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 As for the events, the priests were referring to their own "territories" in the records, that is, parishes and dioceses. Unless another type of place is specifically mentioned, like a seigneurie or a city, it should be assumed that the places mentioned are parishes. Many parishes in Quebec have the same name, and it is important to consider the geographical location of each parish, and also the year of their coming into existence, before attributing the origin of a person to a specific parish. People did not travel far in those days, and certainly not forward in time.
-Since parishes are about communities of people, their size and location evolved in time, according to the movement, the growth and the density of the population. Parishes start as missions in a remote area, served by the priest of another parish, before becoming a parish of their own. As a parish becomes too large in population, or when the parishioners begin to find that the church is simply too far from where they live, other parishes are detached from the original one. Therefore, the name of the parish in the records does not necessarily reflect the geographical location we would assign to them nowadays.
+Since parishes are about communities of people, their size and location evolved in time, according to the movement, the growth and the density of the population. Parishes started as missions in a remote area, served by the priest of another parish, before becoming a parish of their own. As a parish becomes too large in population, or when the parishioners begin to find that the church is simply too far from where they live, other parishes are detached from the original one. Therefore, the name of the parish in the records does not necessarily reflect the geographical location we would assign to them nowadays.
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