Genealogy of the French in North America

Countries' Codes

Those codes are used in the whole database.  Some are not found in the CD-ROM.

Keep that in mind : the places of origin come from many sources :

• the marriage or marriage contract of the immigrant
• other event (baptism of a child, burial, notary record, etc.)
• declaration made by a child or the spouse of the immigrant, after the death of that immigrant
• dit name of the immigrant

There is a proof of that origin for only 15 to 20% of immigrants.  There is no statistic to explain the failures but it seems that for most studied cases, the causes are

• records are missing (our ancestors were often born before the beginnings of the records or there are gaps in the records or they were destroyed)
• the wrong place is presumed (i.e. the place of origin was actually the last place of residence or the name was not very readable or not complete or may correspond to many places). 
  

In 80 to 85% of the cases, the origin is an hypothesis, and the database has no accurate date about the immigrant or the relative in the native land.

Moreover, borders have changed since that era (Germany and Italy were created later and France has a larger territory).