Unfortunately, you cannot expect much if anything for that period.

At the earliest and for a long time, people were buried in a consecrated lot next to the church with a simple wood cross for identification. You can guess those have disappeared.

Some people of importance in the community were buried under the church with or without an engraved stone. Some cemeteries have been moved to a new emplacement as the cemetery had become fully occupied, oftentimes the old cemetery being put to other use.

The custom of gravestones came much later, most of them carved out of soft limestone, cheap and readily available. The older ones, mid 19th and on are mostly defaced now totally or partially. Granite or marble stones were for richer people but they’ve become popular and common in the early 20th century.

Thus coming to Quebec only for the gravestones of the early ancestors would be a worthless. For a more contemporary period it could be valuable. Nevertheless, a trip to Quebec to see where your ancestors lived and get more information on site through the local historical societies, family associations, etc., could be a boon to you.

As the land was early surveyed, you might be able to walk the same soil your ancestors worked.

Gilbert Beaulieu

Note from Evelyn: Answered privately.

I wish to find out where my Cousin Gervais Macomber was
laid to rest.
Thank you.
Don in Ontario