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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 the "Archives and Libraries" section of this outline for more information and addresses of the regional branches.  
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 the "Archives and Libraries" section of this outline 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.&nbsp;&nbsp; These microfilm have now been scanned and are available at [[Www.ancestry.ca|www.ancestry.ca]].&nbsp;&nbsp; They are arranged by parish, then by year or groups of years.&nbsp;&nbsp; Most records have an index at the end of each year or group of years.&nbsp; Ancestry has indexed the records beginning in 1850.&nbsp;&nbsp; The indexes presently do not allow soundex searches or searches for parents' names, but still are very useful.&nbsp;&nbsp; The earlier records are projected to be indexed some time during 2008.&nbsp; It is possible to access the records by parish, then by year or groups of years, without using the indexes.<br>
The civil copies of most parish records were microfilmed by the Institut généalogique Drouin through about 1940.&nbsp;&nbsp; These microfilm have now been scanned and are available at [[Www.ancestry.ca|www.ancestry.ca]].&nbsp;&nbsp; They are arranged by parish, then by year or groups of years.&nbsp;&nbsp; Most records have an index at the end of each year or group of years.&nbsp; Ancestry has also indexed the records, but the indexes presently do not allow soundex searches or searches for parents' names.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is possible to access the records by parish, then by year or groups of years, without using the indexes.<br>  


For earlier records (1621 through 1799), the University of Montreal's [http://www.genealogie.umontreal.ca/en/accesLibreBD.htm#RepertoireDesActes Quebec and French Canadian Genealogy Database] is a paid subscription service that allows users to instantly search all registers. The university (for research into demography) has each person numbered and all appearances of each individual (subject, witness, parent, child, etc.) are linked together.  
For earlier records (1621 through 1799), the University of Montreal's [http://www.genealogie.umontreal.ca/en/accesLibreBD.htm#RepertoireDesActes Quebec and French Canadian Genealogy Database] is a paid subscription service that allows users to instantly search all registers. The university (for research into demography) has each person numbered and all appearances of each individual (subject, witness, parent, child, etc.) are linked together.


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