Category Archives: Understanding France Series

European Ancestors – Understanding France – Index to the Series

Posted on August 21, 2022 by Julie Goucher

This post is part of a series about genealogy in France. You can read the complete series HERE. If you are wondering what the various posts were about, wonder no more, this is the index! Census Paris Births Baptisms Deaths … Continue reading →

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European Ancestors – Understanding France (40) Military

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Julie Goucher

This post is part of a series about genealogy in France. You can read the complete series HERE. Memoire des Hommes – Military Enlistments of the old Regime of France 1682-1793 is a significant depository of records in browse mode … Continue reading →

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European Ancestors – Understanding France (39) Surname Distribution

Posted on August 16, 2022 by Julie Goucher

This post is part of a series about genealogy in France. You can read the complete series HERE. One of the things that is useful, is to see a visual display of where a surname appears across a country. In … Continue reading →

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European Ancestors – Understanding France (38) Romani Research

Posted on August 15, 2022 by Julie Goucher

This post is part of a series about genealogy in France. You can read the complete series HERE. Romani’s are an ethnic group originating from northern India. The number of Romani’s in France could be anywhere between 20,000 and 400,000, … Continue reading →

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European Ancestors – Understanding France (37) Migration from France

Posted on August 14, 2022 by Julie Goucher

This post is part of a series about genealogy in France. You can read the complete series HERE. The reality is, that migration of any kind, shares some commonality with other countries, both in terms of migrating from, migrating to, … Continue reading →

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European Ancestors – Understanding France (36) Departments, Districts, Cantons and Communes

Posted on August 13, 2022 by Julie Goucher

This post is part of a series about genealogy in France. You can read the complete series HERE. Building on from an earlier post (Understanding France 14). The structure of administration after the Revolution across France changed, and was divided … Continue reading →

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European Ancestors – Understanding France (35) – Corsica

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Julie Goucher

This post is part of a series about genealogy in France. You can read the complete series HERE. Corsica, an island located in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the eighteen regions of France. The island lies to the southeast … Continue reading →

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European Ancestors – Understanding France (34) – Overseas Territories, Empire and Slavery

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Julie Goucher

This post is part of a series about genealogy in France. You can read the complete series HERE. Building on from Part 20 where we looked at territories located outside of France; in this part I want to address the … Continue reading →

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European Ancestors – Understanding France & Jewish Migration (33)

Posted on August 10, 2022 by Julie Goucher

This post is part of a series about genealogy in France. You can read the complete series HERE. Between 1880 and 1939 more than 110,000 Jews migrated west from central and eastern Europe. They settled, creating a thriving, yet crowded … Continue reading →

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European Ancestors – Understanding France (29) Official Name Changes

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Julie Goucher

This post is part of a series about genealogy in France. You can read the complete series HERE. Surnames did not become widespread to the 15th Century for the majority of those in France. Those that wanted to change their … Continue reading →

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