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Tracker: Goal 3: Learn about Quebec vital and census records.
Choices:
ALearn about Quebec vital records.
- Learn about Quebec civil registration in this article.
FS—Wiki: Quebec Civil Registration - Learn about tracing Quebec families and lineages in this video.
AAC—Building Families and Lineages—8:28 (acct. req.) - Search for birth, adoption, and orphanage records on the Library and Archives of Canada site.
- Learn about adoption records on the
OriginsCanada site. - Learn about the Rivest Marriage Index for Quebec marriages.
- Explore death record resources on the Death Indexes site.
- Explore Quebec obituaries on the In Memoriam site.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for vital and birth records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Louis Boulague was born in Quebec. Use the "FS: Canada Quebec Births and Baptisms, 1662-1895" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- Where was Louis Boulague born?
- What is his mother's name?
- What is his father's first name?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Louis" as the first name and "Boulague" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the icon for Louis Boulague.
- Read the information in the center column.
- Louis was born on 11 Aug 1765.
- His mother is Ursule Capeau.
- His father is also Louis. (Contributed by Brent Bunker )
QUIKLinks
- FS: Canada, Quebec Births and Baptisms, 1662-1898 (More)
- AN: Quebec Vital and Church Records, 1621-1968
- AC: Montréal, Canada, non-Catholic Marriage Index, 1766-1899
- AC: Québec City Area, Marriage Contract Index, 1761-1940
- AC: Quebec, Canada, Marriage Contract Index, 1761-1941
- MH: Quebec Marriage Returns, 1926-1997
- MH: Canada, Quebec Couples, 1500-
- MH: Canada, Quebec Deaths, 1927-
- AC: Quebec, Canada, Death Registers 1926-1997 (in French)
CExplore Quebec census records.
- Get an overview of Quebec censuses in this article.
FS—Quebec Census - Learn about and search Quebec census records.
FS: Quebec Census, 1861 - Watch this video for more information on census records.
AAC—Colonial, Provincial, and National Censuses—7:16 (acct. req.) - Explore census records on the Olive Tree genealogy site (scroll down).
- Explore the MyFreeCensus site for Quebec census records.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for census records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Napoleon Lamoth is listed in a Quebec census. Use the "FS: Quebec Census 1861" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- What was Napoleon Lamoth's age in the census?
- What was his occupation?
- What was his religion?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Napoleon" as the first name and "Lamoth" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click View Original Record for Napoleon Lamoth.
- Read the information in the record.
- Napoleon was 22.
- He was a farmer.
- Napoleon was Catholic. (Contributed by Brent Bunker )
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