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Five items

The record

A civil record, a ledger, letters, a deed, school notebooks.

The record

What is actually held.

Five items, each with its date, its reference and what it establishes. An archive that does not say where a claim comes from is a story, not an archive.

Illustrated placeholder: Marriage record of Augustin Delorme and Marie-Louise Béchard
Civil record14 janvier 1858

Marriage record of Augustin Delorme and Marie-Louise Béchard

Registre de la paroisse Saint-Norbert, folio 12

The oldest item in the collection. Both signatures appear; Marie-Louise's is firm, indicating she could write.

Illustrated placeholder: Workshop account book
Ledger1861 – 1889

Workshop account book

Fonds Delorme, pièce 04

A hundred and forty pages of orders, prices and customer names. The richest source on the village economy.

Illustrated placeholder: Letters from Rosaire Delorme, French front
Correspondence1916 – 1918

Letters from Rosaire Delorme, French front

Fonds Delorme, pièces 21 à 42

Twenty-two letters. Two bear military censorship marks, visible in black ink.

Illustrated placeholder: Bill of sale for the workshop
Notarial deed3 mai 1954

Bill of sale for the workshop

Greffe du notaire J.-P. Marchand

The deed that closed ninety-four years of the family's presence in the trade.

Illustrated placeholder: Alphonsine Girard's lesson books
Notebook1887 – 1895

Alphonsine Girard's lesson books

Fonds Delorme, pièces 07 à 09

Three rural-school notebooks: lessons, pupil lists, conduct notes. A rare source on rural teaching.

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Delorme Family Archive (demonstration), « The record », updated 12 September 2026, https://sites.kreativ.ca/archive-famille/en/documents (accessed [date]).