Tag Archives: Quebec City

New book about history of Jewish community in Quebec City

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Gail Dever

The Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN) announced that Simon Jacobs and Pierre Anctil have released their new book, Les Juifs de Québec: Quatre cents ans d’histoire, about the 400-year history of the Jews in Quebec City. Mr. Jacobs has been … Continue reading →

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Mount Hermon Cemetery records available on Ancestry

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Gail Dever

Ancestry has added the Quebec City, Quebec, Mount Hermon Cemetery Index, 1846-1904 database to its website. You can access this database for free even if you are not an Ancestry subscriber because it is from the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales … Continue reading →

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Quebec City in photos, 1930 – 1937

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Gail Dever

Blogger Vicky Lapointe has assembled an interesting collection of about two dozen photos of Quebec City, taken by engineer Clifford M. Johnston who took the photos while on vacation in the 1930s. Mr. Johnston was an amateur photographer who immortalised … Continue reading →

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The European flavour of Quebec City

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Gail Dever

On Facebook, I have read a lot lately about genealogists planning a trip to Quebec City this year. If you are one of those travelling family historians, you may find some ideas of what to see and where to eat … Continue reading →

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Lecture about the history of Irish street names in Quebec City

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Gail Dever

If you are in the Quebec City area tomorrow evening, Monday, January 19, you may want to attend the Irish Heritage Quebec’s presentation by John O’Connor, entitled The Irish Street Names of Quebec City. “Several streets were given an Irish … Continue reading →

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Ottawa to fund $35.7-million in Quebec City historical projects

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Gail Dever

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced $35.7-million in funding for historical and archeological projects in Quebec City, while opening the door to further federal funding for a tall-ships regatta that will stop in the city in 2017. According to the … Continue reading →

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Quebec City’s Saint-Dominique church attains heritage status

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Gail Dever

Saint-Dominique church in Quebec City has been classified a provincial heritage building by Hélène David, the minister of Culture and Communications and Minister responsable for the Protection and Promotion of the French language. The church was built by the Dominicans … Continue reading →

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Was your ancestor held in a Quebec City prison?

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Gail Dever

While trawling the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec website, I came across a database of 19th-century Quebec City prison registers. Most of the registers were written in English since the clerks were often English-speaking and the majority of prisoners were British, … Continue reading →

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Fact du jour — This day in history

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Gail Dever

On July 30, 1776, the British governor Guy Carleton commissioned three judges to hold an inquest into the damages caused during the siege of Quebec City by Americans the previous fall and winter.

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Fact du jour — This day in history

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Gail Dever

On July 3, 1608, French explorer Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec City at the site of a long abandoned St. Lawrence Iroquoian settlement, Stadacona. Today, Quebec City is one of the oldest European settlements in North America. National Geographic published … Continue reading →

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