France and French Genealogy

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Comment by James P. LaLone on May 22, 2011 at 7:27am

Is anyone researching the French-Canadian CHARTIER families back in France? Thanks, Jim.

Comment by John McKinnon Gibb on April 28, 2011 at 1:50pm

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BIRDWISA  – BOURDOISEAU ou BOURDOISANT ou BOURDOISE

 

Nous sommes les descendants d’un homme (semble-t-il d’origine française) venu s’installer en Ecosse, qui s’est marié avec une fille écossaise en mars 1882. Ils ont eu plusieurs enfants, dont les descendants habitent en Ecosse, en Angleterre, aux Etats-Unis, au Canada et en Espagne.

 

Le nom de cette personne, tel que cité dans les archives écossaises, est Gustave/Agustus Julien BIRDWISA.

 

Ce monsieur était illettré, ne sachant ni lire ni écrire. Néanmoins, des souvenirs de famille rapportent qu'il était convaincu que l’orthographe de son nom était incorrecte. Serait-t-il possible que son nom fût BOURDOISEAU ou BOURDOISANT ou BOURDOISE ? Un inconnu a placé son nom dans le «International Genealogical Index», donnant pour date de naissance 1844, en France.

 

Nous espérons que des Bourdoiseau, Bourdoisant ou Bourdoise vivant en France reconnaîtront notre ancêtre. Nous pensons que le père de Gustave s’appelait Victor et sa mère Marie Louise ou Louise. Sa mère s'est remariée après le décès de Victor, et a pris le nom de famille de son nouvel époux, Russell (?).

 

 

 

The 1911 Scottish census has just been released. It gives his first name as Agustus born in Normandy, France. The IGI gives his date of birth as 12th November 1844. Can anyone do a look up and confirm ?

 

Please forward to anyone you think may be able to help.

 

Merci, thank you.

 

johnmgibb@blueyonder.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

English version

 

BIRDWISA -- BOURDOISEAU ou BOURDOISANT ou BOURDOISE ?

We are descended from a man who settled in Scotland and married a Scottish girl in March 1882. They had numerous children whose descendants now live in Scotland, England, USA, Canada and Spain.

 

This man's name is recorded in Scottish records as Gustave/Agustus Julien BIRDWISA, but he couldn't read or write and told his children that 'Birdwisa' was not the right way to write his name.

 

Could it be that his name was really BOURDOISEAU or BOURDOISANT or BOURDOISE? Someone, we don't know who, has entered him on the International Genealogical Index as having been born in France, in 1844.

 

We hope that some modern day French people called Bourdoiseau or Bourdoisant or Bourdoise might find this group and recognise our ancestor as a member of their own family tree. Gustave's father may have been called Victor; his mother may have been called Marie Louise or Louise, and she may have remarried after Victor's death to someone with a surname similar to Russell.

Comment by Laurence Durand on March 21, 2011 at 2:36pm

Hi, I'm half French and Canadian.  My research in my maternal family is oriented toward the department of Orne, in Normandy.  So far I have the Plessis, Béchet, Baron and Faverais or Favrais.  Of course, I'm still searching for more of them.

 

Recently, I unlock the Béchet genealogy up to the twelve generation.

Comment by James P. LaLone on January 19, 2011 at 2:59pm

Madehlinne, thanks for the heads up, I will post those links to the French-Canadian Descendants here on this website. Jim.

Comment by Madehlinne on January 19, 2011 at 2:30pm

I have posted the beginnings of a French Census taken in October 1787 of Forte Vincennes (IN) and Illinois Territory.

If you're interested, visit my blog at: http://maddiesancestorsearch.blogspot.com/

Comment by A.M. on January 4, 2011 at 4:45am

I am not very good at self promotion, so when it was possible to vote, I forgot to tell everyone that The French Genealogy Blog was nominated to be one of the Family Tree Magazine's 2011 Best Genealogy Blogs (to be announced in May).

 

The purpose of the blog is to be a sort of how-to site in English, explaining how to research French Genealogy. I have tried to make each post informative, with lots of links to the sites explained. There are also links to every one of France's Departmental Archives websites.

 

May I ask, please, if any of you would like a particular subject covered? I do not do specific families on the blog, but areas and problems of research. I would be really grateful to know what research areas you would like covered, what problems need to be addressed, etc. I will do my best to find out about it and write about it.

 

Thank you all for any suggestions,

Anne

Comment by Duane Lang on October 18, 2010 at 8:15pm

A great database for any researcher in french genealogy is www.geneanet.org have fun exploring. Thanks, Duane

Comment by A.M. on October 17, 2010 at 7:20am

I am gradually putting a note on the Discussions for each Département with the links to all of the Departmental Archives that have records on line. I have just done the first dozen. I will do the rest as soon as I can.
Meanwhile, they are all on The French Genealogy Blog, in the left-hand column.
Cheers!

Comment by A.M. on August 28, 2010 at 1:39am

Shari,

The records are kept in either the Departmental Archives of Haut-Rhin:

http://www.archives.cg68.fr/Services_Actes_Civils.aspx

or the municipal archives of Mulhouse.
Those kept during the French years will be in French; those kept during the German years are in German.

Good luck!
Anne

Comment by James P. LaLone on August 19, 2010 at 4:08pm

I have started a LALONDE Family group (inc. LALANDE & LALONE) on this site, input welcome, thanks, Jim.

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