Tag: Quebec City
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Uncovering My Family in the Québec Hôtel-Dieu Patient Registers
While performing a Full Text search on Family Search, I made a new discovery, which is rather rare for me. It was Registres journaliers des malades, 1689-1876 from the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, the oldest hospital in North America. I clicked in… and was quite thrilled with what I saw. I was able to find a…
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Sordid Tale of the Steamer The Montreal
Stealing from the dead “…crimps have been reaping a rich harvest by robbing the bodies of the dead” in Quebec City, 1857
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Maps, Genealogy & Directionally Challenged Me
I am a directionally challenged person (my family gets a kick out of me getting lost leaving my hotel room) so I have generally avoided maps in my research. I may look things up quickly (thank goodness for google maps!) but I haven’t gone deeper. Well, that is changing. With some wonderful advice from a…
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Genealogy Serendipity
Genealogy serendipity seems to be quite common, almost everyone has a story to tell. Although not the first time I have had this sensation and probably not the last, I had one of those moments today that could be described as coincidental or maybe something more. Recently I have been getting assistance with my Quebec research…
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