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Québec Research Outline |
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Table of Contents
Québec Search Strategies
Records At The Family History Library
The Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Biography
Business Records And Commerce
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
Historical Geography
History
Land And Property
Language And Languages
Military Records
Names, Personal
Native Races
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Notarial Records
Periodicals
Probate Records
Societies
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
Loiselle Marriage Index
Appendix A
The Rivest Marriage Index
Organization Of The Index
How To Use The Index
Names And Film Numbers
Tanguay's Genealogical Dictionary
Information In The Dictionary
Organization Of The Dictionary
Common Terms And Abbreviations
Names And Film Numbers
How To Read An Entry
Finding An Immigrant Ancestor
Miscellaneous Situations
Other Information In The Dictionary
ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES The following archives
The National Library of Canada is located in the same building as the headquarters of the National Archives of Canada. Many useful books for researching Québec families are located in the National Library.
Some records at the National Archives of Canada are not available at the Family History Library. Microfilm copies of those records can be borrowed from the public and college libraries in Canada and the United States that participate in interlibrary loan
Schroder, Gary. “The Montreal Municipal Library `Salle Gagnon.'” Connections 18, no. 4 (June 1966): 5–7.
A major collection of records dealing with the Anglo-Protestant settlement of the Eastern Townships is at:
Most original records for the Province of Québec before 1900 are at the nine branches of the Archives nationales du Québec listed below. Although microfilm copies of some records are held by all branches, there is no one central repository. Each specializes in a region. Only some of the counties included in each branch are listed below. Regional boundaries do not match county boundaries exactly. Contact the branch nearest the place where your ancestor lived. If you write, ask them to forward your letter if necessary. General questions about the Archives nationales du Québec should be addressed to the branch in Sainte-Foy.
Computers with modems
You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Québec in a variety of sources at local, provincial, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost. Addresses on the Internet change frequently. As of September 1997, the following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:
The Family History Library and some Family History Centers have computers with FamilySearch™. FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources
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and libraries have collections or services helpful to genealogical researchers:
395 Wellington Street
When the Dominion of Canada
Ottawa ON CANADA K1A 0N3
Telephone: 613-996-7458
was created in 1867, the old Province of Canada was split into two parts—the provinces of Québec and Ontario. The National Archives of Canada has many records for the Province of Canada (1841–1867) and its parent provinces—Lower Canada and Upper Canada. These include censuses and land records.
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Bibliothèque de la Ville de Montréal
The Salle Gagnon is the genealogical room at the City Library of Montréal. It has one of the largest collections in North America of French Canadian genealogical material, both books and microfilm. A brief overview of the collection is:
Street Address: 1210 rue Sherbrooke est
Mail Address: Bureau 400, rue d'Iberville
Montréal QC CANADA H2G 3E4
Telephone: 514-872-5579
Bishop's University
Lennoxville QC CANADA J1M 1Z7
Telephone: 819-822-9606
Fax: 819-822-9644
Quebec National Archives Branches
1210 avenue du Séminaire
C.P. 10450
Sainte-Foy QC CANADA G1V 4N1
Telephone: 418-643-8904
Fax: 418-646-0868
Includes the east central counties of Beauce, Bellechasse, Charlevoix, Kamouraska, Lévis, L'Islet, Lotbinière, Montmagny, Montmorency, Portneuf, Québec, Rivière-du-Loup, and parts of others.
1945 rue Mullins
Montréal QC CANADA H3K 1N9
Telephone: 514-873-3065
Fax: 514-873-2980
Includes the island of Montréal and the west central counties of Argenteuil, Bagot, Beauharnois, Berthier, Chambly, Chateauguay, Deux-Montagnes, Huntingdon, Iberville, Joliette, Labelle, Laprairie, L'Assomption, Napierville, Richelieu, Rouville, Saint-Hyacinthe, Soulanges, Terrebonne, Vaudreuil, Verchères, Yamaska, and parts of others.
337 rue Moreault
Rimouski QC CANADA G5L 1P4
Telephone: 418-727-3500
Fax: 418-727-3824
Includes Rimouski County and eastward.
930 rue Jacques-Cartier est, local C-103
Chicoutimi QC CANADA G7H 2A9
Telephone: 418-698-3516
Fax: 418-698-3522
Includes the counties of Chicoutimi and Lac St-Jean.
225 rue des Forges, bureau 208
Trois-Rivières QC CANADA G9A 2G7
Telephone: 819-371-6015
Fax: 819-371-6999
Includes the counties of Arthabaska, Champlain, Drummond, Nicolet, Saint-Maurice, and Trois-Rivières.
740 rue Galt ouest
Sherbrooke QC CANADA J1H 1Z3
Telephone: 819-820-3010
Fax: 819-820-3930
Includes the Eastern Townships area around Sherbrooke and Granby, and the counties of Brome, Compton, Frontenac, Missisquoi, Richmond, Shefford, Sherbrooke, Stanstead.
170 rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville
Hull QC CANADA J8X 4C2
Telephone: 819-772-3010
Fax: 819-772-3950
Includes the counties of Gatineau, Hull, Papineau, Pontiac, and more.
27 rue du Terminus ouest
Rouyn-Noranda QC CANADA J9X 2P3
Telephone: 819-762-4484
Fax: 819-764-6480
Includes the counties of Abitibi and Témiscamingue and the area northward.
700 boulevard Laure, bureau 190
Sept-Iles QC CANADA G4R 1Y1
Telephone: 418-962-3434
Fax: 418-962-6500
Includes Saguenay County.
Organizations listed in the “Societies” section of this outline have their own libraries. Major church archives are discussed in the “Church Records” section. Some of the sources you will want to use are also available in other major archives and libraries in Canada and in the United States.
Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards
are important tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial on-line services help family history researchers:
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and lecture sessions.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~canqc/index.htm
A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, province, and country.
http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/canada.html
To get started with computer network research regarding Québec, contact the following:
A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3500/et.html
Historical and genealogical society addresses and county-by-county list of censuses, church records, and other publications.
http://www.cam.org/~beaur/gen/welcome.html
Genealogy of French-speaking people. Includes repository addresses, links to other sites, regional helps, and discussion groups.
http://genealogy.about.com/hobbies/genealogy/msubcanada.htm
For further details about using computer networks, bulletin boards, and news groups
Links to over 20 Internet sites.
for family history research, see the United States Research Outline (30972), 2nd ed., “Archives and Libraries” section.
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