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A description of the indenture of fifty-one men is: | A description of the indenture of fifty-one men is: | ||
Perron, Guy. ''Les engagés levés par François Peron pour le Canada en 1655 [et] 1656 (Indentured Workers Enlisted by François Peron to Go to Canada in 1655 and 1656)''. L'Ancêtre 18, number 2 (October 1991): 43–50; and number 4 (December 1991): 132–42. (Family History Library | Perron, Guy. ''Les engagés levés par François Peron pour le Canada en 1655 [et] 1656 (Indentured Workers Enlisted by François Peron to Go to Canada in 1655 and 1656)''. L'Ancêtre 18, number 2 (October 1991): 43–50; and number 4 (December 1991): 132–42. (Family History Library {{FHL|971.4 D25a|disp=book 971.4 D25a v. 18.}}) Text in French. | ||
Notaries in Québec also prepared engagements for French Canadian men involved in the fur trade. See [[Quebec Business Records and Commerce]] for information about fur trade records. | Notaries in Québec also prepared engagements for French Canadian men involved in the fur trade. See [[Quebec Business Records and Commerce]] for information about fur trade records. | ||
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Notaries and Their Localities. Names of deceased notaries and the localities they served are included in both of the following: | Notaries and Their Localities. Names of deceased notaries and the localities they served are included in both of the following: | ||
Laliberté, J. M. ''Index des greffes des notaires décédés, 1645–1948 (Index of Deceased Notaries)''. Québec, Canada: B. Pontbriand, 1967. (Family History Library | Laliberté, J. M. ''Index des greffes des notaires décédés, 1645–1948 (Index of Deceased Notaries)''. Québec, Canada: B. Pontbriand, 1967. (Family History Library {{FHL|971.4 N3L|disp=book 971.4 N3L; fiche 6046554}}.) Text in French. Many notaries' records are no longer at the repositories indicated in this book. | ||
Quintin, Robert J. ''The Notaries of French Canada, 1626–1900: Alphabetical, Chronologically, by Area Served''. Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA.: R. J. Quintin, 1994. (Family History Library | Quintin, Robert J. ''The Notaries of French Canada, 1626–1900: Alphabetical, Chronologically, by Area Served''. Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA.: R. J. Quintin, 1994. (Family History Library {{FHL|725400|title-id|disp=book 971.4 N3n; film 1750788 item 120}}.) | ||
The Family History Library does not have any maps showing the judicial districts and the counties they cover. | The Family History Library does not have any maps showing the judicial districts and the counties they cover. | ||
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An index to marriage contracts is: | An index to marriage contracts is: | ||
''Index des contrats de mariage, 1780–1930 (Marriage Contract Index, 1780–1930)''. [Sainte-Foy, Qué.]: Archives nationales du Québec, 1986. (On 90 Family History Library | ''Index des contrats de mariage, 1780–1930 (Marriage Contract Index, 1780–1930)''. [Sainte-Foy, Qué.]: Archives nationales du Québec, 1986. (On 90 Family History Library {{FHL|679861|title-id|disp=fiche 6334283}}.) Text in French. | ||
Indexes or inventories of some notaries' records are in: | Indexes or inventories of some notaries' records are in: | ||
''Instruments de recherche des registres notariaux (Finding Aids for Notarial Records)''. [Sainte-Foy, Qué.]: Archives nationales du Québec, [1981–1984]. (On 2,548 Family History Library | ''Instruments de recherche des registres notariaux (Finding Aids for Notarial Records)''. [Sainte-Foy, Qué.]: Archives nationales du Québec, [1981–1984]. (On 2,548 Family History Library {{FHL|6333604|film|disp=fiche beginning with fiche 6333604.}}) Most of the inventories are in French. | ||
Abstracts and partial indexes of some notarial records before 1760 are in: | Abstracts and partial indexes of some notarial records before 1760 are in: | ||
Archives nationales du Québec. ''Inventaire des greffes des notaires du Régime Français. (Inventory of Notarial Records of the French Régime.)'' 27 Volumes. Québec, Canada: Éditeur officiel du Québec, 1943–1976. (Family History Library | Archives nationales du Québec. ''Inventaire des greffes des notaires du Régime Français. (Inventory of Notarial Records of the French Régime.)'' 27 Volumes. Québec, Canada: Éditeur officiel du Québec, 1943–1976. (Family History Library {{FHL|971.4 N3q|disp=book 971.4 N3q}}.) Text in French. Includes the records of 81 notaries in the province before 1760. | ||
'''Compact Disc Index.''' Complete indexes to all notarial records before 1765 are available on compact disc (CD-ROM). The indexes are at a few archives and libraries in the province of Québec and at the Archives nationales du Québec in Montréal. | '''Compact Disc Index.''' Complete indexes to all notarial records before 1765 are available on compact disc (CD-ROM). The indexes are at a few archives and libraries in the province of Québec and at the Archives nationales du Québec in Montréal. | ||
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*PARCHEMIN created the indexes as part of a project called Nouvel accès aux archives notariales du Québec ancien 1635–1885 (New Access to Notarial Archives for Old Québec 1635–1885). The project plans to index every notarial record to 1885. It is based at the national archives branch in Montréal. (For the address, see Centre d'archives de Montréal in [[Quebec Archives and Libraries]].) Information about the project is in: | *PARCHEMIN created the indexes as part of a project called Nouvel accès aux archives notariales du Québec ancien 1635–1885 (New Access to Notarial Archives for Old Québec 1635–1885). The project plans to index every notarial record to 1885. It is based at the national archives branch in Montréal. (For the address, see Centre d'archives de Montréal in [[Quebec Archives and Libraries]].) Information about the project is in: | ||
*Lafortune, Hélène. ''Parchemin s'explique: guide du dépouillement des actes notariés du Québec ancien''. (PARCHEMIN Explained: Guide to the Extraction Project for the Notarial Records of Old Québec.) Montréal, Québec, Canada: Société de recherche historique Archiv-Histo, 1989. (Family History Library | *Lafortune, Hélène. ''Parchemin s'explique: guide du dépouillement des actes notariés du Québec ancien''. (PARCHEMIN Explained: Guide to the Extraction Project for the Notarial Records of Old Québec.) Montréal, Québec, Canada: Société de recherche historique Archiv-Histo, 1989. (Family History Library {{FHL|582269|title-id|disp=book 971.4 N32L}}.) Text in French. | ||
'''Other aids'''. Legal terms used in notarial records are defined on pages 81–96 of Parchemin s'explique (see above). | '''Other aids'''. Legal terms used in notarial records are defined on pages 81–96 of Parchemin s'explique (see above). | ||
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A discussion of handwriting and abbreviations is: | A discussion of handwriting and abbreviations is: | ||
*Lafortune, Marcel. ''Initiation à la paléographie franco-canadienne: les écritures des notaires aux XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles (Introduction to French-Canadian Paleography: The Handwriting of the Notaries in the 17th and 18th Centuries).'' Three Volumes. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Société de recherche historique Archiv-Histo, 1982–88. (Family History Library | *Lafortune, Marcel. ''Initiation à la paléographie franco-canadienne: les écritures des notaires aux XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles (Introduction to French-Canadian Paleography: The Handwriting of the Notaries in the 17th and 18th Centuries).'' Three Volumes. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Société de recherche historique Archiv-Histo, 1982–88. (Family History Library {{FHL|971.4 G3L|disp=book 971.4 G3L}}.) Text in French. | ||
See [[Canada Notarial Records]] for further information. | See [[Canada Notarial Records]] for further information. | ||