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| :#Quebec Notarial Records, 1647-1942 | | :#Quebec Notarial Records, 1647-1942 |
| :#Miscellaneous French Records, 1651-1941. | | :#Miscellaneous French Records, 1651-1941. |
| :For details about this six databases, see [[The Drouin Collection: Six Databases|The Drouin Collection: Six databases]]. | | :For details about this six databases, see [[The Drouin Collection: Six databases|The Drouin Collection: Six databases]]. |
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| *Loiselle, Antonin. ''Index to Many Marriages of the Province of Québec and Adjacent Areas''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. (On 174 [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library] films beginning with film # 543721. This Loiselle Index lists more than a million marriages. It covers about 70 percent of Québec Catholic marriages to 1900, with a few as late as the 1960s. It also includes a few parishes outside Québec where there were large settlements of French Canadians, such as Madawaska County, New Brunswick, and Manchester, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire. | | *Loiselle, Antonin. ''Index to Many Marriages of the Province of Québec and Adjacent Areas''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. (On 174 [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library] films beginning with film # 543721. This Loiselle Index lists more than a million marriages. It covers about 70 percent of Québec Catholic marriages to 1900, with a few as late as the 1960s. It also includes a few parishes outside Québec where there were large settlements of French Canadians, such as Madawaska County, New Brunswick, and Manchester, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire. |
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| If a church marriage record cannot be found, look in the '''notarial records''' for a marriage contract. About two-thirds of the marriages before the mid-1800s had marriage contracts. See the "Notarial Records" | | If a church marriage record cannot be found, look in the '''notarial records''' for a marriage contract. About two-thirds of the marriages before the mid-1800s had marriage contracts. See the "Notarial Records" |
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| Several genealogical dictionaries also have marriage information (see [[Quebec Genealogy]]). One of the most important is Cyprien [[Tanguay's Genealogical Dictionary|Tanguay's]], ''Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes (Genealogical Dictionary of French Canadian Families)''. | | Several genealogical dictionaries also have marriage information (see [[Quebec Genealogy]]). One of the most important is Cyprien [[Tanguay's Genealogical Dictionary|Tanguay's]], ''Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes (Genealogical Dictionary of French Canadian Families)''. |
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| == '''PROTESTANT CHURCH RECORDS''' == | | == '''PROTESTANT CHURCH RECORDS''' == |