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 <br>'''THE DROUIN COLLECTION:'''
-[http://www.ancestry.ca/drouin/?o_iid=35859&o_lid=35859 Drouin Collection 1621-1967] at Ancestry.ca&nbsp;&nbsp; When searching these databases, be creative in the spellings as well as the various focuses in searching for an ancestor.&nbsp; The French language has many possible spellings for a name, as well as there are errors in the indexing.
+[http://www.ancestry.ca/drouin/?o_iid=35859&o_lid=35859 Drouin Collection 1621-1967] at Ancestry.ca.&nbsp;&nbsp; When searching these databases, be creative in the spellings as well as the various focuses in searching for an ancestor.&nbsp; The French language has many possible spellings for a name, as well as there are errors in the indexing.
-This French-Canadian collection has over 15 million genealogical and vital records entries. In Quebec, under the French Regime, there were two sets of records kept:&nbsp;a copy for the civil government archives and a copy for the ecclesiastical church archives.&nbsp; The Drouin collection is a civil copy of these entries.&nbsp; Please note that the cutoff date of this collection&nbsp;is in the early 1940s; only a small percentage of entries were covered from 1948 to 1967.
+This French-Canadian collection has over 15 million genealogical and vital records entries; they were microfilmed by the Institut Généalogique Drouin. In Quebec, under the French Regime, there were two sets of records kept:&nbsp;a copy for the civil government archives and a copy for the ecclesiastical church archives.&nbsp; The Drouin collection is a civil copy of these entries.&nbsp; Please note that the cutoff date of this collection&nbsp;is in the early 1940s; only a small percentage of entries were covered from 1948 to 1967.
 This collection is divided into six databases:&nbsp; 1. Quebec Vital and Church Records, 1621-1967&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Ontario French Catholic Church Records, 1747-1967, 3. Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records, 1695-1954, 4. Acadia French Catholic Church Records, 1670-1946, 5. Quebec Notarial Records, 1647-1942, and 6. Miscellaneous French Records, 1651-1941.