RESEARCH TOOLS AT THE LIBRARY

  • Tables (index) : more than 2000 baptism, marriage and burial tables (Quebec, Canada, U.S.A. and France)
  • Family books, references, biographies : more than 6000 titles of biographies and histories about families, parishes, etc.
  • Dictionaries :
    • Drouin : over 1 million of French Canadian marriages 1760-1935, sorted by Men (49 volumes), or sorted by Women (64 volumes)
    • Histor : books with a card index of Quebec catholic and non-catholic marriages 1731-1825 (44 Volumes), including marriage contracts 1731-1800
    • Jetté : Quebec family genealogical dictionary, origin to 1730.
    • P.R.D.H. : All Quebec's Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, either in 47 printed books: from origin to 1765, or on CD-ROM 1621-1799.
    • Tanguay : Canadian families genealogical dictionary (7 volumes)
    • D.B.C. : Canadian biographical dictionary (Dictionnaire biographique du Canada). In french.
    • The many Drouin collections (the Institute reference files, the Acadians files, etc.)
    • etc.
  • Microfilms :
    • Mormons/LDS : Quebec parishes' registers on microfilms, from origin to 1876, not complete.
    • Drouin : Quebec church record on microfilms, origin to 1940 (sometimes more). Also, parts of Acadia, Ontario and New England.
  • Microfiches :
    • Cassini's maps : old France maps.
  • Periodics :
    • almost 200 periodics (Quebec, Canadian, American and European)
    • more than 100 newsletters from family associations
    • BRH : Historial Research Bulletins (Bulletin de Recherches Historiques)
    • RHAF : Historical magazine of French America (Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française)
    • Cahiers des Dix - Historical bulletins written by 10 authors
  • Others :
    • Parentèle : about 2,5 millions of index card files of baptisms, marriages and burials. Mostly marriages. (Member's work).
    • Parchemin : Database of notarial acts of old Quebec, from 1635 to 1779. (summaries)
    • Origines : Archives of the Fichier Origine about Quebec origins
    • Family files : files on various families given by members
    • BMS2000 : SGCF is part of the cooperative project of a central database with records indexed by many Quebec genealogical societies.  Millions of records searcheable by computer
    • ISQ: index of all marriages and deaths recorded in Quebec from 1926 to 1996.  5 millions of entries.
  • etc.
Mise à jour du site : 15 juillet 2008 par Denis Beauregard, webmestre.
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