Canada, Quebec, Quebec Federation of Genealogical Societies, Family Origins - FamilySearch Historical Records

Canada Quebec

What is in the Collection?
The collection is an index of birth, marriage, and death records of French and other foreign immigrants who settled in old Quebec from 1621 to 1865.

These records are in English and French. For help with reading the records, see the following resources:
 * French Wordlist
 * French Handwriting Help

What Can this Collection Tell Me?
Birth records may contain the following information: Marriage records may contain the following information: Death records may contain the following information:
 * Birth date
 * Name at birth
 * Parents’ names
 * Location of birth
 * Marriage date
 * Name of bride and groom
 * Age of bride and groom
 * Location of marriage
 * Death date
 * Name of deceased
 * Age at death
 * Location of death

How Do I Search the Collection?
To begin your search it is helpful to know:
 * The name of your ancestor.
 * The place where your ancestor lived.
 * The approximate age of your ancestor.
 * The names of family members and their relationships.

Search by Name by visiting the Collection Page: Fill in the requested information in the initial search page. This search will return a list of possible matches. Compare the information about the ancestors in the list to what you already know about your ancestors to determine if this is the correct family or person. You may need to compare the information about more than one person to find your ancestor.

What Do I Do Next?
When you have located your ancestor’s genealogical record, carefully evaluate each piece of information about them. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors.

I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

 * Use the age at marriage or death to estimate a birth date.
 * When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct.

I Can't Find Who I'm Looking for, What Now?

 * Be aware that, as with any index, transcription errors may occur.
 * Check for variant spellings of the names.
 * Search the records of nearby localities.

Citing this Collection
Citing your sources makes it easy for others to find and evaluate the records you used. When you copy information from a record, list where you found that information. Here you can find citations already created for the entire collection and for each individual record or image. Collection citation: Record citation (or citation for the index entry):