New: Add a spouse to your searches

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Institut Drouin
Published on
05/22/2026
New: Add a spouse to your searches

Genealogy Quebec’s search engine now lets you add a spouse to your searches, for even more detailed and targeted results.

Genealogy Quebec Advanced Search with the new Spouse button next to Father and Mother, and a first name field for each

Advanced Search

Advanced Search now allows you to add the spouse of the person you are searching for, in addition to the father, mother, and up to five types of events: birth, marriage, death, residence, and publication.

This new option helps the engine better target results associated with a couple, such as their marriage or records related to their children.

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Using Advanced Search

To use Advanced Search, first go to the search engine. By default, the engine uses Basic Search. To access more detailed options, simply click Advanced Search.

Advanced search link circled next to the Search button, below the Birth Year field of the search engine

Adding family members to your search

To add a spouse to your search, make sure Advanced Search is enabled, then select the type of individual to add.

The engine then uses this information to evaluate the relevance of the results. The more a document matches your search parameters, the higher it will appear in the results list.

You can also use the “Must match” checkbox to require the spouse to be explicitly present in the document. When checked, documents that do not mention this individual in the defined role are excluded from the results.

To explore Genealogy Quebec’s search engine features in more detail, consult our user guide here.

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Institut Drouin

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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