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Research guide explains how to use Drouin Institute’s Quebec Records website

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Gail Dever

The Drouin Genealogical Institute has put together a 22-page research guide that explains how to use the three major databases on its Quebec Records website to find ancestors. If you have not yet subscribed to the website, but are curious … Continue reading →

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Drouin Institute updates BMDs in 80 Quebec parishes

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Gail Dever

The Drouin Institute announced it has updated its LAFRANCE collection. They have added baptism, marriage, and burial records from 1850 to 1861 for 80 parishes in Quebec. A list of the parishes is available here. The LAFRANCE collection is available … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — August 16, 2014

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Upper Canada Land Petitions at LAC and 1871 Census of Canada and Other Schedules by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Finding Loyalist Petition Papers on Library and Archives Canada (LAC) … Continue reading →

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Drouin Institute updates several databases

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Gail Dever

The Drouin Institute has updated several databases on its Quebec Records website, adding more than 377,000 records and images. 1. 54,279 deaths for the year 1997 added to Marriages and Deaths 1926-1997. 2. 71,980 postcards added for a total of 238,453. 3. … Continue reading →

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Drouin Institute guide helps genealogists maneuvre Quebec Records website

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Gail Dever

The Drouin Institute has produced a 15-page guide to help genealogists find information on its Quebec Records website where more than 39 million images and files are available. Looking at the guide is a good reminder of all that is … Continue reading →

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Drouin Institute updates its Quebec records collection

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Gail Dever

Yesterday, the Institut généalogique Drouin announced updates to its Quebec Records Collection.  1. LAFRANCE. Marriages for 1913 has now links to images. 14,700 new links. 2. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles québécoises de l’origine jusqu’à 1730 is now online (The Jetté … Continue reading →

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More than 25,000 18th and 19th-century Quebec Protestant marriages available online

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Gail Dever

The Drouin Institute announced that all 25,925 of the Drouin Protestant marriages for Quebec, from 1760 to 1849, are available online through subscription in the LAFRANCE section of their website. They have also completed an update for the 1850-1861 baptisms and … Continue reading →

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Free online access to more than 1.3 million Quebec obituaries

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Gail Dever

Sébastien Robert, vice-president at Drouin Institute, announced yesterday that free online access is now available to more than 1.3 million obituaries on the Drouin Institute website. The obituaries begin in 1999 and come from more than 250 sources. You can search by … Continue reading →

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