Quebec Civil Registration
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Background[edit | edit source]
- From 1679 to 1993, most vital records for Québec were copies of church records.
- The province required churches to send copies to government archives. On 1 January 1994, the government began to keep separate vital records. Vital records could be registered civilly without a church record as early as 1926. Beginning in the 1960s, many births and marriages were recorded only in civil registers.
How to Access the Records[edit | edit source]
Before 1900[edit | edit source]
Church records and civil copies of church records prior to 1900 are available on microfilm at the Family History Library and at several archives and libraries in North America. Learn more about Church Records.
After 1900[edit | edit source]
Vital records and civil copies of church records are confidential after 1900. Only a person named in the record, immediate family, or a legal representative may have access to civil registration and civil copies of church records after 1900. Civil records can be ordered online, by mail, or in person. For more information see: Directeur de l'état civil: Certificates and copies of acts. Application forms can be accessed and submitted here:
- Directeur de l'état civil
2535 Boulevard Laurier
Québec G1V 5C5
Canada
Phone: 1 418 644-0075
Email: etatcivil@dec.gouv.qc.ca
Website
Indexes[edit | edit source]
Some indexes to civil registration copies of church records are available. The indexes list only the name of the individual and the date and place of the event. Names of the parents or spouses are usually not given. For an index to notarial marriage contracts, see Quebec Notarial Records.
Indexes for Montréal[edit | edit source]
There are many different indexes for Montreal records that have been digitized: Canada, Québec, Île-de-Montréal, Montréal - Church records and Civil Registration - Indexes
Catholic Records in Montréal[edit | edit source]
A card index to the Catholic records is: Fichiers de l'état civil (District judiciaire de Montréal). Registres paroissiaux, 1648–1899 (Card Index of Baptisms, Marriages, Burials of Parishes of Montréal and Neighboring Rural Parishes, 1648–1899). Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1989–1991. (On 192 Family History Library films beginning with film 1614024.) Text in French.
Protestant Records in Montréal Online[edit | edit source]
- Index relié de baptêmes, mariages, sépultures non-catholiques, paroisses de Montréal et des paroisses rurales. Registres paroissiaux, 1760–1899 (Index of Baptisms, Marriages, Burials for Non-Catholics of Montréal and Neighboring Rural Parishes, 1760–1899). Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1991.
Indexes for the City of Québec[edit | edit source]
An index to civil copies of church records for the Protestants of the city of Québec and the surrounding area is: Index des baptêmes, mariages et sépultures des protestants de la région de Québec, ca. 1790–1875 (Index to Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials of Protestants in the Region of Québec about 1790–1875). [Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada]: Archives nationales du Québec, 1983. (On 182 Family History Library fiche 6334276.) Text in French. Indexes for other areas will be listed in the catalog when they become available. Even though these are indexes to records kept by the government, most of them will be listed in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under QUEBEC, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - CHURCH RECORDS - INDEXES.
Gretna Green marriage places[edit | edit source]
When a marriage was transacted in a jurisdiction that was not the residence of the parties being married, to avoid restrictions or procedures imposed by the parties' home jurisdiction, that place became a "Gretna Green."[1] When an eloping Quebec couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like:
- Crown Point, Essex, New York
- Ogdensburgh, St. Lawrence, New York
- Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York
- Buffalo, Erie, New York
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in Genealogy Blog at http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/ (accessed 8 January 2011).
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