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:#Acadia French Catholic Church Records, 1670-1946  
:#Acadia French Catholic Church Records, 1670-1946  
:#Quebec Notarial Records, 1647-1942  
:#Quebec Notarial Records, 1647-1942  
:#Miscellaneous French Records, 1651-1941.
:#Miscellaneous French Records, 1651-1941.  
:For details about this six databases, see [[The Drouin Collection: Six databases|The Drouin Collection: Six databases]].
:For details about this six databases, see [[The Drouin Collection: Six databases|The Drouin Collection: Six databases]].


*Loiselle, Antonin. ''Index to Many Marriages of the Province of Québec and Adjacent Areas''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. (On 174 [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library] films beginning with film # 543721. This Loiselle Index lists more than a million marriages. It covers about 70 percent of Québec Catholic marriages to 1900, with a few as late as the 1960s. It also includes a few parishes outside Québec where there were large settlements of French Canadians, such as Madawaska County, New Brunswick, and Manchester, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire.  
*Loiselle, Antonin. ''Index to Many Marriages of the Province of Québec and Adjacent Areas''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. (On 174 [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog Family History Library] films beginning with film # 543721. This Loiselle Index lists more than a million marriages. It covers about 70 percent of Québec Catholic marriages to 1900, with a few as late as the 1960s. It also includes a few parishes outside Québec where there were large settlements of French Canadians, such as Madawaska County, New Brunswick, and Manchester, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire.  
*Loiselle, Antonin. ''Index alphabétique des mariages de certaines paroisses du Québec'' ''(Alphabetical Index to Marriages in Certain Parishes of Québec)''. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Ville de Montréal, 1988. ([http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library] film #s 1571024-74.) The text is in French. There is a supplement to the original Loiselle Index. It extends the original geographical coverage to the Montréal region, the Ottawa River Valley in both Québec and Ontario, and to a few parishes in western Canada.
*Loiselle, Antonin. ''Index alphabétique des mariages de certaines paroisses du Québec'' ''(Alphabetical Index to Marriages in Certain Parishes of Québec)''. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Ville de Montréal, 1988. [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog (Family History Library] film #s 1571024-74.) The text is in French. There is a supplement to the original Loiselle Index. It extends the original geographical coverage to the Montréal region, the Ottawa River Valley in both Québec and Ontario, and to a few parishes in western Canada.


:The ''Loiselle Index'' and its supplement have two cards for each marriage—one for the husband and one for the wife. Each card lists the date and place of the marriage, the names of both spouses, and the names of both spouses' parents, or the name of the previous spouse. See [[Loiselle Marriage Index|Appendix A for instructions for using the Loiselle index and the Loiselle supplement]].
:The ''Loiselle Index'' and its supplement have two cards for each marriage—one for the husband and one for the wife. Each card lists the date and place of the marriage, the names of both spouses, and the names of both spouses' parents, or the name of the previous spouse. See [[Loiselle Marriage Index|Appendix A for instructions for using the Loiselle index and the Loiselle supplement]].


*A smaller index than the Loiselle Collection is: Rivest, Lucien. ''Index to Marriages of Québec and Adjacent Areas 1670–1964''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973. (On 41 [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library] films beginning with film 933143.  It lists 230,000 Catholic marriages in 13 counties northwest and northeast of Montréal, alphabetical by the bride's maiden surname.   
*A smaller index than the Loiselle Collection is: Rivest, Lucien. ''Index to Marriages of Québec and Adjacent Areas 1670–1964''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973. (On 41 [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog Family History Library] films beginning with film 933143.  It lists 230,000 Catholic marriages in 13 counties northwest and northeast of Montréal, alphabetical by the bride's maiden surname.   
*Other indexes of marriages are: ''Mariages de Québec (Marriages of Québec)''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984. (On 30 [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library] films beginning with film # 1381846.) The text is in French. It is a small but important index. It lists Catholic marriages to 1970 in the Eastern Townships region southeast of Montréal. It is alphabetical by the groom's name.  
*Other indexes of marriages are: ''Mariages de Québec (Marriages of Québec)''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984. (On 30[https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog Family History Library] films beginning with film # 1381846.) The text is in French. It is a small but important index. It lists Catholic marriages to 1970 in the Eastern Townships region southeast of Montréal. It is alphabetical by the groom's name.  
*''The Collection Fabien, National Archives of Canada series MG 25, G 231,'' includes Catholic marriages from 1657 to 1974 in counties surrounding Montréal (54 films) and both the Québec and Ontario sides of the Ottawa River Valley (25 films). The text is in French.
*''The Collection Fabien, National Archives of Canada series MG 25, G 231,'' includes Catholic marriages from 1657 to 1974 in counties surrounding Montréal (54 films) and both the Québec and Ontario sides of the Ottawa River Valley (25 films). The text is in French.


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:Part Two (65 volumes) list marriages alphabetically by the bride's surname. It gives information similar to the information in the Loiselle Collection.  
:Part Two (65 volumes) list marriages alphabetically by the bride's surname. It gives information similar to the information in the Loiselle Collection.  
:The [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library] has a microfiche edition of the Répertoire Drouin.  Part One begins with fiche 6202704.  Part two begins with fiche 6203266. Each part contains two alphabetical listings. Since there is some overlap in the years covered by each listing, both listings should be consulted.  
:The [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog Family History Library] has a microfiche edition of the Répertoire Drouin.  Part One begins with fiche 6202704.  Part two begins with fiche 6203266. Each part contains two alphabetical listings. Since there is some overlap in the years covered by each listing, both listings should be consulted.  
:Copies are available at the National Library of Canada in Ottawa, at the Salle Gagnon of the Bibliothèque de la Ville de Montréal, and at a few other libraries. Marriage records of many parishes have been compiled and published. These compilations are available at branches of the Archives Nationales du Québec, the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library ]in Salt Lake City, and at many major libraries in Canada and northeastern and midwestern states.
:Copies are available at the National Library of Canada in Ottawa, at the Salle Gagnon of the Bibliothèque de la Ville de Montréal, and at a few other libraries. Marriage records of many parishes have been compiled and published. These compilations are available at branches of the Archives Nationales du Québec, the [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog Family History Library ]in Salt Lake City, and at many major libraries in Canada and northeastern and midwestern states.


If a church marriage record cannot be found, look in the '''notarial records''' for a marriage contract. About two-thirds of the marriages before the mid-1800s had marriage contracts. See the "Notarial Records"  
If a church marriage record cannot be found, look in the '''notarial records''' for a marriage contract. About two-thirds of the marriages before the mid-1800s had marriage contracts. See the "Notarial Records"  
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