Those with Quebec ancestors are lucky in the fact there are a tremendous amount of church records digitized online. This is especially true for Catholic ancestors. But if you\’re having trouble finding a record, you might want to look at Family Search\’s browse only collection Quebec Index to Civil Copy of Church Records, 1642-1902.
One of the unique things about the province is that churches supplied the entries for government civil registration. This continued until well past when other Provincial governments had their own forms. This collection contains the indexes to the civil copies of the baptisms, marriages and burials in the province from 1642 to 1902. there are over 1.3 million images in the collection. They are in French, but the Family Search wiki provides some guides:
- Catholic
- Catholic and Non Catholic
- Non Catholic
- County and City or Town
- Record Type – Baptism, Marriage, or Burial
- Name Range, Year Range, Archival Number
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- Date of baptism, marriage, or burial
- Place of baptism, marriage, or burial
- Residence
- Baby\’s name
- Bride/ Groom names
- Deceased\’s name
- Parents\’ names
- Names of witnesses
- Cause of death
- Date of birth or death
- Occupation
- Baptisms Index
- Baptisms Index (Alphabetical)
- Baptisms Index (Chronological)
- Burials Index (Alphabetical)
- Marriages Index (Alphabetical)
- Marriages Index (Females)
- Marriages Index (Males)
Each section is further divided into the name range, year range and reference number. Most of the index cards appear to be hand written, but there are a few typed ones as well. Here\’s one for a marriage:
Catholic and Non Catholic
This section covers only the Judicial District of Saint-Francois. It is further divided into 3 sections:
- Births Index (Alphabetical)
- Deaths Index (Alphabetical)
- Marriages Index (Alphabetical)
The cards in this section look more like standard forms, where the writer can just fill in the required information. The digitizing for this section isn\’t the best, but it\’s still fairly readable. Here\’s a birth record:
Ile-de-Montréal, Lapraire, Chambly, Vaudreuil-Soulanges counties
- Baptisms Index (Alphabetical)
- Burials Index (Alphabetical)
- Marriages Index (Females)
- Marriages Index (Males)
Judicial District of Beauharnois
- Baptisms Index (Alphabetical)
- Burials Index (Alphabetical)
- Marriages Index (Alphabetical)
- Baptisms Index (Divided alphabetically and by year)
Finding Your Canadian Story 
We have transcribed and made searchable all these records for the Non- Catholic district of Bedford. We have also transcribed most of the Family Search Quebec, Non-Catholic Parish Registers, 1763-1967 Visit out blog Missisquoi Genealogy https://missisquoigenealogy.blogspot.com/and browse here:http://missisquoigenealogy2.blogspot.com/2015/11/quebec-index-to-civil-county-church_88.htmlThanks Nancy Missisquoigenealogy {@} gmail.com
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Thanks for the links Nancy!
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