Al, That was then. It is no longer the case. Lorie is asking about the current practice. Cheers, Mona On 14-06-09 5:33 PM, Al Poulin wrote: > Actually, the extra copy did not go to the diocese. Each year, the parishes sent a second copy of their registers, known as the civil copy, to a palais de justice, or the Office of the Superior Court in the Judicial District in which the church existed. > > These pages are helpful: > http://www.americanancestors.org/vital-records-in-quebec/ > http://search.ancestry.ca/search/db.aspx?dbid=1091 > or rather in English: > http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1091 > > Al Poulin > > On Jun 9, 2014, at 10:53 AM, Mona Andrée Rainville wrote: > >> In Quebec, as far as Catholic parishes are concerned, it is. The recent >> diocese records are not available to the public. >> >> But, as you might already know, since 1994 religious records are no >> longer the legal records in Québec. Births, deaths, and marriages and >> any other act relating to civil status, such as change of name, change >> of sex, adoption, etc., are now recorded by the civil authority known as >> the Directeur de l'État civil. >> >> http://www.etatcivil.gouv.qc.ca/en/default.html >> >> Mona >> >> On 14-06-09 8:25 AM, Lorie Begin wrote: >>> Does anyone happen to know if it is still a practice, to forward copies, or >>> the originals of parish records to the diocese involved? >>> >>> >>> Lorie >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~For the list web page, goto: >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm >> And we are on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/QRlist/ >> List Archives are at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/QUEBEC-RESEARCH >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUEBEC-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~For the list web page, goto: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm > And we are on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/QRlist/ > List Archives are at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/QUEBEC-RESEARCH > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUEBEC-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >