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Because the past is a foreign country, you will need maps.<ref>Archives cartographiques et architecturales (Quebec City: Archives Nationales du Quebec, 1990) lists the maps and plans held at the ANQ. A useful source of what exists.</ref> Not just modern road maps, but maps of the period you are researching, ones that show the political divisions (townships, counties, judicial districts) and at least one relief map that shows the hills, lakes and river valleys that divide Québec into its geographic regions. | Because the past is a foreign country, you will need maps.<ref>Archives cartographiques et architecturales (Quebec City: Archives Nationales du Quebec, 1990) lists the maps and plans held at the ANQ. A useful source of what exists.</ref> Not just modern road maps, but maps of the period you are researching, ones that show the political divisions (townships, counties, judicial districts) and at least one relief map that shows the hills, lakes and river valleys that divide Québec into its geographic regions. | ||
Because someone was born or spent some years in one of the above regions does not mean they remained there. The “English” moved for many reasons: to avoid seigneurial land, to find a better farm, nicer apartment, cheaper flat, lower taxes, better access to schools, or jobs. Half the battle is in tracking the family you are researching from one census to the next. | Because someone was born or spent some years in one of the above regions does not mean they remained there. The “English” moved for many reasons: to avoid seigneurial land, to find a better farm, nicer apartment, cheaper flat, lower taxes, better access to schools, or jobs. Half the battle is in tracking the family you are researching from one census to the next. | ||
==== Quebec Catholic Parishes ==== | |||
A useful research tool is the [https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/lafrance/map Map of Quebec's Catholic Parishes up to 1918]. It includes the year the parish was founded. | |||
=== Map of Northern Québec === | === Map of Northern Québec === | ||