04-28-2009, 02:24 PM
I'm not an expert but as I understand it: St. Columban's church records begin in 1837 because the 1836 ones were destroyed by fire. (Does anyone know if Quebec Archdiocese has a copy?) The marriages were published later in a repertoire, but not the baptisms apparently. I'm looking for my ggfather James Walsh's in Nov. 1836.
The Ste. Scholastique church records prior to 1836 are a nightmare to plow through but LDS has them on film! You must return to the primary sources.
The Phelan/Whelan name is apparently interchangeable although it would be expected to be consistent within a family.
Perhaps Michael Farrell was a common name. I have him married in January 1835 in Ste. Scholastique to Bridget Walsh, aunt of the aforementioned James. She died in Ste. Marthe in 1875 - yet I find him as her widower much earlier being married in Montreal! Dare we say - a bigamist? :o
Kathy Lund
The Ste. Scholastique church records prior to 1836 are a nightmare to plow through but LDS has them on film! You must return to the primary sources.
The Phelan/Whelan name is apparently interchangeable although it would be expected to be consistent within a family.
Perhaps Michael Farrell was a common name. I have him married in January 1835 in Ste. Scholastique to Bridget Walsh, aunt of the aforementioned James. She died in Ste. Marthe in 1875 - yet I find him as her widower much earlier being married in Montreal! Dare we say - a bigamist? :o
Kathy Lund