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-===INDEXES TO PROTESTANT RECORDS===
+=== INDEXES TO PROTESTANT RECORDS  ===
 Many English-speaking Protestant Canadians settled in the Eastern Townships section of Québec just north of the Vermont border. Major indexes include:
 *Broadhurst, R. Neil. ''Protestant Marriages in the District of Bedford, Quebec, 1804–1879''. Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Kintracers, 1991. ([http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library] book 971.46 K2b.) For Brome, Missisquoi, and Shefford counties.
 *''Mariages, baptêmes et sépultures de Québec: district judiciaire de St-François (Index to Protestant Marriages, Baptisms, and Burials of the St. Francis Judicial District)''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984. (On ten [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library] films beginning with film # 1381899, Item 2[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=58329&disp=Mariages%2C+bapt%C3%AAmes+et+s%C3%A9pult%20%20&columns=*,0,0 )] Text is in French and is for Compton, Richmond, Stanstead, Wolfe, and Sherbrooke counties up to 1879.
 *A major index to Protestants in another part of the Eastern Townships is: 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. ([http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library] book 971.4575 K2r or fiche # 6125775.)
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 Additional indexes to church records are listed in the '''Place Search''' of the Family History Library Catalog under: QUEBEC, [COUNTY] - CHURCH RECORDS.
+== Research Strategies  ==
+===Tip 1. How do I find birth or death information in church records? ===
+'''Births'''
+#Search the marriage indexes for the marriage record of your ancestor. Catholic marriage records often tell when a person was born or at least give an age. They also give the parish where his or her parents were living.
+#Start searching for birth information in the parishes learned from the marriages.
+#Look for the Catholic church records for that place and date. Then search for your ancestor's name in those records.
+'''Deaths'''
+#First search the applicable sources suggested in [[How to Locate Your Ancestor in Canada|How to Locate Your Ancestor in Canada]] One of these sources may give you a clue about where your ancestor died.
+#Then search the Catholic Church records of that place for the burial record.
+If your ancestor did not die in Quebec, see [[Canada Vital Records|Canada Vital Records]] and select the province of death.
+===Tip 2. What can I do if I can not find records for my ancestor's parish?===
+If you cannot find a church marriage record, look in the notarial records for a marriage contract. About two-thirds of the marriages before the mid-1800s had marriage contracts.
+For information about notarial records, see the Notarial Records***.
+Several genealogical dictionaries also have marriage information. One of the most important is Cyprien Tanguay's, ''Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes (Genealogical Dictionary of French Canadian Families)''.
+For information about other genealogical dictionaries, see the [[Quebec Genealogy|Quebec Genealogy]].
+===Tip 3. What if I did not find my ancestor's name in the parish records? ===
+If an ancestor disappears from the parish registers, he may have gone into the fur trade. For information about fur trade records, see the Business Records and Commerce for Québec.
+Your ancestor may be listed in the parish records but with a different spelling of his or her name. For suggestions on how the name might be spelled, see [[Name Variations in Canadian Indexes and Records|Name Variations in Canadian Indexes and Records]].
+===Tip 4. How can I find where a parish is and what diocese it is in? ===
+Some of the parishes of Québec and the counties to which they belong are in ''Répertoire toponymique du Québec'' (Geographic Names of Québec). Text in French. Localities are listed alphabetically. For each locality, this book lists the canton (township), if applicable, and the division de recensement (the census division, which in this case is the county).
+Information about parishes, which includes dates they were founded and their locations, is in:
+*Magnan, Hormisdas. ''Dictionnaire historique et géographique des paroisses, missions et municipalités de la Province de Québec'' (Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Parishes . . .). Text in French.
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