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Information missing from church records may be found in censuses; in land records; or in marriage contracts, wills, and deeds included with notarial records. To find birth, marriage, and burial records of non-Catholic groups, look in:  
Information missing from church records may be found in censuses; in land records; or in marriage contracts, wills, and deeds included with notarial records. To find birth, marriage, and burial records of non-Catholic groups, look in:  


*Broadhurst, R. Neil. ''A Checklist of Registers of Protestant and Jewish Congregations in Québec''. Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Kintracers, 1994.[https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog (Family History Library] book 971.4 K23br.) It includes a brief history of non-Catholic groups in Québec. Civil copies of Protestant records before 1900 have been microfilmed. The microfilms are available at the [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog Family History Library] and at major archives and libraries in Canada and New England.
*Broadhurst, R. Neil. ''A Checklist of Registers of Protestant and Jewish Congregations in Québec''. Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Kintracers, 1994.[https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog&catSearchType=title (Family History Library] book 971.4 K23br.) It includes a brief history of non-Catholic groups in Québec. Civil copies of Protestant records before 1900 have been microfilmed. The microfilms are available at the [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog&catSearchType=film_number Family History Library] and at major archives and libraries in Canada and New England.


The civil copies of many Protestant records were microfilmed by the Institut généalogique Drouin through about 1940. These microfilm have now been scanned and are available at [http://www.ancestry.com/ www.ancestry.ca.]  Ancestry has also indexed the records, but the indexes presently do not allow soundex searches or searches for parents' names. It is possible to access the records by parish, then by year or groups of years, without using the indexes.  
The civil copies of many Protestant records were microfilmed by the Institut généalogique Drouin through about 1940. These microfilm have now been scanned and are available at [http://www.ancestry.com/ www.ancestry.ca.]  Ancestry has also indexed the records, but the indexes presently do not allow soundex searches or searches for parents' names. It is possible to access the records by parish, then by year or groups of years, without using the indexes.  
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