Question

newby seeking source for quebec ca churches circa 1780-1795HELP !

Answer 1

Hi Wayne, you can check out the Quebec Resources page. See sections #4 and #5 for church records. The easiest site to find Quebec church records, in my opinion, is The Drouin Institute (https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/) because many records are fully indexed. The site also has modern Quebec marriage and death records. FamilySearch is free but many of the images are not indexed, so it can take a while to find the record you're looking for.

Answer 2

Hi, Wayne, please add tags for Quebecois and Canada to your question.  That way those who take an interest in those areas will see your question.  Good luck with your search.

Answer 3

hello Wayne,

As Valerie already said, Institut Généalogique Drouin is a very good place to go.  One needs a membership to access their records, not expensive frankly.  Or if you have an Ancestry membership you can access the same records from there, since Ancestry have a contract of some sort with IGD.

Outside of that, BMS2000 http://www.bms2000.org/en is another option, also by subscription.  Not sure how extensive their collections are.

Answer 4

Hi Wayne,

I see you've received some excellent answers already. 

Valerie's suggestion would be the best place to start, in my experience. Personally, I was able to obtain numerous types of vital records from the Drouin Collection (1621-1968) online (via Ancestry.ca) for my entire father's side, including ancestors all the way back to the early 1600s. This was an enormous help because my father's side of the family is quite dysfunctional, and most relatives do not even communicate or know much about one another or their history.

I'm not sure if you have access to Ancestry.ca, but here's the link for the Drouin Collection (1621-1968) that helped me out: https://www.ancestry.ca/search/collections/1091/ 

From the records I obtained, I was able to jump onto the BAnQ (Library and Archives of Quebec) and the Archives of Canada websites and do a number of searches for census documents, military records, notarial records such as land agreements and wills, etc. Long story short - I was able to almost complete my entire father's side of the family tree all the way back to the early 1600s, with only a couple of gaps here and there - but this may only be due to the fact that we have native ancestry and many indigenous peoples did not have last names (at least not recorded) on vital historical records.

Good luck!