This week, Ancestry updated its Quebec, Canada, Notarial Records, 1637-1935, collection. While the number of records, 16,529,462, remains the same, Ancestry said they added 1,518,597 new images to “index only sections of the database.”
In the notarial records collection, the indexes are called Répertoires, so this may be what they mean.
Let’s hope the next update will include more Actes — images of actual notarial records.
In any event, this is a fabulous collection.
Free research guide
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.
My blog post, How to order a notary record from the Quebec Archives after finding it in an index on Ancestry, has helped many people discover how easy it is to order an Acte from the Quebec Archives after they found a relative’s name in one of the Répertoires (indexes).
It appears public libraries may still be providing free at-home access to Ancestry, so now is a good time to check.
