Drouin Collection rescanning on Genealogy Quebec

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Institut Drouin
Published on
03/08/2023
Drouin Collection rescanning on Genealogy Quebec

135,000 images from the registers of 158 Catholic and Protestant parishes in Quebec have been rescanned on Genealogy Quebec, to improve their quality and clarity.

Over a million images from the Drouin collection have been rescanned and made available on the website over the past few years.

Before and after comparison of a rescanned Hull register page: faded handwriting becomes sharp and readable
Saint-Régis mission register page before and after rescanning, with the handwriting much more contrasted
Rescanned images. Source: Drouin Collection Records, GenealogyQuebec.com

The resolution of these new images is two to three times higher than that of the previous copy, which ensures superior clarity.

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The Drouin Collection Records

The Drouin Collection Records are a collection of parish registers (baptisms, marriages and burials) covering all of Quebec and French Acadia as well as parts of Ontario, New Brunswick and the Northeastern United States, from the parish’s foundation up to the 1940s and sometimes 1960s.

You can browse the Drouin collection with a subscription to Genealogy Quebec at this address.

The LAFRANCE, also available to Genealogy Quebec subscribers, is a search engine allowing you to explore these parish registers by searching for the individual(s) mentioned in them.

Individual search in LAFRANCE with Desjardins as surname, Louis as first name and resemblance checked
Baptism of Louis Desjardin, son of Jean and Marie Anne Label, in Terrebonne on August 16, 1738, record and LAFRANCE entry
Example of a search using the LAFRANCE

You can browse the LAFRANCE at this address.

List of rescanned parishes

Here is the list of the parishes that have been rescanned in this update.

Arthabaska (Missions)Caughnawaga (United Church)Delson (United Church)
DorionDrummondville (St-Frédéric)Durham-Sud (St-Fulgence)
East BroughtonFrampton (St-Édouard)Greenfield Park (United Church)
Hampstead (United Church)Hudson (United Church)Lac-Etchemin
Lachine (Sœurs Ste-Anne)Lachine (United Church Grace)Lachine (United Church Saint Andrew)
Lac-Mégantic (Ste-Agnès)Lambton (St-Vital)Longueuil (United Church Gardenville)
McMasterville (United Church)Montréal (Aide à la Femme)Montréal (Anglican, Christ Church)
Montréal (Assistance Maternelle)Montréal (Basilique Notre-Dame)Montréal (Cimetière de l’Est)
Montréal (Congrégation Notre-Dame)Montréal (Couvent des Franciscains)Montréal (Crèche de la Miséricorde & Hospice de la Maternité)
Montréal (Holy Cross)Montréal (Hôpital Notre-Dame)Montréal (Hôpital Ste-Justine)
Montréal (Hôpital Ste-Justine)Montréal (Hôpital St-Luc)Montréal (Longue-Pointe, St-François-d’Assise)
Montréal (Monastère des Carmélites)Montréal (Monastère du Bon-Pasteur)Montréal (Saint Anthony of Padua)
Montréal (St-Bernard)Montréal (St-Charles)Montréal (Ste-Jeanne-d’Arc)
Montréal (Ste-Marguerite-Marie)Montréal (Ste-Thérèse-de-l’Enfant-Jésus)Montréal (St-Jean-Baptiste-Vianney)
Montréal (St-Louis-de-Gonzague)Montréal (St-Sauveur)Montréal (Très-Ste-Trinité)
Montréal (United Church All Nation)Montréal (United Church Calvary)Montréal (United Church Calvin Westminster)
Montréal (United Church Centenary)Montréal (United Church Central)Montréal (United Church Chalmers)
Montréal (United Church Chinese Montreal)Montréal (United Church City Mission)Montréal (United Church Côte-des-Neiges)
Montréal (United Church Crystal Springs)Montréal (United Church Dominion Douglas)Montréal (United Church Emmanuel)
Montréal (United Church Erskine & American)Montréal (United Church French Saint John)Montréal (United Church French Sauveur)
Montréal (United Church French Summerlea)Montréal (United Church Hospital Mission)Montréal (United Church Hungarian)
Montréal (United Church Inspector Mission)Montréal (United Church Italian of the Redeemer)Montréal (United Church La Croix)
Montréal (United Church Livingstone)Montréal (United Church Main Memorial)Montréal (United Church Mount Royal)
Montréal (United Church Mountain Street)Montréal (United Church North End)Montréal (United Church Norwood)
Montréal (United Church Port de Montréal)Montréal (United Church Private Chapel)Montréal (United Church Rockfield)
Montréal (United Church Rosedale)Montréal (United Church Saint Columba House)Montréal (United Church Saint Cuthbert)
Montréal (United Church Saint Georges)Montréal (United Church Saint Giles)Montréal (United Church Saint Giles)
Montréal (United Church Saint James)Montréal (United Church Saint Luke)Montréal (United Church Saint Mark)
Montréal (United Church Shaw Memorial)Montréal (United Church Westminster Central)Montréal, Rosemont (United Church Central)
Montréal, Rosemont (United Church First)Montréal-Est (St-Octave)Montréal-Est (United Church)
Montréal-Nord (Ste-Gertrude)Montréal-Nord (St-Vital)Montréal-Sud (United Church)
Montréal-West (United Church)Mont-Royal (United Church First)Pointe-aux-Trembles (Crèche St-François-d’Assise)
Pointe-aux-Trembles (Filles Consolatrices du Divin Cœur)Pointe-aux-Trembles (Pères Capucins)Pointe-aux-Trembles (United Church, Française Évangélique)
Pointe-Claire (Ste-Jeanne-de-Chantal)Pointe-Claire (United Church, Lilly Memorial)Pointe-Fortune (United Church)
Princeville (St-Eusèbe-de-Stanfold)RichardvilleRigaud (Jardin de l’Enfance)
St-Albert-de-WarwickSt-AlfredStandon (St-Léon)
St-AnselmeSt-BenjaminSt-Benoit-Labre
St-Cœur-de-Marie (Mégantic)St-Côme-KennebecSt-Cyprien (Dorchester)
St-Cyrille-de-WendoverSte-Anne-de-Bellevue (United Church Union)Ste-Claire (Dorchester)
Ste-Clotilde (Dorchester)Ste-Clotilde-de-HortonSt-Edmond-de-Grantham
Ste-Élisabeth-de-WarwickSte-Hélène-de-ChesterSte-Jeanne-d’Arc (Drummond)
St-Elzéar-de-LinièreSt-Éphrem-de-TringSte-Séraphine
Ste-Sophie (Ste-Sophie-d’Halifax)St-Eugène-de-GranthamSt-Évariste-de-Forsyth
St-Ferdinand (St-Ferdinand-d’Halifax)St-Frédéric (Beauce)St-Germain-de-Grantham
St-Hubert (St-Jean-Eudes)St-Jean-Baptiste-Marie-VianneySt-Lambert (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur)
St-Lambert (United Church)St-Laurent (United Church Saint Andrew)St-Léonard (St-Léonard-de-Port-Maurice)
St-LucienSt-Majorique-de-GranthamSt-Nicéphore
St-Norbert-d’ArthabaskaSt-Paul-de-ChesterSt-Pierre-Baptiste
St-Rémi-de-TingwickSt-RosaireSts-Anges
St-ValèreThetford Mines (St-Alphonse)Thetford Mines (St-Maurice)
Tingwick (St-Patrice)Vallée-JonctionVictoriaville (Ste-Victoire)
Ville-Émard (St-Jean-de-Matha)Warwick (St-Médard)Westmount (Ascension of Our Lord)
Westmount (United Church Saint Andrew)Wickham

Genealogically yours,

The Drouin team

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Founded in 1899 by Joseph Drouin, the Drouin Genealogical Institute preserves and digitizes Quebec’s genealogical records. Its team publishes Genealogy Quebec news and practical guides here.

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