Saint-Maurice County, Quebec Genealogy

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Saint-Maurice County

Guide to Saint-Maurice county ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Populated Places Table

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POPULATED PLACE	FORMER NAME, if applicable	TYPE	FHL  CATALOG	WIKIPEDIA
Baie-de-Shawinigan			Link	Link
Charette			Link	Link
Pointe-de-Lac			Link	Link
Saint-Barnabé			Link	Link
Saint-Barnabé-Nord			Link	Link
Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan			Link	Link
Saint-Gérard-des-Laurentides			Link	Link
Saint-Mathieu			Link	Link
Saint-Sévère			Link	Link
Saint-Thomas-de-Caxton			Link	Link
Saint-Élie			Link	Link
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès			Link	Link
Sainte-Flore			Link	Link
Shawinigan			Link	Link
Three Rivers			Link	Link
Troi-Rivières			Link	Link
Troi-Rivières-Ouest			Link	Link
Yamachiche			Link	Link
ANY NEW LOCATIONS IN FHL CATALOG???			Link

Online Gazetteers

• 1871 Postal Gazetteer

How to Find Birth, Marriage, and Death Records

Usually vital records (birth, marriage, and death) are found in civil registration and church records. In Quebec until 1900, civil (government) registration was kept by the churches, with a duplicate provided to the government. There are three ways to access these records:

1) church records in the Drouin collection, available online,

2) civil register duplicates of church records in the Quebec Library and Archives system, and

3) the records of the Family History Library (FamilySearch), online and microfilmed.

Civil Registration in the Quebec Library and Archives

In Quebec, the civil registers of births (baptisms), marriages and deaths (burials), which date from 1621, were duplicate copies of the church registers. This third source all of the pre-1900 records can be consulted at each of the nine regional offices of Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec.

Writing for Birth, Marriage, and Death Records After 1900

• Certificates of births, marriages, and deaths from 1900 may be applied for through the online Quebec government site, or by writing to:

Directeur de l'état civil

2535, boulevard Laurier

Sainte-Foy, Quebec

Canada

G1V 5C5

• For application forms, fee information, and identification requirements, click here.
• Only the person named in the record or that person's legal representative may have access to civil registration and civil copies of church records after 1900. Direct descendants qualify as representatives.

See also Quebec Civil Registration, for information on published vital records.

Church Records: The Drouin Collection

Among other records, this database includes all the church records for the province of Quebec, that is, for the Adventist, Anglican, Apostolic, Baptist, Christ Church, Christian Brethren, Christian Missionary Alliance, Church of Christ, Church of England, Church of Scotland, Congregational, Episcopal, Evangelical, Free Church, Greek Orthodox, Holiness Movement, Jewish, Lutheran, Methodist, Romanian Orthodox, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Protestant, Russian Orthodox, Salvation Army, Unitarian, United Church, and Universalist denominations.  The types of records include baptisms, marriages, and burials as well as confirmations, dispensations, censuses, statements of readmission to the church, and so on.  They are written mainly in French, as well as English, Latin, and Italian.

• The Drouin Collection is available by subscription ($13.00/month or $100.00/year as of December 2016) at Généalogie Québec.
• The Drouin Collection is also available on Ancestry. The Drouin Collection 1621-1967 ($). Ancestry.com can be used without charge at Family History Centers throughout the world.
  

For more information, see The Drouin Collection: Six Databases.

The FamilySearch Collection

FamilySearch has microfilmed the entire collection of civil records in the Quebec Library and Archives.

Online Databases

Many of the parish (church) records have been digitized and posted online. They are only partially indexed, so browsing the original records is more effective:

• 1621-1979 - Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979 at FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. Partial index only.
• 1621-1979 - Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979 at FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. Browseable images.
• 1763-1967 - Quebec, Non-Catholic Parish Registers, 1763-1967 at FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. Browseable images.
• 1642-1902 - Quebec Index to Civil Copy of Church Records, 1642-1902 at FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. Browseable images. Incomplete.

Microfilmed Church/Civil Records

All of the church/civil records have been microfilmed by FamilySearch.These microfilms may be ordered for viewing at Family History Centers around the world. To find a microfilm:

a. Click on records for Canada, Québec, Saint-Maurice . You will see a list of available records for the county.

b. You will also see above the list the link Places within Canada, Québec, Saint-Maurice . This will take you to a list of towns in the counties, which are links to records for the specific town.

c. Click on any topic. Click on the blue links to specific record titles.

d. Some combination of these icons will appear at the far right of the microfilm listed for the record. . The magnifying glass indicates that the microfilm is indexed. Clicking on the magnifying glass will take you to the index. Clicking on the camera will take you to an online digital copy of the microfilm.

Census

Census records can play an important role in identifying all members of a family. They then guide your search in the vital records because you have more clues as to who you are looking for.

• Automated Genealogy census indices for 1851, 1901, 1906, 1911.
• Canada, Lower Canada Census, 1825, index/images. Also at MyHeritage, ($), index
• Canada, Lower Canada Census, 1831, index/images
• Canada, Lower Canada Census, 1842, index/images
• Canada Census, 1851, index. Also at Ancestry.com, ($), index/images
• 1861 Census of Canada, ($), index/images
• Canada Census, 1871, index . Also at Ancestry.com, ($), index/images.
• Canada Census, 1881 Index and Images. Also at Library and Archives Canada Index and images, and at Ancestry.com ($) Index and Images.
• Canada Census, 1891 Index only. Also at Ancestry.com ($) Index and Images.
• Canada Census, 1901 Index only. Also at Library and Archives Canada Index and images, and at Ancestry.com ($) Index and Images.
• Canada Census, 1911 Index only. Also at Library and Archives Canada Index and images, and at Ancestry.com ($) Index and Images.
• Canada Census, 1916, index
• 1921 Census of Canada ($) Index and Images.

Emigration and Immigration Records

• 1621-1865 - Quebec, Quebec Federation of Genealogical Societies, Family Origins, 1621-1865 at FamilySearch — index

Reading French Records

• It's easier than you think! You do not have to be fluent in French to use these records, as there is only a limited vocabulary used in them. By learning a few key phrases, you will be able to read them adequately. Here are some resources for learning to read French records.

French Genealogical Word List

French Handwriting.

• There is a three-lesson course in reading French Records:

Reading French Handwritten Records Lesson 1: The French Alphabet,

Reading French Handwritten Records Lesson 2: Key Words and Phrases

Reading French Handwritten Records Lesson 3: Reading French Records

Family History Library

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