The major periodicals and magazines helpful for research in Québec include:

Across the Border. 1988–. Quarterly. Text in English. Published privately by Diana Hibbert Bailey. Available from Claudette Maerz, 10925 Ewing Avenue South, Bloomington, MN 55431 USA. (FHL book 971.4 D25ab; computer number 436253.) Gives information about English-speaking ancestry in northern Vermont and the Eastern Townships of Québec.

L'Ancêtre (The Ancestor). 1974–. Monthly. Text in French. Published by the Société de généalogie de Québec, Case postale 9066, Sainte-Foy QC CANADA G1K 7N3. (FHL book 971.4 D25a; computer number 164646.) Gives information mostly about French Canadian families in the city of Québec and surrounding area. Includes how-to articles and describes newly acquired materials.

Connections. 1978–. Quarterly. Text in English. Published by the Quebec Family History Society, P.O. Box 1026, Pointe Claire QC CANADA H4S 4H9. (FHL book 971.4 D25c; computer number 49386.) Includes family histories, immigration lists, transcripts of cemetery and vital records, how-to articles, and queries about English- and French-speaking families of Québec.

Mémoires de la société généalogique canadienne-française. 1944–. Quarterly. Text in French. Published by the Société Généalogique Canadienne-Française, Case postale 335, succ. Place d'Armes, Montréal QC CANADA H2Y 3H1. (FHL book 971 C4s; computer number 223825.) This is the oldest genealogical periodical published in Canada. Each volume includes its own index. A comprehensive index to every name in the first 32 volumes is:

Roland-Jean Auger, Index Onomastique des Mémoires . . ., 1944–1975 (Name Index to Mémoires . . ., 1944–1975). 2 vols. Lac-Beauport, Qué.: Publications Audiovisuelles, 1984. (FHL book 971 C4s index; computer number 226993.) Introduction in French and English.

For nationwide indexes to these periodicals and for lists of other family history periodicals about Québec, see the “Periodicals” section of the Canada Research Outline (34545).

Many local periodicals are indexed in:

PERiodical Source Index (PERSI). Ft. Wayne, Ind.: Allen County Public Library Foundation, 1987–. (FHL book 973 D25per; 1847–1985 on fiche 6016863 [set of 40]; 1986–1990 on fiche 6016864 [set of 15]; computer number 658308.) Indexes thousands of family history periodicals. Annual indexes have been published yearly since 1986. For further details, see the PERiodical Source Index Resource Guide (34119).

Most regional genealogical societies in Québec and some in New England and the midwestern U.S. publish periodicals about French Canadian research. See the “Societies” section of this outline. For more family history periodicals about Québec, look in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:

QUEBEC - PERIODICALSQUEBEC - GENEALOGY - PERIODICALSQUEBEC - SOCIETIES - PERIODICALSQUEBEC, [COUNTY] - PERIODICALSQUEBEC, [COUNTY] - GENEALOGY - PERIODICALS

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