 1730 Spring 1730-Fall 17 Fall 1732-1735/173 Fall 1735-Jun 1736 1739-1749 Oct 1753-Apr 1754 |
| Cobequit | Pierre Verquaillie Jean-Louis.Le Loutre Claude de La Vernède de Saint-Poncy Jacques Girard | 1724-Apr 1726 1738-1742 1750 1742-1752 |
| Shubenacadie | Antoine Gaulin Jean-Louis Le Loutre Jacques Girard | After 1720-1725 at least 1738-1742 1742-1752 |
| Tatamagouche | Jean-Louis Le Loutre Jacques Girard | 1738-1742 1742-1752 |
| Cap-Sable | Antoine Gauli Jean-Baptiste de Gay Desenclaves | After 1720 Apr 1754-Apr 1756 |
| Merliguèche | Félix Pain (mission to South Shore) Antoine Gaulin | May-Sep 1705 After 1720 |
| Pentagouët | Louis-Pierre Thury Antoine Gaulin | 1688-1698 1699-1717 |
| Île Royale | Antoine Gaulin Louis Barbet Dudonjon René-Charles de Breslay Félix Pain Pierre Antoine Simon Maillard Pierre Antoine Simon Maillard Charles de La Goudalie Jean-Louis Le Loutrre (at Malagawatch) | 1717-1720 ?-Aug 1723 1723-Nov 1 1731-1733 1735-1745 1746-1759 1751-1751 1738-1738 |
| Île St-Jean | Pierre Antoine Simon Maillard René-Charles de Breslay Marie Anselme de Metivier Louis Barbet Dudonjon Félix Pain Leonard Patin Pierre Joseph de Kergarion Ignace Joseph Flamant Juan Despirac Abbé Courtin ca Mathieu François Le Paige Abbé de Bierne Père Vincent Athanasa Guegot Abbé Saint-Vincent Angélique Gaulin Gabriel Le Moign Jean-Baptiste de Gay Desenclaves Nicolas-André Vauquelin Ambroise Aubré Elie Krielse Abbé Duguay Patrice LaGree Pierre Antoine Simon Maillard Charles de La Goudalie Alexis du Buron Isidore Caulet Jean Perronnel Ambroise Aubré Abbé Le Maire Abbé Le Dieu Jacques Girard Pierre Cassiet Jean Biscarat Bernard_Sylvestre Dosque Abbé Pezes Gratien Raoul Frère La Force Claude-Godefroy Coquart | ? Apr 1721-Apr 1723 Aug 1721-Jul 1723 Aug 1723-Jun 172 Jul 1725-Jul 1731 Jul 1725 Jan 1726-Mar 1726 Jan 1727-Dec 1727 Dec 1727 ca. 1730 Dec 1731-Oct 1733 ? ? Nov 1733-Aug 1736 1735-1738 Oct 1736-Jul 1737 Sep 1737-Oct 1737 1739 1739 Jan 1739-Jun 1741 Aug 1741-May 1744 1743 Sep 1749-Sept 1752 Sep 1749_? 1750-1751 Jan 1751 Aug 1752 1752-1758 Oct 1752-Jul 1754 1753 1753 1752-1758 1752-1758 1753-1758 1753-1758 Aug 1754 Sep 1754-May 1758 Aug 1755 1756 |
| St-John River | Joseph Aubery Jean-Baptiste Loyard Jean-Pierre Daniélou Étienne Lauverjat Joseph-Charles Germain Étienne Lauverjat Charles de La Goudalie Jean-Baptiste de La Brosse | 1701-1709 1709-Jun 1731 Fall 1731-1740 1732-1734 1740-1761 ca. 1750-1754 1752-1754 1755-1756 |
| Plaisance | Martin d'Hurte Abbé Sixt la Tac Félix Pain | 1671 1689 1694-1701 |
| Missionaries to the Mi'kmaq | Jean-Louis Le Loutre Jean-Louis Le Loutre Pierre Antoine Simon Maillard | 1738-1746 1749-1755 1735-1759 |
| Île de la Ste-Famille (Chapel Island, Labrador) | Pierre Antoine Simon Maillard | 1754-1758 |
| PRIEST | AFFILIATION |
| Joseph Aubery Ambroise Aubre Nicolas Aubry Pierre Biard Abbé de Bierne Jean Biscarat René-Charles de Breslay Jean-François Busson de Saint-Cosme Alexis du Buron Pierre Cassiet Isidore Caulet Claude-Jean-Baptiste Chauvreulx Claude-Godefroi Coquuart Abbé Courtin Charlemagne Cuvier Jean-Pierre Daniélou Henri Daudin Jean-Baptiste de Gay Desenclaves Juan Despirac Bernard-Sylvestre Dosque Abbé Duguay Justinien Durand Ignace Joseph Flamant Jessé Fléché Angélique Gaulin Antoine Gaulin Louis Geoffroy Joseph-Charles Germain Jacques Girard Athanasa Guegot Pierre Joseph de Kergarion Elie Krielse Jean-Baptiste de La Brosse Frère La Force Charles de La Goudalie Patrice LaGree Étienne Lauverjat Claude de La Vernède de Saint-Poncy Abbé Le Dieu François Le Guerne Abbé Le Guet Abbé Le Maire Jean-Louis Le Loutre Gabriel Le Moign Mathieu François Le Paige Jean-Baptiste Loyard Pierre Antoine Simon Maillard Jean Manach Énemond Massé Bonaventure Masson Abel Maudoux Marie Anselme de Metivier Jean-Pierre de Miniac Claude Moireau Abel Maudoux Noel Alexandre de Noinville de Gléfier Félix Pain Leonard Patin René Patrice Jean Peronnel Louis Petit Abbé Pezes Gratien Raoul Abbé Saint-Vincent Abbé Sixt la Tac Louis-Pierre Thury Claude Trouvé Nicolas-André Vauquelin Pierre Verquaillie Philippe-Joseph Vizien Jesuit - Society of Jesus Récollet - Reformed branch of the Franciscans Spiritan - Séminaire du Saint-Esprit Sulpician - Society of Saint-Sulpice (Sulpician) | Jesuit Récollet Secular Priest Jesuit Récollet Séminaire des Missions Étrangères Sulpician Diocesan Priest (Québec) Récollet Séminaire des Mission Étrangères Missionary Sulpician Jusuit Missionary Récollet Jesuit Spiritan Sulpician Récollet Séminaire des Missions Étrangères (Capucian) Séminaire des Missions Étrangères Récollet Récollet Secular Priest Récollet Séminaire des Missions Étrangères Sulpician Jesuit Missionary Récollet Récollet Récollet Jesuit Missionary Sulpician Récollet Jesuit Séminaire des Missions Étrangères Séminaire des Missions Étrangères Spiritan, Séminaire des Missions Étrangères Missionary Séminaire des Missions Étrangères Séminaire des Missions Étrangères Récollet Récollet Jesuit Séminair des Missions Étrangères Séminair des Missions Étrangères Jesuit Récollet Séminair des Missions Étrangères Sulpician Sulpician Récollet Séminair des Missions Étrangères Séminair des Missions Étrangères Récollet Récollet Récollet Récollet Diocesan Priest (Québec) Missionary Missionary Missionary Diocesan Priest (Québec) Sulpician Missionary Récollet Missionary Séminaire des Missions Étrangères |
References
(Note: Only major reference sources are listed below. References cited in above text are not relisted.)
- Cyr, Yvon; "Acadian Parishes" (Internet Site at: http://www.acadian.org/parishes.html ) [Website Name: "Acadian Genealogy Homepage"]
- Hébert, Rev. Donald J.; Acadians in Exile (Hebert Publications; Cecilia, Louisiana; 1980) pp. 671-677.
- Hebert, Tim; "Religion" (Internet Site at: http://www.acadian-cajun/religion.htm ) [Website Name: Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History]
- Hebert, Tim; "The True Acadian Period: 1604-1755 -Church Records" (Internet Site at: http://www.acadian-cajun.com/genac2.htm ) [Website Name: Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History]
- Hebert, Tim; "Extant Acadian Church Records" (Internet Site at: http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazrr/gazrr57.htm ) [Website Name: The Globabl Gazette - Roving Reporters]
- Morin, Maxime; Le Rôle Politque des Abbés Pierre Maillard, Jean-Louis Le Leoutre et Françis Picquet dans les Relations Franco-Améindiennes àla Fin du Réime Françis (1734-1763) (Thesis; UniversitéLaval; Quéec, Canada, 2009), pp. 173-175
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- White, Stephen A.; Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes - Première Partie 1636 à 1714 en Deux Volumes (Centre d'Études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton; Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada; 1999) pp. xvi-xxv.
- White, Stephen A.; English Supplement to the Dictionnaire Géélogique des Familles Acadiennes Part I 1636 to 1714 (Centre d'Éudes Acadiennes, Universitéde Moncton; Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada; 1999) pp. xxv-xxxvi.