Quebec Directories: Difference between revisions

==Online Directories==

===Library and Archives of Canada===

Library and Archives Canada's (LAC) collection of directories includes national, provincial, territorial, as well as county and city directories, primarily of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, in print, microform and electronic formats.

The Library’s bibliography: ''Canadian Directories, 1790-1987''<ref>Bond, Mary E., ''Canadian Directories, 1790-1987:  a bibliography and place-name index'', 3 volumes (Ottawa:  Library of Canada, 1989).</ref> , tells what exists and where it is held. The listings in the ''Genealogy and Local History to 1900/ … Bibliography''<ref>''Genealogy and Local History to 1900:  a Bibliography ...'', compiled by J. Brian Gilchrist and Clifford Duxbury Collier  (Ottawa:  CIHM-ICHM, 1995)  '''Old and rare Canadian books, periodicals and serials available on microfiche'''.</ref> , from the CIHM-ICMH, indicates which are available in microform and so can be obtained through inter-institutional loan services. Be aware that gazetteers and atlases may include directories, e.g. Smith’s 1867 ''Eastern Townships Gazetteer and General Business Directory<ref>''The Eastern Townships Gazetteer and General Business Directory ... Containing Also Much Useful Information of a Miscellaneous Character'' (St Johns/St-Jean Quebec:  Smith and Co., Proprietors of the "News", 1867) Reprinted by Page-Sangster Inc., 1967.</ref>'' which described every community, large and small, and listed businesses and many residents. Three Rivers/''Trois Rivières'' and Sorel are often found in the same Directory, as are Québec City and Levis; Ottawa, Hull and Gatineau; and Montréal with its surrounding suburbs. Sometimes, however, they are not, so check just what geographic area is covered.<ref>Douglas, Althea. "Québec Censuses and Lists of Residents (National Institute)," ''National Institute for Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Qu%C3%A9bec_Censuses_and_Lists_of_Residents_%28National_Institute%29.</ref>

=== Montréal  ===