{"id":5085,"date":"2024-11-13T13:23:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T18:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/?p=5085\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T19:49:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T23:49:31","slug":"search-engine-content-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/en\/2024\/11\/13\/search-engine-content-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Collections and Records Available on Genealogy Quebec"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Births, marriages and deaths<\/strong>
ABCD Couples<\/a>
ABCD Miscellaneous<\/a>
ABCD Individuals<\/a>
ABCD Births, ABCD Marriages, ABCD Deaths<\/a>
Acadia – Families<\/a>
Drouin Great Collections<\/a>
LaFrance Births, LaFrance Marriages, LaFrance Deaths
<\/a>NBMDS Births, NBMDS Marriages, NBMDS Deaths<\/a>
Drouin Collection Records<\/a>
BMD Cards<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obituaries, Headstones and Memorial cards<\/strong>
Internet Obituaries<\/a>
Newspaper Obituaries<\/a>
Memorial Cards<\/a>
Groupe N\u00e9cro – Headstones<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Census<\/strong>
Ontario 1881. Qu\u00e9bec 1881 and 1901 Censuses<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notarized Documents, Land Records and Court Records<\/strong>
Notarized Documents<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pictures, Cards and Postcards<\/strong>
Postcards<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phonebooks, City Directories, School Yearbooks<\/strong>
ABCD Directories<\/a>
Directories<\/a>
Digitized City Directories<\/a>

Miscellaneou<\/strong>s
Drouin Miscellaneous Collections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABCD Couples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This database contains files based on couples. The files list various pieces of information relating to the couple, such as dates and places of birth, marriage and death, and the names of the individuals’ parents and previous spouses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This information comes from the research of numerous genealogists who have shared their data with the Drouin Institute. It is important to verify the content of these files by referring to the primary sources associated with the events and individuals listed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Number of documents<\/strong>
4,189,539 couple files<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Period covered<\/strong>
Late 16th century to present day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regions covered<\/strong>
Mainly Quebec, but also a small part of Ontario, the United States, and France<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source quality<\/strong> – \u2605\u2605\u2605
Information gathered from various sources, source documents not available<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accessing the collection<\/strong>
This collection is available through the website’s search engine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABCD Miscellaneous<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ABCD Miscellaneous is a database based on individuals and couples, containing information of all kinds. This information comes from source documents such as birth, marriage and death certificates, censuses, city directories, as well as Jean-Pierre Pepin’s personal research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Number of documents<\/strong>
35,244 files<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Period covered<\/strong>
From the 17th century to the present day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regions covered<\/strong>
Mainly Quebec<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source quality<\/strong> – \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605
Information gathered from various sources, but generally taken from primary documents, source documents sometimes available<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accessing the collection<\/strong>
This collection is available through the website’s search engine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABCD Individuals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This database contains files based on individuals. The files in this collection list various pieces of information relating to the individual, such as dates and places of birth and death, and the names of the individual’s parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This information comes from the research of numerous genealogists who have shared their data with the Drouin Institute. It is important to verify the content of these records by referring to the primary sources associated with the events and individuals listed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Number of documents<\/strong>
1,582,418 files<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Period covered<\/strong>
Late 16th century to present day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regions covered<\/strong>
Mainly Quebec, but also a small part of Ontario, the United States, and France<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source quality<\/strong> – \u2605\u2605\u2605
Information gathered from various sources, source documents not available<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accessing the collection<\/strong>
This collection is available through the website’s search engine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABCD Births, ABCD Marriages et ABCD Deaths<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The ABCD Births, Marriages and Deaths databases contain transcriptions of Quebec church and civil records. These are direct transcriptions from the original documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Number of documents<\/strong>
Births – 1,538,509 files
Marriages – 2,618,611 files
Deaths – 681,737 files<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Period covered<\/strong>
Early 17th century to present day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regions covered<\/strong>
Mainly Quebec<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source quality<\/strong> – \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605
Direct transcriptions of original documents, source documents not available<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accessing the collection<\/strong>
This collection is available through the website’s search engine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acadia – Families<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Acadia – Families database contains files reconstructing Acadian families using parish records.
The files generally contain the parents and one of their children, dates of birth, marriage and death for one or more of the individuals listed, as well as other complementary information. A link to the original source document(s) is often available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Number of documents<\/strong>
180,690 files<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Period covered<\/strong>
17th to 20th century<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regions covered<\/strong>
Acadia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source quality<\/strong> – \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605
Direct transcriptions of original documents with additional information, source documents often available<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accessing the collection<\/strong>
This collection is available through the website’s search engine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drouin Great Collections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Drouin Great Collections database contains a digitized version of the Great Collections published and edited by the Drouin Institute over the course of its existence. They include the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n