1851 Canadian Census

I have been busy looking thru the scanned in images of from the Canadian Census of 1851. You cannot search by surname, but only by location. I scanned thru the St-Jean-Baptiste, Rouville, Quebec section looking for some Saurette people. I did find some and now I am putting the information together and making sure it all matches up with what else is know.

I should have some information to post in the next few days relating to the Saurette side. I am going to try and find some Oligny names too, but I have not been able to find St-Remi in the database. Stay tuned for images and my comments.

Oligny’s Assimilated

This morning I finally finished entering in all the Oligny marriages from St-Jean County CD. There were quite a few, but I pushed on thru to the end of the list. The easiest way to view the Oligny people in my genealogy is to view the descendant report of Jean Oligny. This report encapsulates all Olignys who are related to me someway or another. Anyone needing more information regarding the Oligny surname and their spouses may contact me via e-mail at srock@saurette.com.

I also did a few other minor updates to the Saurette side. I was able to find marriage information for one of Guillaume & Elmire’s daughters in Missiquoi County.

I will probably troll thru the St-Jean records more and put in some shoe-string people, but for now the bulk of data input is done.

New CDs Have Arrived

When I received my new parish CDs yesterday, I wasn’t really sure if there would be much useful information on them as it pertained to my genealogy. Boy, was I wrong. There are A LOT of Olignys who got married in St-Jean county, Quebec. I have started putting them into my database, but I have yet to finish or upload them.

I am also doing some research for other people from these areas, so that is also taking up some of my time. I really enjoy digging into surnames and figuring out lineages for other people.

The new version of the genealogy software is still out there in limbo-land somewhere. I’m sure it will show up on my doorstep when I have totally forgotten about it. Well, I got some work ahead of me today so here goes…

Ancestral Flow Charts

Yesterday, I added two nice flow charts that show my ancestry on both the Saurette and Oligny sides. They both start with the first ancestor who came to New France and they run up to my grandfather. I know some people can get a better grasp of things if it is all out there in one image to view. Plus, if anyone is interested in the wive’s surnames, then they can get all the information on one page.

Saurette ancestral line

Oligny ancestral line