Author: Institut Drouin

The year 2018 was a busy one for the Drouin team, with the addition of more than a million images and files to Genealogy Quebec as well as the publication of numerous blog posts related to Quebec genealogy. Here is a retrospective of the last year.

Additions to GenealogyQuebec.com and PRDH-IGD.com’s tools and collections in 2018

PRDH-IGD.com

A massive update was applied to PRDH-IGD.com, which doubled the total amount of individuals in the database.

More information on PRDH-IGD.com

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LAFRANCE

The development of the LAFRANCE continued in 2018 with the addition of tens of thousands of Catholic baptisms and burials from the 1850s, as well as all Catholic marriages celebrated in Quebec in 1917.

76 443 baptisms added

28 516 burials added

15 482 marriages added

More information on the LAFRANCE

Browse the LAFRANCE (subscription required)

City directories

We started 2018 with the addition of a new collection, the City directories tool. This tool contains the Marcotte directory of the city of Quebec, and Lovell directory of the city of Montreal from the 1840s to the beginning of the 20th century.

More information on the City directories tool

Browse the City directories tool (subscription required)

Acadia – Families

This tool contains family files based on the original parish records of Acadia and covers from 1621 to 1849. In 2018, the amount of files and individuals contained in the database doubled.

More information on the Acadia – Families tool

Browse the Acadia – Families tool (subscription required)

Kardex

34 775 baptism, marriage and burial files were added to the Kardex tool this year. The Kardex is a directory of files that mostly pertain to Catholic and Protestant marriages as well as notarized contracts. The files cover from 1621 to 1950 for Quebec, Ontario and a small part of the United States.

More information on the Kardex tool

Browse the Kardex tool (subscription required)

Internet obituaries – Free section

The Internet obituary section is updated weekly. In 2018, nearly 200 000 obituaries were added to the collection.

More information on the Internet obituary section

Browse the Internet obituary section (free)

Postcards

This collection of 256 000 postcards initially only contained the image of the back of the cards. The update applied in 2018 allowed us to add the front of the cards, doubling the number of images in the collection.

More information on the Postcards section

Browse the Postcards section (subscription required)

Newspaper obituaries

60 000 obituaries were added to the Newspaper obituaries section in 2018.

This tool contains 664 000 death notices published in Quebec newspapers between 1945 and 2015. In addition, a search engine was added to the tool in order to make it more user-friendly.

More information on the Newspaper obituaries

Browse the Newspaper obituaries (subscription required)

Drouin Institute’s miscellaneous collections

Jetté dictionary

• 2852 files produced by René Jetté during the creation of his famous “Dictionnaire Jetté” were added in file 19 – Dictionnaire Jetté.

Genealogical charts

• 2358 genealogical charts from the Planète Généalogie website were added in the file 24 – Lignées généalogiques.

Statutes of the Province of Quebec

• Addition of various legal documents related to, among other things, adoptions, estates and name changes. Can be found in the file 25 – Statuts de la province de Québec.

Municipal archives

• Addition of 17 948 images from books and minutes from the cities of Victoriaville, St-Paul-de-Chester and St-Louis-de-Blandford. Can be found in the file 16 – Archives municipales.

More information on the Drouin Institute’s miscellaneous collections

Browse the Drouin Institute’s miscellaneous collections (subscription required)

Browse all these collections – and more – by subscribing to Genealogy Quebec today!

Blog articles published in 2018

• Acadian genealogy – Researching your Acadian ancestors

• What is Genealogy Quebec?

• What your ancestors can tell you about your life expectancy

• How far back can you research your ancestry in Quebec?

• The King’s Daughters and the PRDH database

• The first French-Canadian centenarians in Quebec

• Genealogy Quebec and PRDH-IGD: the similarities, differences, and why you should subscribe to both

• Last names in Quebec: the influence of the pioneers

• Immigration from Old to New France

• Obituaries in Quebec

• Books on Family Genealogy in Québec : 3 Essentials to Discover

• Genealogy Outside of Québec : How to Find Your Québécois Ancestors

• The 1621-1967 Drouin Collection : Differentiating Religious and Civil Genealogy

• Quebec Marriage Records Search : Key to Tracing Your Genealogy

2019

Our primary goal in 2019 is to continue and accelerate the development of our genealogical collections, but also to facilitate their use and make the GenealogyQuebec.com experience a more seamless one. It promises to be a very busy year!

Stay tuned…

Genealogically yours,

The Drouin team

An update has been applied to the LAFRANCE in early December. This update pertains to the Catholic baptism and burial records celebrated in the province of Quebec between 1850 and 1861.

LAFRANCE update figures

Catholic baptisms 1850-1861 : 22 503 records added
Catholic burials 1850-1861 : 7 086 records added

The corrections suggested by our users over the past month have also been applied.

About the LAFRANCE

The LAFRANCE, one of 16 tools available to GenealogyQuebec.com subscribers, is a detailed index with link to the original document of ALL Catholic marriages celebrated in Quebec between 1621 and 1917, ALL Catholic baptisms and burials celebrated in Quebec between 1621 and 1849 as well as ALL Protestant marriages celebrated in Quebec between 1760 and 1849.

Baptisms and burials from the 1850-1861 period are added gradually through bimonthly updates.

Updated parishes

Here is the list of parishes affected by this update.

You can consult the LAFRANCE and find your ancestors by subscribing to Genealogy Quebec right now!

Genealogically yours,

The Drouin team

The Drouin team has been hard at work over the past month! Here are the updates made to Genealogy Quebec‘s tools and collections since our last newsletter.

Acadia – Families update

More than 25 000 family files have been added to the Acadia – Families tool. The tool now contains a total of 96 204 files.

This tool contains family files based on baptism, marriage and burial records from Acadia. You can browse this tool with a subscription to GenealogyQuebec.com at this address.

Newpaper Obituaries now equipped with a search engine

The Newspaper Obituaries section is now equipped with a search engine which allows for first name, last name and date of death search.

This section contains over 660 000 newspaper obituaries from Quebec newspapers published between 1945 and 2015.

You can browse the Newspaper obituaries with a GenealogyQuebec.com subscription at this address.

LAFRANCE update

The bimonthly LAFRANCE update was applied earlier this month. The additions pertain to the 1850-1861 period for Catholic baptisms and burials.

Update figures

Catholic baptisms 1850-1861 : 1506 records added
Catholic burials 1850-1861 : 407 records added
In addition, the corrections sent by our users over the past 2 months have been applied.

About the LAFRANCE

The LAFRANCE, one of 16 tools available to GenealogyQuebec.com subscribers, is a detailed index with link to the original document of ALL Catholic marriages celebrated in Quebec between 1621 and 1917, ALL Catholic baptisms and burials celebrated in Quebec between 1621 and 1849 as well as ALL Protestant marriages celebrated in Quebec between 1760 and 1849.

Baptisms and burials of the 1850-1861 period are added gradually through our bimonthly updates.

Reminder – PRDH-IGD Update

In case you missed it, a massive update was applied to PRDH-IGD.com last month. This update almost doubled the total amount of individuals in the database! You can find more information about the PRDH-IGD at this address.

Genealogically yours,

The Drouin team

More than a year ago, we announced the addition of the family reconstructions from 1800 to 1824 to the PRDH-IGD database.

Today, we are pleased to announce that the family reconstructions from 1825 to 1849 have been added to the PRDH-IGD website, which officially brings the 1800 – 1849 period to a close.

This massive update represents the addition of 787 675 individuals and 94 444 families to the database. In total, we are talking about 8 500 000 new family links to explore in the PRDH-IGD database!
To put this into perspective, the PRDH-IGD database contained a total of 870 763 individuals before this update. That number has now nearly doubled!

To give you a more concrete overview of these additions, here is a Family File before and after this week’s update.
Before the update:

After the update:

You will notice the absence of events dated after 1824 on the first image. In the second picture, you can see many new individuals in the family, those born after 1824, as well as several events that were not associated with this family before the update.

What is the PRDH-IGD?

First, it should be noted that the PRDH-IGD is made up of 2 elements. These two elements work in tandem to form what could be described as a comprehensive family tree of the entire Catholic population of the Province of Quebec from 1621 to 1849.

The first element is the repertory of vital events. This is a directory of all Catholic baptism, marriage and burial records celebrated in Quebec between 1621 and 1849, more than 2.5 million records. The records are presented in the form of certificates.

The second element is the genealogical dictionary of families (family reconstructions). In addition to baptism, marriage and burial records, the PRDH-IGD contains what we call individual and family files.

Any individual mentioned in a record from the database is given his own individual file.

The individual file centralizes all the mentions of the individual in the database, such as the person’s baptism, burial and marriage. The individual file also mentions the parents as well as the spouse(s).
Every name and date in the individual file can be clicked to access the related individual file or record certificate.

Similarly, any married couple mentioned in a record in the database is given a Family File.

This Family File includes all the children of the couple as well as a link to the events where these children are mentioned. Again, all the names and dates in the file are links to the individuals and events in question. It is therefore possible to navigate from file to file and from record to record with a simple click.

You will find a more in depth explanation of the PRDH-IGD database on our blog.

How to subscribe to the PRDH-IGD?

PRDH-IGD subscriptions are hit based.

A hit is charged each time a page is displayed, except for the list of references obtained from a query, which is not charged. A subscription thus corresponds to the right to view a certain quantity of one or the other of the following elements: a certificate from the Repertory of vital events (record certificates), an individual or family file from the Genealogical dictionary or a couple file from the Repertory of couples.

You will find the various subscription options at this address.

What are the differences between GenealogyQuebec.com and PRDH-IGD.com?

What are the benefits of being a subscriber to both websites?

Members who are subscribed to both GenealogyQuebec.com and PRDH-IGD.com have access to the following exclusive features:

• View the original document (parish register) on GenealogyQuebec.com from any PRDH-IGD.com certificate

• View the PRDH-IGD.com individual file of any individual named in a GenealogyQuebec.com‘s LAFRANCE certificate

• 10% bonus PRDH-IGD hits free of charge on purchase for GenealogyQuebec.com subscribers

Price adjustment

When the PRDH website opened in 2000, a price was determined for each block of hits. These prices were adjusted in the early years, but have been maintained for almost 10 years now, despite significant inflation in the price of goods and services in Canada, and the addition of millions of records and individuals to the website. As such, we have decided to adjust the PRDH-IGD rates accordingly. Here are the new prices:

Prices are in Canadian dollars ($CAD)
Quebec residents: + GST + QST
Canada residents outside of Quebec: + GST + PST
Residents from outside Canada: No taxes

Please note that this price adjustment will not be applied until Friday, September 14, 2018. You will therefore have a full week following the receipt of this newsletter to take advantage of the old rates.

Genealogically yours,

The Drouin team

The bimonthly LAFRANCE update was released earlier in the week. The additions pertain to the 1850-1861 period for Catholic baptisms and burials.

Update figures

Catholic baptisms 1850-1861 : 15 585 records added
Catholic burials 1850-1861 : 7 132 records added
In addition, the corrections sent by our users over the past 2 months have been applied.

About the LAFRANCE

The LAFRANCE, one of 16 tools available to GenealogyQuebec.com subscribers, is a detailed index with link to the original document of ALL Catholic marriages celebrated in Quebec between 1621 and 1917, ALL Catholic baptisms and burials celebrated in Quebec between 1621 and 1849 as well as ALL Protestant marriages celebrated in Quebec between 1760 and 1849. Baptisms and burials of the 1850-1861 period are added gradually through our bimonthly updates.

Newspaper obituaries update

The Newspaper obituaries tool, which can be found in the Obituary section on Genealogy Quebec, has been updated. Around 15 000 new death notices have been added, which brings the collection to a total of 664 001 notices. These obituaries have been taken from Quebec newspapers published between 1945 and 2015.

You can browse this collection with a subscription to Genealogy Quebec at this address.

New articles on the Drouin Institute blog

What is Genealogy Quebec?

What your ancestors can tell you about your life expectancy, by Bertrand and François Desjardins

Genealogically yours,

The Drouin team

Good news!

We are happy to announce that GenealogyQuebec.com is now available in the following libraries:

Réseau des bibliothèques publiques de Longueuil (September 2018)
Bibliothèques Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Réseau BIBLIO des Laurentides
Bibliothèque Roland-LeBlanc (September 2018)
Bibliothèque de Beaconsfield
Bibliothèque Paul-O.-Trépanier
Ville de Trois-Rivières – Service des bibliothèques
Réseau des bibliothèques de Repentigny (September 2018)
Bibliothèque de Brossard
Bibliothèque de Sainte-Thérèse
Bibliothèque Guy-Bélisle
Bibliothèque de Québec

Does my library offer Genealogy Quebec or PRDH access?

Genealogy Quebec and the PRDH are available in numerous libraries and genealogical societies throughout Canada and the United States. You will have to contact your local library or society to inquire about Genealogy Quebec and PRDH access.

How can I get my local library to carry Genealogy Quebec and the PRDH?

Libraries and genealogical societies tend to rely on suggestions and demand when selecting resources to add to their catalog. As such, the best way to have your local institution provide Genealogy Quebec and PRDH access is to ask them to!

You can do so by calling or visiting the establishment, and letting the librarian or person in charge know about the websites.
Some libraries even allow you to suggest resources through an online form.

Obituaries – Free section

The development of our Online obituary section continues, and it now contains over 2.2 million death notices!
This section contains obituaries from all over Canada ranging from 1999 to this day. You can browse the collection for free at this address.

Finally, we would like to invite you to follow the Drouin Institute on Facebook, where we regularly share unusual and interesting genealogical and historical findings, such as the cost of groceries in 1927 in Saint-Jérome, or Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor’s marriage in Montreal!

Genealogically yours,

The Drouin team

The bimonthly LAFRANCE update was released earlier in the week. The additions mostly pertain to the 1850-1861 period for Catholic baptisms and burials.

Update figures

Catholic baptisms: 10 444 records added
Catholic burials: 3149 records added
Catholic marriages: 121 records added

Note that 815 of these new records come from Cyprien Tanguay, who had access during the creation of his famous “Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes” to now unavailable records. These records mostly cover the Sorel, Saint-Augustin and Petite-Rivière-Saint-François parishes.

In addition, the corrections sent by our users over the past 2 months have been applied.

About the LAFRANCE

The LAFRANCE, one of 16 tools available to GenealogyQuebec.com subscribers, is a detailed index with link to the original document of ALL Catholic marriages celebrated in Quebec between 1621 and 1917, ALL Catholic baptisms and burials celebrated in Quebec between 1621 and 1849 as well as ALL Protestant marriages celebrated in Quebec between 1760 and 1849. Baptisms and burials of the 1850-1861 period are added gradually through our bimonthly updates.

Newspaper obituaries

In our previews newsletter, we announced the addition of 13 723 death notices to the Newspaper Obituaries section. These additions have continued through the month of June, with now over 30 000 new obituaries being made available in the collection.

This section contains 656 155 death notices published in Quebec newspapers between 1945 and 2015.
You can browse this collection with a subscription to GenealogyQuebec.com in the Obituary section.

New articles on the Drouin Institute blog

How far back can you research your ancestry in Quebec?

Genealogically yours,

The Drouin team