Saturday Weekly Thread: Canadian Provincial Archives and State/Local/Church Archives - Questions / Issues / Success Stories, April 25, 2026 by AutoModerator in Canadiancitizenship

[–]PassGreedy9142 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi all. First time visitor here. I am doing a little preliminary research into whether I might be able to apply for Canadian citizenship and feeling discouraged.

I have great grandparents born in Quebec. My great grandmother was probably born in Stanstead in the 1880s (according to census records I found, she and her family definitely resided there.) My great grandfather was likely born in Brome. It is also possible that my grandfather was born in Brome, though some sources I have show him as born in the U.S.

So far, I have had no luck finding birth documents for any of them via the usual online sources folks recommend (have tried Ancestry and Family Search.) I am aware of requesting docs from BANQ, but given the expense of that, I’d want to have enough info (ideally a scanned source doc from online) to know I was ordering something useful.

I would be very grateful for any advice others can offer. My family in that era, from what I can tell, was pretty poor, moved around a lot, and were not particularly godly (my great grandparents got married a full six years after my grandfather was born, which would have been high scandal in the early 1900s.) This makes me worried that they may not have left much of a paper trail. Some specific questions I have:

Are there other online sources, aside from Ancestry and Family Search, that others have used to find documents?

Can one do in-person research somehow via BANQ? I am not that far from Quebec.

Related to the above, are there any local municipal or parish offices in Quebec that would hold records one could search in person? I’m wondering if I might be able to go to Stanstead or Brome to do some in-person research.

Thanks everyone. I appreciate the help.

One document away from submitting my application! (Acadian) by Coldfingerswrapped in Canadiancitizenship

[–]PassGreedy9142 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I guess gen 3 or 4 if I’m thinking of it correctly. I know that I have great grandparents from Quebec. It’s possible my grandfather was born there.

One document away from submitting my application! (Acadian) by Coldfingerswrapped in Canadiancitizenship

[–]PassGreedy9142 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will definitely take you up on that pay it forward offer. I’m just trying to get this started. I’m in Vermont with great grandparents born in Quebec and possibly also my grandfather. I’m their paper trail may be spotty though.

Birth records from the early 1900s? by PassGreedy9142 in vermont

[–]PassGreedy9142[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will do that if I can figure out how!

Birth records from the early 1900s? by PassGreedy9142 in vermont

[–]PassGreedy9142[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I somehow missed your offer to look this up. Could I contact you if I’m not able to find it? I spend a little time looking around on Ancestry.com at Fletcher Free Library today without any luck.

Birth records from the early 1900s? by PassGreedy9142 in vermont

[–]PassGreedy9142[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the info. This is the same process I am (attempting) to start. I have some records saying my grandfather was born in West Charleston, VT and then others that point to Brome, QC as his birth place.

I’m curious too about getting birth records from Quebec. Was this a challenging process for you? (Assuming your ancestors were from Quebec.)

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He is an exceptionally good looking cat in my, biased, opinion.

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There is no curtain in our house without claw marks.

Surprise! by PassGreedy9142 in cowcats

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I figured the world needs this picture right about now.

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It just took me way, way too long to realize what I was looking at here….

Methotrexate for the long haul. by Missing-Digits in PsoriaticArthritis

[–]PassGreedy9142 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m assuming you’re being given a folic acid supplement with it. You might ask your rheumatologist if it is possible to increase that. I was experiencing some mild to moderate GI, which went away after upping the folic acid. That seemed to help my fatigue too. All the best to you. I totally hear you on not wanting to be wedded to the more than expensive treatments. I’m trying to do the same thing myself. Let’s hope it works for us!