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From: "Cindy Benson" <>
Subject: Re: [Q-R] Quebec City archdiocese raising funds for new genealogical centre
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 12:48:10 -0500
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I do have a question. According to the gazette article:

"Plans call for the archives to be housed in the Quebec Seminary
building, in the heart of the provincial capital's Old Town."

I have a great grandfather who was a student at the above mentioned seminary
(at least he was in 1891). Does anyone know what that would mean? Was he
studying to become a priest? (obviously that didn't work out!) He was an
Irish orphan adopted by a french family and I wonder if it was done through
the church in those days?

Any insight would be most helpful!

Cindy Benson


----- Original Message -----
From: "Unclefred" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 4:16 PM
Subject: [Q-R] Quebec City archdiocese raising funds for new genealogical
centre


> Forwarded....Unc
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Rozon" <>
> To: "_GEN Quebec" <>
> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 3:13 PM
> Subject: {not a subscriber} OT: Quebec City archdiocese raising funds
> for new genealogical centre
>
>
> > This appeared in the Montreal Gazette this week:
> >
> > NEWS STORY
> > In search of roots
> > $70-million project launched. Roman Catholic Church to open
> genealogical
> > centre that will trace Quebec's family trees back to 1600s
> >
> > ALAN HUSTAK
> > The GAzette
> >
> >
> > Friday, March 19, 2004
> >
> >
> > Families throughout North America with Roman Catholic roots in Quebec
> should
> > find it easier to trace their ancestry once the diocese of Quebec
> opens a
> > $70-million historical archives and genealogical centre in Quebec
> City.
> >
> > The fundraising campaign to build the centre was initiated yesterday
> by
> > Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the archbishop of Quebec, and Abdou Diouf, a
> former
> > president of Senegal and now the secretary-general of the
> Francophonie, the
> > international organization of French-speaking countries. The launch
> took
> > place during a breakfast at Montreal city hall.
> >
> > Both men are honorary patrons of the foundation, established to
> consolidate
> > 350 years of church records under one roof.
> >
> > See: NEWS STORY
> >
> http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/archives/story.asp?id=8C4
> 830A
> > 7-7995-4E52-BA04-49EF1A8B78F0
> >
> > If link does not work go to
> http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/
> > Find Archive in left-hand column then enter "genealogical" in search
> box.
> >
> > Regards,
> > RJPR.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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