EXTANT ACADIAN RECORDS  Part I: (Pre-Deportation: 1613 - 1759)   by Martin Guidry 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. St. Louis Catholic Church (Pointe-de-Beauséjour) View of Pointe-de-Beauséjour and St. Louis Catholic Church 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. Acadia between 1713-1763   Location of Sainte-Anne Indian Mission at Shubenacadie Site of St-Peter and St-Paul Catholic Church (Cobequid) Masstown Baptism of Pierre Guédry, son of Pierre Guédry dit Labine & Marguerite Brasseau (St-Jean Baptiste Catholic Church at Port-Royal)   PORTROYAL, ACADIA 1. St-JeanBaptiste Catholic Church (Founded: 1613)      Location      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 3N1      Original 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)        Microfilm C-1879 (Births: 1717-1755; Marriages: 1724-1755; Deaths: 1702-1755)        Centre D'Éudes Acadiennes        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 0N4        Guédry 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) 2.  St-Laurent Catholic Church (Founded: Unknown)        Location        Upper Port-Royal (Near today' Upper Granville, NS)        Original Records        All records lost; no transcriptions exist CAP-SABLE, ACADIA 3.  Ste-Anne Catholic Church (Founded: Unknown)        Location        Chebogue (Cap-Sable) (today Chebogue, NS)        [Chapel was on Durkee Island]        Original Records        All records lost; no transcriptions exist 4.  Notre-Dame Catholic Church (Founded: ca. 1651)        Location        Pobomcoup (today Pubnico, NS)        Original Records        All records lost; no transcriptions exist 5.  SainteCroix Catholic Church (Founded: Unknown)        Location        Merliguèche (today Lunenburg, NS)        Original Records        All records lost: no transcriptions exist ISTHMUS OF CHIGNECTO, ACADIA 6.  NotreDameduBonSecours (Later Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption) (Founded: 1679)        Location        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 France        Microfilm 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)          (Births/Marriages: 1746-1748)          Centre D'Éudes Acadiennes          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 -Mar guerite Giroire (1746) 7.  St-Louis Catholic Church (Founded: ca. 1750)        Location        Pointe-de-Beauséour (today Aulac, New Brunswick (NB))      Original Records        All records lost having been buried and destroyed by dampness;        no transcriptions exist 8.  "Unknown Name" Catholic Church (Founded: Unknown)        Location        Baie Verte (today Port Elgin, NB)        Original Records        All records lost; no transcriptions exist 9.  Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation Catholic Church (Founded: Unknown)        Location        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 0N4        Guédry in Records          None         Petitpas in Records          None 10.  "Unknown Name" Catholic Church (Founded: Unknown)           Location           Memramcook (today Memramcook, NB)          Original Records          All records lost; no transcriptions exist 11. "Unknown Name" Catholic Church (Founded: Unknown)          Location          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 0N4           Guédry in Records           None           Petitpas in Records           None 12.  Ste-Anne Catholic Church (Founded: 1723)           Location           Tintamarre (today Sackville, NB)           Original Records           All records lost; no transcriptions exist 13. Ste-Anne Catholic Church (Founded: 1686)           Location           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 14. 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           Location           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 15. St-Charles-des-Mines Catholic Church (Founded: 1687)           Location           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 USA           Microfilm 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 16. St-Joseph-des-Mines Catholic Church (Founded: possibly 1688)           Location           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.} 17. Ste-Famille Catholic Church (Founded: 28 Jun 1722)           Location           Pisiguit {East} (today Falmouth, NS near 419 Gabriel Road)           [Cemetery located in today's Falmouth, NS at 419 Gabriel Road           Original Records           All records lost; no transcription exist] 18. Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Catholic Church (Founded: 8 Jun 1698)           Location           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 19. St-Pierre et St-Paul Catholic Church (Founded: before 1728)           Location           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 20. "Unknown Name" Catholic Chapel (Founded: Unknown)           Location           Cobequit (Located 14 miles from today's Masstown, NS)           Original Records           All records lost; no transcriptions exist 21. "Unknown Name" Catholic Chapel (Founded: Unknown)           Location           Cobequit (Located 17.5 miles from today's Masstown, NS)         Original Records           All records lost; no transcriptions exist 22. "Unknown Name" Catholic Chapel (Founded: Unknown)           Location           Cobequit (Located 21 miles from today's Masstown, NS)           Original Records           All records lost; no transcriptions exist 23. "Unknown Name" Catholic Church (Founded: After 1737)           Location           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 24. Sainte-Anne Catholic Mission (Founded: 1725)           Location           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 25. Sainte-Famille Catholic Church (Founded 1689)           Location           Pentagouët (today Castine, Maine (ME))           Original Records           All records lost; no transcriptions exist ÎLE ROYALE 26. Notre-Dame-des-Anges Catholic Church (Founded: 1713)           Location           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 17221745 and 17491758 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)             Microfilm F-593 (1749-1758)             Centre D'Éudes Acadiennes             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 0N4           Guédry 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 26. King's Hospital (Founded: 1719)           Location           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 0N4           Géudry in Records             Not Determined           Petitpas in Record             Not Determined 27. St-Pierre Catholic Church (Founded: 1715)           Location           Port-Toulouse (today St. Peter', Cape Breton, NS)           Original Records           All records lost; no transcriptions exist 28. Ste-Claire Catholic Church (Founded: ca. 1725)           Location           Petit-Dérat (today Petit-de-Grat, Isle Madame, Cape Breton, NS)           Original Records           All records lost; no transcriptions exist 29. Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours Catholic Church (Founded: ca. 1721)           Location           Port-d'rléns / Niganiche (today Ingonish, Cape Breton, NS)           Original Records           All records lost; no transcriptions exist 30. Ste-Anne Catholic Church (Founded: ca. 1721)           Location           Port-Dauphin (today Englishtown, Cape Breton, NS)           Original Records           All records lost; no transcriptions exist 31. Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours Catholic Church (Founded: 1714)           Location           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 32. Ste-Claire Catholic Church (Founded: 1714)             Location             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 33. St-Esprit Catholic Church (Founded: 1724)           Location           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   34. "Unknown Name" Catholic Church (Founded: ca. 1722)             Location             Scatary (today Scaterie, Cape Breton, NS)             Original Records             All records lost; no transcriptions exist ÎLE STJEAN 35. St-Jeanl'Évangéliste Catholic Church (Founded: 1720)             Location             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 1736. 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)             Microfilm F-596 (1721-1744, 1749-1758 Index)             Centre D'Éudes Acadiennes             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 0N4             Copy 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 36. St-Pierre Catholic Church (Founded: ca. 1720)             Location             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 0N4                 Transcription & 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 37. Ste-Famille Catholic Church (Founded before 1745)               Location               Malpèque (today Malpeque, PE)               Original Records               All records lost after burying; no transcriptions exist   38. St-Louis Catholic Church (Founded: 1752)             Location             Rivière-du-Nord-Est (today Scotchfort, PE on Hillsborough River)             Original Records             All records lost; no transcriptions exist   39. St-Paul Catholic Church (Founded: 1752)             Location             Pointe-Prime (today Eldon, PE)             Original Records             All records lost at sea; no transcriptions exist NEWFOUNDLAND 40. Notre-Dame-des-Anges Catholic Church (Founded: 1663)             Location             Plaisance (today Placentia, Newfoundland (NL))             Original Records             All records lost; no transcriptions exist 41. Catholic Mission to Newfoundland (Founded: May 1740)             Location             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 42. St-Pierre Catholic Church (Founded: 1687)             Location             Île St-Pierre (today Îe St-Pierre, Îe Saint-Pierre et Miquelon)             Original Records             All records lost; no transcriptions exist   ---------------------------------------- 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. 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