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Some of the information missing from church records is available in notarial records. Léon Lalanne was a notary for the entire Eastern Townships area between 1799 and 1815. His records included wills and marriage contracts. To find out more about his records, see "Availability" in the "Notarial Records" section of this outline. | Some of the information missing from church records is available in notarial records. Léon Lalanne was a notary for the entire Eastern Townships area between 1799 and 1815. His records included wills and marriage contracts. To find out more about his records, see "Availability" in the "Notarial Records" section of this outline. | ||
[http://www.ancestry.ca/drouin/?o_iid=35859&o_lid=35859 Drouin Collection 1621-1967] at Ancestry.ca. This collection has over 15 million entries for French Canadian genealogical and vital records. Be sure to search for spelling variations of the ancestor's name. This collectionn includes Quebec notarial, vital, and church records, Acadian Catholic records, Ontario French Catholic records, early French Catholic records in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, and Wisconsin. Note that the index is not yet complete.<br> | |||
=== Catholic Church Records === | === Catholic Church Records === | ||
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Researchers studying French Canadian Catholic families normally use one of the following indexes to locate a marriage in church records. Instructions on three of the most important sources are in Appendixes A, B, and C of this outline. | Researchers studying French Canadian Catholic families normally use one of the following indexes to locate a marriage in church records. Instructions on three of the most important sources are in Appendixes A, B, and C of this outline. | ||
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 FHL films beginning with film 543721.) Lists more than a million marriages. Covers about 70 percent of Québec Catholic marriages to 1900, with a few as late as the 1960s. 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 FHL films beginning with film 543721.) Lists more than a million marriages. Covers about 70 percent of Québec Catholic marriages to 1900, with a few as late as the 1960s. 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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Vachon, Paul. ''Repertory of Births, Marriages, and Burials: The Anglo-Protestants of Megantic County 1826–1991''. Thetford Mines, Québec, Canada: Société généalogique de la région de l'Amiante, 1992. (FHL book 971.4575 K2r; on 10 fiche 6125775.) | Vachon, Paul. ''Repertory of Births, Marriages, and Burials: The Anglo-Protestants of Megantic County 1826–1991''. Thetford Mines, Québec, Canada: Société généalogique de la région de l'Amiante, 1992. (FHL book 971.4575 K2r; on 10 fiche 6125775.) | ||
Additional indexes to church records are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under QUEBEC, [COUNTY] - CHURCH RECORDS. See also the "Vital Records" section of this outline.<br> <!--{ | Additional indexes to church records are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under QUEBEC, [COUNTY] - CHURCH RECORDS. See also the "Vital Records" section of this outline.<br> <!--{12089800610430} --> <!--{12089800610431} --> <!--{12089800610432} --> <!--{12089800610433} --> | ||
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