Québec Historical Documents & Newspapers- Quebec Research Tip #3
Here are lists of Québec-related Online Historical Documents and Newspapers I have come across while performing data gathering searches. All sources are Free unless otherwise noted.
Please let me know of others as you stumble upon them, so I may add them to the list here.
City Directories
- Québec City and Suburbs City Directory, Mackay, 1790 – (LAC)
- Montreal City Directory, Mackay, 1842-3 – (BAnQ) includes City Directories for Chambly, La Prairie, and Saint Johns (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu)
- Montreal Business Directory, Lovell & Gibson, 1842-3 – (LAC) includes Business Directories for Chambly, La Prairie, and Saint Johns (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu)
- Montreal City Directory, Mackay – (BAnQ):
Canadian Professional and Business Directory
- Mackay, 1851 – (BYU Digital Books) list of communities featured begins on page xiii
- Mackay, 1851 – (LAC) list of communities featured begins here
- Lovell, 1857-8 – Fee $ (Ancestry) list of communities featured begins at Image 5
Québec City City Directory, Lovell, 1862-3 – Fee $ (NEHGS)
- Part I (Adair – Higgins, plus addenda and errata);
- Part II (Higgins – Thomson);
- Part III (Thomson – Zuell)
Canada Business Directory, Mitchell & Sutherland, 1865-6 – (LAC)
Trois-Rivières City Directory, Rowen, 1867 – (LAC)
Québec Provincial Business Directory, Lovell, 1871 – (LAC)
Québec City City Directory, Cherrier, 1886-7 – (LAC)Ottawa City Directory, Might:
- 1909 -(includes Hull, Quebec)- Don’s List
- 1909 -(includes Hull, Quebec)- Internet Archive
- 1911 – (includes Hull, Quebec)- Internet Archive
- 1913 – (includes Hull, Quebec; Aylmer Road District and Gatineau Point)- Internet Archive
- 1914 – (includes Hull, Quebec; Aylmer Road District and Gatineau Point)- EveNDon
- 1915 – (includes Hull, Quebec; Aylmer Road District and Gatineau Point)- EveNDon
- 1915 – (includes Hull, Quebec; Aylmer Road District and Gatineau Point)- Internet Archive
- 1916 – (includes Hull, Quebec; Aylmer Road District and Gatineau Point)- Internet Archive
- 1923 -(includes Hull, Quebec; Aylmer Road District and Gatineau Point)- Internet Archive
Historical French Canadian Newspapers-Online
- Quebec Historical Newspaper Links (online)
- Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada Maritime Newspaper Archives, 19th and 20th centuries. Two papers, the Twillington Sun (1884-1924) and French-language Le Gaboteur (1984-1995) are browseable by date, along with an assortment of other resources.
- Quebec, Canada French and English Language Newspaper Archives, 1826-1978. More than a dozen papers here, browseable by date only, courtesy of the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.
- French-Canadian Newspapers: An Essential Historical Source (1808-1919)
- Montreal Gazette 1870-1989- Historic newspapers on the Google news site.
- Quebec 1826-1978- Provided by the Bibliotheque et Archives nationales du Quebec.
- LAC= Library and Archives Canada
- BAnQ=Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
- NEHGS= New England Historic Genealogical Society