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Record Description
Record Type	Church Records
Collection years	1621-1979
Languages	French, Latin
Title in the Language	Québec catholiques registres paroissiaux
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www.habitantheritage.org/french-canadian_resources/parish_records French-Canadian Heritage Society
Parish Registers Entries Translations
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Various Catholic Church Diocesan Archives, country-wide, Canada

What is in This Collection?

This collection contains Catholic Parish records for the years 1621-1979.

This collection contains images of Catholic parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials. the records include some confirmations and some index entries for Montréal and Trois-Rivières.

The great majority of registers have been well preserved by both Church and state institutions. A few have been destroyed by fire. Because the registers were made in duplicate, a copy may exist even if one was destroyed. Some of the information in the registers has been published.

The earliest, covering events through 1760 and including information from records that no longer exist, is Cyprien Tanguay's Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes (Genealogical Dictionary of French Canadian Families). A supplement volume is J. Arthur Leboeuf’s “Complément au Dictionnaire Tanguay” (“Supplement to Tanguay’s Dictionary”), which is still in print.

Reading These Records

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To Browse This Collection

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

Baptism records usually include: Date and parish of baptism Name and gender of child Child's date and place of birth Names of parents, including mother's maiden name Names of godparents

Marriage records usually include: Date and place of marriage Name and age of groom Names of groom's parents and their residence Name and age of bride Names of bride's parents and their residence Whether parents are living or deceased

Burial records usually include: Name, age and gender of deceased Burial date and place/parish of burial Name of spouse if deceased was married Names of parents if deceased is a minor

Collection Content

Sample Images

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  Baptism

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  Marriage

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  Burial

How Do I Search This Collection?

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What Do I Do Next?

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

• Cite the record. See below for help citing this collection

• Use the information you have found to find the person in census records
• Church Records often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

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  • A woman may have returned to her maiden name after the death of her husband

Record Finder

• Consult the Quebec Record Finder Table to find other records

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Collection Citation

"Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979." Database with Images. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.

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