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The R.A.B. du PRDH is a repertory of the 690 000 baptismal, marriage, and burial certificates registered in the Catholic parishes of Quebec prior to 1800. 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).
This new version is presented on one CD-Rom, contrary to the previous version, which required two disks. It covers the period 1621-1799 and includes over 710,000 certificates; it includes a few hundred additions or corrections made to the PRDH data base during the period 1998-2001. |
