In June, staff at the Grande Bibliothèque in Montreal catalogued two Quebec family histories for the genealogy collection.
The Grande Bibliothèque is the flagship library facility of the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ). All books published in Quebec, including family histories, must be deposited at the Grande Bibliothèque. They form part of the national collection.
Although most of the family histories at the Grande Bibliothèque are written in French, if you find one about your ancestors, you will probably figure out a way to use it in your research.
If interested in learning more about the book listed below, contact BAnQ by completing the online form. (Click on English in the top-right corner of the screen to see the English-language form.) The people at BAnQ will respond in English or French, depending on the language of inquiry, within a couple of days.
The family names in the following book have been highlighted in bold. To help, I have provided a brief description in English.
Le mémorial familial : parcours d’une famille Miville-Deschênes : 417 ans d’histoire : 1602-2019 by Robert Deschênes. Quebec : Robert Deschênes, 2020? 320 pages.
About the Miville-Deschênes family, from 1602-2019. Pierre Miville (about 1602-1669) married Charlotte Maugis before 1632 in Brouage, France. They had six children and settled in New France in 1649. Their son, Jacques, took on the surname, Miville-Deschênes in 1669.
Sur les traces de nos aïeux by Sylvain Dufour. 2nd edition. Gatineau, Quebec : Sylvain Dufour, December 2020. 3 volumes.
In the footsteps of our ancestors. About the Dufour and Trudel families.
