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The information of the data base is presented in three distinct, but interrelated, sections, described below. Click the button corresponding to the section you wish to consult first.
The Repertory of Vital Events includes the some 2 350 000 baptismal, marriage, and burial certificates registered in Catholic parishes prior to 1862. Are also part of the data the 26 000 Protestant marriages recorded before 1862 and more than 20,000 certificates of various other types: census records, marriage contracts, confirmations, lists of immigrants, and so on. The repertory reproduces, in a standardized form, the basic information contained in these documents: type, place of registration and date of the certificate; and the family name, first name, and characteristics of the individuals cited. Sophisticated search tools make it possible to find certificates by name of person (individuals or couples) and certificate characteristics (type, date, or parish).
The Genealogical Dictionnary offers a reconstruction of the history of all families who settled in the St. Lawrence Valley, or roughly the current territory of today’s province of Quebec, from the beginnings of French colonization to the year 1861.
The dictionary is based on the linking of individuals to their baptismal, marriage, and burial certificates from Catholic parish registers for the period 1621–1861. It contains the names of individuals who were born in or came to Quebec between 1621 and 1861, along with the names of their parents, spouses, and children. For each person, the dictionary gives date and place of birth or baptism, of marriage(s) (if applicable), and of death or burial, if it occurred before 1862. You can easily search the data base using names of people (individuals or couples), and you can further define your search by year of birth or marriage.
The Repertory of couples specifies for each spouse the names of his or her parents and the names of his or her other spouses, if applicable, with a link to these couples. In addition, a list of the couple’s children who married before 1862 is supplied, with a link to their first marriage. Thus, not only is the ancestry of the spouses throughout the period established automatically, but married descendants are also listed. Couples are accessed on the basis of their first and family names, using a search you can further define by year of marriage.
The three sections relate to the same events, individuals and couples, for whom the information is presented differently. A smooth navigation system allows to obtain, from one area to the other, the corresponding data.