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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. | ||
''' | '''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 [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog 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. [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog <u>Canada, Quebec, Catholic Parish Registars</u>]--This collection is availble for free on FamilySearch Record Search Pilot Site. | ||
[[Canada, Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | [[Canada, Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | ||
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The types of records include baptisms, marriages, and burials as well as confirmations, dispensations, censuses, statements of readmission to the church, and so on. They are written mainly in French, as well as English, Latin, and Italian. | The types of records include baptisms, marriages, and burials as well as confirmations, dispensations, censuses, statements of readmission to the church, and so on. They are written mainly in French, as well as English, Latin, and Italian. | ||
=== | === Original Copies of Church Records === | ||
The original civil copies of most parish registers are held in the regional branches of the Archives Nationales du Québec. Extracts of the records before 1900 can be requested. Application forms are available at any regional branch. Send the completed form to the branch holding the records. See [[Quebec Archives and Libraries]] for more information and addresses of the regional branches. The civil copies of most parish 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.] They are arranged by parish, then by year or groups of years. Most records have an index at the end of each year or group of years. 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 original civil copies of most parish registers are held in the regional branches of the Archives Nationales du Québec. Extracts of the records before 1900 can be requested. Application forms are available at any regional branch. Send the completed form to the branch holding the records. See [[Quebec Archives and Libraries]] for more information and addresses of the regional branches. The civil copies of most parish 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.] They are arranged by parish, then by year or groups of years. Most records have an index at the end of each year or group of years. 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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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 == | ||