New historical newspapers available on Genealogy Quebec

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Institut Drouin
Published on
06/13/2022
New historical newspapers available on Genealogy Quebec

47,383 images from four Quebec newspapers have been added to the Drouin Institute’s Miscellaneous Collections, one of 15 tools available to Genealogy Quebec subscribers.

Here are the newspapers in question:

  • Montreal Gazette (1864 et 1865)
  • Quebec Gazette (1865 et 1866)
  • Montreal Witness (1865 et 1866)
  • La Frontière de l’Abitibi (1937 à 1977)
Front page of the Quebec Gazette from January 22, 1866, with dense columns of text under a gothic masthead
Front page of La Frontière, a Rouyn newspaper, from September 1939, headlined « Jingoism out of place »
Front page of the Montreal newspaper The Daily Witness from March 13, 1866, filled with classified ads and job offers
Front page of the Montreal Gazette from February 1865, covered with commercial advertisements in tight columns

These new images can be found in the Drouin Institute’s Miscellaneous Collections, under the “23 – Journaux Anciens” folder. Here are the newspapers available in the section:

Chesterville RecordCommercial Gazette (Montréal)
Daily Witness (Montréal)Hebdo-Progrès (St-Léonard et Rosemont)
La Chronique de la Vallée du St-MauriceLa Minerve
La Parole (Drummondville)La Santé (Montreal)
La Semaine (Québec)La Tribune Canadienne (Montréal)
La Vie Illustrée (Montréal)La Voix de L’Est
La Voix de Wolfe (Ham-Nord)La Voix Du Peuple (St-Jean)
L’Action CanadienneL’Alliance (St-Jean)
L’Avant-GardeL’Avenir de Quebec
Le Canada-Français (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu)Le Carillon (Québec)
Le Castor (Québec)Le Charivari (Québec)
Le Courrier (St-Jean)Le Courrier d’Orsainville (Québec)
Le Franco-CanadienLe Monde Illustré (Montreal)
Le National (Montréal)Le Pharillon (Gaspésie)
Le Progrès Dimanche (Chicoutimi)Le Progrès du Golfe
Le Protectionniste (St-Jean)Le Quotidien (Chicoutimi)
Le RichelieuLe Richelieu Agricole (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu)
Le Richelieu Agricole et DimancheLe Richelieu Dimanche
Le Riviera (Sorel)Le Samedi (Montréal)
Le Semeur Canadien (Montréal)Le Soleil (Quebec)
Le Trésor des Familles (Québec)L’Echo (Louiseville)
L’Echo Abitibien (Val d’Or)L’Écho d’Iberville
L’Electeur (PLQ)Les Nouvelles Saint-Laurent News
L’Essor (St-Jean)L’Horizon (Joliette)
L’Obligation (Montréal)L’Opinion Publique (Montréal)
L’Union de WoonsocketL’Union des Cantons de l’Est (Arthabaskaville)
Midi-Presse (Montreal)Notre Temps (Montréal)
Paris-Canada (Montréal)Perspectives Dimanche Matin (Montréal)
The AdvertiserThe Canadian Jewish Review
The Dominion Illustrated News (Montréal)The Inquirer (Trois-Rivières)
The Quebec GazetteThe Richmond News (Richmond)
The Watchman (Lachute)Ville de Val-Belair

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The Drouin team

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