Tag Archives: notaries

New book on notaries in New France

Posted on February 26, 2024 by Gail Dever

Quebec historian and genealogist Marcel Fournier’s new book, Notaires en Nouvelle-France : Histoire et biographies, 1621-1763, about the history of notaries under the French Regime in New France, will be in book stores next Monday, March 4. The 260-page book … 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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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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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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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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