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 === Finding Aids  ===
+Because notarial records are filed under the name of the notary. Finding aids help identify where a particular notary kept records. Names of deceased notaries and the localities they served are included in both of the following:
+*Laliberté, J. M. ''Index des greffes des notaires décédés, 1645–1948 (Index of Deceased Notaries)''. Québec, Canada: B. Pontbriand, 1967. (Family History Library {{FHL|971.4 N3L|disp=book 971.4 N3L; fiche 6046554}}.) Text in French. Many notaries' records are no longer at the repositories indicated in this book.
+*Quintin, Robert J. ''The Notaries of French Canada, 1626–1900: Alphabetical, Chronologically, by Area Served''. Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA.: R. J. Quintin, 1994. (Family History Library {{FHL|725400|title-id|disp=book 971.4 N3n; film 1750788 item 120}}.)
-A NEW&nbsp;collection of images of the notarial records for Quebec, from 1800 to 1900,&nbsp;is now available at FamilySearch Historical Records "Quebec Notarial Records, 1800-1900." See "[[Quebec Notarial Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|Quebec Notarial Records]]" article for more information.
+Indexes or inventories of some notaries' records are in: ''Instruments de recherche des registres notariaux (Finding Aids for Notarial Records)''. [Sainte-Foy, Qué.]: Archives nationales du Québec, [1981–1984]. (On 2,548 Family History Library {{FHL|6333604|film|disp=fiche beginning with fiche 6333604.}}) Most of the inventories are in French.
-Notaries and Their Localities. Names of deceased notaries and the localities they served are included in both of the following:
+Abstracts and partial indexes of some notarial records before 1760 are in:  Archives nationales du Québec. ''Inventaire des greffes des notaires du Régime Français. (Inventory of Notarial Records of the French Régime.)'' 27 Volumes. Québec, Canada: Éditeur officiel du Québec, 1943–1976. (Family History Library {{FHL|971.4 N3q|disp=book 971.4 N3q}}.) Text in French. Includes the records of 81 notaries in the province before 1760.
-Laliberté, J. M. ''Index des greffes des notaires décédés, 1645–1948 (Index of Deceased Notaries)''. Québec, Canada: B. Pontbriand, 1967. (Family History Library {{FHL|971.4 N3L|disp=book 971.4 N3L; fiche 6046554}}.) Text in French. Many notaries' records are no longer at the repositories indicated in this book.
-Quintin, Robert J. ''The Notaries of French Canada, 1626–1900: Alphabetical, Chronologically, by Area Served''. Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA.: R. J. Quintin, 1994. (Family History Library {{FHL|725400|title-id|disp=book 971.4 N3n; film 1750788 item 120}}.)
-The Family History Library does not have any maps showing the judicial districts and the counties they cover.
-'''Indexes to Notarial Records'''. A few indexes for notarial records are available, especially for notaries for the city of Québec.
-[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. It includes Quebec notarial records.
-An index to marriage contracts is:
-''Index des contrats de mariage, 1780–1930 (Marriage Contract Index, 1780–1930)''. [Sainte-Foy, Qué.]: Archives nationales du Québec, 1986. (On 90 Family History Library {{FHL|679861|title-id|disp=fiche 6334283}}.) Text in French.
-Indexes or inventories of some notaries' records are in:
-''Instruments de recherche des registres notariaux (Finding Aids for Notarial Records)''. [Sainte-Foy, Qué.]: Archives nationales du Québec, [1981–1984]. (On 2,548 Family History Library {{FHL|6333604|film|disp=fiche beginning with fiche 6333604.}}) Most of the inventories are in French.
-Abstracts and partial indexes of some notarial records before 1760 are in:
-Archives nationales du Québec. ''Inventaire des greffes des notaires du Régime Français. (Inventory of Notarial Records of the French Régime.)'' 27 Volumes. Québec, Canada: Éditeur officiel du Québec, 1943–1976. (Family History Library {{FHL|971.4 N3q|disp=book 971.4 N3q}}.) Text in French. Includes the records of 81 notaries in the province before 1760.
-'''Compact Disc Index.''' Complete indexes to all notarial records before 1765 are available on compact disc (CD-ROM). The indexes are at a few archives and libraries in the province of Québec and at the Archives nationales du Québec in Montréal.
-*PARCHEMIN created the indexes as part of a project called Nouvel accès aux archives notariales du Québec ancien 1635–1885 (New Access to Notarial Archives for Old Québec 1635–1885). The project plans to index every notarial record to 1885. It is based at the national archives branch in Montréal. (For the address, see Centre d'archives de Montréal in [[Quebec Archives and Libraries]].) Information about the project is in:
-*Lafortune, Hélène. ''Parchemin s'explique: guide du dépouillement des actes notariés du Québec ancien''. (PARCHEMIN Explained: Guide to the Extraction Project for the Notarial Records of Old Québec.) Montréal, Québec, Canada: Société de recherche historique Archiv-Histo, 1989. (Family History Library {{FHL|582269|title-id|disp=book 971.4 N32L}}.) Text in French.
-'''Other aids'''. Legal terms used in notarial records are defined on pages 81–96 of Parchemin s'explique (see above).
-A discussion of handwriting and abbreviations is:
-*Lafortune, Marcel. ''Initiation à la paléographie franco-canadienne: les écritures des notaires aux XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles (Introduction to French-Canadian Paleography: The Handwriting of the Notaries in the 17th and 18th Centuries).'' Three Volumes. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Société de recherche historique Archiv-Histo, 1982–88. (Family History Library {{FHL|971.4 G3L|disp=book 971.4 G3L}}.) Text in French.
-See [[Canada Notarial Records]] for further information.
 ==Archives nationales du Québec (ANQ) Local Addresses==