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Researchers studying French Canadian Catholic families normally use one of the following indexes to locate a marriage in church records. Instructions on three of the most important sources are in Appendixes A, B, and C of this outline. | Researchers studying French Canadian Catholic families normally use one of the following indexes to locate a marriage in church records. Instructions on three of the most important sources are in Appendixes A, B, and C of this outline. | ||
[http://www.ancestry.ca/drouin/ Drouin Collection Internet index of French Canadian records 1621-1967]. This collection has over 15 million entries for French Canadian genealogical and vital records. Be sure to search for spelling variations of the ancestor's name. This index includes Quebec notarial, vital, and church records, Acadian Catholic records, Ontario French Catholic records, early French Catholic records in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, and Wisconsin. | |||
Loiselle, Antonin. ''Index to Many Marriages of the Province of Québec and Adjacent Areas''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. (On 174 FHL films beginning with film 543721.) Lists more than a million marriages. Covers about 70 percent of Québec Catholic marriages to 1900, with a few as late as the 1960s. Also includes a few parishes outside Québec where there were large settlements of French Canadians, such as Madawaska County, New Brunswick, and Manchester, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire. | Loiselle, Antonin. ''Index to Many Marriages of the Province of Québec and Adjacent Areas''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. (On 174 FHL films beginning with film 543721.) Lists more than a million marriages. Covers about 70 percent of Québec Catholic marriages to 1900, with a few as late as the 1960s. Also includes a few parishes outside Québec where there were large settlements of French Canadians, such as Madawaska County, New Brunswick, and Manchester, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire. | ||
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If a church marriage record cannot be found, look in the notarial records for a marriage contract. About two-thirds of the marriages before the mid-1800s had marriage contracts. See the "Notarial Records" section of this outline. | If a church marriage record cannot be found, look in the notarial records for a marriage contract. About two-thirds of the marriages before the mid-1800s had marriage contracts. See the "Notarial Records" section of this outline. | ||
Several genealogical dictionaries also have marriage information (see the "Genealogy" section of this outline). One of the most important is Cyprien Tanguay's, ''Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes (Genealogical Dictionary of French Canadian Families)''. | Several genealogical dictionaries also have marriage information (see the "Genealogy" section of this outline). One of the most important is Cyprien Tanguay's, ''Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes (Genealogical Dictionary of French Canadian Families)''. | ||
=== Protestant Records === | === Protestant Records === | ||