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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
Church records (''registres paroissiaux'') are excellent sources for accurate names, dates, and places of births, marriages, and deaths. Many people who lived in [[Canada|Canada]] were recorded in church records. (In this section, French translations are included for the most common terms used in church records.) | Church records (''registres paroissiaux'') are excellent sources for accurate names, dates, and places of births, marriages, and deaths. Many people who lived in [[Canada|Canada]] were recorded in church records. (In this section, French translations are included for the most common terms used in church records.) | ||
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''Corpus Almanac & Canadian Sourcebook''. Don Mills, Ontario: Corpus Information Services, annual. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=602200&disp=Canada+one+hundred%2C+1867%2D1967%20%20&columns=*,0,0 971 B5c].) | ''Corpus Almanac & Canadian Sourcebook''. Don Mills, Ontario: Corpus Information Services, annual. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=602200&disp=Canada+one+hundred%2C+1867%2D1967%20%20&columns=*,0,0 971 B5c].) | ||
== Record-keeping Practices == | |||
The Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Church kept more detailed records than some other religions. Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, and other groups, especially those that did not baptize infants, often did not keep church registers unless required by law. You can find a person’s religious affiliation in Canadian censuses beginning in 1851. | The Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Church kept more detailed records than some other religions. Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, and other groups, especially those that did not baptize infants, often did not keep church registers unless required by law. You can find a person’s religious affiliation in Canadian censuses beginning in 1851. | ||
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There may be burial records for persons born before births and marriages were recorded. However, in some parishes, burial records may start later than the christening and marriage records of that parish. | There may be burial records for persons born before births and marriages were recorded. However, in some parishes, burial records may start later than the christening and marriage records of that parish. | ||
== Locating Church Records == | |||
Church records were kept at the local parish of the church. A parish is a local congregation that may include many villages. Your ancestor may have lived in a village and belonged to a parish in a nearby larger town. | Church records were kept at the local parish of the church. A parish is a local congregation that may include many villages. Your ancestor may have lived in a village and belonged to a parish in a nearby larger town. | ||
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[PROVINCE], [COUNTY] - CHURCH RECORDS | [PROVINCE], [COUNTY] - CHURCH RECORDS | ||
=== Locating Records Not at the Family History Library === | === Locating Records Not at the Family History Library === | ||
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If your request is unsuccessful, search for duplicate records in other archives or in civil registration offices. | If your request is unsuccessful, search for duplicate records in other archives or in civil registration offices. | ||
== Church Record Indexes == | |||
Indexes to church records are valuable tools to locate families in Canada, especially in the absence of census indexes. The Family History Library has indexes to many Roman Catholic and a few Protestant records, listing church marriages of Canadian families who settled on both sides of the United States-Canada border. Many of these indexes are of French Canadian families. The following index, with one million marriages, has the most names and the greatest geographical coverage: | |||
Loiselle, Antonin. ''Loiselle Card Index to Many Marriages'' . . . (225 rolls of film beginning with 543721.) This source usually lists the names of the bride and groom, their parents’ names, and the date and place of their marriage. The index is arranged roughly in alphabetical order. To find the portion of the alphabet covered by each film, consult [[Quebec Civil Registration- Vital Records|Quebec Civil Registration- Vital Records]], or see the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under QUEBEC - CHURCH RECORDS - INDEXES. | |||
A supplement to the Loiselle index adds many more marriages and covers the Ottawa River valley area of Ontario and Quebec (51 rolls of microfilm beginning with 1571024.) | |||
[http://www.ancestry.ca/drouin/ Drouin Collection Index of French Canadian records 1621-1967]<br>This collection has over 15 million entries for French Canadian genealogical and vital records. It 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. | |||
For indexes or repertories of French Canadian Catholic marriages in cities and counties in Quebec and Ontario and parishes in some New England towns, see the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under appropriate jurisdictions and record categories, such as: | |||
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