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Tracking down certificates for French Ancestors

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Victoria

Victoria Report 13 May 2009 19:50

Hi Janet,

Many Thanks for that.

Best Wishes

Jane

Janet 693215

Janet 693215 Report 12 May 2009 22:42

You need to write to the mayor of the departement in which the birth occurred.

French genealogy guide can be found here

http://genealogy.about.com/od/france/a/french_ancestry.htm

If your French is rubbish I think there is a pro forma available on that site.

Victoria

Victoria Report 12 May 2009 21:33

Thanks Karen

Will give that a try

Jane

Karen in the desert

Karen in the desert Report 12 May 2009 21:30

Have you tried asking the same question on the message boards of the Rootsweb and/or genforum.genealogy websites. Go to their country boards, click on France, and ask away....I'm sure you'll find plenty of help from like-minded people researching their French ancestry.

K

Researching:
Researching: MILLS & ROBERTS Cambs: TAGG Thames Ditton & East Molesey, Surrey: LEETON/LEADON Hunts & Cambs: LLOYD London/Middx: FROST London/Middx: ROSKAS, KISELIUS, BUDAS W.Lothian & Lanarks: ROSKAS, JAKAS/JAKAITE, JUSKEVICIUS, MICKEVICIUS Lithuania

Victoria

Victoria Report 12 May 2009 21:20

Hi All,

Any ideas on how I would go about tracing certificates for my husband's maternal great grandmother

Augustine Albertine CATHERINE

born in the Serifontaine (Oise) area of France in 1883?

Many Thanks for your help

Jane Cawley