Tag Archives: notarial records

This week’s crème de la crème — May 21, 2022

Posted on May 21, 2022 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsNotaries of Montreal 1760-1791 by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. Military Monday: Documenting Canadian Military Personnel Who Were Prisoners of War During World War One or World War Two by Glenn Wright … Continue reading →

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Quebec notarial records collection updated on Ancestry

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Gail Dever

As part of its yearly update, Ancestry has added new images to its Quebec, Canada, Notarial Records, 1637-1935, collection. While the number of records, 16,529,462, remains the same, new images were recently added to the index-only sections of the database. These … Continue reading →

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How to access and search the Parchemin database of Quebec notary records

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Gail Dever

Genealogists have been conducting research in the Parchemin database for years. It’s a tool that helps all kinds of researchers find notarial records of early Quebec, from the earliest days of France’s colonization of North America in the early 1600s … Continue reading →

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Finding Quebec notary records on FamilySearch

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Gail Dever

If your ancestors lived in Quebec, you must read Patricia Greber’s blog post, 4 Steps For Finding Quebec Notary Records Online, on her blog, My Genealogy Life. She explains how to look for a notary record in FamilySearch’s online microfilm collection … Continue reading →

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Ancestry updates Quebec notarial records collection

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Gail Dever

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 … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 6, 2020

Posted on June 6, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. If my parents were still alive, they’d be reminding me today is the anniversary of D-Day. BlogsSaskatchewan Archives and Genealogy News by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. Quebec Ancestors: Notarial … Continue reading →

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Ancestry adds more images to Quebec notarial records collection

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Gail Dever

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 … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — December 21, 2019

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsA French-Canadian Christmas by Kim Kujawski on The French Canadian Genealogist. Notarial Records of Québec by Michael Dyer on Family Sleuthing. Notaries in Lower Canada by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. Deportation … Continue reading →

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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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Almost 2,000 transcriptions of notarial records on Quebec mills available online

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) and the Société pour la Sauvegarde du Patrimoine de Pointe-Claire (SSPPC — Society for the Preservation of the Heritage of Pointe-Claire) have partnered together to make available online transcriptions of about 1,900 … Continue reading →

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