Category Archives: Montreal

Montrealers walk up Mount Royal to mark 375th anniversary of cross

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Gail Dever

While many of us were complaining about the frigid temperatures this weekend — and some of us stayed indoors to work on our genealogical research — a hardy group of several dozen Montrealers took part in a pilgrimage Saturday to … Continue reading →

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Names added to Mount Royal Cemetery on Cimetières du Québec

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Gail Dever

The folks from the Cimetières du Québec website announced that 800 names have been added to its listing about the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal — one of the largest in Canada. While non-denominational today, Mount Royal Cemetery was a … Continue reading →

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Compare satellite image of Montreal to 1947 aerial photo with the click of your mouse

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Gail Dever

There is a very cool, very simple website that allows visitors to easily compare streets and buildings in a 1947 aerial view of Montreal with modern-day structures that appear in satellite images. The map was created about four years ago, but … Continue reading →

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Montreal-area historical society offers transcribed notary records in online shop

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Gail Dever

The Society for the Preservation of the Heritage of Pointe-Claire, located in the western part of the island of Montreal, announced an initiative to provide transcriptions of notarial records related to Pointe-Claire for a fee. The notarial records (actes) include … Continue reading →

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Montreal digitizing records for online ‘consultation room’

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Gail Dever

The City of Montreal announced last week its plans to digitize a number of archival documents to make them available online for the public to consult. Announcements like this make a genealogist’s pulse race with excitement. However, before too much … Continue reading →

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Canadian connection to US Civil War, Confederate plaque, street directories, William Notman

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Gail Dever

What do the American Civil War, a 60-year-old plaque outside Canada’s oldest department store, a new book, Jefferson Davis, John Lovell, and William Notman all have in common? Montreal. Here’s why. Earlier this week, there was a bit of local media … Continue reading →

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Obituary tells story about Birks jewellers

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Gail Dever

An obituary about George Drummond Birks, published in Saturday’s Globe and Mail, is a good read about the jewellery firm, Henry Birks and Company that was founded in 1879, and the family that ran it for more than 100 years. … Continue reading →

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BAnQ acquires 7,000 historic Montreal postcards

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Gail Dever

The Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) has received an impressive collection of 7,000 postcards depicting scenes of Montreal from the late 19th century to the 1960s, all collected by Pierre Monette. When announcing the acquisition, interim president and … Continue reading →

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Hydro-Québec undertakes effort to honour memory of Montreal’s Irish immigrants

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Gail Dever

Today, dozens of Irish Montrealers will take part in the 152nd Walk to the Stone to remember the Irish immigrants who arrived on the shores of Montreal, starting in 1847. For years, the city’s Irish community has tried to convince … Continue reading →

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Montreal celebrates 375th anniversary

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Gail Dever

The City of Montreal will today mark the 375th anniversary of its founding as a French colony, with the ringing of church bells and a day of events capped by the lighting of the Jacques Cartier Bridge. At 8 a.m. … Continue reading →

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