Document Search and Translation
Document Services
Document Search
We search thoroughly for genealogical documents containing information about your ancestors in many archival systems.
Whether you’re tracing a single ancestor or building out an entire family tree, we locate and retrieve the vital records that tell your ancestors’ history: baptismal, marriage, and burial records, civil registrations, census entries, notarial acts, immigration and ship manifests, land deeds, and parish registers.
Each search is tailored to your specific research goals, digging through archives, church repositories, and government registries to fill in the gaps your own research has hit. You’ll receive organized, clearly documented findings with source citations, so you know exactly where each record came from and can build on it with confidence.
Document translation
Quebec’s genealogical records present a unique challenge: centuries of handwritten French, archaic legal and religious terminology, and regional dialects that can stump even fluent French speakers. This translation service specializes in rendering these historic documents: parish registers, notarial contracts, marriage and baptismal certificates, seigneurial land records, and civil acts into clear English. Full document translation services are also available.
Begin your journey of discovery
Contact one of our researchers to get started. Please use the
Genealogy Contact Form to make an appointment.