Daily Ancestorsoussigné
Soussigné means "the undersigned" in French; nous prêtre soussigné is the priest who wrote and signed the entry.
Soussigné, literally signed below, is how the writer of a document refers to himself. In parish registers the priest may call himself nous prêtre soussigné, we the undersigned priest, and his signature at the foot of the entry gives his name.
The plural soussignés covers everyone who signed, such as witnesses. Compare the signatures with the list of those who could not sign to see who in the family was literate.
As seen in a recordOpening of an entry in a Catholic parish register, Quebec, 1850s
nous prêtre soussigné, vicaire de cette paroisse, avons baptisé
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