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

Known Issues
Question #1: Is there a list of browse points where the records are mislabeled or are not in sequential order? Answer #1: The following are known instances of records being mislabeled or not being in the order one would expect:


 * 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.
 * Montréal &gt; La Visitation-du-Sault-au-Récollet &gt; Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1845-1873 are from Franklin &gt; Saint-Antoine-Abbé. The records for Montréal &gt; La Visitation-du-Sault-au-Récollet &gt; Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1845-1873 have been inadvertently omitted from the online records. The records are on film 1018217 and can be ordered to a FamilySearch Center.
 * 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-Edouard &gt; Saint-Edouard records are from Saint-Edouard-de-Lotbinière.
 * Saint-Edouard &gt; Saint-Edouard-de-Saint-Georges records are from Saint-Edouard-de-Napierville
 * 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 browse point but they are not in chronological order. They are in reverse chronological order until 1874 then they start at 1866 at image 49
 * Saint-Marc &gt; Saint-Marc-de-Cournoyer has records for Saint-Marc-Sur-Richelieu. Saint-Marc-de-Cournoyer is also known as Saint-Marc-Sur-Richelieu.

Question #2: Is there a list missing records? Answer #2: The following is a list of known cases where records were missed in filming or are not available:


 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Percé &gt; Saint-Michel-de-Percé &gt; Index, baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1801-1876 Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1801-1835. Only the index is available. The images images 289-573 from film 1018265 which can be ordered to a FamilySearch Center.
 * 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 can be ordered to a FamilySearch Center.
 * 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.

Question #3: Image 801 at the browse point Baie-des-Sables &gt; L'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame &gt;  Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1860-1884 is unreadable. Is there a legible copy? Answer #3: Unfortunately, that is the best image available at this time.

Question #4: Where can I see records for Hull or Gatineau, Quebec? Answer #4: 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 #5: Where can I see the records for Fort Coulonge, Quebec? Answer #5: FamilySearch does not have online records for Fort Coulonge but there are parish records available from the Family History Library. They are listed in the catalog and the films can be ordered to a FamilySearch Center.

Question #6: What happened to the records from films 1018093, 1018094 and 1311432 from the Eglise catholique, Archidiocèse de Québec (Québec) Answer #6: 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 #7: 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 #7: 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.

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