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=== Introduction === | === Introduction === | ||
Roman Catholic parish registers are the most accurate and helpful of all the French Canadian genealogical sources. These registers contain | Roman Catholic parish registers are the most accurate and helpful of all the French Canadian genealogical sources. These registers contain baptism, marriage, and burial records from 1621 to the present. | ||
Church registers should be consulted for records of baptisms, marriages, and burials for all time periods in Québec history. Many records are available both in original church registers and in copies that were submitted to civil archives. The copies are called duplicate, second, or civil copies. | Church registers should be consulted for records of baptisms, marriages, and burials for all time periods in Québec history. Many records are available both in original church registers and in copies that were submitted to civil archives. The copies are called duplicate, second, or civil copies. | ||
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== '''Catholic Church Records''' == | == '''Catholic Church Records''' == | ||
Roman Catholic parish registers are the most accurate and helpful of all the French Canadian genealogical sources. These registers contain | Roman Catholic parish registers are the most accurate and helpful of all the French Canadian genealogical sources. These registers contain baptism, marriage, and burial records from 1621 to the present. Between 1679 and 1993, all parishes in Québec were required to send duplicate copies to the civil archives. This duplication has ensured that a vast majority of vital records from Quebec survive to the present day. | ||
'''The Family History Library Collection''' The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the following: *All Catholic registers from 1621 to 1877, *Most of the civil copies of Catholic registers between 1878 and 1899, *Catholic registers to 1910 from Québec parishes in the Diocese of Pembroke, Ontario, in the Ottawa River Valley. To find these microfilms, look in the Place Search of the [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search FamilySearch Catalog] under QUEBEC, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - CHURCH RECORDS. Microfilms of these registers are also available at many archives and libraries in Canada and in the northeastern and midwestern United States. [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search <u>Canada, Quebec, Catholic Parish Registars</u>]--This collection is availble for free on FamilySearch. | '''The Family History Library Collection''' The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the following: *All Catholic registers from 1621 to 1877, *Most of the civil copies of Catholic registers between 1878 and 1899, *Catholic registers to 1910 from Québec parishes in the Diocese of Pembroke, Ontario, in the Ottawa River Valley. To find these microfilms, look in the Place Search of the [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search FamilySearch Catalog] under QUEBEC, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - CHURCH RECORDS. Microfilms of these registers are also available at many archives and libraries in Canada and in the northeastern and midwestern United States. [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search <u>Canada, Quebec, Catholic Parish Registars</u>]--This collection is availble for free on FamilySearch. | ||