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==Online Records== | |||
*[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3653941?docsearchtext=Municipal%20%20Directories '''Collection of Lovell directories of Montreal and its region - Montreal and its suburbs'''] Use links in right sidebar to navigate. | |||
*[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3691079?docsearchtext=Municipal%20%20Directories '''Directories of Quebec City, 1877-1878a, Levis''' ] | |||
==History and Background== | ==History and Background== | ||
*Directories are alphabetical lists of '''heads of households and addresses. ''' | *Directories are alphabetical lists of '''heads of households and addresses. ''' | ||
*Some directories also give '''the wife's name and the family's address.''' | *Some directories also give '''the wife's name and the family's address.''' | ||
*Directories can help you locate a family, especially when the family '''does not appear in the censuses'''. | *Directories can help you locate a family, especially when the family '''does not appear in the censuses'''. | ||
*Many city and county directories '''from the 1840s to the present''' are available. | *Many city and county directories '''from the 1840s to the present''' are available. | ||
==Help With the Census== | ==Help With the Census== | ||
To use the census and most other lists efficiently, you should consult the city directories and find the family’s addresses, preferably before and after the year of the listing - people tend to move often in Québec cities. Be sure to check in the Street section, note the Ward or district, as well as the names of the cross streets, and anything else that will help locate the right “division” of what are often very large records. | To use the census and most other lists efficiently, you should consult the city directories and find the family’s addresses, preferably before and after the year of the listing - people tend to move often in Québec cities. Be sure to check in the Street section, note the Ward or district, as well as the names of the cross streets, and anything else that will help locate the right “division” of what are often very large records. | ||