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Maple Stars and Stripes — How to dissect a Quebec marriage contract

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Gail Dever

Family historians who research their Quebec ancestry have access to the largest collection of records in Canada, and one of the richest is the collection of notarial records that date back to the early days of New France in the … Continue reading →

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Richard Burton and Liz Taylor’s Montreal marriage record

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Gail Dever

I am not sure how I missed this one… Fifty years ago, on March 15, 1964, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor married at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Montreal. Their marriage record was posted on the Institut généalogique Drouin’s bilingual Facebook … Continue reading →

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