Quebec, Canada Genealogy

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Guide to Quebec ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

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Quebec Information

Quebec was first called Canada under the rule of France from 1534 to 1763, when the British took control. It became the province of Quebec in 1763 until 1791. It was then called Lower Canada until 1841, when it was then called Canada East until 1867. In July 1, 1867 it was renamed to Quebec and along with Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were confederated to become Canada. Quebec's official language is French. It's capitol is Quebec City.

Getting Started

Getting Started with Quebec Research Links to articles on getting started with Quebec research. Guided Research How to Locate Your Ancestor in Canada Step-by-Step Quebec, Canada Research Understanding Quebec Catholic Records Genealogy in 8 Lessons

Quebec Research Tools Links to articles and websites that assist in Quebec research. Quebec Federation of Genealogical Societies (FQSG) Canada Online Genealogy Records Genealogy Quebec, index and images ($) BMS2000 Database, index and images. ($) PRDH Database, index and images. ($) Fichier Origine (Original File) Database, index and images. French Genealogical Word List Script Tutorial for French - Reading French Handwritten Records French Letter Writing Guide Latin Genealogical Word List

Quebec Online Genealogy Records

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Quebec Map

Quebec Region

List of the administrative regions of Quebec and their genealogical or historical societies (in french)

Bas-Saint-Laurent (01) Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (02) Capitale-Nationale (03) Mauricie (04) Estrie (05) Montréal (06)

Outaouais (07) Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08) Côte-Nord (09) Nord-du-Québec (10) Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11) Chaudière-Appalaches (12)

Laval (13) Lanaudière (14) Laurentides (15) Montérégie (16) Centre-du-Québec (17)

Historic Counties

Records in the catalog of the FamilySearch Library are filed under these historic counties. Quebec's counties were dissolved in the early 1980s, and Quebec was then divided into regional county municipalities. However, the regional county municipality jurisdiction is not used in the vital records system, and therefore has little meaning for genealogy. Each county page, under "History" lists the modern RCMs associated with that county.

• Click here for a 1872 postal gazetteer which will tell you the historic county of a location. For communities settled and created after 1871, enter the locality name without the county in the search field of the FamilySearch Library, to see whether records are available for that locality.

Abitibi Acton Argenteuil Arthabaska Bagot Beauce Beauharnois Bellechasse Berthier Bonaventure Brome Chambly Champlain Charlevoix-Est Charlevoix-Ouest Châteauguay Chicoutimi Compton Deux-Montagnes Dorchester

Drummond Frontenac Gaspé-Est Gaspé-Ouest Gatineau Hull Huntingdon Iberville Île-de-Montréal Île-Jésus Îles-de-la-Madeleine Joliette Kamouraska Labelle Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Lac-Saint-Jean-Ouest Laprairie L'Assomption Lévis L'Islet

Lotbiniere Maskinongé Matane Matapédia Mégantic Missisquoi Montcalm Montmagny Montmorency No 1 Montmorency No 2 Napierville Nicolet Papineau Pontiac Portneuf Québec Richelieu Richmond Rimouski Rivière-du-Loup

Rouville Saguenay Saint-Hyacinthe Saint-Jean Saint-Maurice Shefford Sherbrooke Soulanges Stanstead Témiscamingue Témiscouata Terrebonne Territoire-du-Nouveau-Québec Vaudreuil Verchères Wolfe Yamaska

Extinct or Renamed Historic Counties: Jacques Cartier · Laval

The Fur Trade

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Migration Routes

Lake Champlain · St. Lawrence River · Chambly Canal · Champlain Canal · Halifax Road or Grand Communication Route · Lake Champlain Trail

FamilySearch Resources

Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in researching your family.

• Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
• Learning Center - Online genealogy courses
• Historical Records - databases and record images on FamilySearch
• FamilySearch Center locator map