| Acronym | Drouin Microfilms |
| Title | Drouin Microfilms (Vital Records and 3rd part) |
| Original Publisher | Institut Drouin, distributed in 1999 by Jean-Pierre Pepin |
| Language | Language of records (100% French before 1759) |
| Content | Vital Records: 2365 microfilms covering
all vital records of Quebec from beginnings to 1940, including usually
both copies (court house and catholic church copies). Some microfilms are
about other places like Acadia, Ontario and some American records (mostly
West French Forts). Official
Web Site (microfilm version). From 2002, version
on CD-ROM (as the microfilms are processed).
3rd part: it is the continuation of the Blue Drouin, that is, marriage cards after 1935 and some hypothetical marriages. This microfilm series has very small images. Official Web Site. |
| Review | Vital records: Those are copies from
original records. Some can be hard to read because of handwritting, ink
that traversed the paper, etc. Some records have an index, while for other
you have to read or even analyse records one by one.
This series is very important because it includes both copies of vital records (church and court house), which may help to complete the records. 3rd part: After checking the first cards about Beauregards, I located 2 new marriages I had not previously. The first was wrong (no source), but the second one was correct (source given). |
| Availability | Rare. Vital records: At least: Montreal
(Salle Gagnon and SGCF), Quebec (SGQ), Longueuil (CGL), Woonsocket, RI
(AFGS) and Boston (NEHGS).
3rd part: At least: Montreal (Salle Gagnon), Longueuil (CGL). |
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