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''[[Canada]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Quebec]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] | ''[[Canada]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Quebec]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Quebec_Land_and_Property|Land and Property]]'' [[Image:1024px-Ville de Québec01.jpg|thumb|right|300x250px]] | ||
=== Map of Northern Québec === | |||
The | [[Image:Northern Quebec Map.jpg|center|600px|Northern Quebec Map.jpg]]<br> | ||
=== Map of Southern Québec === | |||
[[Image:Southern Quebec Map.jpg|center|600px|Southern Quebec Map.jpg]]<br> | |||
=== What’s Available on the Internet === | |||
[http://familysearch.org/ FamilySearch] <br>Québec Notarial Records - 558738 images from the judicial districts of Montreal, Québec and Terrebonne from 1800-1900 are available to browse. At the time of printing there was no searchable-by-name database. | |||
[http://www.ancestry.ca/ Ancestry.ca] <br>Québec Notarial Records (Drouin Collection) 1647-1942 - These are available on this subscription site. Most of the records are in French although there are some in English. | |||
Library and Archives Canada- [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/lower-canada/index-e.html Lower Canada Land Petitions ] <br>Library and Archives Canada have an index database for Upper Canada Land Petitions searchable by name and place. The results provide the necessary information to access the petition by microfilm. | |||
==== Websites of Interest ==== | |||
*[http://www.qfhs.ca/ Québec Family History Society] | |||
*[http://www.sgcf.com/ Société généalogique canadienne-francaise] | |||
*[http://pages.infinit.net/pbenoit/list_ah.htm Société de recherché historique Archiv-Histo] | |||
*[http://www.banq.qc.ca/accueil/ Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec] | |||
=== History === | |||
Québec is the oldest and largest Canadian province with the first permanent settlement established by Samuel de Champlain in 1608. The first colonist family arrived in 1617. For the next 46 years, there were conflicts between fur traders and colonists and between New France and the British colonies to the south. | |||
Québec became a British colony by the Proclamation of 1763 and extended west to include land that is now known as Ontario. British merchants arrived after the Conquest and demanded British law. In 1774 the Québec Act adopted both British criminal law and French civil law. | |||
The Constitutional Act of 1791 (dividing Québec into Upper and Lower Canada) was passed in order to meet the demands of the Loyalists. The land east of the Ottawa River became the Province of Lower Canada. The rebellions of 1837 resulted in the Act of Union in 1841 changing Upper and Lower Canada to Canada West and Canada East (Québec). Confederation in 1867 saw Canada East become the Province of Québec in the Dominion of Canada. | |||
This capsule of history provides an outline of the changing boundaries and policies that were all part of the growth of Québec. As each different nationality vied for power and control, the laws of the land were adjusted accordingly. This will aid you in determining what records were created and why. This should enable you to plan your strategy and to be able to understand when and how people arrived and settled in Québec. | |||
=== Seigneurial Records === | === Seigneurial Records === | ||
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Mathieu, Jacques, and Alain Laberge. ''L'Occupation des terres dans la vallée du Saint-Laurent: aveux et dénombrements, 1723–1745'' ''(Occupation of the St. Lawrence River Valley: Oaths of Allegiance and Censuses, 1723–1745).'' Sillery, Québec, Canada: Éditions du Septentrion, 1991. (Family History Library {{FHL|507083|title-id|disp=book 971.4 R2m}}.) Text in French. Describes each seigneury, lists its farms, and gives the names of the habitants. Has information on approximately 7,400 farms (more than 98 percent of the seigneury farms in Québec during the French régime). Includes indexes of the names of the seigneurs and habitants. | Mathieu, Jacques, and Alain Laberge. ''L'Occupation des terres dans la vallée du Saint-Laurent: aveux et dénombrements, 1723–1745'' ''(Occupation of the St. Lawrence River Valley: Oaths of Allegiance and Censuses, 1723–1745).'' Sillery, Québec, Canada: Éditions du Septentrion, 1991. (Family History Library {{FHL|507083|title-id|disp=book 971.4 R2m}}.) Text in French. Describes each seigneury, lists its farms, and gives the names of the habitants. Has information on approximately 7,400 farms (more than 98 percent of the seigneury farms in Québec during the French régime). Includes indexes of the names of the seigneurs and habitants. | ||
=== Notarial Records === | |||
{{Tip|In [[Quebec]], deeds and other documents about land transfers between individuals are in the notarial records. (See also [[Quebec Notarial Records]].)}} | |||
In Québec, deeds and other documents about land transfers are in the notarial records. Notaries ''(notaires)'' have registered all types of contracts since 1626. These deeds, wills, marriage contracts and other records were recorded and the originals given to the parties involved with the notary keeping a copy known as “minutes.” | |||
The information included in the minutes gives at least the name of the notary, the date and place the document was prepared, the names and addresses of the persons involved, and the names and addresses of the witnesses. The ages and relationships of the witnesses and the persons involved are sometimes included. | |||
These records are not normally indexed by the names of the persons involved in the contract; instead they are collected by the name of the notary. These notarial records are sent to the ''protonotaire'' of the local judicial district when the notary involved no longer is employed as a notary. Notarial records before 1900 have been deposited in the branches of the Archives Nationales du Québec (see contact information at end of this module). | |||
An important early notary was Léon Lalanne. He was a notary for the entire Eastern Townships area between 1799 and 1815. This included the Bedford Judicial District and the St. Francis Judicial District. The counties in the Bedford district are Brome, Missisquoi and Shefford. The counties in the St. Francis district are Compton, Richmond, Sherbrooke, Stanstead and Wolfe. | |||
Notarial records after 1900 are only available to the person involved or the person’s legal representative who may request copies from the judicial district office that has the records. Addresses of the judicial offices are given in Marthe Faribault-Beauregard’s ''La Généalogie: Retrouver ses ancêtres''. Current addresses of the district offices are listed in annual editions of ''the Canadian Almanac and Directory''. | |||
=== Finding Aids === | |||
If there is a reference to any materials at the Family History Library, or their filming arm, the Genealogy Society of Utah, it has been given in brackets after the reference as Family History Library with the book, film or computer reference number shown. | |||
Names of deceased notaries and the localities they served are included in both of the following: | |||
*Laliberté, J.M., ''Index des Grèffes des Notaires Décédés'', 1645-1948 (Index of deceased Notaries). Québec: B. Pontbriand, 1967. Note: Many notaries’ records are no longer at the repositories indicated in this book. {{FHL|34265|item|disp=FHL book 971.4 N3L; fiche 6046554}}<br> | |||
*Quinton, Robert J., ''The Notaries of French Canada, 1626-1900: Alphabetical Chronologically, by Area Served.'' Pawtucket, Rhode Island: R.J. Quintin, 1994. {{FHL|34401|item|disp=FHL book 971.4 N3n; film 1750788 item 120}} | |||
==== Indexes ==== | |||
Since 1997 the ''Chambres des notaires'' has collaborated with the Archiv-Histo Society to produce the Parchemin Project (''Banque Parchemin''), an index to the files ''(greffes)'' of deceased Quebec notaries. The database is searchable online (in French) or by a set of CD-ROMs held by major research repositories. You can search the database by key word (''mot-clé'') such as your ancestor’s surname, or by the name of a local notary. There is also a map-related feature for determining the name of a notary who worked in your ancestor’s locale. The database includes other types of papers prepared by notaries, besides land-related documents. Presently the period of the documents in the database is 1635 to 1800, but the Society’s own data bank holds millions more, and they will assist you: | |||
:'''Société de recherche historique Archiv-Histo'''<br>2320, rue des Carrière<br>Montréal, Québec H2G 3G9<br>Telephone: 514-763-6347 | |||
=== Crown Land Records === | === Crown Land Records === | ||