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Title: Question Please on The Land Grant Index, Lower Canada
Post by: gazza1966 on Tuesday 06 March 07 22:44 GMT (UK)

Hi There,

I found that my 5xgrandfather Charles McFarlane(spelling variations) was a farmer on his daughters baptised record in 1800 in the parish of La Chine nr Montreal.
The residence Charles was living was la cote st paul in lower Canada.

I tried to google la cote st paul lower Canada, but nothing comes up.

Please can someone out there tell me where i can obtain The Land Grant Index for the surname beginning with the letter "M" for Lower Canada. :-[

Thankyou
   Gary ;)

Title: Re: Question Please on The Land Grant Index, Lower Canada
Post by: KarenM on Wednesday 07 March 07 14:50 GMT (UK)

Hi Gazza,

The only thing I can think of is this place sells them.  I actually got a gift certificate from there for Christmas  ;D and it close to where my parents live, if no one comes up with a better idea, when I'm in the store, I'll take a look and see if I can see something for you.  I will be going there within the next two weeks.

http://globalgenealogy.com/

BOOKLETS - Crown Land Grants of Quebec
By: Reprinted in Sections by QFHS.

Alphabetical index (sorted by Surname) to the Land Grants by the crown, in the province of Quebec from 1763 to 1890. A rough alphabetical index, county by county of those persons who received a Crown Land Grant from 1763-1890.

This list does not contain re-sales of the original Crown Land Grant.

Lands held under Seigneurial tenure are not part of this work.

Karen

Title: Re: Question Please on The Land Grant Index, Lower Canada
Post by: MJP on Wednesday 07 March 07 20:15 GMT (UK)

Hi Gary,

Côte-St-Paul is a part of Lachine.  Lachine used to be its own municipality, but is now part of the City of Montreal.  The entry in the baptism record indicates that he lived in the Côte-St-Paul area - it is not a specific address or the name of a house.  (Just in case you were wondering). 

There is a Côte-St-Paul road in Lachine, and a Côte-St-Paul lock on the Lachine Canal.  Search for "chemin de la côte-st-paul, quebec" on maps.google.ca and you will find it. 

Here is the site of the Lachine Canal National Historic Site http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/qc/canallachine/index_e.asp  The canal did not open until 1825, but at least it might give you an idea of the region. 

MJP