In this tutorial, we are going examine the newly christened infant’s names of godparents & extract any genealogical information that can be found in French parish baptismal records First, why are godparents so important in French genealogy? In a baptismal record, you’ll find names of other family members. 1) Most …
You can find Belgian records in the strangest places. You might notice, while browsing through the online images for a marriage record, you’ll come across an endless parade of pages of miscellaneous genealogical documents that could include other death, birth, and Belgian military enlistments. They look strange, out of place, …
The beauty of an individual’s parish or civil records of birth/baptism in France, is that it can also contain written notes of vital genealogical information in the margin area.. Professional French Genealogist Sophie Boudarel of “MyFrenchAncestor” informs us they are called ‘marginal annotations’ . Let’s examine them: What are ‘marginal …
In your research, you may have encountered individuals with seemingly two surnames with ‘dit’(m) or ‘dite’ (f) in between them. Quoting from Denis Beauregard’s article from Francogene.com “A “dit name” is an alias or given to a family name. Compared to other alias or a.k.a. that are given to one …
In 1998, French Genealogy online databases and resources, if any, were in it’s infancy. Obtaining French records via writing and requesting information from the French departments was a test of patience. You had to write to the French and Belgian governments in towns, cities, and department archives. It wasn’t a …
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