Tag Archives: Drouin Institute

This week’s crème de la crème — December 16, 2023

Posted on December 16, 2023 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsNew releases of C.I.9s for Vancouver and Victoria – 2023 by Linda Yip on Past Presence. More Drouin Collection rescanning on Genealogy Quebec on Généalogie et histoire du Québec. My First-Hand … Continue reading →

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More than 1.7 million marriages added to Genealogy Quebec’s LAFRANCE database

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Gail Dever

To help make better one-stop shopping for researchers, the Drouin Institute has added more than 1.7 million marriages, dating from 1850 to today, to the LAFRANCE search tool for Genealogy Quebec subscribers. These marriages were transferred from the NBMDS collection, … Continue reading →

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35,000 Acadian family files added to Genealogy Quebec

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Gail Dever

The Drouin Institute’s website, Genealogy Quebec, now has an additional 35,000 Acadian family files, based on original records, on its Acadia — Families tool, for a total of 130,342 family files. The records span from the beginning of the Acadian … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 4, 2020

Posted on January 4, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsOur Year in Review on CanadaGen Web’s Cemetery Project. Over 500 000 new images and files – A look back at 2019 on Généalogie et historie du Québec (Drouin Institute). The existence of … Continue reading →

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Internet obituaries on Genealogy Quebec no longer free

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Gail Dever

The Drouin Institute has moved its free online collection of about two million Canadian obituaries, from 1999 to present, to the subscription side of its Genealogy Quebec website. Gone are the days when the public could freely access the database … Continue reading →

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Quebec Catholic baptisms and burials up to 1861 now available on Genealogy Quebec

Posted on April 16, 2019 by Gail Dever

The Drouin Institute yesterday announced the LAFRANCE collection on its Genealogy Quebec website now has all Quebec Catholic baptisms and burials from 1621 to 1861. The latest additions to LAFRANCE are Catholic baptisms and burials that took place between 1850 and … Continue reading →

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Drouin Institute adds 30,000 Quebec baptism and burial records to LAFRANCE collection

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Drouin Institute has added 30,000 Quebec Catholic baptism and burial records, between 1850 and 1861, to its LAFRANCE collection on its subscription-based GenealogyQuebec website. The LAFRANCE is a detailed index with link to the original document of all Catholic marriages … Continue reading →

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Top Quebec genealogy resource, PRDH, almost doubles in size

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Drouin Genealogical Institute yesterday announced a huge update to the family reconstructions in its Programme de recherche en démographie historique — PRDH (Research Programme in Historical Demography). The collection is a reconstruction of the population of Quebec from the beginning … Continue reading →

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Genealogy Quebec adds Catholic marriages for 1917

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Drouin Institute announced yesterday all Quebec Catholic marriages for 1917 have been added to its website, Genealogy Quebec, in the LAFRANCE collection. This means there are now about 900,000 Quebec Catholic marriages on Genealogy Quebec, from the arrival of the … Continue reading →

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Drouin Genealogical Institute acquires Planète Généalogie website

Posted on November 16, 2017 by Gail Dever

The Drouin Genealogical Institute announced today it has acquired Planète Généalogie, a genealogical research website that offers more than 29 million images and files. Planète Généalogie is a genealogical research website that provides various collections and databases. The databases include … Continue reading →

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