Understanding Quebec Catholic Records: Difference between revisions

The following information can be found in baptism records, depending on the time period of the record<ref>Bouchard, G. & LaRose, A. (1976). La réglementation du contenu des actes de baptême, mariage, sépulture, au Québec, des origines à nos jours. Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française, 30(1), 67–84. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.7202/303510ar</nowiki></ref>, and also on the accuracy of the priest and how closely he followed the rules. These rules were dictated by the Catholic Church itself and also by the Civil Authorities, like the King of France, and later on, the provincial government. Some information can nevertheless appear prior to the edict imposing the rule to the priests.