Six historical newspapers added to Genealogy Quebec

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Institut Drouin
Published on
05/17/2021
Six historical newspapers added to Genealogy Quebec

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Six historical newspapers have been added to the Drouin Institute’s Miscellaneous Collections, one of 15 tools available to Genealogy Quebec subscribers.

Here are the newly available newspapers:

Le Franco-Canadien (1893 to 1899)
Le Richelieu (1935 to 1969)
Le Richelieu agricole (1978 to 1980, 1983 and 1984)
Le Richelieu agricole et Dimanche (1986 and 1987)
Le Richelieu Dimanche (1987)
Le Canada-Français (various years between 1888 and 1987)

Drouin Institute’s Miscellaneous Collections on Genealogy Quebec, with the 23 – Journaux anciens folder open and its newspaper titles
Front page of Le Canada Français et Le Franco-Canadien, published in Saint-Jean on January 2, 1936
Two pages of a March 28, 1937 supplement, with articles on Canada as an international power and on family prayer
Front page of Le Canada Français dated January 2, 1964, with local news on new churchwardens and a Christmas Eve theft
Two pages of Le Canada Français from 1962: an Ethier & Frères furniture ad and the April 5 front page on an urban planning commission
Illustrated cover of La Vie Illustrée, Montreal, February 1, 1889, with an engraved portrait of Madame Albani

You will find these 72,841 new images in the Drouin Institute’s Miscellaneous Collections, under the “23 – Journaux Anciens” folder. These six publications add to the many newspapers already available in the section:

Chesterville Record Commercial Gazette (Montréal)
Daily Witness (Montréal) La Chronique de la Vallée du St-Maurice
La Minerve La Semaine (Québec)
La Tribune Canadienne (Montréal) La Vie Illustrée (Montréal)
La Voix Du Peuple (St-Jean) L’Action Canadienne
L’Alliance (St-Jean) L’Avant-Garde
L’Avenir de Quebec Le Carillon (Québec)
Le Castor (Québec) Le Charivari (Québec)
Le Courrier (St-Jean) Le National (Montréal)
Le Progrès du Golfe Le Protectionniste (St-Jean)
Le Semeur Canadien (Montréal) Le Trésor des Familles (Québec)
L’Écho d’Iberville L’Essor (St-Jean)
L’Obligation (Montréal) L’Opinion Publique (Montréal)
L’Union de Woonsocket L’Union des Cantons de l’Est (Arthabaskaville)
Midi-Presse (Montreal) Paris-Canada (Montréal)
The Advertiser The Canadian Jewish Review
The Dominion Illustrated News (Montréal) The Inquirer (Trois-Rivières)
The Quebec Gazette

You may browse these documents as well as 49 million images and files of genealogical and historical interest by subscribing to Genealogy Quebec today!

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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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