The kind of book you are looking for is called a gazetteer.=A0 When I
googl=
ed several came up, here is
one.=0A=0Ahttp://www.fedpubs.com/subject/geogra=
phy/gazetteers.htm=0A=A0=0AConcise Gazetteer of
Canada=0A$39.95=0A=A0=0APro=
duced by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names, Natural
Re=
sources Canada. =0APublished by Canadian Government Publi****ng,
1997.=0A=A0=
=0ADescription: =0AThe Concise Gazetteer of Canada covers the whole
country=
, but selects some 47,000 of the 350,000 place names used in Canada. It is
=
a handy reference for anyone wi****ng to know the correct name and specific
=
location of geographical areas in Canada.=0A=A0=0AIt contains an
alphabetic=
al listing of communities, lakes, rivers, mountains, parks, and native
rese=
rves. Each line item provides the topographic map number and the exact
lati=
tude and longitude of the place. =0ABonnie=0A=0A----- Original Message
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=0AFrom: "gen-fr-request@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <gen-fr-request@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>=0ATo:
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gen-fr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Friday, August 22, 2008 2:00:09 AM=0ASubject:
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EN-FR Digest, Vol 3, Issue 112=0A=0A=0A=0AToday's Topics:=0A=0A=A0 1. Re:
G=
EN-FR Digest, Vol 3, Issue 111 (B. CERNOSEK)=0A=A0 2. Historic Quebec
Place=
names? (Mark Roy)=0A=A0 3. Re: Historic Quebec Placenames? (Denis
Beauregar=
d)=0A=0A=0A----------------------------------------------------------------=
------=0A=0AMessage: 1=0ADate: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:49:49 -0700
(PDT)=0AFrom=
: "B. CERNOSEK" <bcernosek@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>=0ASubject: Re: GEN-FR Digest, Vol 3,
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Issue 111=0ATo: gen-fr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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charset=3Diso-8859-1=0A=0A=
I would like to publicly thank Liz Owen for her persistance in helping me
f=
ind the history of St. Jeans church in Mortagne, France.? Your the best!?
B=
onnie=0A=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom:
"gen-fr-request@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <gen-fr-request@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>=0ATo: gen-fr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
August 21, 2008 2:00:08 AM=0ASubject: GEN-FR Digest, Vol 3, Issue
11=
1=0A=0A=0A=0AToday's Topics:=0A=0A? 1. 17th century french soldier lists
(J=
ason Bourgeois)=0A? 2. Re: 17th century french soldier lists (Denis
Beaureg=
ard)=0A=0A=0A--------------------------------------------------------------=
--------=0A=0AMessage: 1=0ADate: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:53:27 -0500=0AFrom:
"J=
ason Bourgeois" <jbourgeois@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>=0ASubject: 17th century french
s=
oldier lists=0ATo: gen-fr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>=0A=0AI was wondering how a researcher might find
l=
ists of French soldiers from =0Athe 17th century.? Do many exist and are
th=
ey available to the public? =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A------------------------------=
=0A=0AMessage: 2=0ADate: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:44:30 -0400=0AFrom: Denis
Beau=
regard <denis.b-at-francogene.com@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>=0ASubject: Re: 17th century
f=
rench soldier lists=0ATo: gen-fr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>=0AContent-Type: text/plain;
charset=3DISO-885=
9-1=0A=0AOn Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:53:27 -0500, "Jason
Bourgeois"=0A<jbourgeoi=
s@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in soc.genealogy.french:=0A=0A>I was wondering how
a=
researcher might find lists of French soldiers from =0A>the 17th
century.?=
Do many exist and are they available to the public? =0A=0AThere are some
l=
ists for the Regiment de Carignan (1665-1668), based=0Aon guesses for most
=
soldiers.? Otherwise, I am afraid at this time,=0Athere is no list but I
wo=
rking slowly to do my own reference list=0A(obviously, the soldiers will
be=
linked to their family sheet in my=0Adatabase).=0A=0AFor the Regiment,
fro=
m memory, I would say there are old lists=0Aby Malchelosse and maybe Roy
or=
Sulte (1920s), one by Verney=0A(in the 1980s or 1990s) and one by
Langlois=
(in the 1990s).=0A=0A=0ADenis=0A=0A-- =0ADenis Beauregard - =0ALes
Fran?ai=
s d'Am?rique du Nord - www.francogene.com/genealogie--quebec/=0AFrench in
N=
orth America before 1722 - www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/=0ASur
c?d?=
rom ? 1770 - On CD-ROM to 1770=0A=0A=0AEnd of GEN-FR Digest, Vol 3, Issue
1=
11=0A**************************************=0A=0A=0A=0A=A0 =A0 =A0
=0A=0A--=
----------------------------=0A=0AMessage: 2=0ADate: Thu, 21 Aug 2008
21:00=
:32 -0400=0AFrom: Mark Roy <mark-roynospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>=0ASubject:
Historic=
Quebec Placenames?=0ATo: gen-fr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>=0AContent-Type: text/plain;
charset=3DISO-8=
859-1; format=3Dflowed=0A=0A=0ADoes anyone know of an online reference for
=
historic placenames for =0AQuebec? I mean names of places that have since
b=
een renamed or =0Aeliminated due to consolidation.=0A=0ATIA,=0A=0AMark=0A=
=0A=0A------------------------------=0A=0AMessage: 3=0ADate: Thu, 21 Aug
20=
08 22:21:44 -0400=0AFrom: Denis Beauregard
<denis.b-at-francogene.com@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>=0ASubject: Re: Historic Quebec Placenames?=0ATo:
gen-fr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>=0AContent-Type:=
text/plain; charset=3DISO-8859-1=0A=0AOn Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:00:32 -0400,
=
Mark Roy=0A<mark-roynospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in soc.genealogy.french:=0A=
=0A>=0A>Does anyone know of an online reference for historic placenames
for=
=0A>Quebec? I mean names of places that have since been renamed or
=0A>eli=
minated due to consolidation.=0A=0AI don't know about some comprehensive
su=
ch database, even offline.=0A=0AThere is a list provided by the dept. of
Ju=
stice in the 1980s (I=0Ahave a copy on paper) with a long list of places
re=
named but I don't=0Aknow of a computer version (even if that list is a
comp=
uter listing).=0A=0AUsually, to locate small places before 1790, I do a
sea=
rch with=0AParchemin, a summary of Quebec notary records (not available
onl=
ine).=0AThere is also some books scanned by google or ourroots.ca where
you=
=0Acan find something.=A0 Also, you have the list of Drouin microfilms
and=
=0Athe name of churches but this list has usually one name for
each=0Aplace=
..=0A=0AThere is also some topographical tools at the Quebec government
site=
..=0A=0A=0ADenis=0A=0A-- =0ADenis Beauregard - =0ALes Fran?ais d'Am?rique
du=
Nord - www.francogene.com/genealogie--quebec/=0AFrench in North America
be=
fore 1722 - www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/=0ASur c?d?rom ? 1770 -
On=
CD-ROM to 1770=0A=0A=0AEnd of GEN-FR Digest, Vol 3, Issue
112=0A**********=
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