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Permalink Reply by Michelle Eber on July 20, 2009 at 5:00am

I also found the original marriage record on Ancestry.ca and it does not have François Daragon's name in it either.

Permalink Reply by Arlene DeRagon on July 20, 2009 at 12:18pm

Thank you, Judy, for the PRDH file on marriage of Michel Dubuc, Jr.. Evidently this was not the file that listed Francois Daragon as his first-cousin. I will keep searching.

Arlene DeRagon

Permalink Reply by Arlene DeRagon on July 27, 2009 at 9:16am

To Judy: Further research on the Internet on the alliance between Michel Dubuc (1841-1722) and Francois Daragon-dit-Lafrance was found http//listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/GEN-FF/2003-06/105624977 from Denis Beauregard.

Denis explains that in a contract of marriage of a daughter of Francois that Francois and Michel are "cousins germain" - first-cousins!! Michel Dubuc (the father) was born 1644 in Bois Guillaume, Rouen, Haute-Normandie, son of Louis Dubuc and Marie Dormesnil. He married Marie Baudoin (born 1642 Normandie) in July 1667 at St-Jacques, Dieppe, Rouen. The first record in PRDH on Michel Dubuc was in 1672.

Marie Selle, wife of Nicolas Guillemette & mother of Marie Guillemette who was the wife of Francois Daragon, was also born in Bois-Guillaume, Rouen. Her father and mother were Guillaume Selle & Marguerite Dormesnil. Marie Selle and Michel Dubuc have also been identified as first-cousins! Wow!!

PLEASE - Does anyone on Genealogy Wise have access to Normandie, France Archives that would verify all hese connections to Francois Daragon-dit-Lafrance?

Arlene

Permalink Reply by Judy Schneider on July 27, 2009 at 9:31am

Hi Arlene, try this link http://www.francegenweb.org/~archives/archivesgenweb/?id=adfrance#56 It has links to the various archives in France most of whom have online digitized records... Judy

Permalink Reply by Arlene DeRagon on July 28, 2009 at 7:59am

Judy: Thank you very much for the link to the various archives in France. So far I haven't had much luck finding the names of Daragon or Dubuc in Bois-Guillaume, Normandie but I will keep trying.

Permalink Reply by Michelle Eber on July 28, 2009 at 6:24am

Arlene, this information is very interesting!!! A quick search through the Quebec archives shows that Michel Dubuc père, had many notary records with Guillaume Goyau, who was the father-in-law of Marie-Hélène Daragon-Lafrance. Perhaps this is the daughter of François Daragon whose marriage contract had mention of François & Michel being first cousins? It may be a place to start? How does one acquire notary records of marriage contracts? I'll keep digging and see what I can find...

Permalink Reply by Arlene DeRagon on July 28, 2009 at 7:53am

Michelle: In the past my husband sent for many notarial records on Francois Daragon-dit-Lafrance but none of them were marriage records of his daughters. He purchased them directly from the Quebec Archives and Montreal Archives and some from Parchemin but they were quite expensive. Also, to locate a notarial record, one must include the name of the notary, subject, type of record, and exact date. You mentioned the marriage of Marie-Helene 1740 in Detroit, daughter of Francois Daragon. I have a copy of both the church marriage record and the PRDH record but not the notarial record. Neither Francois or Michel attended as both men were deceased. I might add that Denis Beauregard would know at which daughter's wedding both Francois and Michel were mentioned as "cousin germain" but I do not know how to reach him. Good luck with your research.