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 In 1841, the government created registration offices, which today are called the [https://foncier.mern.gouv.qc.ca/Portail/nous-joindre/ '''Bureau de la publicité des droits''']. Records of land transactions subsequent to the original grant or purchase are in the custody of the Bureau de la publicité des droits for each county or district. [https://foncier.mern.gouv.qc.ca/Portail/nous-joindre/ '''Scroll down to the "Registry Office (BPD)" drop-down menu at the bottom of the "Contact us" page.
-=== Crown Land Records  ===
-After 1763, areas in the Eastern Townships and counties on the Ottawa River were surveyed for settlement by the British and by Loyalist Americans. This included counties such as Argenteuil and Gatineau. The areas were divided into '''townships (cantons)'''.  In contrast to the French river-lot system, the English usually divided the l'''and of each township into sections called ranges or "concessions." The concessions were then divided into '''regularly shaped farm lots of 100 to 200 acres.'''
-Beginning in 1764 in Québec, land was given in '''crown grants instead of in seigneuries'''. A settler who wanted free land in a township submitted a petition directly to the governor or lieutenant governor. Crown grants became especially popular because of the American Revolutionary War. '''Grants were made to all Loyalists or children of Loyalists. Later, any settler in the provinces of Canada could receive these grants.''' Free grants were abolished in 1827, except for relatives and descendants of Loyalists.
-====Petitions and Patents====
-The '''petitions for land and the patents-certificates''' that granted the land are the most important crown land records for genealogical research.
-*The petitions may have '''information on the petitioner, his family, parentage, military service, time of settling the land,''' etc.
-*The patents give the '''name of the grantee, a description of the land, and the date of the grant.'''
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-Several manuscript records relating to crown lands are at the National Archives of Canada, the Archives nationales du Québec, and online through FamilySearch.
-*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/344023?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''List of Lands Granted by the Crown in the Province of Québec from 1763 to 31st December 1890'''.]
-::This book is a transcription of information from land patents. It is an especially good source to begin with if you are looking for English-speaking settlers. It gives the date of the patent and the county, township, and lot number where the grant was located. The index at the end of the volume is alphabetical only by the first letter of the surname.
-*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/500672?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''Lower Canada land petitions and related records, 1637-1842.'''] Indexed.
-*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/521830?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''Petitions for land grants and leases, 1791-1867.''']
-::Includes records for the years between 1842 and 1867, when Canada East (Québec) was part of the Province of Canada.
-*'''1819-1825''' - [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/land/land-commission-gaspe/Pages/list-names-claimants.aspx '''Gaspé Land Commission — names of claimants, 1819-1825''']
 === Land Transfers after the First Grant  ===