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- Quebec Vital and Church records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; [Actes d'état civil et registres d'église du Québec (Collection Drouin), 1621 to 1967] (2366). "Institut Généalogique Drouin".
From Digitized Images: Ancestry.com. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.
About Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967
Until the late 1900s, church registers in Quebec served as civil and vital records in that province. Throughout the years a second copy of church records, from all denominations, was sent annually to the appropriate courthouse. During the 1940s the vital record collections in courthouses throughout Quebec were filmed by the Institut Généalogique Drouin.* The filming of vital records continued for some areas up through the 1960s. Consequently, this filmed set of records became known as the Drouin Collection. The majority of the records in this database cover the time period 1621-1947, as most of the filming was done in the 1940s. The records that were filmed up through the 1960s are also included in this database, although they are very few in number. These records that were filmed later cover the years 1948-1967. Names from records dating from 1850 and onward have been indexed and can be searched on using the search box above. The remaining records (1621-1849) are currently being indexed; these names will be added to this database later this year. Images of records for all years are still available and can be viewed by using the image browse table below.
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