Articles - Généalogie et histoire du Québec https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/en/category/articles-en/ Le blog de l'institut Drouin Fri, 27 Feb 2026 19:05:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-cropped-IGD-large-1-32x32.png Articles - Généalogie et histoire du Québec https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/en/category/articles-en/ 32 32 Canadian citizenship by descent in 2026: how to prove your lineage https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/en/2026/02/26/canadian-citizenship-by-descent-in-2026-how-to-prove-your-lineage/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:12:50 +0000 https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/?p=6345/ Interest in Canadian citizenship by descent has increased sharply following recent changes to Canada’s citizenship rules—most notably Bill C-3 (in force December 15, 2025), which removed the first-generation limit to citizenship by descent in some situations. For many applicants, the main challenge is not understanding the concept of citizenship by descent—it is proving a clear, …

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]]> Ontario Genealogy Records on Genealogy Quebec: A Treasure Beyond Borders https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/en/2025/11/12/ontario-genealogy-records-on-genealogy-quebec-a-treasure-beyond-borders/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:52:49 +0000 https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/?p=6112/ At first glance, you might assume that Genealogy Quebec is exclusively dedicated to the history of Quebec families.In reality, the site’s mission goes far beyond the province’s borders. GenealogyQuebec.com is about tracing French-Canadian and Canadian ancestry across North America — and that includes a wealth of documents from Ontario, home to countless descendants of Quebec …

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]]> Genealogy and LGBTQ+ families https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/en/2024/01/09/genealogy-and-lgbtq-families/ Tue, 09 Jan 2024 21:46:37 +0000 https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/?p=4688/ Increasingly, we hear about family models that diverge from heterosexual and cisgender1 norms. The rights of LGBTQ+ individuals to form a family (and to access various methods allowing them to have children) are indeed recent, and the political events of the last few months demonstrate that these rights are still precarious. Certain groups, often associated …

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]]> “It’s too long”: a look at the double surname in Quebec https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/en/2023/07/26/a-look-at-the-double-surname-in-quebec/ Wed, 26 Jul 2023 16:25:11 +0000 https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/?p=4551/ When one is interested in one’s ancestry and reconstructs a lineage through genealogical research, one also sees the history of the transmission of family name(s). This may seem insignificant to us, because for a long time this history was obvious: the question of the transmission of the family name did not really arise, since the …

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]]> Choosing the Right DNA Test: A Comprehensive Guide https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/en/2023/06/16/choosing-the-right-dna-test-a-comprehensive-guide/ Fri, 16 Jun 2023 19:43:50 +0000 https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/?p=4574/ Let’s face it: DNA testing has redefined genealogy! For more than two decades, DNA tests have demonstrated their importance in the realm of family history and genealogy. From FamilyTreeDNA (2000), a pioneer in the field, to subsequent companies such as 23andMe (2006), AncestryDNA (2012) and MyHeritage (2016), over 40 million DNA test kits have been sold to date. But are all these tests …

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]]> Growing your Family Tree: Key Documents for Genealogy https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/en/2023/03/17/growing-your-family-tree-key-documents-for-genealogy/ Fri, 17 Mar 2023 17:23:30 +0000 https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/?p=4463/ The family tree is an essential tool for any genealogy enthusiast, as it allows you to trace and visualize your family history over several generations. If you want to grow your family tree with accurate and complete information, you will inevitably have to refer to various types of historical documents. In this article, we will …

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]]> Demystifying women’s history in Quebec https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/en/2022/12/06/demystifying-womens-history-in-quebec/ Tue, 06 Dec 2022 20:07:31 +0000 https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/?p=4029/ In my last article, Genealogy and women’s history, I talked about the ways in which genealogy can shed light on women’s history, whether by highlighting certain oppressions (injunctions to marriage or maternity, or even slavery for example), or their numerous contributions to society, whether in the family or as nuns, midwives or seamstresses. To be …

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]]> German migration to New France https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/en/2022/10/21/german-migration-to-new-france/ Fri, 21 Oct 2022 17:57:04 +0000 https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/?p=4000/ (The first article of this series can be found here.) My name is Claude Crégheur, and in this second article of my series on the German presence in Quebec, I will focus on Germanic migration during the New France era. The first marriage of a German found in the registers of Notre-Dame de Québec is …

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]]> The German presence in Quebec https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/en/2022/08/24/the-german-presence-in-quebec/ Wed, 24 Aug 2022 15:04:22 +0000 https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/?p=3887/ My name is Claude Crégheur and I have been interested in German history for several years. This interest was born from the discovery of my German origins following genealogical research carried out from the end of the 1960s. I will not hide from you that it was still quite taboo, at that time, to talk …

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]]> Quebec death records and burials – The best online sources https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/en/2022/08/16/quebec-death-records-and-burials/ Tue, 16 Aug 2022 17:22:25 +0000 https://www.genealogiequebec.com/blog/?p=3842/ Quebec death records and burials have been kept by the church and later by the government for now over 400 years. Thanks to the efforts of many organizations, it is now possible to consult the majority of these documents online. In this article, you will find a list of the best sources of Quebec death …

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