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-== Introduction ==
+== Background==
-From 1679 to 1993, most vital records for Québec were copies of church records. The province required churches to send copies to government archives. On 1 January 1994, the government began to keep separate vital records. Vital records could be registered civilly without a church record as early as 1926. Beginning in the 1960s, many births and marriages were recorded only in civil registers.
+*'''From 1679 to 1993''', most vital records for Québec were [[Quebec Church Records|'''copies of church records.''']]
+*The province required churches to send copies to government archives. On 1 January 1994, the government began to keep separate vital records. Vital records could be registered civilly without a church record as early as 1926. Beginning in the 1960s, many births and marriages were recorded only in civil registers.
-=== Gretna Green marriage places ===
-When a marriage was transacted in a jurisdiction that was not the residence of the parties being married, to avoid restrictions or procedures imposed by the parties' home jurisdiction, that place became a "Gretna Green."<ref name="Eakle1">Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in ''Genealogy Blog'' at http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/ (accessed 8 January 2011).</ref> When an eloping Quebec couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like:
-*[[Essex County, New York Genealogy|Crown Point, Essex, New York]]
-*[[St. Lawrence County, New York Genealogy|Ogdensburgh, St. Lawrence, New York]]
-*[[Niagara County, New York Genealogy|Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York]]
-*[[Erie County, New York Genealogy|Buffalo, Erie, New York]]
 == How to Access the Records ==