In its latest blog post, the Drouin Institute shares the news about several public libraries that recently began offering free access to the website, Genealogy Quebec.
These public libraries, all in Quebec, now offer access to Genealogy Quebec:
Laurentians (Réseau BIBLIO des Laurentides)
Beaconsfield
Brossard
Granby (Bibliothèque Paul-O.-Trépanier)
Sainte-Thérèse
Saint-Eustache (Bibliothèque Guy-Bélisle)
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Trois-Rivières
Quebec City
The libraries in Longueuil, Saint-Basile-le Grand (Bibliothèque Roland-LeBlanc), and Repentigny will provide access to Genealogy Quebec in September 2018.
Public libraries
In many cases, public libraries provide patrons with access from home. Although the Toronto Public Library is among those who provide remote access to Genealogy Quebec, the public library system in Montreal, Canada’s second-largest city, does not. Perhaps someone is working on the City of Montreal Library’s entire website, which is in dire need of a complete re-design. (Since publishing this blog post, I have learned the Toronto Public Library does not provide remote access to Genealogy Quebec. See the first comment below.)
To learn what is available locally, take look at your public library’s website for links to genealogy, généalogie, online databases, digital resources, ressources numériques, or bases de données.
Libraries that have been offering access for a while to Genealogy Quebec or PRDH include the following:
Quebec — Libraries
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
McGill University Library
Université de Sherbrooke Library
Dollard-des-Ormeaux Public Library
Pointe-Claire Public Library*
Armand-Frappier Library (Salaberry-de-Valleyfield)
Bibliothèque municipale de Sainte-Julie (access also to BMS 2000)
Bibliothèque municipale de Saint-Rémi
Bibliothèque Rina-Lasnier (Joliette)
Bibliothèque de Varennes
Réseau Biblio de la Montérégie
Réseau Biblio de l’Outaouais
Réseau Biblio de l’Estrie
Réseau Biblio de la Capitale-Nationale
Réseau Biblio du Centre-du-Québec, Lanaudière, Mauricie
Réseau Biblio de la Côte-Nord
Bibliothèque de Saint-Zotique
*The Pointe-Claire Public Library no longer promotes access to PRDH on its website, which may indicate the genealogy database is no longer available to its patrons.
Quebec — Genealogical and historical societies
Société de généalogie des Cantons de l’Est (Eastern Townships)
Société de généalogie de l’Outaouais
Société de généalogie de Québec
Société d’histoire et de généalogie de Verdun
Société d’histoire et de généalogie de Trois-Pistoles
Société du patrimoine et d’histoire de l’Île Bizard
Société de généalogie de Longueuil
Société historique et culturelle du Marigot
Société d’histoire du Haut-Richelieu
Centre d’histoire de la Presqu’Île de Vaudreuil
Société de généalogie de Saint-Hubert
Société de généalogie du Nord-Ouest
Société historique de la Côte-Nord
Société de généalogie de Drummondville
Société généalogique de Victoriaville
Société d’histoire et de généalogie des Pays d’en Haut
Société de généalogie de Saint-Hyacinthe
Bibliothèque de Beloeil
Société généalogique La Boréale de Kapuskasing
Société d’histoire et de généalogie de Shawinigan
Centre de généalogie de Papineauville
Société historique de la Côte-du-Sud
Société de généalogie de Lanaudière
Société de généalogie Vaudreuil-Cavagnal
Centre d’histoire familiale à Mascouche
Société de généalogie du grand Trois-Rivières
Société généalogique canadienne-francaise
Société du Patrimoine des Beaucerons
Société généalogique de Châteauguay
Société généalogique du Saguenay (Chicoutimi)
Société d’histoire régionale de Chibougamau inc.
Société Généalogie des Laurentides (Saint-Jérôme)
Quebec Family History Society
Alberta
University of Alberta Library
Ontario
University of Ottawa Library
Ottawa Public Library
Cornwall Public Library
Toronto Public Library
Sudbury Public Library
Ontario Genealogical Society
United States
Northern New York Genealogical Society (Dannemora, NY)
Monroe County Public Library (Indiana)
French-Canadian Historical Society of California
Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society (Burlington, VT)
New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston, MA)
Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society’s Sahyun Library (California)
Hello, Gail
I wanted to correct your statement about access at Toronto Public Library: Genealogie Quebec is only available for use in the library at two branches: Toronto Reference Library and North York Central Library (which is currently under renovation). Toronto Public Library does not provide remote access to this database.
Thanks for the correction about the Toronto Public Library. Much appreciated.
re More Public Libraries providing free access to Genealogy Quebec
Question: Do you have free access from the Toronto ONtario Family History Library? operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints? They seem to have access to many search websites. North York Public Library is closed due to renovations, but this Family History Library is open to the public for research.
thanks