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:*''Index to the Quebec Gazette, 1764–1823''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990. (On 31 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|612932|title-id|disp=film 1682785}}.)
:*''Index to the Quebec Gazette, 1764–1823''. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990. (On 31 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|612932|title-id|disp=film 1682785}}.)


=== English Language Newspapers  ===
== English Language Newspapers  ==


More Then Now<br> On 3 April 1857 the Knowlton ''Advertiser and Eastern Townships Sentinel'' announced:  
More Then Now<br> On 3 April 1857 the Knowlton ''Advertiser and Eastern Townships Sentinel'' announced:  
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Those that survive contain a great deal of information useful to genealogists. Most reference libraries will have the now out of date''Union List of Newspapers Held by Canadian Libraries'' (Ottawa: Library of Canada, 1977; 1983), or the''Canadian Newspapers on Microfiche ''(Ottawa: Library of Canada, 1993). This catalogue list of newspapers available in microform '''at the Library of Canada''', is now available on the NLC website as are listings of the newspapers the library currently receives, and an updated ''Checklist of [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/newspapers-at-lac/035005-2000-e.html indexes to Canadian newspapers]'', compiled by Sandra Burrows and Franceen Gaudet (Ottawa:Library of Canada, 1987). The Library of Canada receives, through legal deposit, all newspapers filmed after 1 January 1988 for which more than three copies are produced and are attempting to acquire all newspapers filmed commercially before 1988, starting with daily newspapers. The Library has acquired most of the Québec daily newspapers through purchase or legal deposit. The Bibliothèque nationale du Québec through its filming programme with the Archives nationale du Québec makes all the print titles it has acquired available on film.  
Those that survive contain a great deal of information useful to genealogists. Most reference libraries will have the now out of date''Union List of Newspapers Held by Canadian Libraries'' (Ottawa: Library of Canada, 1977; 1983), or the''Canadian Newspapers on Microfiche ''(Ottawa: Library of Canada, 1993). This catalogue list of newspapers available in microform '''at the Library of Canada''', is now available on the NLC website as are listings of the newspapers the library currently receives, and an updated ''Checklist of [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/newspapers-at-lac/035005-2000-e.html indexes to Canadian newspapers]'', compiled by Sandra Burrows and Franceen Gaudet (Ottawa:Library of Canada, 1987). The Library of Canada receives, through legal deposit, all newspapers filmed after 1 January 1988 for which more than three copies are produced and are attempting to acquire all newspapers filmed commercially before 1988, starting with daily newspapers. The Library has acquired most of the Québec daily newspapers through purchase or legal deposit. The Bibliothèque nationale du Québec through its filming programme with the Archives nationale du Québec makes all the print titles it has acquired available on film.  


Québec newspapers, both French and English-language, and their history are dealt with extensively by André Beaulieu and Jean Hamelin, ''La presse Québecoise: des ori gines à nos jours,'' 10 volumes, (Québec City: Université de Laval, 1973-1990).<br>  
Québec newspapers, both French and English-language, and their history are dealt with extensively by André Beaulieu and Jean Hamelin, ''La presse Québecoise: des ori gines à nos jours,'' 10 volumes, (Québec City: Université de Laval, 1973-1990).<br>


=== Early Québec Newspapers  ===
=== Early Québec Newspapers  ===
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