{"id":4463,"date":"2023-03-17T13:23:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T17:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/?p=4463\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T14:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:31:19","slug":"growing-your-family-tree-key-documents-for-genealogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/en\/2023\/03\/17\/growing-your-family-tree-key-documents-for-genealogy\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing your Family Tree: Key Documents for Genealogy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IGD-large-EN-1024x338.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2680\" style=\"width:409px;height:135px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The family tree is an essential tool for any genealogy enthusiast, as it allows you to trace and visualize your family history over several generations. If you want to grow your family tree with accurate and complete information, you will inevitably have to refer to various types of historical documents.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"885\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/family-tree-basic-structure-e1678995556161.png\" alt=\"basic family tree structure\" class=\"wp-image-4465\" style=\"width:541px;height:237px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/family-tree-basic-structure-e1678995556161.png 885w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/family-tree-basic-structure-e1678995556161-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/family-tree-basic-structure-e1678995556161-768x337.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Basic family tree structure, with the number of individuals doubling every generation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In this article, we will explore the most common types of historical records used in genealogy, explaining how they can help you build a complete and detailed family tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Civil and religious records<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you had to limit yourself to one type of document for your genealogical research, it would undoubtedly be church and civil records. These records contain the vital events of a population, namely births (or baptisms), marriages, and deaths (or burials).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mariage-LAFRANCE-EN-e1658861722230-1024x496.png\" alt=\"church record used for building a family tree\" class=\"wp-image-3743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mariage-LAFRANCE-EN-e1658861722230-1024x496.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mariage-LAFRANCE-EN-e1658861722230-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mariage-LAFRANCE-EN-e1658861722230-768x372.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mariage-LAFRANCE-EN-e1658861722230-1536x744.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Mariage-LAFRANCE-EN-e1658861722230.png 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Example of a church record. Source: <em>LAFRANCE<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GenealogyQuebec.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How church and civil records help you grow your family tree<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Church and civil records contain a lot of interesting information pertaining to their subject; their name, date of birth, marriage or death, place of birth, residence or death, and often the names of their parents and\/or spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only can you plug this information in your family tree, you can also use it to go back one generation in the line you are researching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More specifically, the marriage record is the key to your genealogical research, as in most cases, it will contain the <strong>names of the parents of the spouses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Mariages-combined-EN-V2-e1656441343693-1024x529.png\" alt=\"marriage from genealogy quebec used to make a family tree\" class=\"wp-image-3645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Mariages-combined-EN-V2-e1656441343693-1024x529.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Mariages-combined-EN-V2-e1656441343693-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Mariages-combined-EN-V2-e1656441343693-768x397.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Mariages-combined-EN-V2-e1656441343693.png 1475w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marriage from the <em>LAFRANCE <\/em>on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Genealogy Quebec<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The names of the parents of the spouses are indicated in the marriage on the left. Searching for them allows you to find their marriages, in which you will find the names of their respective parents. By repeating this process, you can go back through the generations and easily complete your family tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The best sources of Quebec church and civil records<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/en\/2022\/08\/10\/quebec-birth-records-and-baptisms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quebec birth records and baptisms \u2013 The best free and paid sources<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/en\/2022\/07\/28\/quebec-marriage-records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quebec marriage records \u2013 The best free and paid sources<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/en\/2022\/08\/16\/quebec-death-records-and-burials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quebec death records and burials \u2013 The best online sources<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Obituaries and Headstones<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Obituary notices and tombstones are among the most commonly used documents in genealogy, as they contain a wealth of information about the individuals and cover periods that are not available through other types of documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pierre-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-id=\"2831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pierre-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pierre-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pierre-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pierre-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pierre-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pierre-1.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/obituary-genealogy-quebec-Dawson-Lorna-e1672951643927.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"4318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/obituary-genealogy-quebec-Dawson-Lorna-e1672951643927-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/obituary-genealogy-quebec-Dawson-Lorna-e1672951643927-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/obituary-genealogy-quebec-Dawson-Lorna-e1672951643927.jpg 613w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Headstone and Obituary from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Genealogy Quebec<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How obituaries and headstones help you grow your family tree<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Although civil and religious records are essential to your research, they are rarely available for the modern period. Indeed, for privacy reasons, it can be very difficult or even impossible to find recent records, which complicates the task of filling in the contemporary part of your family tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This problem does not exist for headstones and obituaries. In the case of headstones, they can be visited and catalogued in local cemeteries. As for obituaries, they are published daily in newspapers and on the Internet. Therefore, many collections covering the contemporary period are available to genealogists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It should also be noted that obituaries and headstones often mention family members of the deceased, which is crucial to allow you to bridge the generations in your family tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The best sources of obituaries and headstones in Quebec<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/search\">Genealogy Quebec&#8217;s search engine<\/a> offers over <strong>5 million<\/strong> obituaries, memorial cards and headstones from Quebec and Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also many sites dedicated to the publication of obituaries online. These sites are indexed by search engines such as Google and Bing, which makes finding an obituary on the Internet very simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Generally, all you have to do is enter the name of the deceased into your favorite search engine and browse the first few results. However, if the name is very common, it may be necessary to add terms such as &#8220;obituary&#8221; or &#8220;death notice&#8221; to your search. If an obituary is present on one of these sites, you will find it among the first results of your search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Censuses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Censuses are important sources for genealogy because they provide information about a family&#8217;s members and where they lived at <strong>a specific time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How censuses help you grow your family tree<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Censuses can help you identify a person&#8217;s family members, including children, spouses and parents. By comparing censuses from different years, you can also track changes in family composition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, they allow you to confirm information found in other sources, such as religious or civil records. For example, you can confirm dates of birth, places of residence, occupations and names of family members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, census records can provide you with details about the daily lives of the family members you are researching, such as their occupations or education levels. This information can help to reconstruct the lives of your ancestors beyond names and dates and to flesh out your family tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The best sources of censuses in Quebec<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Genealogy Quebec<\/a>, you will find the Quebec censuses for the years 1881 and 1901, and the Ontario census for the year 1881. These contain more than 5 million individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bac-lac.gc.ca\/eng\/census\/Pages\/census.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Library and Archives Canada site<\/a> allows you to browse through many censuses of Quebec and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Discover your own ancestors with a free 7-day trial on Genealogy Quebec.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Access over 100 million historical records, including parish registers, obituaries, and censuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size has-text-align-center has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/checkout?abo_stripe=TRIAL\">Start your free 7-day trial<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The family tree is an essential tool for any genealogy enthusiast, as it allows you to trace and visualize your family history over several generations. 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