Canada, Quebec Catholic Parish Registers - FamilySearch Historical Records/Known Issues

Note
NOTE: For a way to determine what digital records are likely to be found within a collection or how to find missing images elsewhere, see Article 56000, Using Film Notes in the Catalog to determine the content of a final waypoint in Historical Records.

NOTE: Most missing records are available on microfilm which can be viewed at the FamilySearch Library or some FamilySearch Centers.

Question 1
Question 1: The Event Type and Year Range (waypoint) title does not properly reflect the actual digital record content. Is there a way to determine what digital records are likely to be found within a collection? Answer 1: The following list of known waypoint discrepancies describes the event type or year range that actually exist in this collection:


 * Châteauguay &gt; Saint-Joachim-de-Châteauguay &gt; Index, baptêmes 1736-1978 (Abado-Costano) contains the records for Index, baptêmes 1736-1978 (Cote-Fortier)
 * Châteauguay &gt; Saint-Joachim-de-Châteauguay &gt; Index, baptêmes 1736-1978 (Cote-Fortier) contains the records for Index, baptêmes 1736-1978 (Abado-Costano)
 * Cloridorme &gt; Sainte-Cécile-de-Cloridorme &gt; Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1874-1880 should read Cloridorme &gt; Sainte-Cécile-de-Cloridorme &gt; Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1873-1884. The following table shows the images and their corresponding years.


 * Louiseville &gt; Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup &gt; Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1755-1756 has records as follows:


 * Records from 1755 to 1756 are on images 1 – 25
 * Records from 1770 to 1787 are on images 26 – 284


 * Louiseville &gt; Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup &gt; Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1770-1817 has records from 1788 to 1817.
 * Saint-Edouard Québec &gt; Notre-Dame-de-Québec &gt; Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1793-1798, (See film notes for film 1289917). The records for years 1793-1794 follow the records for 1795-1796, beginning at image 188.
 * Saint-Anastasie &gt; Saint-Anastasie &gt; Saint-Anastasie-de-Nelson should be spelled Sainte-Anastasie &gt; Sainte-Anastasie-de-Nelson
 * Saint-Francois contains the records for Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans? Note that not all of the Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1679-1789 records are in chronological order, particularly images 400 to 450.
 * Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon &gt; Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures contains records up to 1809 as follows:


 * Records from 1766 to 1784 are on images 1-79.
 * Records from 1804 to 1809 are on images 79-228.
 * Records from 1784 to 1803 are on images 229-492.


 * Saint-Jean &gt; Saint-Jean-Baptiste has records from St Jean de l'Ile d'Orleans.
 * Saint-Julienne &gt; Sainte-Julienne-de-Rawdon should be spelled Sainte-Julienne &gt; Sainte-Julienne-de-Rawdon
 * Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf &gt; Saint-Léonard-de-Port-Maurice: These records are from Portneuf. The church of Saint-Léonard-de-Port-Maurice is not in Portneuf.
 * Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux &gt; Saint-Mathieu &gt; Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1866-1884. The 1866 – 1875 records are found at this waypoint but they are not in chronological order. They are in reverse chronological order until 1874 then they start at 1866 at image 49

Question 2
Question 2: Some records are missing. Where can they be viewed? Answer 2: See answers below for information about known missing records and their respective film numbers, if available, or alternate online location:


 * Baie-Saint-Paul &gt; Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul &gt; Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1877-1900. The records for January to February 1887 found on the Cinquieme feullet were missed in microfilming and are not available at FamilySearch. However, they can be viewed through Ancestry.com at no charge at a FamilySearch Center near you.
 * Baie-des-Sables &gt; L'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame &gt; Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1860-1884 &gt; Image 801 is unreadable.
 * Cap-d'Espoir &gt; Saint-Joseph-du-Cap-d'Espoir &gt; Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1867-1884? Images of septieme and huitieme feuillets (pages 7 and 8) should have been located between images 162 and 164 but were not filmed correctly. The images can be viewed through Ancestry.com at no charge at a FamilySearch Center near you.
 * Cookshire &gt; Saint-Camille-de-Cookshire &gt; Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1868-1876 &gt; Image 33 of 62 is missing pages 26 and 27.
 * La Malbaie &gt; Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie &gt; Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1850-1868? Pages 200 and 201 where missed in the filming process. The images can be viewed through Ancestry.com at no charge at a FamilySearch Center near you.
 * Maskinongé &gt; Saint-Joseph &gt; Baptêmes, mariages, sépul...757, 1773-1777, 1782-1822. Pages 16 and 17 for the year 1810 should be located between images 734 and 735 but are not and are not available at FamilySearch.
 * Mirabel &gt; Saint-Janvier-de-Blainville? the record for the years 1877-1887 are not available at Family Search. However, they can be viewed through Ancestry.com at no charge at a FamilySearch Center near you.
 * Saint-Benoît-Joseph-Labre (Amqui) in the county of Matapédia. Some of the locations from Film 1430873 have been inadvertently omitted from the online records. Film 1430873 may be viewed at various family history centers.
 * Saint-Cyrille &gt; Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover: The records for the years 1885 -1887 are missing and are not available at Family Search. However, they can be viewed through Ancestry.com at no charge at a FamilySearch Center near you.
 * Saint-Stanislas &gt; Saint-Stanislas &gt; Index, baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1787-1789, 1808-1876. The index for surnames starting with the letter “K” was not included in the microfilmed records and is not available at FamilySearch.
 * Saint-Tite-des-Caps &gt; Saint-Tite-des-Caps &gt; Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1877-1900. Feuillets deuxieme through onzieme where missed when filming the records for 1879. However, they can be viewed through Ancestry.com at no charge at a FamilySearch Center near you.
 * Sainte-Clothilde-de-Horton &gt; Sainte-Clothilde-de-Horton. The records for the years 1885 -1887 are missing and are not available at Family Search. However, they can be viewed through Ancestry.com at no charge at a FamilySearch Center near you.
 * Sainte-Famille &gt; Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans &gt; Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1758-1832. Page 215 following image 427 was missed in microfilming and is not available at FamilySearch. However, the same information from a different set of records is available at Ancestry.com and can be viewed at no charge at a FamilySearch Center near you.
 * Sainte-Ursule &gt; Sainte-Ursule &gt; Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1851-1882 &gt; Image 746 of 1883 is missing a pair of pages containing 1876 records of sépultures #17 - #20 and baptêmes #56 - #60. A copy of the records can be found at the waypoint Sainte-Ursule &gt; Sainte-Ursule &gt; Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1864-1876 &gt; Images 314 and 315 of 328.

Question 3
Question 3: Where can I see records for Hull or Gatineau, Quebec? Answer 3: The parish for Hull was opened in 1871 but the registers between 1871 and 1886 were burned. FamilySearch does not have online records after that date. Records in this collection for other parishes in Hull county are found at Cantley, Old Chelsea and Pointe-Gatineau. The site of the Institut Drouin at http://www.genealogiequebec.com includes all marriages for Hull up to 1911

Question 4
Question 4: What happened to the records from films 1018093, 1018094 and 1311432 from the Eglise catholique, Archidiocèse de Québec (Québec) Answer 4: These records were moved to Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979 &gt;Localités multiples &gt; Localités multiples &gt; Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1662-1848


 * Film 1018093 starts at image 1
 * Film 1018094 starts at image 524
 * Film 1311432 starts at image 1022

Question 5
Question 5: The records jump from 1770 to 1773 at image 319 Saint-Ours &gt; Immaculée-Conception &gt; Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1750-1789 but at image 321 they are back to 1770. Can you explain? Answer 5: Some pages have been filed out of order. The records that should fall in sequence at image 319 and 320 are found at images 409 and 410. The records found at images at 409 and 410 should be located at images 319 and 320.

Question 6
Question: Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1900 &gt; Saint-Philippe &gt;Saint-Philippe &gt; points to the parish of Ste. Genevieve-De-Batiscan instead to the parish of Saint-Philippe Answer: The Quebec Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1900 has several reported instances where parishes were placed inside the wrong town, or where parishes appear in more than one place, which makes searching the collection somewhat difficult. These are being gathered with the intention of reviewing the collection for a possible rework in the future. (example: Ste. Marie de Beauce, years of 1808-1844, are located with St. Joseph de Beauce records)


 * Go to the Canada, Quebec Catholic Parish Registers - FamilySearch Historical Records article
 * Go to the Canada, Quebec Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979 collection at FamilySearch.org