With the help of family members, friends, research on the Web and some interresting personal websites, I was able to trace back my roots up to Jean Prou. My family tree now has 79428 individuals.

Most of the Proulx family genealogical information on this site, comes from one of the six Dictionaries published by Mr. Antonin Proulx. He made some research on six of the Prou ancestors that arrived here at the begining of the colonization.

Content of the database on this site

 

Here is a list of these ancestors. First the ancestor, then the number of direct descendants in my database and how many generations they are spreaded over.

  1. Jean Prou(st) and Jacquette Fournier
    18627 direct descendants spread out over 14 generations.
  2. Jean Prou and Catherine Pinel
    3243 direct descendants spread out over 12 generations.
  3. Jacques Prou dit LePoitevin and Marie Jeanne Pilon
    874 direct descendants spread out over 12 generations.
  4. Pierre Prou and Marie Gauthier
    1236 direct descendants spread out over 13 generations.
  5. Jean Preaux (devenu Proulx à la 2ième génération) and Catherine Fleury
    1728 direct descendants spread out over 11 generations.
  6. Louis René Proulx (arrivé vers 1800) and Marguerite Brunet
    89 direct descendants spread out over 7 generations.

The results of my research can be viewed on the web. It is being hosted at Rootsweb. you can access it by using the link bellow.

The names of contemporary individuals are masked to protect privacy. Individuals with a birth date after 1929, are identified as "living".

My ancestor origin

 

In the winter of 2003, Mr. Antonin Proulx and Mr. Pierre Proulx wrote a very interessting article in the "L'Ancêtre" magazine, published by "La Société de généalogie de Québec", regarding the outcome of their research about Jean Prou(st). This article explains their approach to trace the origins of our ancestors in France.

In the fall of 2004, they issue a second article, this time regarding the close relatives of Jean Prou(st).

In February 2008, Mr. Pierre Proulx kindly sent me copies of these two articles with his approval to display them on my site. You can now view them using the following links :

The work of Antonin Proulx

 

In april 2008, Mr. Pierre Proulx, sent me a copy of the complete work of Mr. Antonin Proulx. This impressive document is the result of his genealogical work over the last 15 years. This document is divided in two parts: the dictionary and the annexes.

The ditcionnaries : six detailed reports showing the descendants, grouped by generations, of each of the six ancestors.

The annexes : 5 annexes diplaying biographies, a list of other "Proulx" with no known descendants, a list of "Proulx" still not link to any family line, a list of individuals considered important and a list acts written by notaries during the French regime.

Another document, Introduction display a short preface, some details about the author, Antonin Proulx, and a more detailed explanation of all the documents.

This documents are accessible using the following links. A special thank you to Mr. Pierre Proulx or his immense generosity.

My work

 

To these documents, I added the results of my researches and created new documents. As of now, only the document about Jean Prou(st) & Jacquette Fournier, the document about Jean Prou & Catherine Pinel, the document about Pierre Prou & Marie Gauthier, the document about Jean Baptiste Préaux & Marie Catherine Fleury and the document about Louis-René Proulx & Marguerite Brunet are completed. The other documents will be added as soons as they are completed.

The data displayed on this site are purely informative, they should never be used as reference since they are not always from first hand source. You should always verify any information for yourself. If you should find any errors or you can add to my information, please do not hesitate to contact me by e-mail. The data in this website is certainly not complete, nor will it ever likely be, due to the nature of genealogical research. I am always happy to receive feedback from my visitors, because on top of helping me, you are also helping all the other researchers.