SEARCHING FOR A DECEASED PERSON?

HELP: Surname of the deceased

Please note that upper and lower case letters, accents, cedillas and hyphens in the deceased’s first and last names will not affect the search results.

For example, Garneau will give the same results as garneau or GARNEAU, Sansfaçon will give the same results as Sansfacon and Bédard will give the same results as Bedard.

Enter the full surname if you know it, or just the first few letters if you’re not sure of the spelling.

Women are registered under their maiden name. If you don’t know the maiden name, enter the first name in First name of the deceased, and enter the spouse’s surname in Spouse’s surname.

You can perform an advanced search using the asterisk symbol (*). The asterisk can be inserted to replace the part of the name you don’t know. For example, if you’re looking for a surname that starts with "Bi" and ends with "ette" but you’re not sure how to spell it, you could try bi*ette or bi*et.

HELP: First name of the deceased 

Letters can be entered in either upper or lower case. For example, Pierre will give the same results as pierre or PIERRE. 

It makes no difference whether or not you use accents or cedillas in the first name. For example, Irène will give the same results as Irene and François will give the same results as Francois. 

You can use a space or a hyphen to search for a compound first name. For example, Jean-Pierre will give the same results as Jean Pierre. 

Enter the full first name if you know it, or just the first few letters if you’re not sure of the spelling. 

You can perform an advanced search using the asterisk symbol (*). The asterisk can be inserted to replace the part of the first name you don’t know. For example, you’re looking for a first name, but you only know that it was “P-something,” and that the name ended in “ette” (like Pierrette or Paulette). You can try: p*ette or p*et. 

HELP: Spouse’s first name 

Letters can be entered in either upper or lower case. For example, Pierre will give the same results as pierre or PIERRE. 

It makes no difference whether or not you use accents or cedillas in the first name. For example, Irène will give the same results as Irene and François will give the same results as Francois. 

You can use a space or a hyphen to search for a compound first name. For example, Jean-Pierre will give the same results as Jean Pierre. 

Enter the full first name if you know it, or just the first few letters if you’re not sure of the spelling. 

You can perform an advanced search using the asterisk symbol (*). The asterisk can be inserted to replace the part of the first name you don’t know. For example, you’re looking for a first name, but you only know that it was “P-something,” and that the name ended in “ette” (like Pierrette or Paulette). You can try: p*ette or p*et. 

HELP: Spouse’s surname 

Letters can be entered in either upper or lower case. For example, Garneau will give the same results as garneau or GARNEAU. 

It makes no difference whether or not you use accents or cedillas in the first name and surname. For example, Sansfaçon will give the same results as Sansfacon and François will give the same results as Francois. 

You can use a space or a hyphen to search for a compound first name. For example, St-Laurent will give the same results as St Laurent.

Enter the full surname if you know it, or just the first few letters if you’re not sure of the spelling. 

Women are registered under their maiden name. If you’re looking for the name of a loved one but don’t know her maiden name, enter her first name in Spouse’s first name, and enter the spouse’s surname in Spouse’s surname. 

You can perform an advanced search using the asterisk symbol (*). The asterisk can be inserted to replace the part of the name you don’t know. For example, you’re looking for a surname, but only know that it was “Bi-something,” and that the name ended in “ette” (like Biette or Billette). You can try: bi*ette or bi*et. 

HELP: Year of birth 

The year must be entered in full, e.g., 1874 or 1930. 

You can’t search by year of birth alone. To search by year of birth, you must enter at least one other search criterion. For example, you can enter both the Date of birth AND the Date of death. You can also enter the Date of birth and the Name of the deceased, or any other criteria. 

HELP: Year of Death 

The year must be entered in full, e.g., 1998 or 2005. 

You can’t search by year of death alone. To search by year of death, you must enter at least one other search criterion. For example, you can enter both the Date of death AND the Date of birth. You can also enter the Date of death and the Name of the deceased, or any other criteria. 

HELP: Concession 

To search for a concession, you ideally need to know the exact concession number.

A concession number can be up to seven characters long and composed of either numbers only or numbers and letters.

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