- The Drouin Genealogical Institute is constantly looking for documents and data to add to the collections on Genealogy Quebec.
- Donating your documents ensures their preservation and access for future generations.
- Wanted archives range from censuses and registers to headstone pictures, memorial cards and school yearbooks.
- Even if your documents are not on the list, you can write to contact@institutdrouin.com.
Whether you are a genealogist or a history enthusiast, you probably have accumulated a lot of information and documents over the years.
The Drouin Genealogical Institute, whose mission is the preservation and democratization of the historical and genealogical heritage of Quebec, is constantly looking for documents and data to add to the collections available on Genealogy Quebec.
If you would like to donate your documents and ensure their preservation and access for future generations, please contact us at contact@institutdrouin.com.
We are mainly interested in the following types of archives:
- List of electors
- Censuses
- Birth, marriage, and death registers
- Obituaries
- Baptism, marriage, and burial directories
- Headstone pictures
- City directories
- Property assessment rolls (List of land owners)
- Memorial cards
- Wedding photos (with names)
- Postcards
- Newspapers
- School yearbooks
- Boarding school registers (Adoption, nurseries, hospices, orphanages, schools, convents)
- Other historical documents with a high density of names
Whether your documents are listed or not, do not hesitate to contact us!
Genealogically yours,
The Drouin team
Frequently asked questions
Simply contact the Drouin Genealogical Institute at contact@institutdrouin.com. Donated documents and data can be added to the collections available on Genealogy Quebec, ensuring their preservation and access for future generations.
The Institute is mainly interested in lists of electors, censuses, birth, marriage and death registers, obituaries, headstone pictures, city directories, property assessment rolls, memorial cards, wedding photos with names, postcards, newspapers and school yearbooks.
Yes. The Drouin Institute invites you to get in touch whether your documents are listed or not, especially for historical documents with a high density of names, such as boarding school, orphanage or convent registers.
