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In the mid-1990s the Québec ''Ministère de la justice'' issued a number of small brochures and booklets, “Your Rights at a Glance”/''“Justice en bref”'', of which “Successions” explains the process of Succession with a will and without a will, the role of the “Liquidator” or “testamentary executor”, and how, after 1961, to establish a will does, or does not exist: | In the mid-1990s the Québec ''Ministère de la justice'' issued a number of small brochures and booklets, “Your Rights at a Glance”/''“Justice en bref”'', of which “Successions” explains the process of Succession with a will and without a will, the role of the “Liquidator” or “testamentary executor”, and how, after 1961, to establish a will does, or does not exist: | ||
::It is preferable to contact the Chambre des notaires and the Barreau [Québec Bar Association] by telephone to obtain the form entitled ''Request for a search of will'' and to find out how to access the register of wills and how much the search will cost. Proof of death must be supplied. | |||
As in other provinces, some older wills are found with land transfer documents.<ref>Douglas, Althea. "Québec Probate and Legal Records - International Institute, " ''The International Institute of Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Qu%C3%A9bec_Probate_and_Legal_Records_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | As in other provinces, some older wills are found with land transfer documents.<ref>Douglas, Althea. "Québec Probate and Legal Records - International Institute, " ''The International Institute of Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Qu%C3%A9bec_Probate_and_Legal_Records_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | ||
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