My French Lineage

Bonjour ! Meet your French Ancestors

Bienvenue ! Welcome!

You might be here because you are interested in your French lineage, but…

You don’t know where to look

How and where to find French records

You don’t read French

Glossary with some of the French terms you will come across during your research

You are new to genealogy

What I wish I’d known when I started my own genealogy

France in X26 — Ten Snapshots Across a Thousand Years

France in X26 — Ten Snapshots Across a Thousand Years

We moved out of Phoenix!

We moved out of Phoenix!

Dorothy Brown's Memoir: "Mission Accomplished"

Dorothy Brown’s Memoir: “Mission Accomplished”

Genealogy and Gratefulness

Genealogy and Gratefulness

The Unknown "Mystery" Women of Genealogy

The Unknown “Mystery” Women of Genealogy

Genealogy Jokes!

Genealogy Jokes!

Melun, Saint-Aspais, 1697: Louis Huré and Nicole Dupont's Wedding

Melun, Saint-Aspais, 1697: Louis Huré and Nicole Dupont’s Wedding

Édith Piaf and Saint Thérèse of Lisieux: A French singer and a Saint... cousins!

Édith Piaf and Saint Thérèse of Lisieux: A French singer and a Saint… cousins!

Vert-Saint-Denis, 1778: Birth of Marie Jeanne Breton

Vert-Saint-Denis, 1778: Birth of Marie Jeanne Breton

Odile de Hohenbourg (Odile of Alsace) (660-720)

Odile de Hohenbourg (Odile of Alsace) (660-720)

The French Roots of Pope Leo XIV

The French Roots of Pope Leo XIV

My experience of RootsTech 2025: Fantastic!!

My experience of RootsTech 2025: Fantastic!!

Countdown to RootsTech 2025!!

Countdown to RootsTech 2025!!

Madeleine Lescuyer (1899-1952), my Great-grandmother

Madeleine Lescuyer (1899-1952), my Great-grandmother

Mindful Genealogy

Mindful Genealogy

The Origins of Backgammon

The Origins of Backgammon

The arrival of the Fork in France

The arrival of the Fork in France

My Family During World War II (Part 2 of 2) - Liberation of France

My Family During World War II (Part 2 of 2) – Liberation of France

My Family During World War II (Part 1 of 2)

My Family During World War II (Part 1 of 2)

1924: France 100 years ago

1924: France 100 years ago

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Genealogy

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Genealogy

On vacation in France, I met my new cousin Marie-Laure!!

On vacation in France, I met my new cousin Marie-Laure!!

Brie-Comte-Robert, town of France founded by my ancestor

Brie-Comte-Robert, town of France founded by my ancestor

It’s a small world - “Le monde est petit”

It’s a small world – “Le monde est petit”

To me, genealogy is about...

To me, genealogy is about…

Fernande Monclin (1893-1974), WWI Red Cross Volunteer Nurse

Fernande Monclin (1893-1974), WWI Red Cross Volunteer Nurse

It all started with Aléaume…

It all started with Aléaume…

Alix de Thouars (1200-1221), Duchess of Brittany, Countess of Richmond

Alix de Thouars (1200-1221), Duchess of Brittany, Countess of Richmond

Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204), Duchess of Aquitaine, Queen of France, Queen of England

Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204), Duchess of Aquitaine, Queen of France, Queen of England

Eusèbe Lepoint: WWI Veteran and POW

Eusèbe Lepoint: WWI Veteran and POW

Marcel Radet: WWI Veteran

Marcel Radet: WWI Veteran

These ancestors might have met Napoléon Ier

These ancestors might have met Napoléon Ier

Charlemagne (747-814)

Charlemagne (747-814)

Charles Louis Joseph de L'Escuyer d'Hagnicourt (1741-1793)

Charles Louis Joseph de L’Escuyer d’Hagnicourt (1741-1793)

They lived 7,5 km from where the Eiffel Tower was being built

They lived 7,5 km from where the Eiffel Tower was being built

“Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.”
Crazy Horse (c. 1840-1877), Lakota leader