Drouin Collection not just for French Canadians

sheilajim · Post by **sheilajim** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:52 am

Hi All,

I thought that this collection was only for "French" Canadians, and ignored it, until today, when they Ancestry Ca e-mailed me.
With an attitude of what do I have to lose for $5.95, I took a pay per view and looked up my parents.
I found my parents marriage on it.

I am so happy. You will think that it is strange, but although I have the marriage certs for many of my ancestors, until today, I didn't have one for my parents!

If anybody is holding back on looking at this collection, thinking that it is only for "French" Canadians, take another look. It includes all people born in Quebec.

Post by **marilyn morning** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:01 am

Hi Sheila,

Thank you for posting this. Its a wonderful collection of records and I was so excited when I discovered it over a year ago.

See

http://talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8558

Congrats on your new discovery!

Regards
Marilyn

sheilajim · Post by **sheilajim** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:09 am

Hi Marilyn,

It is wonderful, isn't it.

I can see that I will soon be spending more than my original $5.95. I have found about five other records that interest me.

Regards

Post by **marilyn morning** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:22 am

Hi Sheila,

You might be interested in contacting the Society yourself to inquire about the cost of having them do the lookups for you, rather then paying the fee for the on-line service? I was a member last year, but set it aside to work on another project.

http://www.afgs.org/

To be perfectly honest, they were so helpful, that I thought I was living a dream come true. I don't speak French, but they do and through them I was able to translate. This year, my grandson Joe is studing French so from now on he is my translator.

In my opinion, this collection really gives Scotland a run for its money.

Regards
Marilyn

sheilajim · Post by **sheilajim** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:38 pm

Hi Marilyn.

The fee is pretty good. 10 credits for $5.95 Canadian. You only spend one credit when you see the actual certificate. 10 certificates for $5.95 is a better price than I can think of from other places, and is cheaper than Scotland's People.

I am far from being bilingual, but can read some French if needed. But the records for the English speaking people are in English, as they were originally recorded that way.

I am going to look up all my relatives, hopefully I will find the marriage of an aunt that I have been looking for, though I am not certain if she was married in Quebec.

Regards

Post by **marilyn morning** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:17 am

Hi Sheila,

I agree that $5.95 is an excellent price for 10 certificates. The Society here in Rhode Island charges $5 for a full day of researching, but considering the price of gasoline today, I may be better getting them on-line.

A few years ago an article was printed in our local newspaper, "The King's Daughters." The Files du Roi - in English, the King's Daughters - were about 700 women who emigrated from France to Quebec between 1663 and 1673. They gave up their lives in the Old Word to marry men they had never met and spend the rest of their lives building homes and raising families in New France.

"To genealogists, the King's Daughters are a dynastic motherlode, a specific group that has, over generations, yielded millions of modern-day French Canadians. To French Canadians, they are patriotic icons, revered as the literal mothers of the French culture in the Americas."

I'm quoting directly from the article itself and if you would like a copy just let me know and I'll scan you a copy (of the article, not the book

) There is also a book available

Kings Daughters and Founding Mothers: The Filles du Roi, 1663-1673 by Peter Gagne published by Quintin Publications, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 2001.

A history of the King's Daughters that includes short biographies of nearly all the women as well as charts showing details such as time of arrive and husbands.

Regards
Marilyn

P.S. The Society here in Rhode Island bought the rights to the Drouin Reports both the Red and Blue, so I'm guessing they sold the on-line rights to Ancestry to raise some cash for their new research center?

sheilajim · Post by **sheilajim** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:00 pm

Hi Marilyn

You don't have to tell me about the price of Gas.

A few days ago my husband and I got all excited about seeing gas for sale near us at only $3.77 a gallon. It was only afterwards that I thought that it couldn't have been that long ago, when $3.00 a gallon was thought to be outrageous.

I had forgotten about Les Filles de Roi. I remember learning about them in school, in my fifth grade history class, but that was more than twenty years ago,

okay, much longer than twenty years ago. I would be grateful if you would send me a copy of the article.

I have been going through the Drouin collection, like a kid in a candy store. I think that I had better take out a month's subscription.

Regards

Post by **marilyn morning** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:28 am

Hi Sheila,

Are you are dial-up or broadband? Here's an excerpt from a Marriage Contract

From the marriage contract of Isabelle Hubert and Louis Bolduc circa 1665

The future spouses shall not be held accountable for the debts and mortgages of the other made and created before the solmenityof their marriage. And if there be any they shall be paid and settled by he who has made and created them out of his property.

The future groom takes the said future bride with her rights names reasons and actions in whatever place they may be situated and found. And nonetheless the future bride promises to bring to her future husband the day after the wedding the equivalent of 400 livres for all her furniture, clothes rings and jewelry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_livre

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:03 am

Hello Marilyn and Sheila,

Don’t mention the price of Gasoline (I’ll give it the respect of a capital letter in case it runs out on me). After allowing for the smaller U.S. gallon I must be paying close to 40% more than those incredibly cheap U.S. prices and people in Europe are probably paying double.

Probably something like this.

US price = US$3.78 per US Gallon = US$1.00 per litre.
AUS price = A$1.50 per litre = US$1.40 per litre
UK price = 110p per litre = US$2.20 per litre.

All the best,
Alan

Post by **Anne H** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:11 am

Hi all!

I could cringe when I have to fill up. It cost me $46 to almost fill my tank the other day.

UK price = 110p per litre = US$2.20 per litre.

I think you hit it on the button for the UK, Alan...we're bad here, but not as bad as others - doesn't help make me feel any better though 8-[

Regards,
Anne