I’ve had a chance to work with French civil records recently. Prior to this, I’ve worked with the Azores (primarily Sao Miguel Island) and, of course, records in Hawaii, California, Massachusetts, and New York. In most cases pre-1900 women are a non-entity. Their full name might be record and it might now. They could be…
Category: French Roots
Father and Son Marry Women With the Same Name
I almost made a mistake putting families together with the new research I found on my Breilh/Mazou Verges line is Izeste, France. I was working on Jean Breilh and Jeanne Mazou Verges (sometimes recorded as Mazou Berges, Verges, or Berges). I found several children for this couple. When I started to assess the information, I…
I got an early Christmas Present!
It’s amazing who you might meet online. The other day I accepted a follow request on Google+ from someone in France. This person works for the archives. I found a link on his profile and clicked on it. Where it lead was a big surprise–a very good surprise! Archives en Lignes has digitized civil records…
Monday Mystery: Where does Leon Lascurettes Fit In?
I have been progressing with my “get it all input before the 1940 census is released” project. This week I worked on the Lascurettes family. After inputting the documents relating to the family, I set out to solve the mystery of Leon Lascurettes. Lascurettes was not a common surname in the San Francisco Bay Area…
Friday’s Free Ebook: The French in California
I’ve been working on the French lines over the passed two weeks. I came across this book that was really a gold mine of information. If you’ve got French lines in California (especially San Francisco or Oakland) you’ll want to check this book out. It is called “Guide des Francais en California: 1916-1917”. Edited by…