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From: cantinr <>
Subject: Re: Archiv-Histo / Parchemin
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 22:02:38 -0400

Denis Beauregard wrote:

> On Sun, 30 Apr 2000 14:19:53 GMT, "John P. DuLong"
> <> wrote in soc.genealogy.french:
>
> >"JeannineT" <> wrote:
> >
> >> You can request a parchemin (1635-1765) search from:
> >> American-Canadian Genealogical Society
> >
> >This is no longer correct. The American-Canadian Genealogical Society
> >(ACGS) did not renew the contract and, according to Constance G. Hébert,
> >Research Coordinator, ACGS, the CD-ROM has been returned. Last Fall I got a
>
> I remind you all that Parchemin CD-ROM is rented, not purchased...
>
> >chance to use the Parchemin CD-ROM when I visited the ACGS library. Despite
> >an awkward search engine, it was fantastic to use it. For the uninitiated,
>
> By the way, it is exactly the same engine you can find on the
> various CD-ROMs from Ancestry.com (while those from Ancestry are
> using an older version, at least those in the CD-ROM I got last
> year).
>
> >Parchemin is data base with computer abstracts of all the notarial records
> >of Québec from about 1635 to 1800. If is one of the most important
>
> The public CD-ROM include until 1775. There is a possibility of
> seaches after 1775 while I have no idea about the price (I heard
> it is expensive but I have no detail).
>
> >Now this leaves us with a dilemma, if Archiv-Histo is no longer responding
> >to requests, and the American-Canadian Genealogical Society will not help
> >us, then who can we turn to for Parchemin research requests? I believe that
> >the following institutions still have the Parchemin CD-ROM:
>
> I presume you took the list from some cover of MSGCF.
>
> >Archives nationales du Québec à Montréal
> >Archives nationales du Québec à Québec
> >Bibliothèque municipale du Cap-de-la-Madeleine
> >Bibliothèque municipale de Jonquière
> >Bibliothèque municipale de Longueuil
> >Bibliothèque municipale de Montréal (Centrale, Salle Gagnon)
> >Centre d'archives du Séminaire de St-Hyacinthe
> >Centre d'information documentaire Côme-Saint-Germain
> >Centre régional d'archives de Lanaudière
> >Maison du Citoyen (I have never heard of this place before, what is it?)
> maybe Hull or Gatineau, not sure
> >Société franco-ontarienne d'histoire et de généalogie
> >Société généalogique canadienne-française
> >Société d'histoire du Lac-St-Jean
> >Université de Montréal (History Department for students and faculty only)
> >
> >Does anyone know if there are others with the Parchemin CD-ROM? Do any of
> >these places welcome outside research requests? I am a member of the
> >Montréal based Société généalogique canadienne-française (SGCF), so I would
> >naturally start with them. But perhaps there is another institution that
> >would welcome outside requests and be prepared to answer them promptly. I
> >do not know if the SGCF would welcome such request or if they are prepared
> >to answer them.
>
> You can always post your requests to this newsgroup or to Quebec-based
> lists or Acadian lists (yup, most Acadian notary records are included
> but not those from Plaisance). A lot of persons have some access to
> it and depending on your contacts, their availability, the sympathy
> you bring in, etc. you may have, you will likely have an answer if not
> an extract.
>
> >Has the Family History Library acquired a copy of the Parchemin CD-ROM?
>
> No idea, but basically they have limited interest (very few records
> about anglo protestant notaries and this is limited to 1759-1775.
> Remember that all pre-1759 (1763?) notary records of Quebec are in
> French...
>
> Denis
>
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> 0 Denis Beauregard
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Maison du citoyen is the city Hall In Hull, But the archives are not there. ther
are in the basement of the Justice department, Jos Monferand building

raymond

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