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The main source of genealogical information in Quebec is the Roman Catholic parish records. They typically record baptisms, marriage and burials, and in some cases, confirmations. They are not direct records of births and deaths, the Catholic priests were recording religious events, and births and deaths may or may not be mentioned in the ...
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- Go to The Wiki Article For Your Ancestors' Denomination to Find More Archives.
- Correspond with Genealogical Or Historical Societies.
- Carefully Compare Any Record You Find to Known Facts About The Ancestor
To effectively use church records, become familiar with their content. Click on these links to learn about a specific record type:
Look for online records.
1. 1621-2023 Birth, Marriage and Death records From Quebec, LAFRANCE at Genealogy Quebec, index and images ($) 2. 1621-1968 Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 at Ancestry, index and images ($)
There are frequently additional, nationwide or regional archives for each denomination. Find the article for your ancestors' denomination and follow the instructions there to access these sources. This is especially important if local archives are not given above.
Some church records have been given to historical societies. Also, historical societies may be able to tell you where the records are being held. To find a society near you, consult these lists:
You will possibly find many different people with the same name as your ancestor, especially when a family stayed in a locality for several generations, and several children were named after the grandparents or aunts and uncles. Be prepared to find the correct church records by organizing in advance as many of these exact details about the ancestor...
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This collection contains images of Catholic parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials. It also includes some confirmations and some index entries for Montréal and Trois-Rivières.
For the province of Quebec, all the registers of catholic parishes have been indexed with the exception of the Gaspé area and some for the city of Montreal. " Répertoires " also exist for baptism and burial records, but there are not many of them.
MicrofilmBegins WithEnds WithH-1048ABBOTT, Ch.AUBERTIN, MoiseH-1049AUBERTIN, PhiliasBEAUCHAMP, M. ThérèseH-1050BEAUCHAMP, M. VéroniqueBELANGER, ClaudiaH-1051BÉLANGER, CorineBIGRAS, AdolpheMar 31, 2021 · Every Catholic marriage from Quebec between 1621 and 1918; Every Protestant marriage from Quebec between 1760 and 1849; Every marriage recorded by the Quebec government between 1926 and 1997; Every Catholic baptism and burial from Quebec between 1621 and 1861; Every death recorded by the Quebec government between 1926 and 1997; 1.7 million ...
Jan 20, 2020 · Catholic. This section only has one section by location: Ile-de-Montréal, Lapraire, Chambly, Vaudreuil-Soulanges counties. It has the following record types: Baptisms Index (Alphabetical) Baptisms Index (Chronological) Burials Index (Alphabetical) Marriages Index (Alphabetical) Marriages Index (Females)
The principal tools used by Quebec genealogists are those of the Catholic Church's marriage records, mostly in repositories that have been classified by county. Some databases, such as the Loiselle and the Drouin, contain between 500,000 and one million names. Counties in the Eastern Townships.
