Tag Archives: notarial records

Ancestry continues to update Quebec notary collection

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Gail Dever

The same way DNA test results are the gifts that keep on giving to genealogists, so is Ancestry with the Quebec notary records they continue to digitize. Yesterday, Ancestry updated and added more images to its collection, Quebec, Canada, Notarial Records, … Continue reading →

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Learn how to find Quebec notary records in NEHGS’ free recorded webinar

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Gail Dever

If you have French or English-speaking ancestors who lived in Quebec, you should watch the New England Historic Genealogical Society’s free webinar, Navigating Notarial Records in Quebec,  presented by Sheilagh Doerfler, senior researcher. A recording of the presentation is available on … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — November 18, 2017

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Gems from the Notarial Records in Quebec: the Inventory after Death by Diane Tourville on GenSpotters. Founding Families of Québec : A History Lesson on the Origins of Our Ancestors on … Continue reading →

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Success story on ordering Quebec notary records from BAnQ

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Gail Dever

If your ancestors lived in Quebec — whether they spoke French or English — and you haven’t explored notarial records, you are missing out on one of the most interesting record collections available to family historians. While some notarial records … Continue reading →

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How to order a notary record from the Quebec Archives after finding it in an index on Ancestry

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Gail Dever

Quebec’s notary documents are unique in North America, and they are incredible sources of information about ancestors. These documents can contain marriage contracts, wills, estate inventories, guardianships, leases, powers of attorney, mortgages, loans, deeds, sales, apprenticeships, and business partnerships. One … Continue reading →

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Ancestry updates ‘Quebec Notarial Records’ collection

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Gail Dever

If you didn’t find any notary records for your Quebec ancestor when Ancestry first introduced its fabulous Quebec Notarial Records, 1637-1935, last fall, now may be the time to take another look. Ancestry has updated the collection. While there doesn’t seems … Continue reading →

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Your top 15 online genealogy collections in 2016

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Gail Dever

Looking back over the past twelve months at what captured genealogists’ attention, it seems this was not the best year for exciting new Canadian collections. With the exception of Library and Archives Canada’s ongoing digitization of Canadian Expeditionary Forces service … Continue reading →

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The ‘statistiques’ for the Quebec notary records

Posted on October 9, 2016 by Gail Dever

In a joint news release issued in French on Friday to announce the online release of Quebec notary records on Ancestry, the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) and Ancestry shared some of the statistics represented now in the … Continue reading →

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Ancestry’s new Quebec notary collection even better than realized

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Gail Dever

Ancestry’s new Quebec, Canada Notarial Records, 1626-1935 record collection is even more incredible than I described in yesterday’s blog post, How to find your ancestors in Ancestry’s new Quebec notary collection. After spending the better part of Tuesday exploring this … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — July 30, 2016

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Noting the notary and Notarial records online by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist. The horse war: Horse transport in the First World War on The Canadian Centre for the … Continue reading →

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