{"id":372,"date":"2017-11-30T13:21:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T18:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/?p=372\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T12:09:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T16:09:18","slug":"drouin-institutes-great-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/en\/2017\/11\/30\/drouin-institutes-great-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"[Legacy Tool] The Drouin Institute&#8217;s Great collections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GenealogyQuebecPNGmedium.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-766 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GenealogyQuebecPNGmedium.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GenealogyQuebecPNGmedium.png 796w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GenealogyQuebecPNGmedium-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GenealogyQuebecPNGmedium-768x275.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#x26a0;&#xfe0f; <strong>Note<\/strong>: This guide pertains to one of Genealogy Quebec\u2019s legacy tools, which are no longer updated. Their content is now integrated into the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/en\/2024\/11\/13\/search-engine-content-overview\/\">unified search engine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/tools\/drouin-great-collections\">Drouin Institute&#8217;s Great Collections<\/a>, one of 15 tools available to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/\">Genealogy Quebec<\/a>\u00a0subscribers, contains a digitized version of the\u00a0<em>Great Collections<\/em> published and edited by the Drouin Institute over the course of its existence.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Masculine (Men series): <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alphabetical directory of all French-Canadian marriages from Quebec between 1760 and 1935, sorted by the groom\u2019s surname.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>F\u00e9minine (Woman series)<\/strong>: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alphabetical directory of all French-Canadian marriages from Quebec between 1760 and 1935, sorted by the bride\u2019s surname.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Histor<\/strong>: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directory of marriages files, including the origin of the subjects as well as a marriage contract. This collection covers all the Catholic and Protestant marriages celebrated in Quebec between 1730 and 1825, as well as marriages celebrated in Western French forts such as D\u00e9troit. Also contains Acadian marriages.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fiches Acadiennes (Acadian cards)<\/strong>: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This series contains 50 000 birth, marriage and death cards pertaining to Acadian individuals.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dossiers g\u00e9n\u00e9alogiques Drouin<\/strong>: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contains the data collected before 1960 by Joseph and Gabriel Drouin in order to create their family genealogies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Affinit\u00e9s g\u00e9n\u00e9alogiques Drouin<\/strong>: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Complement to the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dossiers g\u00e9n\u00e9alogiques Drouin<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, contains various genealogical and historical documents.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Petit Drouin<\/strong>: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directory of all of Quebec&#8217;s Catholic marriages from 1760 to 1825.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kardex Noir<\/strong>: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kardex Noir was the predecessor to La Masculine (Men Series). Its content is similar.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pr\u00e9v\u00f4t\u00e9 de Qu\u00e9bec<\/strong>: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contains transcriptions of Pr\u00e9v\u00f4t\u00e9 de Qu\u00e9bec hearings.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>DNCF<\/strong>: Contains the 4th book of the\u00a0<em><em>Dictionnaire national des Canadiens francais (Red Drouin)<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Patrimoine familial<\/strong>: This series presents the lives and genealogies\u00a0of some famous or significant Quebec historical figures.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Patrimoine national<\/strong>: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contains baptism, marriage and burial directories as well as some Quebec cemeteries, produced by various authors.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Fiches franco-am\u00e9ricaines (Franco-american cards)<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">: These cards contain an index of individuals who have been mentioned in the <em>Guide Officiel Franco-Am\u00e9ricain<\/em>. The <em>Guide Officiel Franco-Am\u00e9ricain<\/em> (GOFA) was a guide published annually in the United States that pertained to French-Americans. It contained short biographies of individuals with French roots living in the United States.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This tool can be browsed in two different ways.<\/p>\n<h2>Search by family in the Great Collections<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The search by family in the Great Collections allows you to search for a surname in one or many of the following collections:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Masculine (Men Series)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La F\u00e9minine (Women Series)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le Fichier Histor<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dossiers g\u00e9n\u00e9alogiques Drouin<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fiches Acadiennes (Acadian cards)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Petit Drouin<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After searching for a surname, you will obtain a list of results that includes every page where this family name is mentioned in the above collections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1923\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/resultats-EN.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1819\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/resultats-EN.png 1819w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/resultats-EN-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/resultats-EN-768x405.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/resultats-EN-1024x540.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The results are presented in the same alphabetical order in which they appeared when the Great Collections were published as books, meaning that an individual whose first name begins with A will appear on the first few pages, while an individual named Zenophile should be found on the last pages.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Great Collections by folders<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this tab, the collections are organized within a file tree structure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The collections can be browsed by navigating through the folders.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/arbo-EN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1798\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/arbo-EN.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1895\" height=\"901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/arbo-EN.png 1895w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/arbo-EN-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/arbo-EN-768x365.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/arbo-EN-1024x487.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of the documents contained in these collections, namely the Men and Women series, aren&#8217;t particularly intuitive for a novice user.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is a schema explaining how to interpret the documents from these two collections:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG81-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG81-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1090\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG81-1.jpg 1090w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG81-1-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG81-1-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG81-1-1024x568.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Buying a physical copy of the Drouin Great Collections<\/h1>\n<p>Physical book versions of the Great Collections can still be\u00a0purchased to this day. They\u00a0are mainly intended for genealogical societies and libraries but are also available to private individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that we are now offering <strong>significant <\/strong>discounts on the Great Collection books. To inquire about the discounts, please write to us at contact@institutdrouin.com.<\/p>\n<h1>Finding the original church records referenced in the Men and Women series<\/h1>\n<p>Your subscription to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/\">Genealogy Quebec<\/a>\u00a0gives you access to the Drouin Collection Records, which contain all of Quebec\u2019s parish registers from 1621 to the 1940s as well as many parish registers from Ontario, Acadia and the Northeast of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Every marriage referenced in the Men and Women series refers to an original parish document; it is therefore possible, in most cases, to find the original document from the information contained in the Men and Women Series.<\/p>\n<p>To illustrate the process of finding an original document, we will use Ferdinand Gallichant and Marie-Anne Brochu\u2019s marriage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MASC_GD_04809-galichaut-EDIT-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MASC_GD_04809-galichaut-EDIT-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"966\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MASC_GD_04809-galichaut-EDIT-1.jpg 966w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MASC_GD_04809-galichaut-EDIT-1-300x49.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MASC_GD_04809-galichaut-EDIT-1-768x125.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>galichaut<\/strong> \u2013 Groom\u2019s last name<\/li>\n<li><strong>joseph-ferdinand<\/strong> \u2013 Groom\u2019s first name<\/li>\n<li><strong>brochu<\/strong> \u2013 Bride\u2019s last name<\/li>\n<li><strong>m.-anne<\/strong> \u2013 Bride\u2019s first name<\/li>\n<li><strong>n.-d.-qu\u00e9bec<\/strong> \u2013 Parish where the marriage was recorded<\/li>\n<li><strong>3 avril 1929<\/strong> \u2013 Date of marriage<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The Men Series entry for this marriage indicates that it was celebrated on the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> of April 1929 in the Notre-Dame de Qu\u00e9bec parish.<\/p>\n<p>To browse this register, we must first make our way to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/membership\/en\/fonds-drouin\/REGISTRES\">Drouin Collection Records<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Once in the Drouin Collection Records, you will notice that the various registers are organized in a file tree structure. We begin by opening the\u00a0<em>Quebec<\/em>\u00a0folder, as the marriage we are interested in was recorded in that province.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-1-EN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-1-EN.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1322\" height=\"844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-1-EN.png 1322w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-1-EN-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-1-EN-768x490.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-1-EN-1024x654.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 18.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">It is under the <em>Fonds Drouin<\/em> folder that you will find all of Quebec\u2019s parish registers from 1621 to 1940, sorted by alphabetical order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-2-EN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-2-EN.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1327\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-2-EN.png 1327w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-2-EN-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-2-EN-768x487.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-2-EN-1024x649.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We must now find the Notre-Dame-de-Qu\u00e9bec register folder.<\/p>\n<p>Some parishes are listed under the name of the city they are in, while others will be listed under the name of the parish itself. All of Quebec City\u2019s parishes can be found under the \u201c<em>QC<\/em>\u201d folder, listed according to their religious denomination.<\/p>\n<p>As Notre-Dame-de-Qu\u00e9bec is a Catholic parish, it will be found under the \u201c<em>catholique<\/em>\u201d folder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-3-EN-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1773\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-3-EN-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1621\" height=\"845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-3-EN-1.png 1621w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-3-EN-1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-3-EN-1-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-3-EN-1-1024x534.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once inside the folder, we must navigate to the correct year, which will give us access to all the images associated with the register for that specific year. It is important to know that in general, the images are listed in chronological order within a folder.<\/p>\n<p>This means that the first image in the folder will contain the first events recorded during that year, which are usually the ones from January. Similarly, the last few images in the folder will hold the records from the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>As Ferdinand Gallichant and Marie-Anne Brochu\u2019s marriage was celebrated in April, the 4th month of the year, our consultation of the register should begin within the first third of the list of images.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-4-EN.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-4-EN.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1763\" height=\"840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-4-EN.png 1763w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-4-EN-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-4-EN-768x366.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Registres-4-EN-1024x488.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/d1p_1605A0589-acte-galichaut-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/d1p_1605A0589-acte-galichaut-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2912\" height=\"2112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/d1p_1605A0589-acte-galichaut-2.jpg 2912w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/d1p_1605A0589-acte-galichaut-2-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/d1p_1605A0589-acte-galichaut-2-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/d1p_1605A0589-acte-galichaut-2-1024x743.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And so, we were able to find the original document pertaining to a Men Series entry using the tools available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/\">GenealogyQuebec.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>Useful links<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/tools\/drouin-great-collections\">Drouin Great Collections<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/tools\/drouin-collection\">Drouin Collection Records<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/en\/abonnement\">Subscribe to Genealogy Quebec<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/en\/2018\/08\/17\/what-is-genealogy-quebec\/\">What is Genealogy Quebec?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/institut-drouin.myshopify.com\/collections\/dossiers-genealogiques-drouin\">Buying physical copies of the Drouin Great Collections<\/a> (write to us at\u00a0contact@institutdrouin.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#x26a0;&#xfe0f; Note: This guide pertains to one of Genealogy Quebec\u2019s legacy tools, which are no longer updated. Their content is now integrated into the new unified search engine. The Drouin Institute&#8217;s Great Collections, one of 15 tools available to Genealogy Quebec\u00a0subscribers, contains a digitized version of the\u00a0Great Collections published and edited by the Drouin Institute &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/en\/2017\/11\/30\/drouin-institutes-great-collections\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;[Legacy Tool] The Drouin Institute&#8217;s Great collections&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genealogy-quebec-tools"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ 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