During July and August, SGQ is opened only on Tuesday from 10:30 A.M. till 9:15 P.M. August it is opened also on Wednesday 7:00 P.M. till 9:15 P.M. It is only an addition to Hawain Jerry who knows very well what is talking about. Alain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Lesperance" <jlesperance@hawaii.rr.com> To: <QUEBEC-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 7:00 PM Subject: [QUEBEC] Off Topic: Quebec City > > I consider your message very much "on topic". Absolutely the best place to > > visit in the city of Quebe is the Archives nationales du Quebec at > > Pavillon Louis-Jacques-Casault > > Cité universitaire, C.P. 10450 > > Sainte-Foy (Québec) G1V 4N1 > > Tél. : (418) 643-8904 > > Téléc. : (418) 646-0868 > > Courriel : anq.quebec@mcc.gouv.qc.ca > > > > It's on the grounds of the Laval University located off the main route > > leading to the west from the city of Quebec. Visit their site at > > http://www.anq.gouv.qc.ca/ > > > > The Societe genealogique du Quebec (ANQ) is located in the same building > as > > the ANQ. It's hours are: mardi > > mercredi > > jeudi > > samedi sauf le 1er du mois > > > > 10 h 30 à 21 h 15 > > 18 h 30 -21 h 15 13 h - 16 h 10 h - 16 h > > > > > > You should go to their Web Site at http://www.genealogie.org/club/sgq/ but > > you have to click on "Bienvenue" to get meaningful information...in > French. > > $5 Canadian per visit to SGQ. No cost except photocopying at ANQ > > > > Reading microfilm of the original church registers, etc. is an art gained > > after much experience. It's not tough because they are in French.The > problem > > is that the entries are in longhand, sometimes not too carefully written. > > Further some of the original registers are in bad shape not enhanced by > the > > microfilming process. One technique is to go to a portion of a film where > > the pastor had excellent handwriting to learn the format of each rite, > which > > are fairly standard. Then go back to the dates you're interested in to > > tackle the hard-to-read scribbling there. > > You might want to spend more time with the typewritten dictionairies and > > repertoires prepared in relatively recent years. There is a marriage > > repertoire for every parish, and some parishes also have baptism and > burial > > repetoires. Jette is an excellent dictionary for events prior to 1730. > PRDH > > is good for events prior to 1800. The Blue Drouin books and the Loiselle > > Index are good for looking up the basic information on any marriage in > > Quebec including those in the 20th Century. There are other typewritten > > resources. BMS (Baptisms/Marriages/Burials) is a recent ongoing effort by > a > > number of Quebec societies to put all BMS through the year 2000 into a > data > > base. It's probably the best way to look for a baptism or a burial in > Quebec > > if all you have is a name (no place where it occurred.) It's likely that > ANQ > > has it. > > If you have time to drive through the Coast of Beaupre and Ile d'Orleans, > > contact me at jlesperance@hawaii.rr.com and I'll give you the details of > > excellent resources at both locales. If you plan to visit Montreal, > > This comes to you from a tiny dot in the middle of the Pacific. > > Jerry > > > > ==== QUEBEC Mailing List ==== > We have very few rules and regulations on how to use this > list, when in doubt - check the mail list archives, > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=quebec >