Ancestry last week updated its Quebec, Canada, Notarial Records, 1637-1935, collection. While the number of records, 16,529,462, remains the same, there are now more Actes — images of actual notarial records — to look at, instead of just the Répertoires — indexes.
This update is the result of images Ancestry received from its “archive partner,” Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ).
The archives had already provided Ancestry with the indexed records, but delivered images for 151 notaries. The lengthy list of these notaries that have additional images appears below.
It could be a coincidence, but the list of notaries corresponds with the images on BAnQ’s website. The difference with Ancestry’s collection of notarial records is that it is easier to search by the name of the parties named in the document, such as a couple in a marriage contract.
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To learn about Quebec’s notarial records, Ancestry has produced a very good research guide and a list of tips, which are free to subscribers and non-subscribers.
The following list is for Actes de notaires (notarial documents), unless otherwise stated, that BAnQ provided to Ancestry. (District de Roberval means District of Roberval.)
| District de Roberval. Dumais, Israël, 1874-1905 |
| District de Montréal. Turcotte, Albert-Charles, 1892-1899 |
| District de Roberval. Dufour dit Latour, Timothée, 1848-1910 |
| District de Saint-Hyacinthe. Saint-Germain, Horace-Venant, 1853-1889 |
| District de Bonaventure. Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne, 1865-1914 |
| District de Chicoutimi. Cloutier, Thomas-Zozyme, 1863-1905 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Dumoulin, Francois-Louis, 1800-1837 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Guillet, Louis, 1845-1880 |
| District de Québec (Quebec City). Typed and handwritten copies, 1626-1919 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Brunelle, Uldéric, 1862-1905 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Pratte, François-Xavier, 1844-1873 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Crebassa-Darminault, Narcille-Henry-Louis, 1860-1868 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Rinfret, Élie, 1842-1847, 1854-1878 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Rivard, Louis-Ludger, 1851-1868 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Saupin, Jean-Joseph, 1794-1798 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Camirand, Louis-Adolphe, 1868-1885 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Hart, Georges E. (Ézékiel), 1867-1883 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. David, Louis-Basile, 1833-1857 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Odet d’Orsonnens, Jean-Eraste, 1859-1870 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Olier, Damase, 1849-1874 |
| District de Terrebonne. Paré, Henri-Philippe, 1848-1873 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Béland, Pierre-Ferdinand, 1864-1895 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Carbonneau, Moïse, 1860-1904 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Duprat, Pierre-Urgèle, 1862-1893 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Rivard, Thomas-Théodore, 1863-1901 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Saint-Cyr, Dominique-Napoléon, 1873-1880 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Turcotte, Albert-Charles, 1869-1892 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Dargy dit Desrosiers, Louis-Napoléon, 1868-1888 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Duval, Paul-Émile, 1872-1878 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Poulin de Courval, Antoine, 1828-1876 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Gladu, Augustin-Ernest, 1874 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Larue, Praxède-Herménégilde, 1839-1889 |
| District d’Arthabaska. L’Horty, Dominique, 1743-1885, 1877-1885 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Pacaud, Philippe-Napoléon, 1834-1883 |
| District de Montmagny. Verreault, Philippe-Antoine-Gustave, 1889-1895 |
| District de Kamouraska. Heath, John, 1834-1873 |
| District de Québec (City). Pinguet de Vaucour, Jacques-Nicolas, 1779-1792 |
| District de Québec (City). Pinguet de Vaucour, Nicolas, 1749-1751 |
| District de Québec (City). Rageot de Saint-Luc, Charles, 1695-1702 |
| District de Québec (City). Saint-Pierre, Amable, 1838-1840 |
| District de Québec (City). Sauvageau, Michel, 1799-1818 |
| District de Rimouski. Dechamplain, Siméon, 1813-1890 |
| District de Rimouski. Pelletier, Jean-Bernard, 1839-1888 |
| District de Rimouski. Larue, Swibert-Vallier, 1845-1890 |
| District de Rimouski. Poulin, Alphonse, 1868-1895 |
| District de Kamouraska. Anctil, Jean-Norbert, 1863-1876 |
| District de Kamouraska. Beaulieu, Jean-Baptiste, 1870-1875 |
| District de Kamouraska. d’Amour, Jean-Gabriel, 1855-1858 |
| District de Kamouraska. Dumais, Jules, 1862-1871 |
| District de Kamouraska. Gagnon, Joseph-Pierre, 1867-1872 |
| District de Kamouraska. Heath, William Adhémar, 1868-1886 |
| District de Kamouraska. Lavergne, Louis, 1871 |
| District de Kamouraska. Lindsay, Joseph-Charles, 1858-1874 |
| District de Kamouraska. Pelletier, Joseph-Gabriel, 1864-1866 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Bourbonnière, Jacques-H., 1871-1887 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Laliberté, Léonidas, 1866-1903 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Juchereau dit Duchesnay, Maurice-Elzéar, 1896-1900 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Boucher, Honoré-J., 1898-1900 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Contant, Philibert-Alphonse, 1894-1897 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Laliberté, Hippolyte-Edouard, 1875-1898 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Hébert, Joseph-Albert, 1887-1906 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Faucher, Antoine-Herménégilde, 1891-1903 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Girouard, Joseph-Ena, 1881-1897 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Noël, Elysée, 1867-1903 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Normand, Eusèbe Télesphore, 1858-1917 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Désilets, Antoine-Onésime, 1857-1919 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Lord, Louis-Adolphe, 1869-1920 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Lavallée, Joseph, 1885-1901 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Blondin, Joseph-Achille, 1857-1909 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Hubert, Pierre-Léger, 1863-1908 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Guillet, Pierre-Octave, 1872-1906 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Houle, Adolphe-Odilon, 1863-1905 |
| District de Montmagny. Marcotte, Charles, 1869-1887 |
| District de Montmagny. Casgrain, Jules-Étienne, 1860-1895 |
| District de Kamouraska. Pelletier, Thomas-Benjamin, 1833; 1835 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Fusey, Georges-Alphonse-Ferdinand, 1869-1902 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Bayeur, Joseph-Magloire, 1871-1907 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Charbonneau, Joseph-Édouard, 1867-1915 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Deshaies, Louis-Joseph-Alfred, 1881-1903 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Tremblay, Elzéar-Hubert, 1873-1900 |
| District de Rimouski. Pelletier, Thomas, 1874-1907 |
| District de Rimouski. Girard, Louis-Napoléon, 1907-1913 |
| District de Rimouski. Gauvreau, Louis-René, 1871-1921 |
| District de Rimouski. Laberge, Michel-Philias, 1880-1933 |
| District de Rimouski. Bégin, Désiré, 1864-1909 |
| District de Rimouski. Larrivée, Jean-Ernest, 1867-1923 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Houde, Hector-Honoré, 1874-1915 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Rivard dit Dufresne, Honoré, 1865-1920 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Milot, Jules, 1864-1910 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Gélinas, Louis-Narcisse, 1871-1904 |
| District de Saint-Maurice. Varennes, F.-É.-H.-Philémon de, 1885-1897 |
| District de Saint-François. Thibodeau, Joseph-Napoléon, 1883-1915 |
| District de Beauce. Fortin, Jean-Baptiste-Édouard, 1872-1918 |
| District de Beauce. Bélanger, Jean-Éphrem, 1871-1886 |
| District de Beauce. Blanchet, Louis-Cyprien, 1871-1897 |
| District de Beauce. Bussières, Achille-Gaspard, 1866-1892 |
| District de Beauce. Bonneville, Jean-Francois-Narcisse, 1850-1856 |
| District de Beauce. Castonguay, David-Octave, 1881-1900 |
| District de Beauce. Laroche, Louis-Thomas, 1881-1900 |
| District de Beauce. Chassé, Félix, 1851-1855 |
| District de Beauce. Guay, André-Elzéar, 1870 |
| District de Beauce. Gagnon, Joseph-Valentin, 1866-1871 |
| District de Beauce. Chaperon, Joseph-Alphonse-Elzear, 1892-1907 |
| District de Beauce. Doyer, Narcisse, 1871-1913 |
| District de Beauce. Moisan, Louis, 1874-1902 |
| District de Beauce. Morin, Joseph-Octave, 1859-1896 |
| District de Beau. Fortier, Louis-Romuald, 1860-1892 |
| District de Beauce. Papin, Olivier-Ludger, 1861-1883 |
| District de Beauce. Proulx, Jean-Éphrem, 1862-1897 |
| District de Beauce. Roy, Jean-Cyrille, 1867-1885 |
| District de Beauce. Roy, Louis-Marie-Swibert, 1874-1904 |
| District de Beauce. Théberge, Pierre, 1871-1883 |
| District d’Alma. Pelletier, Lauréat, 1907-1913 |
| District d’Alma. Michaud, Napoléon, 1869-1912 |
| District d’Alma. Beaudoin, Dumais, Séverin, 1864-1907 |
| District d’Alma. Richard, Joseph, 1911-1916 |
| District d’Alma. Gagnon, Joseph-Pierre, 1867-1925 |
| District de Kamouraska. Gagnon, Charles-Antoine-Ernest, 1869-1889 |
| District de Kamouraska. Beaulieu, Alphonse-Philippe, 1872-1901 |
| District de Kamouraska. Gagnon, Alexandre, 1865-1919 |
| District de Kamouraska. Bérubé, Louis-Joseph, 1883-1922 |
| District de Kamouraska. Anctil, Joseph, 1865-1895 |
| District de Kamouraska. Michaud, Jean-Mathias, 1869-1919 |
| District de Kamouraska. Moreau, Luc-Francois, 1845-1891 |
| District de Kamouraska. Bégin, Louis-Charles, 1871-1891 |
| Administrative documents. District de Kamouraska. Bégin, Louis-Charles, 1871- 1892 |
| District de Hull. Crevier, Pierre-Auguste-J., 1863-1895 |
| District de Hull. Barrette, A.-Hervé, 1914-1922 |
| District de Hull. Dumouchel, Georges-Léandre, 1868-1921 |
| District de Montmagny. Beaubien, Louis-Amédée, 1849-1878 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Rousseau, Charles-Elzéar, 1870-1873 |
| District de Hull. Beaudin, Jean-Baptiste-Alphonse, 1874-1905 |
| District de Montréal. Jenvrin-Dufresne, Jean-Baptiste, 1733-1750 |
| District de Montréal. Ménard, Pierre, 1831-1854 |
| Various documents. District de Montréal. Ménard, Pierre, 1831-1854 |
| Boucherville land register (terrier). District de Montréal. Ménard, Pierre, 1831- 1854 |
| Contrecoeur land register (terrier). District de Montréal. Ménard, Pierre, 1831- 1854 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Lépine, Joseph-Eugène, 1873-1874 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Tourigny, Honoré, 1851-1891 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Biron, Joseph-Hilaire, 1867-1891 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Boucher, Léger (Ludger), 1848-1913 |
| District de Rimouski. Fournier, Joseph, 1853-1898 |
| District de Rimouski. de Saint-Aubin, Didyme-Ferdinand, 1861-1912 |
| District d’Arthabaska. Rainville, Louis, 1865-1887 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Désilets, Pierre, 1862-1910 |
| District de Trois-Rivières. Trudel, David-Tancrède, 1870-1878, 1882-1918 |
| Beauport seigneurie land register (terrier). Taché, Jean-Baptiste, 1820-1825 |
| District de Beauce. Legendre, Louis-Germain-Alfred, 1864-1899 |
| District de Kamouraska. Dessaint dit Saint-Pierre, Paul, 1871-1897 |
| Administrative documents. District de Kamouraska. Dessaint dit Saint-Pierre, Paul, 1871-1897 |
| District de Québec. Fleury de La Gorgendière, Louis-Charles-Alexandre, 1873- 1891 |
