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From: Pat jones <>
Subject: Re: [Montreal-Irish] R.A.B. du PRDH
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:48:32 -0400 (GMT-04:00)


Oh what a great thing to see coming. I am only third generation b. on this side of the US border. I know that there is family history near Montreal for me. I know the church/names and place of burial on some. What a treat to maybe find my Canadian links.
Pat Jones Darke Co OH

-----Original Message-----
>From: Linda Maitland <>
>Sent: Aug 14, 2006 12:52 AM
>To:
>Subject: [Montreal-Irish] R.A.B. du PRDH
>
>
>I've had a number of queries about the R.A.B. du PRDH CD that the West Coast
>Quebec Group and the BCGS in Vancouver, BC has just acquired so here's an
>explanation borrowed from the PRDH website at the University of Montreal
>http://www.genealogie.umontreal.ca/en/pubRAB2.htm:
>
>The R.A.B. du PRDH is a repertory of the 710 000 baptismal, marriage, and
>burial certificates registered in the Catholic parishes of Quebec from
>1621-1799. Added to these are more than 20,000 certificates of various other
>types: census records, marriage contracts, confirmations, lists of
>immigrants, and so on.
>
>The repertory reproduces, in a standardized form, the basic information
>contained in these documents: type, place of registration and date of the
>certificate; and the family name, first name, and characteristics of the
>individuals cited.
>
>Sophisticated search tools make it possible to find certificates by name of
>person (individuals or couples) and certificate characteristics (type, date,
>or parish).
>
>Linda
>
>Linda Maitland
>White Rock (Vancouver), BC
>
>
>
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