Early Kaskaskia Church Records

Section Three: De Beaubois’ Baptism Records 1720-1721

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This is apparently a register begun by De Beaubois in July of 1720. This section is written on similar margined paper as the proceeding. Section Three, however, contains some of the few first-generation registers predating 1722. This is indicated by witness signatures (in varying hands) along with occasional in-line or marginal corrections indicative of a working document. It also includes some older records (some signed by Boullenger) that De Beaubois copied into his register from loose-leaf papers. The entries span the period July 1720 through late 1721. 

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CITATION

“Registre de la Paroisse de la Conception de Notre Dame des Caskcaskias”

Assembled by E.G. Mason (1879)

On File at the Diocese of Belleville Archives, Belleville, Illinois. 

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