The Genealogy & Family History Social Network
Drouin Quebec Church Records at Ancestry.com/Ancestry.ca Not Available
There seems to be a legal problem regarding the Drouin Quebec Church records and Ancestry's authority to offer those records. As a result Ancestry has pulled those records for the time being. This may or may not be permanent. Ancestry has not given any information out to its subscribers.
In the mean-time here is a link to the LDS Drouin Quebec Church records. Access is free; however, the years covered seem to end at 1899. I haven't checked out ever Church but those that I have end at 1899.
Also, these records are not digitally indexed. Most of the Church records do have their own index either at the beginning of the year or, more commonly, at the end of the year. I guess it is better than having no access. Here is that link...
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=13217...
In the mean-time here is a link to the LDS Drouin Quebec Church records. Access is free; however, the years covered seem to end at 1899. I haven't checked out ever Church but those that I have end at 1899.
Also, these records are not digitally indexed. Most of the Church records do have their own index either at the beginning of the year or, more commonly, at the end of the year. I guess it is better than having no access. Here is that link...
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=13217...
Views: 415
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by Michelle Eber on
-
Thanks Judy for this link! I imagine that the reason the records only go to 1899 is due to the privacy act? Do you know of a a place where we can acess the Ontario parish registers?
-
-
Permalink Reply by Judy Schneider on
-
Here is a file from the Drouin Institute describing the legal dispute they are having with Ancestry.com
- Attachments:
-
-
avis180809.pdf, 20 KB
-
-
-
-
The Ontario Drouin Church Records are available from the Drouin Institute at http://imagesdrouinpepin.com/main.php but it costs. For 150 hits a day it costs $100.00 a year. A hit is when you actually look at a record and does not include a simple search result. The only problem with Drouin is that none of the records are indexed. Of course there usually exists an index for a particular parish and year in the microfiche record itself so it isn't all bad. The Drouin Institute also has a number of other resources such as the Quebec Church Records, the Loiselle Index and some notary records in full - most of these are 1800's early 1900's. They don't have any from the 1700's.
-
-
Permalink Reply by Charlene Howell on
-
the litigation has to do with the indexing of the Drouin collection. The Drouin collection is still available Ancestry.ca. I have a world membership and can do look-ups for anyone. Time permitting I could also visit the National Archives here in Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. I am willing to try and help with translations but am more comfortable with English.
-
© 2024 Created by IIGSExecDirector.
Powered by
