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In French ancestry genealogy research, there is no magic wand to find and understand French records. Though I might say, the work of others indexing records from towns in different departments, makes it seem like...
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Researching and finding your French and Walloon (French Belgium) ancestors use to be a herculean feat . Where to start, where to look, how to make sense in what you are reading, and how to...
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Belgium’s history is quite complicated. Belgium was not a country but rather a tug of war of territories, counties and states between regimes, monarchies, noblemen,, duchies, and other countries. Eventually, the country was taking shape,...
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Search for Belgian Genealogy documents and information can be exasperating. Belgium has strict laws banning certain genealogical records, like early censuses, from being published online. What we do have are online church and civil records...
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