Top 10+ Genealogical and Biographical Dictionaries

The web is full of useful free-access resources for genealogy. Here's the proof with these genealogical and biographical dictionaries.

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Universal dictionary of contemporaries, containing all notable people of France and foreign countries

    1858 – First edition

    1859 – Supplement to the first edition

    1861 – Second edition – Part 1 – Part 2

    1865 – Third edition

    1870 – Fourth edition

    1880 – Fifth edition

    1893 – Sixth edition

Historical dictionary of holy figures, where one can take an exact notion of the life and memorable actions of the heroes of Christianity - 1772

Biographical dictionary containing up to the year 1840 the list of main characters of all countries – 1848

Biographical and historical dictionary of notable people at the end of the 18th century and particularly those who figured in the French Revolution

    1800 – Volume 1 -  Volume 2 – Volume 3

Genealogical dictionary of Canadian families since the founding of the colony until today

    1871 – Volume 1 (A-Z)

    1886 – Volume 2 (ABEL - CHAPUY)

    1887 – Volume 3 (CHARBONNEAU – EZIERO) 

    1887 – Volume 4 (FABAS – JININES) 

    1888 – Volume 5 (JOACHIM – MERCIER)

    1889 – Volume 6 (MERCIN - ROBIDOUX)

    1890 – Volume 7 (ROBILLARD – ZIZEUSE) 

 Genealogical, heraldic, historical, and chronological dictionary

    1757 – Volume 1 – Volume 2 - Volume 3

    1761 – Volume 4 - Volume 5 - Volume 6

    1765 - Volume 7

Historical and genealogical dictionary of the families of Poitou

    1891 – Volume 1 (AAGE – BRISSET)

    1893 – Volume 2 (BRISSON – CYRIAQUE)

    1905 – Volume 3 (DABADIE – GAUTREAU)

    1909 – Volume 4 (GAUVIN – HERBERIE)

Grand historical, genealogical, and biographical dictionary of the Haute-Marne (Creuse department) – 1894

Historical, genealogical, and bibliographical dictionary of the province and diocese of Maine - 1894 

Genealogical dictionary of the families of Richelieu and their Franco-American descendants since the origin of the family until today - 1909

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