{"id":877,"date":"2018-12-29T11:23:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-29T16:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/?p=877\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T16:57:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T21:57:32","slug":"over-a-million-new-images-and-files-a-look-back-on-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogiequebec.com\/blog\/en\/2018\/12\/29\/over-a-million-new-images-and-files-a-look-back-on-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Over a million new images and files – A look back on 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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<\/a> as well as the publication of numerous blog posts related to Quebec genealogy. Here is a retrospective of the last year.<\/p>\n

Additions to GenealogyQuebec.com and PRDH-IGD.com’s\u00a0tools and collections in 2018<\/h2>\n

PRDH-IGD.com<\/h3>\n

A massive update was applied to PRDH-IGD.com<\/a>, which doubled the total amount of individuals in the database.
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More information on PRDH-IGD.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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LAFRANCE<\/h3>\n

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.<\/p>\n

76 443<\/strong> baptisms\u00a0added<\/p>\n

28 516<\/strong> burials\u00a0added<\/p>\n

15 482<\/strong> marriages\u00a0added<\/p>\n

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More information on the LAFRANCE<\/a><\/p>\n

Browse the LAFRANCE (subscription required)<\/a><\/p>\n

City directories<\/h3>\n

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\u00a0from the 1840s to the beginning of the 20th century.<\/p>\n

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More information on the City directories tool<\/a><\/p>\n

Browse the City directories tool (subscription required)<\/a><\/p>\n

Acadia – Families<\/h3>\n

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.<\/p>\n

More information on the Acadia – Families tool<\/a><\/p>\n

Browse the Acadia – Families tool (subscription required)<\/a><\/p>\n

Kardex<\/h3>\n

34 775 <\/strong>baptism, marriage and burial files were added to the Kardex tool this year. The Kardex is a directory of files that mostly pertain\u00a0to 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.<\/p>\n

More information on the Kardex tool<\/a><\/p>\n

Browse the Kardex tool (subscription required)<\/a><\/p>\n

Internet obituaries – Free section<\/h3>\n

The Internet obituary section is updated weekly. In 2018, nearly 200 000<\/strong> obituaries were added to the collection.<\/p>\n

More information on the Internet obituary section<\/a><\/p>\n

Browse the Internet obituary section (free)<\/a><\/p>\n

Postcards<\/h3>\n

This collection of 256 000<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n

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More information on the Postcards section<\/a><\/p>\n

Browse the Postcards section (subscription required)<\/a><\/p>\n

Newspaper obituaries<\/h3>\n

60 000<\/strong> obituaries were added to the Newspaper obituaries section in 2018.<\/p>\n

This tool contains 664 000<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n

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More information on the Newspaper obituaries<\/a><\/p>\n

Browse the Newspaper obituaries (subscription required)<\/a><\/p>\n

Drouin Institute\u2019s miscellaneous collections<\/h3>\n

Jett\u00e9 dictionary<\/p>\n