Canada, Quebec, Quebec Judicial District, Guardianships - FamilySearch Historical Records

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Record Description
This collection contains images and indexes of guardianship records. In Québec, notaires or notaries have registered contracts since 1626, including guardianships and other probate records. Guardianship papers or tutelle et curatelle, are records about orphans and the conservation of their property. Québec notarial records are written in French. The persons involved in the contracts received the originals. The notaries kept copies. Notarial records are usually listed by the name of the notary and the dates he functioned. They are not normally indexed by the names of the persons involved in the contract. Notarial records are first sent to the judicial archives, but they are eventually deposited in the branches of the National Archive of Québec.

Record Content
Key genealogical facts found in this collection may include:


 * Name of the deceased
 * Names of children of the deceased
 * Names of other relatives of the deceased
 * Information about the guardian(s) of the children
 * Ages and relationships of witnesses

Related Websites
Archives nationales du Québec

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Quebec Notarial Records

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 * “Delaware Marriage Records,” database and digital images, FamilySearch ([]: 4 March 2011), William Anderson and Elizabeth Baynard Henry, 1890; from Delaware, State Marriage Records 23 November 1913, no. 859, Delaware Bureau of Archives and Records Management, Dover; FHL microfilm 2,025,063.
 * “El Salvador Civil Registration,” database and digital images, FamilySearch ([]: 21 March 2011), Jose Maria Antonio del Carmen, 1880; from La Libertad, San Juan Opico, Nacimientos 1879-1893, image 50; Ministerio Archivo Civil de la Alcaldia Municipal, San Salvador.

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Archives Nationales du Québec. Guardianships. Archives Nationales du Québec, Canada.