Early 20th Century photograph of Half-Way House (aka. International Hotel), Dundee, QC/FT Covington, NY. Courtesy of Bruce Tyo, Rochester, NY
Huntingdon & Area
I. Huntingdon County and Châteauguay Valley Resources
Huntingdon, Beauharnois & Chateauguay Protestant Parish Registers
On-line searchable database of 33,000 records.Hemmingford, Quebec Cemetery Records
Hemmingford, Quebec cemetery records are now online at:
Over 6,000 records from 20 area cemeteries may be searched or browsed.The Wampum Chronicles: A Website of Mohawk History Provides history and genealogy query board related to the area's Mohawk community.
II. Historical Societies and Archives
The Chateauguay Valley Historical Society
An active historical society serves the area. Called The Châteauguay Valley Historical Society, it holds monthly meetings, mounts exhibits at local fairs, and publishes an annual journal with excellent articles. The society financed a 1995 reprint of Sellar's "History of the County of Huntingdon and of the Seigniories of Châteauguay and Beauharnois"(1888). Copies of the book can be obtained from them or the Quebec Family History Society. The society does not have a web site or e-mail address, but you can write to them at:
The Châteauguay Valley Historical Society
P.O. Box 61
Howick, QC
J0S 1G0
Hemmingford Archives Society:
The Hemmingford Archives
505 Frontier St.
Hemmingford, QC J0L 1H0
Canada
Also SeeIII. Family History Centres and Genealogy Societies
For most local genealogists, the Quebec Family History Society serves as the Family History Centre. There is no family history or genealogy society in the area. For genealogy research, most local people turn to the Quebec Family History Society in Pointe Claire (Montreal) or the Family History Center in the Mormon Church in LaSalle (also a Montreal suburb). QFHS, P.O. Box 1026, Pointe Claire, QC, H9S 4M5, Canada. (514) 695-1502
Quebec Family History Society
IV. Local Newspapers
The local bilingual newspaper is called "The Gleaner/La Source". The Gleaner, an English language newspaper, was first established in 1863.
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