| My genealogical references on the Internet |
France and French-speaking european countries
- FranceGenWeb
[in French]
On this site, you can discover genealogy in France, region by region in an extensive way,
with the help of a whole gamut of free services proposed by a team of amateur
genealogists.
- Site of the Bibliothèque
Généalogique de Paris (Genealogical Library of Paris), that hosts
in its premises the parisian teams of different regional societies ...with
their library.
- European
Royalty and Nobility [in English].
Brigitte Gastel Lloyd's site is a reference for research about the royal and
noble families in Europe.
- Medieval
Database [in English] A very well documented site by Jim
Stevens
- GenealogyPrivacy
[in French] A code of conduct for amateur genealogistq.
This document was created from a project that aims at imposing
at the european level a deontological code for the genealogical
activities, according to the #95/46CE of the European Union.
- Mailing Lists
FranceGenWeb [in French]
Index of the French genealogical mailing lists.
- Genealogy
Mailing Lists John Fuller & Christine Gaunt
[in English]
Index of the French genealogical mailing lists..
- Migranet
[in French]
A site about emigration from France. This site might be helpful to find an ancestor you
have been researching for years.
- Regional and City Archives of France
[in French]
Directory of the Archives services in France (addresses, openning hours and names
of the people in charge)
- The French National Archives
[in French]
- La
Cité des Archives [in French]
A project for the French archives that needs to be supported.
- Old time occupations [in French]
- The FAQ
of the fr.rec.genealogie newsgroup written for newcomers
[in French]
The FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)".
A place where people who want to use Internet and Usenet for their genealogical research
can find some hints and tips.
- Microfilming in France
by the Mormon Church
[in French]
A map which shows the status of their microfilming activity in France (by Jean-Paul Cornu)
- Paleography lessons
[in French]
- The French Revolution
and the guillotine
[in French] Was your ancestor beheaded ?...
- Napoleonic History
[in English]
- Association
1914-1918 [in French] Great site about the First World War
- 1914-1918, the War to End All Wars
[in French]
History of the First World War, statements by witnesses, biographies, documents
- The
Genealogical Society of French Railwaymen
[in French]
- Chapitre
[in French]
A virual library where you can order books
Alsace
- CGA
[in English]
Site of the Cercle Généalogique d'Alsace or Genealogical Society for Alsace.
-
Genealogy in Alsace [in
English / in German
Link to the pages of the German genealogy web site that are dedicated to Alsace
- The Centre
Départemental d'histoire des familles
[in French] An alsatian genealogical centre located in Guebwiller with
an important historical and genealogical documentation.
- Fédération
Généalogique Haute Alsace
[in French]
Federation of genealogical societies of Upper Alsace
- History of Alsace
[in French]
A summarized history of Alsace with the major historical landmarks.
- Verdammi
[in French / in English / in German]
The Alsatian dialect and some history of Alsace.
- The
Alsatian Dialect [in French /
in Alsatian dialect]
By visiting Jean-Luc Ripp's site, you will come across this dialect
through jokes, poems, counting rhymes, proverbs and ...Alsatian swear words. A true pleasure!
Lorraine
- LorraineGenWeb
[in French / in English]
The regional site of FranceGenWeb for Lorraine. From this site you have an access
to the CousinsGenWeb sites of the four departements of Lorraine.
-
Genealogy in Lorraine [in
English / in German]
Pages of the German Genealogy site dedicated to Lorraine
- Official site of UCGL
[in French]
UCGL for... Union des Cercles Généalogiques
Lorrains (Union of the Genealogical Associations for Lorraine)
- Genealor - A Discussion Group for Lorraine [in French]
Queries and answers about genealogical research in Lorraine (subscription required)
- Archives Départementales of Moselle
[in french]
You will find on this site all the information you need to do some research at the archives
of the departement of Moselle
- Communities of Lorraine [in French]
The Républicain Lorrain newspaper provide essential information about all the
communities of the departements of Moselle and of Meurthe-et-Moselle.
- Editions Serpenoise [in French]
Site of a book publisher who is a specialist in books dedicated to Lorraine
- Bitche and Sarreguemines area
[in French]
Joë Beck's site.
- Regional Archives of Meuse [in French]
The site of the General Coucil of the departement of Meuse gives you an online access to a catalog of vital records, with the references of the microfilms for each locality.
- Plattweb
[in French / in Franconian]
The "Lothringer Platt" web site for Lorraine Franconian. All about this dialect spoken in Moselle.
Généactes - Exhaustive abstracts of vital and parish records
Germany
- Genealogy in Germany
[in English / in German]
- Genealogie
im Saarland [in German]
- Rheinland-Pfalz
[in English]
Rhineland-Palatinate
- GEO
[in German / in English]
A useful site to locate a place in Germany
- TRANS
[in German / in English]
A free translation service for genealogical documents and email supported by
a team of volunteer translators. The available languages are
CZE (Czech), DAN (Danish), DUT (Dutch),
ENG (English), FIN (Finnish), FRE (French), GER (German),
ITA (Italian), NOR (Norwegian), POL (Polish), POR
(Portuguese), ROM (Romanian), SPA (Spanish), SWE (Swedish).
- FOKO
[in German]
A database of studied family names
- Ortsfamilienbücher
[in German]
A list of published reconstructions of families and of village chronicles.
- Sack/Struppe
& Winckler [in German]
Online bookshop.
- Bücherzentrum
Schönhuber [in German]
Yet another bookshop... in case you still cannot find the book you are looking for!
- German
Roots [in English]
- German
names [in English]
- Genealogie in Pirmasens [in French / in English / in German]
Genealogy in Rhenish-Palatinate, Pirmasens
- German Nobility [in German]
Different databases are provided.
- German
Study Group [in English]
Genealogical links.
Personal pages
- My own list of personal pages
created by people who look for their ancestors in Alsace, in Lorraine or in Saarland.
- A list of French genealogists
who have their personal pages [list by Bruno Gerelli, all France,
sorted by alphabetical order].
Looking for family names
On the Internet, many sites and databases contain family names that
are studied by amateur genealogists. These files were built to facilitate research and for a
convenient sharing of information between genealogists.
- WorldConnect
Rootsweb [in English]
A Rootsweb project. You have an access to the GEDCOM files that people submitted
to the Worldconnect server. Send your own GEDCOM file.
- GeneaNet Genealogical
Database Network [in French]
Same as the GENDEX site, but mainly for French family names and extended data
are not always available in web pages.
- Family History Library
Church of JC of the LDS [in English]
Some databases have an online access. You can search the I.G.I. (International
Genealogical Indes) and the Ancestral File. You can also find the catalog of
available microfilms and the PAF (Personal Ancestral File) software (freeware) to be
downloaded.
- GenLink
[in French]
A genealogical search engine
- Roots-L Search
[in English]
Roots Surnames List page for queries.
- Gennam-L
Search [in English]
To search for names in the soc.genealogy.surnames archives
- Roots
Web Project [in English]
To search for names in RootsSurnamesList
- Surnames
Lists [in English]
You just have to look for the surnames you are interested in and to subscribe.
- Genealogy
Gateway [in English]
Index of surnames with links to web pages, email addresses or queries from
a chosen surname.
- Gentree Online
Genealogical Database Index [in English]
A list of many searchable databases (GED2HTML and GENDEX formats)
- The Surname Registry
Dennis N. Partridge [in English]
Links to pages dedicated to family studies or to personal pages.
- Ancestry
[in English]
Death and marriage records in the USA , books about immigration...
- Genealogy.com
[in English]
Millions of family names from different American sources.
- Genserv Genealogical
Service System [in English]
Studied surnames indexed from GEDCOM files [avec contribution financière]
- Médaillés
de Ste Hélène Norma Alosi
[in French]
A project to record at a national level all the recipients of the Ste Helen medal (given to veterans of the Napoleonic wars).
- Library of
Congress [in English]
An experimental search engine of the library of the American Congress.
- Your family name in
France [in French]
You can evaluate the regions where you have a chance to find your ancestors
from the number of births that occured in France in the past hundred years.
Telephone books
International Genealogical Resources
The following sites are the main sites that can be useful in genealogical research at an international level. Information is often only available in English on these sites.
- RootsWeb
Genealogical Data Cooperative [in English]
This site aims at connecting people so that they can help each other and share genealogical research.
- Genealogy
Toolbox Matthew L. Helm [in English]
Created in 1995, this site provides now a large index of links.
- Genealogy
Mailing Lists John Fuller & Christine Gaunt
[in English]
An index of genealogical mailing lists that are sorted by category, by surnames
and by regions.
- A site for genealogical forums [in
English]
- Genealogy
resource on the Internet John Fuller & Christine
Gaunt [in English]
All the available Internet resources (mailing lists, Usenet forums, FTP, Web, Telnet and email).
- Family
History Centers [in English]
A worldwide list of the Family History Centers.
- Cyndi's
list of genealogy sites Cyndi Howells [in
English]
The biggest index of genealogical web sites. For many years Cyndi has gathered and sorted by category tons of web sites. Usually you visit this index each time you cannot find something you have
searched everywhere else!
- Genealogy
Portal [in English]
A research tool for everything about genealogy.
- MapQuest
[in English]
A site where you can search for any place in the world and that displays its location on a map.
- Branching
Out Online [in English]
An interesting guide that helps you in doing genealogical research on the Internet.
- USA
ZIP codes United States Postal Service
[in English]
For the American postcodes.
- Family
Reunion [in English]
Everything about the organization of a family reunion can be found on this site.
Emigration to America
- National
Archives and Records Administration [in
English]
A place to start your research in the American Archives.
- German
Ships [in English]
German ships that sailed to America
An index of sites where you can find passenger lists.
- Ships
to America Cimorelli Enterprises
[in English]
A database of ships and names of passengers that are provided by the users of the site.
- Immigrant
Ships Transcribers Guild [in English]
A list of emigrant ships that is sorted by country, by port of departure or of arrival, by period
and by name of ship.
- Ships
to America [in English]
Cyndi Howells's page that is dedicated to emigration.
- Passenger Lists
[in English]
¨Passengers of ships that arrived in the US ports between 1820 and 1940.
- Germanna in Virginia [in English]
-
Migrations [in English]
This site has an interesting page of links relating to emigration.
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