NOTARIES OF QUEBEC REFERENCES

Date: 15 Jul 2019 [unknown]
Location: Quebec, Acadia, Lousiana, Spain
Surnames/tags: Notary_Records Notaries Quebec

Notary Records of Quebec

Notary records are another good source for discovering information on your ancestor. They are the civil legal records that are sometimes a good substitute if a marriage record is missing. For examples on civil marriage contracts vs. church marriage records see: “Marriage Contracts: A Comparison” by Carol Hamp & James P. LaLone, in MICHIGAN'S HABITANT HERITAGE, v. 8 #2 (Apr 1987), pp.27-41, it includes a listing of published Inventaires of Notaries. The following sites give background on Notary records -

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1471015

http://thediscoverblog.com/2014/08/21/notarial-records/

http://www.vt-fcgs.org/notarial.html

http://missisquoigenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/02/quebec-notarial-rec...

http://missisquoigenealogy2.blogspot.com/2013/08/notary-records-brunte-paschal-brunet.html

http://stephendanko.com/blog/2937

https://habitantheritage.org/cpage.php?pt=45

https://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2016/10/20/10-things-to-know-about-quebec-notarial-records/#comment-318039

Acadia - http://www.acadian-cajun.com/genac3.htm

Biographies of Notaries - http://biographi.ca/en/results.php/?ft=NOTARY

Information can also be found here: Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas: A Complete Digest of the Records of All the Countries of the Western Hemisphere, By Christina K. Schaefer

French-Canadian Sources: A Guide for Genealogists, By Patricia Keeney Geyh, Joyce Soltis Banachowski, Linda Boyea

Ancient French Archives Or Extracts from the Minutes of Council Relating to the Records of Canada While under the Government of France, By Québec (Province). Legislature. Legislative Council, François Joseph Cugnet https://books.google.com/books?id=S7wNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA56&dq=notaries+quebec&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CRlrVfKvHIuogwTt9oPYCQ&ved=0CDYQ6AEwATha#v=onepage&q=notaries%20quebec&f=false

Histoire Du Notariat Au Canada Depuis La Fondation de La Colonie Jusqu' Nos Jours By Joseph Edmond Roy
v.1 https://books.google.com/books?id=RrxYAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:IDg7uX-72PIC&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Ax1rVeeXGdLAgwSa4YDQCQ&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false
v.2 https://books.google.com/books?id=R71YAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:IDg7uX-72PIC&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Ax1rVeeXGdLAgwSa4YDQCQ&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false
v.3 https://books.google.com/books?id=Ir5YAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:IDg7uX-72PIC&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Ax1rVeeXGdLAgwSa4YDQCQ&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q&f=false
v.4 https://books.google.com/books?id=1LZYAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:IDg7uX-72PIC&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Ax1rVeeXGdLAgwSa4YDQCQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false

Marriage Contracts in French and Spanish Louisiana: A Study in "notarial" Jurisprudence, by Hans Wolfgang Baade

• Notarial acts Index: Les actes notariaux sont tirés de l' Inventaire des greffes des notaires du régime français, par Pierre Georges Roy et Antoine Roy, publié en 27 volumes plus un index des volumes 1 à 8, par les Archives de la province de Québec, entre 1942 et 1974, et sont disponibles sur PDF à la source. Inventaire partiel.//Notarial acts are drawn from the Inventaire des greffes des notaires du régime français (inventory of registries of French régime notaries), by Pierre Georges Roy and Antoine Roy, published in 27 volumes plus an index of volumes 1 to 8, by the Archives de la province de Québec (Québec province archives), between 1942 and 1974, and are available in PDF format at the source (all in French). Partial inventory.
  • BAnQ Notarial acts index Inventaire des greffes des notaires du régime français, par Pierre Georges Roy et Antoine Roy; 27 Vol + index 1-8

The following page is a collection of links to original acts by various notaries in New France, ongoing process as more notarial records are put online by BAnQ.

• Space:Actes notariaux, Nouvelle-France / Notarial Acts , New France

The following includes a chronological list of persons who acted as notaries during New France days, starts on page 1 through 58 (FR)

• Rapport de l'Archiviste de la province de Québec, 1921, 1921-1922