Mesa Arizona Regional Family History Center
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Quebec Quick Start

1. Complete a pedigree chart

2. Search at home and talk with family members to gather as much information as you can.

3. A RESEARCH OUTLINE FOR QUEBEC. (for sale in the copy room)

4. Background Information - if they lived in Quebec before settling in USA, search US records.

5. Quebec is researched in two ways. One is the French records and the other is the Eastern

Townships of Quebec where the majority of the British settled.

6. Know the naming patterns - http://members.aol.com/GFSJudi/dit_names.html

COMPUTER RESEARCH:

Records of previous research - be sure to check the source!

* FamilySearch.org - 1881 CENSUS INDEXED

* Pedigree Resource File

* Ancestry.com

* 1901 CENSUS - www.automatedgenealogy.com

* 1911 CENSUS - www.automatedgenealogy.com (For index of names) then go to
www.archives.ca for the full record and images.

 * National Archives of Canada www.archives.ca

* Quebec Genealogy Societies

French - Fédération québécoise des sociétés de généalogie

English - Québec Family History Society

Immigrants at Grosse-Ile Quebec - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogy/022-504-e.html

Canadian Maps - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/canada.html

Canadian Geographical Names - http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php

Quebec Resources for Genealogy - http://www.francogene.com/qc-res/index.php

Quebec Parish & Vital Records - http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazxs/gazxs51.htm

The Tanguay Collections - http://www.banq.qc.ca

Quebec Genweb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~canqc/index.htm

Canadian Genealogy & History for Quebec - http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/quebec.html

Canadian County Atlas - http:digital.library.mcgill.ca/CountyAtlas

Quebec Free Surname Search - http://www.freesurnamesearch.com/search/canada/qcen.html

Eastern Townships of Quebec - http://simmons.b2b2c.ca/

Check Canadian Web Sites. In the White binder on the CANADIAN RESEARCH SHELF

Canadian CD's are on the CD computers - Tanguay Collection/Red Drouin

FILM RESEARCH:

Quebec Census Records

1621 - 1731 - 1825 - 1831 - 1842 - 1851 - 1861 - 1871 - 1881 - 1891 - 1901 - 1911

Use the 3 ring white binder labeled Canadian Census for each census year. Step-by-step guide

BOOK RESEARCH:

The FRENCH CANADIANS 1600-1900 - Located With CANADIAN RESEARCH

Our French Canadian Ancestors - 28 Volumes

Notaries of French-Canada 1626-1900 - Chronology by area served, Call # 971.4 N3n

White Binders marked Canada (Canadian Research Shelf)

Miller's Manual by Douglas J. Miller

MAPS:

Maps of Quebec Drawer #5

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