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Notarial records or their equivalent were made in Quebec and all areas of French settlement, but few records from early western settlements exist. Notaries began practicing in French Canada about 1640. They ceased functioning in Acadia (Nova Scotia) by 1758 when Louisbourg fell but performed their traditional functions in Quebec after the British conquest. A list of early records in French North America outside Quebec is in: | Notarial records or their equivalent were made in Quebec and all areas of French settlement, but few records from early western settlements exist. Notaries began practicing in French Canada about 1640. They ceased functioning in Acadia (Nova Scotia) by 1758 when Louisbourg fell but performed their traditional functions in Quebec after the British conquest. A list of early records in French North America outside Quebec is in: | ||
Roy, Joseph-Edmond. ''The Notariate in the Western Settlements on the Mississippi, in Acadia, at Ile Royale, and Newfoundland, French Canadian and Acadian Genealogical Review''. ''Winter 1972, 198–207''. (Family History Library periodical | Roy, Joseph-Edmond. ''The Notariate in the Western Settlements on the Mississippi, in Acadia, at Ile Royale, and Newfoundland, French Canadian and Acadian Genealogical Review''. ''Winter 1972, 198–207''. (Family History Library periodical {{FHL|801765|title-id|disp=971 B2f}}.) | ||
Records of notaries in Quebec whose practices began before 1850 are being filmed by the Family History Library. See the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under the counties belonging to the judicial district where the notary lived (which may not include all the counties where the notary practiced). For example, you could look in the catalog under: | Records of notaries in Quebec whose practices began before 1850 are being filmed by the Family History Library. See the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under the counties belonging to the judicial district where the notary lived (which may not include all the counties where the notary practiced). For example, you could look in the catalog under: | ||