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Ancestry updates Quebec’s Drouin Collection of baptisms, marriage and burial records

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Gail Dever

On Thursday, Ancestry updated their index of the Drouin Collection of baptisms, marriages and burials in Quebec, from 1621 to 1941. With more than 41 million records, this is an essential collection to research if your relatives lived in Quebec. … Continue reading →

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

Posted on September 16, 2023 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsDrouin Collection rescanning on Genealogy Quebec on Généalogie et histoire du Québec. The startling details of a Chinese Case File, pt. 4 – How to get your ancestor’s file by Linda … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — May 14, 2022

Posted on May 14, 2022 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsDrouin Collection rescanning on Genealogy Quebec by François Desjardins on Généalogie et histoire du Québec. Simple Tips for Understanding Italian Marriage Records by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree. 5 Photos … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — May 30, 2020

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsNewfoundland Ancestors: Newspapers and Magazines on Canadiana by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Effectively Searching the Drouin Collection on Ancestry by Dwayne Meisner on Ancestry Canada Blog. Affidavits for Genealogy … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — August 10, 2019

Posted on August 10, 2019 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsGenealogy gold, part 1: the who, what, why, where and how of local history books in the Canadian prairies by Linda Yip on Past Presence. An Anglophone’s Tips for Searching Ancestry’s The … Continue reading →

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Ancestry puts back ‘birth’ search field in Quebec Drouin collection

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Gail Dever

About three weeks ago, some of us complained about Ancestry removing their subscribers’ ability to search by year of birth in one of its largest record sets, Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968. The birth label was still … Continue reading →

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Ancestry frustrates subscribers by removing ‘birth’ search field in Quebec Drouin collection

Posted on March 8, 2019 by Gail Dever

Subscribers who conduct research in one of Ancestry’s largest record sets, Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968, may have noticed a change to the search criteria, and are now feeling frustrated. Ancestry recently removed the field that … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — April 7, 2018

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Scenes From Knox United Church & Cemetery by Bob Georgiou on Scenes From A City. PRONI publishes its Digest of Statistics for 2016-17 by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News. Ancestry adds … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 13, 2018

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Canadian towns – Genealogy in Maple Ridge & Hammond, B.C. and Finding Your Ancestors in the Yukon, NWT and Nunavut by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. The NEW OnLand Portal: … Continue reading →

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