TO........Brian Mavrogeorge FROM......Uucp SUBJECT...File: "GENEALOG VICAN-QU" being sent to you DATE......11:36pm 29-Jul-92 ^AINTL 1:125/30 1:125/555 From kumr!VM1.NoDak.EDU!LISTSERV From: LISTSERV@VM1.NoDak.EDU (Revised List Processor (1.7c)) To: Brian.Mavrogeorge@F30.N125.Z1.FIDONET.ORG Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 01:10:35 -0500 >> GENEALOG file: vican-qu >> From ireq.hydro.qc.ca!beaurega Sat Jan 4 16:13:40 1992 >> From: beaurega@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Denis Beauregard) Subject: Quebec Vital Records part 1 Overview Part 1 gives an Overview and Generalities Some statistics Part 2 covers French Regime 1621-1765 Records content and location 4 sources with most records "dit" names Part 3 covers British Regime 1760-1899 Records content and location Quebec Census Migration to USA and Western Canada Part 4 covers 1900-1992 Records content and location Visiting Court House Statistical Records Part 5 covers 1993- (New Vital Records) Records content and location Access to Records Part 6 is a list of district, court houses and archive centers Part 7 Quebec Archives =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Files include a description of records available and some hints. Abbreviation ============ Current abbreviation for Quebec as a province is now QC. This is just logical and follows the same rule as provinces or US states. Also, it is the official Quebec Government abbreviation and is used by most Quebec companies. Please avoid PQ which is pejorative and offending for many Quebecois. Statistics ========== Number of Records in Quebec: Birthes Marriages Deathes Ratio B/M 1600-1759 138000 25000 69000 5.52 1760-1799 292000 44400 140000 6.57 1800-1849 1160000 194000 540000 5.97 1850-1899 2740000 433000 6.32 1900-1949 4510000 1007000 4.47 1950-1984 3980000 1470000 2.70 See the ratio between birthes and marriages. For years, the Quebec families were very large (10 children or more were quite common). Political Status ================ Quebec is a Canadian Province (up to now at least). In 1991, most survey indicates pro-sovereignty people is over 50%, but current Government will probably not change the Quebec status. Quebec considers itself as a nation (parliament is National Assembly). This is important to know since Archives Nationales du Quebec will cover only the Territory of Quebec. This is not like US National Archives that has many branches. National language is French. However, when you call or write somewhere to get Vital Records, you can ask it in English. Also, English people hold there records in English. Usually, they will answer phone calls in French. Just speak slowly, be clear and use no slang and most people will understand or ask someone else to answer. What will happen if Quebec become independant, genealogically speaking? This is speculation. Records and other organizational parameters should not change. What could happen (at this time, it is unlikely) would be that records be only in French. Also, S.I.N. files would be transferred to Quebec. New Vital Records are fully computerized. They may lately integrate every data they have from any department. This can not be done now because some data is under Federal government. It is possible that some hacker finds access to such information (if Court House emits birth certificate, this will mean that phone lines are in use...). Canada or Quebec ================ This discussion may help if you find some records about ancestors saying, for instance, born in Canada. What is "Canada" has changed during history. I prefer the term of Quebec because, 1- it is an exact territory today with its set of laws that were closer (including Vital Records) to the one in the first settlements; 2- Acadia and Quebec have different settlements history and there was small migration (before 1755 Deportation); Canada would include both, which is not exact. What is now Quebec province is roughly the original French Settlement known as New France or Canada. Acadia was another territory. First territory was along the St.Lawrence River. There were some remote Forts like Detroit. With the years and treaties, the modern borders appear, except for Northern Quebec. With the union act, Canada was corresponding roughly to Quebec and Ontario southern territories. They were named Lower and Upper Canada. This is why you may see L.C. as born place in Census. This means Lower Canada. With the Dominion, two provinces were added and Ontario and Quebec take their current name. I don't know why they give no distinctive name to Quebec (in regards of Quebec City). Under the French Regime, there were the Quebec, Trois-Rivieres and Montreal governments. This may be the reason. For years, we used the terms Canadian and English to talk about the French Speaking and the others. French-Canadian is quite modern. In some US census, I have seen C.F. as birth place. On various papers about migrants, you will find that people didn't know from where they were. I found Americans born in Quebec and giving as birth place England! ---end of part 1--- Subject: Quebec Vital Records part 2 French Regime 1621-1765 First establishment =================== First French settlements in North America were in Acadia, now Canadian Maritime Provinces. Next were in Quebec and Louisiana was founded long after. Quebec colony was known as New France and Canada. I will use Quebec while borders have change since hose old days. First establishment in Quebec is Quebec City (1608). First record is dated 1621. From that time, except for fires or other destruction causes, Records are complete. As a characteristic, most people descent from a limited number of persons. Reasons are that under British Regime, French immigration was very limited, and large families were very common. In famous Tremblay family, there were some 150 grand-children from 2 persons. Vital Records ============= Vital Records were held by Catholic Church (there is no protestant church under French Regime). There are identical 2 copies: the Church copy and the Court House copy. Sometime, the copies are different for the reason the 2nd copy was made at the end of year. Records are actually books. They contain Baptismes, Marriages and Sepultures (BMS). In a very few cases, there are also Confirmations or Parish Censuses. Records are usually complete. Birth gives both parents names; marriage gives full parent names for both party; death records give usually age and full parent or other party if married. >From time to time, however, records may be not complete or destroyed. Illegitimates, except for a few cases, have no parents in records. Archives ======== Archives Nationales du Quebec (ANQ) is the depository of old records. Pre-1900 records (Court House Copy) are stored in regional centers (see the last part for a list of district and centers). Since the Church Copy (pre-1877) is on microfilm, access to original Court House Copy is limited. Sources ======= There are a few index or books that covers more than 100000 marriages. Montreal ANQ Center has an partial index for Montreal area that covers surrounding areas with B.M.S. Some parishes are also indexed in books. Pre-1877 Church records are on microfilms (LDS) and they often have a yearly index. Most Court House records have also a yearly records. But, from time to time (and even nowadays), there is no index. There are 4 printed sources for pre-1765 records. I will give the authors instead of titles as it is the way we usually refer to those books. These books are in French, and you will more likely find a copy in local genealogical libraries. Tanguay dictionary was written circa 1870. It gives list of families for the period pre-1760. Some area may be not covered. Data includes b.m.s. records when known. There is a complement in 3 parts by Leboeuf that contains marriages missing in Tanguay. Drouin dictionary is a list of marriages sorted by men and pre-1760. Drouin was the more important genealogical private company in Quebec and is now out of business. Sometimes, they are known to have invented some missing marriages. 2nd part of Drouin dictionary was published recently and includes marriages to 1930. There are 2 parts : sorted by men and by women. The men series has some 47 books. 3rd part of Drouin is a microfilm of works they made. My personal opinion (I found 2 missing marriages, 1 was obviously false and the other was a guess) is that Drouin is not trustable and once you find something, you should check elsewhere, particularly if you did not find it before. Jette dictionary is very recent (less than 10 years). Like Tanguay, it gives all families (and individuals) living in Quebec (according to records) until 1730. It is more reliable than Drouin. More than B.M.S., it will give some hints about the origin of ancestors and trees with French data. In that point, Jette is very serious and will reproduce data as long as they are probable. Obviously, there are some mistakes and some additional French data, but I don't know if another edition will be published, or if there will be a separate complement. P.R.D.H. (Programme de Recherches en Demographie Humaine) is a research made by the Demography department of Universite de Montreal. They put on computer media every record found in Quebec until 1765. Series includes : 1621-1699, 1700-1729, 1730-1749, 1750-1765. The 1st series also include censuses and some marriages contracts. They integrated records from Tanguay that disappeared since 1870. There can be some mistakes, but the P.R.D.H. is usually trustable. The "dit" name ============== It was a common French practive to have 2 names as in JARRET dit BEAUREGARD. This means that many names will change when you are looking for ancestors. There is a book of "dit" names and you will find many examples in various other books. Names will change between records so that one can be born with one family name, and dead next month with another name. You will find similar behaviour in Louisiana records. When Quebecois go to USA, they have usually one name and no "dit" name. Seldom, "dit" names may be found in US church records. ---end of part 2--- Subject: Quebec Vital Records part 3 British Regime 1760-1899 Note Although historian may divide history as 1760-1867 and 1867-now, Vital Records are stable in the period 1760-1899. Vital Records ============= Catholic Records were not changed under the British Regime. There are still held in French (except for English people, usuallly Irish). Marginal annotations (usually marriage date, location and party, this in margin of birth records) appear ca-1860. They were written from ca-1910. They are found only in the Church Copy. Some churches accepted microfilms of their records by small genealogical societies. Only pre-1877 records are in LDS centers. See Part 2 for more details content of Catholic Records Protestant Records were hold with their own rules so that those records are much less complete. Often, child were baptized when old, birthes give no mother, marriages show no parents, etc. This vary between churches and you have usually to read census to complete records. There was no other official Vital Records. ANQ Deposit =========== By now, all Court House may be assumed to have sent their pre-1900 records to their respective centers. In a very few cases, records for the period 1889-1899 are still in Court Houses (I know this is the case for Drummond district). ANQ will microfilm Catholic records for the period 1876-1899 to complete the LDS series and non-catholic for the period 1765-1899. Some are already available. I think the source is Association des Familles Souches du Quebec Quebec Censuses =============== Quebec census are dated 1825, 1831, 1842, and 1851 to 1991 by 10 years. These are federal censuses. 1825 to 1842 gives only Head of Family. 1851 to 1891 gives full family. 1901 to now are not published. 1901 is expected for 1993. There were some censuses under the French Regime. See appropriate sources. Migration to USA and Western Canada =================================== Under the French Regime, there were some Forts in the Mississipi Valley. >From the British Regime, here are more and more settlements in Ontario, and many migrants goes directly to Ontario and West even if Montreal is often their entry point. There are some English settlements in Quebec. This section will discuss about French-speaking persons (the said French-Canadian) going from Quebec to other lands. There was some migration before 1860. Some records have been published, often by Virgina DeMarce, about early migration to USA. See Lost in Canada/Can. Amer. Gen. Journal (address is in Wisconsin) which published a list of Quebecois involved in the American Revolution and some records of parish near the Quebec border for people living in USA. Most immigration occured in the period 1860-1900. Because it is in that period that many US states just begin to have Vital Records, it is also the harder to link (together with earlier migrants). Change of language may give some trouble. Many people were illiterate when emigrating. Thus, their name was written phonetically. Examples: Alexis Beauregard living in northern NY state ca1800-ca1895 appear as Berger, Burger, etc. in censuses, and change back to correct spelling after 1900. Davignon was written Devinon, Duffinaw, etc. Some names were translated. Leblanc changed to White, Roy to King, etc. And all those changes were individual so that you may search a while for the original name. It is also possible that non-French names were written in French. In some US censuses, I found Beauregard families from Poland and Denmark. They were more likely Berger/Burger or Borregaard. ---end of part 3--- Subject: Quebec Vital Records part 4 1900-1992 Vital Records ============= Modern records are almost complete. Until 1992, they are in books. One copy is sent to the district Court House in the beginning of next year. Town Hall may register birth from about 1920 (but they may reach 10% of birth records only recently if they did). Law forces to register new born within 3 or 4 monthes. Court House may register Civil marriages since 1969. Also, there is a Quebec law of divorce since 1970 (or 1968?). Before that, the divorce law was federal. I am not sure all that about divorce. Anyway, divorce records are not available except for parties involved. Records are either in French or English. The Court House copy of Vital Records can be consulted in 42 Court Houses in the Quebec. Each center has its own records and no copy of others. To obtain a copy of the record, you have now to write to the particular Court House having it, or to the church. If you are looking for an official proof of lineage, you will probably have to buy an authentic copy. Cost is CAN $10 fall 1991 (it was previously $8 and the rate will probably increase soon). If you are lucky, you may get a copy for $1.50 (but not in Montreal). Court Houses ============ They are listed in part 6. Visitors are accepted in Court House. You look for "Etat civil" and must be usually member of a genealogical society (not necessarily from Quebec). Sometime, you must call before or write to get a permission letter. There is currently no cost to consult records, but you can't make copies. Are not welcome : adoptees and people who could use records for peculiar reasons (I heard about an advocate looking for recently born babies whos company was shipping a special offer to new parents). However, there is no check except for membership of a genealogical society. Concerning adoptees, their files are probably not in Court Houses. They can find their biological parents only if those wanted the same. |=========| |IMPORTANT| |=========| Due to new Vital Records act, all records will be transferred during 1992 (I assume this summer) to 2 new centers in Montreal and Quebec. Districts will remain, but just to find the records on the shelfes, not as places to write. Statistical Records =================== Not properly Vital Records, but useful. Quebec has an index of most marriages (some church may forget to send copies) held in Quebec. Period are 1926-1974, 1975-1985, 1986, 1987. There are forms that complete he index. 1926 and 1975 to now gives complete date, including name of church and parents. 1927 to 1974 gives no parents. Some forms gives birth date of parents. Most recent forms gives birth of parties, not of parents. There is also an index of deathes. Periods are 1931-1970, 1971-1985, 1986, 1987. Forms are not available because they include cause of death. These microfilms are available in 2 sites in Montreal. They are not from LDS and I know those sites will not send microfilms outside. ---end of part 4--- Subject: Quebec Vital Records part 5 1993- (New Vital Records) Quebec new Vital Records 1993 ============================= Quebec has adopted a new Civil Code in December 1991. This changes completely how the records are held and where they are located. >From 1993 January 1st, the churches are no more holding official Vital Records. Instead of Record Books, there will be forms (like in Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine). Those forms are sent to Quebec City within 3 monthes after the event occured, not by the church. Big change concerns birth and deathes: they will be recorded from hospitals, not from churches, but people concerned by records will have to transmit forms. >From 1993, new born will a have a completely computerized file. It will integrate events outside of Quebec so that you may be married in Nevada and get a marriage certificate from Quebec. It is assumed that data pre-1993 will also be added to that data base and that this information will no be available (while it would be the genealogist dream). It is known that the written forms will not be available to genealogists. However, the format is such that the private data (i.e. biological parents on birth forms and reason of death on death records) is on a separate form. Thus, maybe they will make microfilm copies available (to replace the Statistical copy). This is speculation. While records can (until mid-1992) be consulted with as maximum delay of 14 monthes (i.e. in 1991, you can check 1990 records), such microfilms would give at least 3 to 4 years of delay. There will be 2 centers in Montreal and Quebec. From somewhere in 1992, Records will be transferred from every Court House to the 2 centers. This will be the locations to write to get records. What district will go where is not yet known, but 1. districts will remain inside the centers for data classification and 2. districts around Montreal will go to Montreal and others to Quebec. Director of Quebec told me about the 7 districts around Montreal while a more recent communique from Quebec indicates 12 districts. After 2000-2010 (exact year is not known), everything will go to Quebec City in one center. The director(s) of Vital Records will give permission to consult records (pre-1993) to genealogists (providing you can proove you are a genealogist by previous works). This is arbitrary. Adoptees looking for biological parents will not be admitted. Current director at Montreal is against genealogist while the Quebec director is more open. Church Records ============== Catholic churches will likely continue to hold records for church purposes (you have to be baptised, confirmed and not divorced to be married). Thus, they will probably do the same as in USA. ---end of part 5--- Quebec Vital Records part 6 Quebec Districts ============================================ Notes are from personal visits. Hours are usually 8:30 to 16:30. Sometimes, it closes at 12:00-13:00. Court Houses will transfer their records in 1992, probably during summer. In the addresses, SS means basement and RC is 1st floor. District are not mapped with Counties. e.g. Vercheres Co. is in 3 districts. While Quebec official language is French, you can usually call or write in English without problem. Also district name is not the county even if the county is probably in the district when the district has a name. Some districts have Records in many Court Houses In automn 1991, cost of Records is $10 CAN. Expect some increase. /--Town having court house / /--- Archives district number. See part 7. / / /------- District name if different Montreal ANQ=601 Montreal Island and Laval Location : 1, rue Notre-Dame est, ch. 1.140, H2Y 1B6 Phone : (514)393-2120 Hours : 8h30 - 16h00 North shore of St.Lawrence, West to East La Sarre ANQ=80x Abitibi Location : 651-2e Rue est, J9Z 2Y9 Phone : (819)333-5451 Rouyn ANQ=80x Rouyn-Noranda Location : 2, avenue du Palais, J9X 2N9 Phone : (819)764-9038 Ville-Marie ANQ=80x Temiscamingue Location : 8, rue St-Gabriel nord, J0Z 3W0 Phone : (819)629-2773 Amos ANQ=80x Abitibi Location : 891-3e Rue ouest, J9T 2T4 Phone : (819)732-6577 Val d'Or ANQ=80x Abitibi Location : 900-7e Rue, J9P 3P8 Phone : (819)825-0244 Campbell's Bay ANQ=70x Pontiac Location : 27, rue John, C.P. 159, J0X 1K0 Phone : (819)648-5577 Maniwaki ANQ=70x Labelle Location : 266, rue Notre-Dame #431, J9E 2J8 Phone : (819)449-3222 Mont-Laurier ANQ=70x Labelle Location : 645, de la Madone, J9L 1T1 Phone : (819)623-2333 Hull ANQ=701 Location : 17, rue Laurier, J8X 4C1 #2.230 Phone : (819)776-8102 Note : You must call before. St-Jerome ANQ=606 Terrebonne Location : 400, Laviolette SS#06, J7Y 2T6 Phone : (514)431-4409 Hours : 8:30-12:00, 13:00-16:30 Joliette ANQ=605 Location : 200, St-Marc, J6E 8C2 Phone : (514)753-4816 Note : You must call before and write for permission. Trois-Rivieres ANQ=401 Location : 250, Laviolette, G9A 1T9 Phone : (819)372-4150 Shawinigan ANQ=404 St-Maurice Location : 212-6e Rue, G9N 8B6 Phone : (819)536-2571 Note : You must call before and write to Trois-Rivieres for permission. La Tuque ANQ=404 St-Maurice Location : 290, St-Joseph, C.P. 7, G9X 3P1 Phone : (819)523-9533 Note : You must call before and write to Trois-Rivieres for permission. Quebec ANQ=301 Location : 300, boul. Jean-Lesage, ch. SS-39, G1K 8K6 Phone : (418)649-3513 La Malbaie ANQ=304 Saguenay Location : 30, chemin de la Vallee, C.P. 332, G5A 1T8 Phone : (418)665-3991 Chibougamau ANQ=20x/10x Abitibi Location : 860-3e rue, G8P 1P9 Phone : (418)748-6411 Roberval ANQ=202 Location : 750, boul. St-Joseph, G8H 2L5 Phone : (418)275-2521 Alma ANQ=20x Location : 725 Harvey ouest G8B 1P5 Phone : (418)668-3334 Chicoutimi ANQ=201 Location : 227, rue Racine est, C.P. 370, G7H 5C5 Phone : (418) Baie Comeau ANQ=90x Location : 71, avenue Mance, G4Z 1N2 Phone : (418)296-5534 District : Hauterive Sept-Iles ANQ=901 Location : 425, rue Laure, G4R 1X6 Phone : (418)962-2154 District : Mingan South shore of St.Lawrence Valleyfield ANQ=607 Beauharnois Location : 180, Salaberry, J6T 2J2 Phone : (514)371-3323 Note : You must call before Longueuil ANQ=601 (Montreal) Location : 1111, boul. Jacques-Cartier est, RC 24, J4M 2J6 Phone : (514) St-Jean ANQ=604 Iberville Location : 109, St-Charles, J3B 2C2 Phone : (514)347-3715 Note : Limit of 25 registers books a day Sorel ANQ=603 Richelieu Location : 46, rue Charlotte, J3P 6N5 Phone : (514)742-2786 St-Hyacinthe ANQ=602 Location : 1550, rue Dessaulles, J2S 2S8 Phone : (514)773-8471 Cowansville ANQ=502 Bedford Location : 920, rue Principale, J2K 1K2 Phone : (514)263-3520 Sherbrooke ANQ=501 St-Francois Location : 375, King ouest, J1H 6B9 Phone : (819)822-6938 Hours : 8:30-12:00, 13:00-16:30 Drummondville ANQ=403 Drummond Location : 1680, boul. St-Joseph, J2C 2G3 Phone : (819)478-2513 Nicolet ANQ=401 Location : 395, Mgr Courchesne, C.P. 1477, J0G 1E0 Phone : (819) Note : You must call before and write to Trois-Rivieres for permission. Arthabaska ANQ=402 Location : 800, boul Bois-Francs sud, G6P 5W5 Phone : (819)357-2054 Thetford-les-Mines ANQ=305 Frontenac Location : 693, St-Alphonse ouest, C.P. 579, G6G 5T6 Phone : (418)338-2118 Note: Frontenac county is partly in Megantic district and Megantic county is partly in Frontenac district Lac Megantic ANQ=30x Megantic Location : 5527, rue Frontenac #316, G6B 1H6 Phone : (819)583-1268 St-Joseph de Beauce ANQ=30x Beauce Location : 795, avenue du Palais, G0S 2V0 Phone : (418)397-4188 Montmagny ANQ=302 Location : 25, rue du Palais de Justice, G5V 3S9 Phone : (418)248-0909 Riviere-du-Loup ANQ=303 Kamouraska Location : 33, de la Cour, G5R 1J1 Phone : (418)862-3579 Rimouski ANQ=101 Location : 183, de la Cathedrale, C.P. 800, G5L 7C9 Phone : (418)722-3833 Perce ANQ=10x Gaspe Location : 124, rue Principale, C.P. 188, G0C 2L0 Phone : (418)782-2055 New Carlisle ANQ=10x Bonaventure Location : 87, rue Principale, C.P. 517, G0C 1Z0 Phone : (418)752-3376 Havre Aubert ANQ=10x Gaspe Location : C.P. 159, G0B 1J0 Phone : (418)937-2201 Quebec Vital Records part 7 Quebec Archives =========================================== ANQ (Archives Nationales du Quebec) will provide photocopy of records they have on microfilm. You can also visit Centers and do the copy yourself. I included opening hours for Montreal Center. Are on microfilms and available: The Catholic Church copy for period pre-1877 i.e. 1621-1876 Some districts (non-catholic 1765-1879/1899, cath. 1877-1899) Microfilms are available from: LDS for pre-1877 catholic records and some other records FFSQ for microfilms produced by ANQ (most others) ' ' ' ' FFSQ: Federation des Familles-Souches Quebecoises Inc. C.P. 6700, Sillery, Quebec G1T 2W2 (418) 653-2137 In Montreal (514) 873-6246 (there is someone on Mondays) You can buy, not loan from FFSQ. Copy of Records pre-1900 ------------------------ I ask at the Montreal Center about doing copies of Records. I don't know if other Centers have same price and policy. Microfilm data is only for Montreal Center. Not sure if all Center will have copies from all other (I assume they don't) They will do some research and copy Records from microfilms (only, nothing from non-microfilmed Records). They will spend no more than 30 minutes i.e. if you requested 10 records and they found 5, you will have to write again for the 5 more records. Microfilm numbering is not a continuous series of number. Cost is CAN $2.00 including 1st copy. $0.25 for each additional copy. Price is for January 1992. List of ANQ Centers ------------------- ANQ=601 indicates in the districts listing what ANQ center cover roughly a given district. Numbering was done ca-1975. Many districts have no number (whence ANQ=10x etc.) or no records pre-1900 (Abitibi, Temiscaming, Rouyn-Noranda). Recently formed district does not fit. i.e. When Longueuil district was formed, Records were sent from Montreal to Longueuil, Sorel, St-Hyacinthe and Valleyfield, while the map of ANQ areas was unchanged. i.e. when they get the 1877-1899 series, they classified records as to previous numbers so that there is no Longueuil district. ANQ Centers are listed in part 7. Except for Montreal and Quebec, openings hours are 8h30-16h30, Monday- Friday ANQ Centers 1 Lower St.Lawrence, Gaspesie, Iles-de-la-Madeleine 337, rue Moreault, sous-sol Rimouski G5L 1P4 (418) 722-3500 Covers : Rimouski county and eastward Microfilms : Gaspe and Bonaventure districts 2 Saguenay, Lac St-Jean 930, rue Jacques-Cartier est Local C-103 Chicoutimi G7H 2A9 (418) 549-8886 Covers : Chicoutimi, Lac St-Jean (NOT the Saguenay Co.) 3 Quebec C.P. 10450 Sainte-Foy G1V 4N1 (418) 643-1322 Covers : Quebec, Portneuf, Charlevoix Kamouraska, Megantic, Beauce, etc. 4 Mauricie, Bois-Francs 225, rue des Forges Trois-Rivieres G9A 2G7 (819) 379-8253 Covers : Trois-Riviere, St-Maurice, Champlain, Maskinonge Nicolet, Arthabaska, Drummond 5 Estrie (Eastern Townships) 740, rue Galt ouest Sherbrooke J1H 1Z3 (819) 566-2881 Hours : also Wednesday to 21h00 (not summer) (not sure) Covers : St-Francois/Sherbrooke, Bedford/Cowansville Microfilms : St-Francois district to 1899, Bedford to 1879 6 Montreal 1945 rue Mullins Montreal H3K 1N9 (514) 873-3064 Hours : (not sure) 9h00-21h00 Mon-Thu, 9h00-17h00 Fri-Sun Covers : Montreal, Laval, Sorel, Joliette, Terrebonne, Beauharnois, Iberville, St-Hyacinthe, Longueuil Microfilms : Part of Montreal to ca-1882 All district to 1899, but not yet processed (Jan 92) 7 Outaouais 170, rue Hotel-de-Ville Hull J8X 4C2 (819) 777-2900 Covers : Pontiac, Hull, Gatineau, Papineau, Labelle Microfilms : Hull/Gatineau to 1910, other looks like not done 8 Abitibi, Temiscamingue 27, rue du Terminus ouest Rouyn-Noranda J9X 2P3 (819) 762-4484 Covers : Abitibi, Temiscamingue 9 Cote-Nord 649, boulevard Laure Sept-Iles G4R 1X8 (418) 962-3434 Covers : Mingan district, Saguenay Co. /end/