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» suelon_99 - Tanguay's Dictionnaire

Hi all; new to this site. Have been doing this for yrs, the HARD way when there was no internet! I'm really not THAT old...
Anyway, agree w Darlene re Tanguay being somewhat confusing. I got initially thrown also w the marriage thing being listed first; it does take a bit of time and navigation to get the hang of it unfortunately. Here are several things I learned in general which will help w this book.

Things to remember w Quebec info;
1)records are usually written day/month/yr-European style.
2)mostly Catholic style which means baptisms and burials NOT births and deaths. MAYBE the same but...
if, for example, you see... 12/3-13/3 1864 this means born March 12th/bapt the 13th. if you see 's' 15/3 1864... this means (probably) died and buried Mar 15th 1864. Rarely do you see separate dates for death/burial...at least in early days, they didn't waste time burying them, at least in MY family!
It is VERY nice that Tanguay is online now; I use it alot/I do print the pages though as it is easier to follow. Once you get going on it, it gets easier to understand even without knowing French. Hope this info helps;now, if they would only put Drouin and Jette online......

-- posted by suelon_99