Daily AncestorFrench words in old records
baptême, veuve, feu, journalier: the French of Quebec, Acadian and Louisiana parish registers. Free to print and share. Full explanations: dailyancestor.com/dictionary/french
- 7bre
- September (8bre, 9bre, Xbre: October to December)
- acte
- Record, a single written entry
- baptisé
- Baptized
- baptême
- Baptism
- contrat de mariage
- Marriage contract written by a notary
- cultivateur
- Farmer, one who cultivates land
- curé
- Parish priest in charge
- dispense de bans
- Exemption from publishing the banns
- dit
- Called; links a surname to an alternate one
- décédé
- Died, formal word in civil records
- défunt
- The deceased person
- en présence de
- In the presence of (introduces witnesses)
- feu
- The late, now deceased
- fille
- Daughter (also girl)
- fils
- Son
- French month names
- The twelve months in French
- habitant
- Settler farming his own land in Canada
- inhumé
- Buried
- journalier
- Day laborer
- laboureur
- Farmer with his own plow team
- légitime
- Legitimate, born to married parents
- majeur
- Of legal age, an adult
- mariage
- Marriage
- marraine
- Godmother
- mil
- Thousand, in written-out years
- mineur
- Under legal age, a minor
- naturel
- Natural, usually born outside marriage
- ne savoir signer
- Could not sign their name
- né
- Born
- ondoyé
- Baptized at home in danger of death
- paroisse
- Parish
- parrain
- Godfather
- publications de bans
- Announcements of an intended marriage
- quatre-vingt
- Eighty (four twenties)
- septante
- Seventy, regional French
- sieur
- Mister, a title before a man's name
- soussigné
- The undersigned, the person signing
- sépulture
- Burial, and the burial entry
- témoins
- Witnesses
- veuf
- Widower
- veuve
- Widow
- âgé de
- Aged (followed by the age)
- épouse
- Wife, bride
- époux
- Husband, bridegroom
- état civil
- Civil registration of births, marriages, deaths