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''[[Canada]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Quebec]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[Canada]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Quebec]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Quebec_Business_Records_and_Commerce|Business Records and Commerce]]'' | ||
The names of several thousand [[Portal:Quebec|Québec]] men disappeared from local church registers because they went west to work in the fur trade. Some of the contracts they signed are in notarial records. (See | The names of several thousand [[Portal:Quebec|Québec]] men disappeared from local church registers because they went west to work in the fur trade. Some of the contracts they signed are in notarial records. (See [[Quebec Notarial Records]].) Some of those records have been inventoried in: | ||
Massicotte, E. Z. ''Répertoire des engagements pour l'Ouest conservés dans les archives judiciaires de Montréal 1670–17[45] (Repertory of Contracts for the West Preserved in the Montréal Judicial Archives 1670–17[45])''. Rapport de l'archiviste de la province de Québec pour 1929–1930 (Report of the Archivist of the Province of Québec [RAPQ], 1929–1930): 191–466. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1177219&disp=Tome+1+%281920%2F1921%29%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 971.4 A5r] 1929–1930.) Text in French. Gives the name of the man who signed the contract and sometimes his home parish, the name of his employer, the name of the notary, and the date of the original contract. An index of names is at the end of the volume. | Massicotte, E. Z. ''Répertoire des engagements pour l'Ouest conservés dans les archives judiciaires de Montréal 1670–17[45] (Repertory of Contracts for the West Preserved in the Montréal Judicial Archives 1670–17[45])''. Rapport de l'archiviste de la province de Québec pour 1929–1930 (Report of the Archivist of the Province of Québec [RAPQ], 1929–1930): 191–466. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1177219&disp=Tome+1+%281920%2F1921%29%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 971.4 A5r] 1929–1930.) Text in French. Gives the name of the man who signed the contract and sometimes his home parish, the name of his employer, the name of the notary, and the date of the original contract. An index of names is at the end of the volume. | ||
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Names of about 20,000 men are included in the above series. For detailed information, consult the original notarial records. | Names of about 20,000 men are included in the above series. For detailed information, consult the original notarial records. | ||
In 1821, the Hudson's Bay Company merged with the North West Company to monopolize the fur trade in western North America. Names of many French Canadians are included in the Hudson's Bay Company records. Those records are described in | In 1821, the Hudson's Bay Company merged with the North West Company to monopolize the fur trade in western North America. Names of many French Canadians are included in the Hudson's Bay Company records. Those records are described in [[Canada Business Records and Commerce]]. | ||
A bibliography of additional sources about people in the fur trade is: | A bibliography of additional sources about people in the fur trade is: | ||
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*Hansen, James L. ''Voyageurs and Habitants: Tracing the Early French in the Great Lakes Region, National Genealogical Society Conference in the States (1995: San Diego, California)''. ''San Diego, A Place to Explore: Syllabus''. Two Volumes. [Arlington, Virginia, USA]: National Genealogical Society, 1995, 2:688–91. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=741966&disp=San+Diego%3B+a+place+to+explore%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 973 D25ngsc] 1995.) | *Hansen, James L. ''Voyageurs and Habitants: Tracing the Early French in the Great Lakes Region, National Genealogical Society Conference in the States (1995: San Diego, California)''. ''San Diego, A Place to Explore: Syllabus''. Two Volumes. [Arlington, Virginia, USA]: National Genealogical Society, 1995, 2:688–91. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=741966&disp=San+Diego%3B+a+place+to+explore%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 973 D25ngsc] 1995.) | ||
Some of the sources in | Some of the sources in [[Quebec Genealogy]] give more information about Québec men in the fur trade. | ||
{{Quebec|Quebec}} | {{Quebec|Quebec}} | ||
[[Category:Quebec|Business Records and Commerce]] | [[Category:Quebec|Business Records and Commerce]] | ||