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From 1679 to 1993, most vital records for Québec were copies of church records. The province required churches to send copies to government archives. On 1 January 1994, the government began to keep separate vital records.
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==Online Resources==
*'''1621-2023''' [https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/ Quebec, Ontario and Acadia Vital and Church Records at Genealogy Quebec] - index & images ($)
*'''1621-1968''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1091 Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968] at Ancestry - index & images ($)
*'''1761-1941''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20203/canada-quebec-marriages?s=275764761&trp=&trn=organic_google&trl= Canada, Quebec, Marriages] at MyHeritage - index ($)
*'''1926-1997''' [https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/outils/mariages-et-deces-1926-1997 Quebec Marriage Returns, 1926-1997] at Genealogy Quebec- index & images ($)
*'''1926-1997''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10723/quebec-marriage-returns-1926-1997 Quebec Marriage Returns, 1926-1997] at MyHeritage - index & images ($)


Vital records could be registered civilly without a church record as early as 1926. Beginning in the 1960s, many births and marriages were recorded only in civil registers.
== Background==


=== Availability ===
*'''From 1679 to 1993''', most vital records for Québec were [[Quebec Church Records#Finding the Records|'''copies of church records.''']]
*The province required churches to send copies to government archives. On 1 January 1994, the government began to keep separate vital records. Vital records could be registered civilly without a church record as early as 1926. Beginning in the 1960s, many births and marriages were recorded only in civil registers.


'''Records before 1900'''. Church records and civil copies of church records prior to 1900 are available on microfilm from the Family History Library and at several archives and libraries in North America. (See the "Church Records" section of this outline.)
== How to Access the Records ==
*[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/p/aide/registres_etat_civil/ '''Finding Aid: Search assistance in civil status registers'''] Illustrated step-by-step instructions.  
=== Before 1900 Online ===
*These records are all available in [[Quebec Church Records#Finding the Records|'''online, digitized collections''']] of church records.


'''Records after 1900'''. Only the person named in the record or that person's legal representative may have access to civil registration and civil copies of church records after 1900.
=== After 1900 ===


Application forms for information from civil registration after 1900 must be obtained from:
Vital records and civil copies of church records are confidential after 1900. Only a person named in the record, immediate family, or a legal representative may have access to civil registration and civil copies of church records after 1900. Civil records can be ordered online, by mail, or in person. For more information see: [http://www.etatcivil.gouv.qc.ca/fr/default.html Directeur de l'état civil: Certificates and copies of acts]. Application forms can be accessed and submitted here:  


Direction de l'État civil <br>Service à la clientèle <br>205 rue Montmagny <br>Québec QC CANADA G1N 2Z9 <br>Telephone: 418-643-3900
:'''Directeur de l'état civil'''<br>2535 Boulevard Laurier<br>Québec G1V 5C5<br>Canada<br>Phone: 1 418 644-0075<br>Email: [mailto:etatcivil@dec.gouv.qc.ca etatcivil@dec.gouv.qc.ca<br>][http://www.etatcivil.gouv.qc.ca/en/default.html Website]


=== Indexes ===
=== Indexes ===
Some indexes to civil registration copies of church records are available. The indexes list only the name of the individual and the date and place of the event. Names of the parents or spouses are usually not given. For an index to notarial marriage contracts, see [[Quebec Notarial Records]].


Some indexes to civil registration copies of church records are available. The indexes list only the name of the individual and the date and place of the event. Names of the parents or spouses are usually not given.
====Indexes for Montréal====
There are many different indexes for Montreal records that have been digitized: [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bsubject_id%3A603980%20%2Bavailability%3AOnline Canada, Québec, Île-de-Montréal, Montréal - Church records and Civil Registration - Indexes]


For an index to notarial marriage contracts, see the "Notarial Records" section of this outline.
====Catholic Records in Montréal Online Card Index====
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/968640?availability=Family%20History%20Library Fichiers de l'état civil (District judiciaire de Montréal). ''Registres paroissiaux, 1648–1899 (Card Index of Baptisms, Marriages, Burials of Parishes of Montréal and Neighboring Rural Parishes, 1648–1899)''], index.


'''Indexes for Montréal'''. The Family History Library has microfilm indexes to records for the Montréal Judicial District (island of Montréal and nearby counties). The indexes are for christenings, marriages, and burials for Catholics from 1648 to 1899 and for non-Catholics from 1766 to 1899 and 1900 to 1993.
====Protestant Records in Montréal Online====
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/689948?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Index relié de baptêmes, mariages, sépultures non-catholiques, paroisses de Montréal et des paroisses rurales. Registres paroissiaux, 1760–1899 (Index of Baptisms, Marriages, Burials for Non-Catholics of Montréal and Neighboring Rural Parishes, 1760–1899)]''.


'''Catholic Records in Montréal'''. A card index to the Catholic records is:
====Indexes for the City of Québec====
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/537657?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Index des baptêmes, mariages et sépultures des protestants de la région de Québec, ca. 1790–1875 (Index to Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials of Protestants in the Region of Québec about 1790–1875)''. [Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada]: Archives nationales du Québec, 1983. {{FSC|537657|title-id|disp=FamilySearch Library}}. Text in French.


Fichiers de l'état civil (District judiciaire de Montréal). ''Registres paroissiaux, 1648–1899 (Card Index of Baptisms, Marriages, Burials of Parishes of Montréal and Neighboring Rural Parishes, 1648–1899)''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1989–1991. (On 192 FHL films beginning with film 1614024.) Text in French.
===Substitute Marriage Indexes===


'''Protestant Records in Montréal'''. The indexes to the early Protestant records were in book form. They were divided into three sections: 1766–1834, 1835–1875, and 1876–1899. Microfilm copies are listed in the catalog as:
====Loiselle Marriage Index====
*Loiselle card index contains many marriages of the province of Quebec and adjacent areas Loiselle, Antonin.  
*[[Loiselle Marriage Index|More information]]


''Index relié de baptêmes, mariages, sépultures non-catholiques, paroisses de Montréal et des paroisses rurales. Registres paroissiaux, 1760–1899 (Index of Baptisms, Marriages, Burials for Non-Catholics of Montréal and Neighboring Rural Parishes, 1760–1899)''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1991. (FHL film 1684034–35.) Text in French and English. The title is 1760–1899, but the earliest entries are from 1766.
====Rivest Marriage Index====
*The Rivest Marriage Index covers Catholic marriages from 1670 to 1972.
*[[Rivest Marriage Index|More information]]


There are several sets of indexes to Montréal Protestant records after 1900. They all have Index de l'état civil (Index to Civil Registration) as part of the title.
===Divorces===
*[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/vital-statistics-births-marriages-deaths/divorce-1841-1968/Pages/acts-divorce-1841-1968.aspx Acts of Divorce, 1841-1968], index
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5776/ Canada Parliamentary Marriage and Divorces, 1867-1919] index,  at Ancestry ($)
::"This database includes the names of the spouses, places of residence at the time of the marriage and divorce, other marriages (if noted), and dates of marriage and divorce (the date when the act became law) for divorce acts from this period. The original records may include additional information such as other places of residence, occupations, additional court action taken, and number of children (and occasionally their names or genders), if any. The very restrictive grounds for the cost of a divorce made them quite rare; the records are, however, worth obtaining when they apply".<ref>"Canada Parliamentary Marriage and Divorces, 1867-1919," at Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5776/, accessed 29 Noovember 2020.</ref>


Catholic and Protestant indexes are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under QUEBEC, ILE DE MONTREAL, MONTREAL - CHURCH RECORDS - INDEXES.
=== Gretna Green marriage places ===
When a marriage was transacted in a jurisdiction that was not the residence of the parties being married, to avoid restrictions or procedures imposed by the parties' home jurisdiction, that place became a "Gretna Green."<ref name="Eakle1">Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in ''Genealogy Blog'' at http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/ (accessed 8 January 2011).</ref> When an eloping Quebec couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like:


'''Indexes for the City of Québec'''. An index to civil copies of church records for the Protestants of the city of Québec and the surrounding area is:
*[[Essex County, New York Genealogy|Crown Point, Essex, New York]]
*[[St. Lawrence County, New York Genealogy|Ogdensburgh, St. Lawrence, New York]]
*[[Niagara County, New York Genealogy|Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York]]
*[[Erie County, New York Genealogy|Buffalo, Erie, New York]]
**Names of many who married in the Buffalo, New York, area from 1840 to 1890 are listed in: Jewitt, Allen E. '''''Early Canadian Marriages in Erie County, New York.''''' 12 Volumes. Hamburg, New York, USA: Jewitt, 1982. {{FSC|81990|title-id|disp=FamilySearch Library}}. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretna_Green#Marriage WorldCat].<br>
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''Index des baptêmes, mariages et sépultures des protestants de la région de Québec, ca. 1790–1875 (Index to Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials of Protestants in the Region of Québec about 1790–1875)''. [Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada]: Archives nationales du Québec, 1983. (On 182 FHL fiche 6334276.) Text in French.
== References ==


Indexes for other areas will be listed in the catalog when they become available. Even though these are indexes to records kept by the government, most of them will be listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under QUEBEC, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - CHURCH RECORDS - INDEXES.
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  • From 1679 to 1993, most vital records for Québec were copies of church records.
  • The province required churches to send copies to government archives. On 1 January 1994, the government began to keep separate vital records. Vital records could be registered civilly without a church record as early as 1926. Beginning in the 1960s, many births and marriages were recorded only in civil registers.

How to Access the Records[edit | edit source]

Before 1900 Online[edit | edit source]

After 1900[edit | edit source]

Vital records and civil copies of church records are confidential after 1900. Only a person named in the record, immediate family, or a legal representative may have access to civil registration and civil copies of church records after 1900. Civil records can be ordered online, by mail, or in person. For more information see: Directeur de l'état civil: Certificates and copies of acts. Application forms can be accessed and submitted here:

Directeur de l'état civil
2535 Boulevard Laurier
Québec G1V 5C5
Canada
Phone: 1 418 644-0075
Email: etatcivil@dec.gouv.qc.ca
Website

Indexes[edit | edit source]

Some indexes to civil registration copies of church records are available. The indexes list only the name of the individual and the date and place of the event. Names of the parents or spouses are usually not given. For an index to notarial marriage contracts, see Quebec Notarial Records.

Indexes for Montréal[edit | edit source]

There are many different indexes for Montreal records that have been digitized: Canada, Québec, Île-de-Montréal, Montréal - Church records and Civil Registration - Indexes

Catholic Records in Montréal Online Card Index[edit | edit source]

Protestant Records in Montréal Online[edit | edit source]

Indexes for the City of Québec[edit | edit source]

Substitute Marriage Indexes[edit | edit source]

Loiselle Marriage Index[edit | edit source]

  • Loiselle card index contains many marriages of the province of Quebec and adjacent areas Loiselle, Antonin.
  • More information

Rivest Marriage Index[edit | edit source]

  • The Rivest Marriage Index covers Catholic marriages from 1670 to 1972.
  • More information

Divorces[edit | edit source]

"This database includes the names of the spouses, places of residence at the time of the marriage and divorce, other marriages (if noted), and dates of marriage and divorce (the date when the act became law) for divorce acts from this period. The original records may include additional information such as other places of residence, occupations, additional court action taken, and number of children (and occasionally their names or genders), if any. The very restrictive grounds for the cost of a divorce made them quite rare; the records are, however, worth obtaining when they apply".[1]

Gretna Green marriage places[edit | edit source]

When a marriage was transacted in a jurisdiction that was not the residence of the parties being married, to avoid restrictions or procedures imposed by the parties' home jurisdiction, that place became a "Gretna Green."[2] When an eloping Quebec couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like:


References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Canada Parliamentary Marriage and Divorces, 1867-1919," at Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5776/, accessed 29 Noovember 2020.
  2. ↑ Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in Genealogy Blog at http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/ (accessed 8 January 2011).


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