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*'''Contrats de mariage (marriage contracts)'''. These may describe the bride's dowry and the division of property if the marriage is dissolved. They often include names and places of residence of the spouses' parents. This information is important if church records are missing or incomplete.<br> | *'''Contrats de mariage (marriage contracts)'''. These may describe the bride's dowry and the division of property if the marriage is dissolved. They often include names and places of residence of the spouses' parents. This information is important if church records are missing or incomplete.<br> | ||
*'''Inventaires après décès (inventories of the estates of deceased persons)'''. These are similar to English probate records. | |||
*'''Partage (settlement or share-out papers)'''. Partage records list family members who will receive a share of the estate. | |||
'''Inventaires après décès (inventories of the estates of deceased persons)'''. These are similar to English probate records. | *'''Tutelle et curatelle (guardianship papers)'''. These are records about orphans and the conservation of their property. | ||
*'''Donations entre vifs (donation records)'''. Some elderly parents make "early wills." While living, they divide their property among their children. Donations entre vifs are records of these donations. Some donations are to unrelated persons. The conditions to be fulfilled by those receiving the property are listed. | |||
'''Partage (settlement or share-out papers)'''. Partage records list family members who will receive a share of the estate. | *'''Engagements (indenture records)'''. These are labor contracts. French men contracted to labor in Canada for a specific length of time in exchange for compensation. Notaries in French ports such as La Rochelle drew up the earliest engagements. | ||
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'''Tutelle et curatelle (guardianship papers)'''. These are records about orphans and the conservation of their property. | |||
'''Donations entre vifs (donation records)'''. Some elderly parents make "early wills." While living, they divide their property among their children. Donations entre vifs are records of these donations. Some donations are to unrelated persons. The conditions to be fulfilled by those receiving the property are listed. | |||
'''Engagements (indenture records)'''. These are labor contracts. French men contracted to labor in Canada for a specific length of time in exchange for compensation. Notaries in French ports such as La Rochelle drew up the earliest engagements. | |||
A description of the indenture of fifty-one men is: | A description of the indenture of fifty-one men is: | ||
Perron, Guy. ''Les engagés levés par François Peron pour le Canada en 1655 [et] 1656 (Indentured Workers Enlisted by François Peron to Go to Canada in 1655 and 1656)''. L'Ancêtre 18, number 2 (October 1991): 43–50; and number 4 (December 1991): 132–42. (Family History Library {{FHL|971.4 D25a|disp=book 971.4 D25a v. 18.}}) Text in French. | Perron, Guy. ''Les engagés levés par François Peron pour le Canada en 1655 [et] 1656 (Indentured Workers Enlisted by François Peron to Go to Canada in 1655 and 1656)''. L'Ancêtre 18, number 2 (October 1991): 43–50; and number 4 (December 1991): 132–42. (Family History Library {{FHL|971.4 D25a|disp=book 971.4 D25a v. 18.}}) Text in French. | ||
Notaries in Québec also prepared engagements for French Canadian men involved in the fur trade. See [[Quebec Business Records and Commerce]] for information about fur trade records. | Notaries in Québec also prepared engagements for French Canadian men involved in the fur trade. See [[Quebec Business Records and Commerce]] for information about fur trade records. | ||
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