Author: Claude Matte

Deschambault-Grondines The village of Deschambault is in the western part of the County of Portneuf. It takes its origin from the seigneurie de Chavigny, granted (more…)

Parish Of Rouen These pages will especially serve you well to perceive the region of Rouen (St-Vivien, native parish of Madeleine Auvray) and the region (more…)

Sainte-Genevieve-en-Bray History & OriginSainte Geneviève-en-Bray village is located 175 meters above sea level, the source of the rivers Canche, Ste-Geneviève, and Houlbec, tributaries of the (more…)

Maps Neuville You can have the story of Neuville in the # 0 capsule and the history of the ancestral land in the #1-B capsule (more…)

St-Saire  Code Postal: 76270 – Code INSEE: 76649 Saint-Saire in the heart of the Pays de Bray close to Neufchatel-en-Bray and Forges-les-Eaux is a village (more…)

Cimetery Neuville The first Neuville cemetery was near the 1st Church, south of  Des Érables street: we do not know the exact location. The second cemetery (more…)

Les Ecureuils Maps The map of the censitaires of 17021 in the Lordship of Bélair We notice that Laurent, son of Nicolas, (Capsule # 2-3) (more…)

The Seigneury Belair from the Écureuils November 30, 1672, Jean Talon, intendant of justice police and Finance of new-France, gives the Sieur Toupin, father and (more…)

The Census of 1666  Note: This document refers primarily to volume IV, chapter IV of the book HISTORY OF CANADIANS – FRENCH of Benjamin Sulte, (more…)

Inventory of concessions in fief and Lordship Confessions of counts in the Archives of the province of Quebec (six volumes). (Pierre-Georges Roy, Beauceville, the limited (more…)