[FCHSM] New index to Drouin files on Ancestry.ca or Ancestry.com

[Suzanne Sommerville]

Here's an additional set of index entries that leads to glitches in what Drouin calls "original" records: 
   
  25 Mars 1708
Name: Marie Robert 
Spouse: Francois Pelletier
[Francois Pelleteir]  {sic, their comment}
Event Year: 1710-1801  
Religion: Catholique  
Place: Détroit, L`Assomption de Sandwich de Windsor  
State: Michigan  
  
Name: J Baptiste Fafart 
Spouse: Marguerite Joseph
[Marguriete Joseph] {sic, their comment} 
Event Year: 1710-1801  
Religion: Catholique  
Place: Détroit, L`Assomption de Sandwich de Windsor  
State: Michigan  
   
  Examining the digital image of the first transcribed index entry above in the records of L'Assomption de Sandwich, from which this index entry is taken, I see that Marie Robert's mother was read as Angelique Balomé, actually Ptolomée. By the way, this marriage in 1718 signals the first time the parish of Ste Anne du Détroit is mentioned in the original register.
   
  The second transcribed index record above asserts that J. Baptiste Fafart's mother is Marguerite CAMPAU, when I know it actually reads Marguerite COUCQUE (which I know is also spelled Couc dit Lafleur de Cognac).
   
  These entries convince me that this partial transcription is suspect. I was formerly unaware that it even existed. The problem is that, unless a reader jumps back to page one of the file, there is no way to know that these are actually Ste. Anne du / de Détroit marriage records that were partially transcribed into the L'Assomption records at some time.
   
  What a shame!
   
  Actually, the early records of Fort Pontchartrain and Ste. Anne de Detroit appear in at least three files, only one of which contains the original records to about 1744, and then another for after 1744.  The others are transcriptions and contain errors. 
   
  Everyone has to know what kind of source is being presented, even if you are able to examine the record and not just the index entry.
  Suzanne

"John P. DuLong" <dulongj at habitant.org> wrote:
  French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan List

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Given Suzanne's observations, I cannot believe that the PRDH handled 
the indexing of the Drouin collection as was originally planned and 
annouced last year. If any group would be aware of French names and 
their variations it should be the PRDH. I suspect that the indexing 
was probably done by being outsourced to India or some other 
non-French speaking third world country.

JP


John P. DuLong, Ph.D.
Acadian and French Canadian Genealogy
959 Oxford Road
Berkley, MI 48072-2011
(248) 541-2894
http://habitant.org



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