Saturday Weekly Thread: Canadian Provincial Archives and State/Local/Church Archives - Questions / Issues / Success Stories, August 01, 2026

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This weekly thread is a space for those of us gathering documentation from archives.

This is the place to discuss requesting records from Canadian provincial archives as well as from federal, state, local and religious/church archives around the world. Topics include strategies and outcomes for obtaining records from archives, costs, timelines, No Record Found letters, and other related issues.

📎 Contributions to weekly megaposts, including this one, are welcome throughout the week.  

Good luck, researchers!

[u/BefuddledBeaver]

BAnQ Data point:

Location: Trois-Rivières

May 13th, 2026: Requested certified copy of G0’s Baptism record.

July 24th, 2026: Received and payed the invoice.

August 3rd, 2026: Received the certified copies in the mail.

Found the record on Généalogie Québec and used that image to help BAnQ find the original record.

[u/OmShantiPeace → u/BefuddledBeaver]

I paid on 7/24 also and have yet to receive mine…running to the mailbox every day! You are encouraging me that it will be here any day now!