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Genealogy Quebec’s search engine now lets you add a father and mother to your searches, for even more detailed and targeted results.
Advanced Search
Advanced Search now lets you include up to five event types — birth, marriage, death, residence, and publication — as well as a father and mother to your searches.
Access the search engine here to try these new features.
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Using Advanced Search
To use Advanced Search, first go to the search engine. By default, the engine uses Basic Search. To access more detailed options, simply click Advanced Search.
Adding family members to your search
To add family members to your search, make sure Advanced Search is enabled, then select the individual(s) you want to add. As of today, you may add a father and/or a mother to the search.
The engine will then use this information to match you with the most relevant documents. The more a document matches your search parameters, the higher it will be ranked in the results list.
You can also use the “Must match” checkbox to require the explicit presence of one or more individuals in the record. When selected, records that do not mention the individual(s) in their defined role are excluded from the results.
It is also possible to perform a search without adding a subject, but only in specific cases: searching for a father only, a mother only, or a father and mother together. This type of search can be useful when, for example, you want to find all the children of a couple.
To explore Genealogy Quebec’s search engine features in more detail, consult our user guide here.
