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Roman Catholic parish registers are the most accurate and helpful of all the French Canadian genealogical sources. These registers contain christening, 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. | Roman Catholic parish registers are the most accurate and helpful of all the French Canadian genealogical sources. These registers contain christening, 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. | ||
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'''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 [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library 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. <u>[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start Canada, Quebec, Catholic Parish Registars]</u>--This collection is availble for free on FamilySearch Record Search Pilot Site. For a description of this collection see wiki article [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Canada%2C_Quebec_Catholic_Parish_Registars Canada, Quebec Catholic Parish Registars] | '''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 [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library 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. <u>[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start Canada, Quebec, Catholic Parish Registars]</u>--This collection is availble for free on FamilySearch Record Search Pilot Site. For a description of this collection see wiki article [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Canada%2C_Quebec_Catholic_Parish_Registars Canada, Quebec Catholic Parish Registars] | ||
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=== '''ORIGINAL COPIES OF CHURCH RECORDS''' === | === '''ORIGINAL COPIES OF CHURCH RECORDS''' === | ||
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<br>'''RESTRICTED INFORMATION: ''' Because of rights-of-privacy laws, the public does not have access to civil copies of parish registers from 1900 to the present. However, you may be able to get an extract from the original parish register. Send the request to the parish that created the record. Parish addresses are listed in: *Annuaire de l'Église Catholique au Canada = Canadian Catholic Church Directory. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Publicité B. M., annual. (Family History Library {{FHL|971 K24a|disp=book 971 K24a}}.) Due to lack of staff and because of new policies, access to information from original church records may also be restricted. | <br>'''RESTRICTED INFORMATION: ''' Because of rights-of-privacy laws, the public does not have access to civil copies of parish registers from 1900 to the present. However, you may be able to get an extract from the original parish register. Send the request to the parish that created the record. Parish addresses are listed in: *Annuaire de l'Église Catholique au Canada = Canadian Catholic Church Directory. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Publicité B. M., annual. (Family History Library {{FHL|971 K24a|disp=book 971 K24a}}.) Due to lack of staff and because of new policies, access to information from original church records may also be restricted. | ||
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'''REQUESTING INFORMATION''' | '''REQUESTING INFORMATION''' | ||
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When requesting information by mail from Roman Catholic parishes in Québec, you are more likely to be successful if your letter is brief and very specific. See the [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/France_Letter_Writing_Guide French Letter-Writing Guide ] for details. | When requesting information by mail from Roman Catholic parishes in Québec, you are more likely to be successful if your letter is brief and very specific. See the [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/France_Letter_Writing_Guide French Letter-Writing Guide ] for details. | ||
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Some of the parishes of Québec and the counties to which they belong are in Répertoire toponymique du Québec (see [[Quebec Gazetteers]]). 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 . . .)''. Arthabaska, Québec, Canada: Imprimerie d'Arthabaska, 1925. (Family History Library {{FHL|971.4 E5m|disp=book 971.4 E5m; fiche 6016524–28.)}} Text in French. Indexes to civil copies of church records for the Island of Montréal and for the city of Québec are described in [[Quebec Vital Records]]. Genealogical dictionaries based on Catholic church records are described in the "Genealogy" section. If an ancestor disappears from the parish registers, he may have gone into the fur trade. For information about fur trade records, see [[Quebec Business Records and Commerce]]. | Some of the parishes of Québec and the counties to which they belong are in Répertoire toponymique du Québec (see [[Quebec Gazetteers]]). 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 . . .)''. Arthabaska, Québec, Canada: Imprimerie d'Arthabaska, 1925. (Family History Library {{FHL|971.4 E5m|disp=book 971.4 E5m; fiche 6016524–28.)}} Text in French. Indexes to civil copies of church records for the Island of Montréal and for the city of Québec are described in [[Quebec Vital Records]]. Genealogical dictionaries based on Catholic church records are described in the "Genealogy" section. If an ancestor disappears from the parish registers, he may have gone into the fur trade. For information about fur trade records, see [[Quebec Business Records and Commerce]]. | ||
== '''INDEXES TO CATHOLIC MARRIAGE RECORDS''' == | == '''INDEXES TO CATHOLIC MARRIAGE RECORDS''' == | ||