French Roots project now official and accepting volunteers [closed]

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The French Roots project is now official and ready to co-ordinate the efforts of Wikitree-ers who want to help improve the profiles of French people.

Want to be part of the project?

1. Be informed : start by reading the Project Page and follow the french_roots tag.

2. Contribute: there are lots of ways you can get involved (check the Project Page): correct errors, find sources (France has lots of great records available), categorize, improve profiles for French notables... Or participate in one of the sub-projects (Catherine de Baillon, French Notables, Presidents of France or the new Departments project).

If you are ready to help, please post an answer to this question to tell us what you'd like to do, and you'll receive one of our shiny new badges.

French Roots Project

(EDT: made this the new official join thread)

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Yay for us ;)

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Hey! Want a badge?

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Double yay for us :-)

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Thank you .. Great work ..

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Ooh, yes please.

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I would love a badge.

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Congratulations, Isabelle, on getting the project live! I look forward to seeing the great work of you and your project members.

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congratulations... although I do not have ancestors that are French, I applaud your accomplishment at getting this project up and running.

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I would like to join a group and help specifically with anything having to do with the Alsace Lorraine area of France. That said I will help leadership with anything else that needs to be done. I am a rookie at this but willing to learn.

My great grandfather came from Alsace Lorraine to the USA in 1871. I have his name and self report birth day but nothing else about his family. his name was Michael Gerber.

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I would like to join the group. I would love to help with one of the sub-projects or anywhere that I'm needed! I've just recently discovered a long line of ancestors from France so I hope theres something in there that I can provide or I love searching for records!

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I would love to join the French Project, I'm already a member of the Huguenot project. My husband is descended from at least 2 families, Michaux & LeGrand. Going even further back William the Conqueror is both his 32nd & 34th great grandfather. So I have a lot of information to share.

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Hi Betty,

If you have well sourced data for a couple of Huguenot ancestors, this would be extremely helpful. In most cases it' only possible to find their ancestors up to about 1550-1600, perhaps not even that depending on how well the records survived.  Pre-1500 profiles almost always fall in Euro Aristo territory.

French Roots doesn't work on William the Conqueror and contemporaries, this is Euro Aristo territory and we don't have members with real expertise in this era.

We would be happy to welcome you if you are still interested in spite of these limitations to our scope :-)

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I would love to join the French Roots project. My 2x great-grandparents were from France. I have some experience with Bretagne and Paris and would love to help out where I can. I wouldn’t call myself bilingual by any stretch but my French is okay enough to understand the basics.

 

Robin

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I would be excited to join this French Roots Project!  I just found out last week after years of searching that my maternal grandparents are originally from France.  I can't wait to learn more!

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Thanks, James - could you please make an answer to the thread (helps us make sure we overlook no one) - click on the "answer" link at the bottom of the top post on this page. It would be helpful if you can give an idea of which area of France you're interested in. Thank you!

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Hi,

My grandfather’s branch of our family is from Nova Scotia.  (He was John MacDonald, descended from Alexander MacDonald and Mary Jane MacNeil).  Through DNA connections, I recently discovered that my 5th great grandparents (Pierre Maillard and Marguerite Elisabeth "Gratto" Gretteau) were from Montbeliard, France. They were French Protestants and I am very interested in the history around this emigration.  I’m learning about it from “Montbeliard Emigration to Nova Scotia,1749 - 1752” by Terrence M. Punch, (Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 2015, Revised edition). In this book the genealogies of the Montbeliardais are carefully researched and extensive, in my case going back to my 10th great-grandparents!

I would like tor work with the French roots project to learn more about French ancestry, and to contribute what I am learning in my family research.

(I volunteered earlier this month, but did not receive approval or a response.)

- Pat Hanrahan

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Hi Pat, your project badge has been awarded. You did it right the first time around, it was just me not checking every day :-)

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I found out through research that one of my direct ancestors is Nicholas Martiau 1591-1657.  He was ordered by the King of France to go to Colonial America to build fortifications to keep the Indians out of the colony. He was granted a special naturalization by the King of France which allowed him to own property, vote and hold public office. He had 1,300 acres which was known as the Martiau plantation.  I am really interested in continuing to research the Martiau's.

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My 2nd great-grandfather Jean-Etienne "John E." Routier (1808-1866) immigrated from Virginy, Marne France with his family in 1856. He came with his wife Marie-Augustine Arnould  (1818-1875) and three children. Sons: Jean-Pierre "Peter" Routier (1837-1892) and Anatole Basile Routier (1841-1912) and their little eight-year-old sister, my great-grandmother, Rosa Angelina Routier (1848-1923).  They came through New Orleans to Indianapolis, IN. There is a Routier Street in Indianapolis to this day. Jean-Etienne and Marie are buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, her grave is identifiable his is not.

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Isabelle,

My ancestors were Normans from the Strode lineage. I have much information on their families.

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I would like to join.

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My 3rd great grandparents are Peter Dillow, JR and Phebe Wycoff that married 23 March 1820 in Jefferson County, Virginia. ( now West Virginia)  They removed to Sullivan County, TN after the 1820 Virginia census where they died.. After about 50 years of collective research and running out of records, we did DNA testing at Family Tree DNA since we had run out of records to prove my Virginia lineage.  This is my father's paternal lineage.We matched 35 markers out of 37 markers to prove kinship with testers that descend from Pierre Delon who came to Pennsylvania on the ship Princess Augusta in 1736 that came from Saulxures, Bas-Rhin, Alscace, France.  If it had not been for DNA testing we would never have proven our kinship. All Virginia Dillow's lived on the lease of Peter Dillow, SR in Berkeley County( Now Jefferson County and now in West Virginia. He was born 1757 and died 1851. in Jefferson County. Pierre's family goes by Dillon today while my line stayed with the Dillow surname. Pierre's family stayed in Lancaster, York and now Adams county in Pennsylvania.

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Hi !  I believe I have French roots!

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I would like to become a volunteer to the French Project.

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Comment #2 - I would like to participate in the French Roots Project!

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hi my grandfathers family came from france.their orig. spelled name was merlet,and eventually became mellott after coming to america.thanks.

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In adding to Pierre Delon's French family  in Saulxures, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France that my Peter Dillow in Virginia matches in DNA testing with consist of marriage, baptism,and godparents in records. Pierre's parents are Jean Delon and Benitte Martin.

Some of the names in the records are :

Nicholas Le Boube, Nicholas Delon, Marguerite Benoit, Michael Benoit, Nicholas Georgeon, Barbe Chrestian, Christopher Charpantier, Marie Poirelle, Odile Dieudonne, Marie Ceublair, Jean Lurhans.

On 15 Sept 1749, Nicholas Delon arrived in Philadelphia on the ship Phoenix. He came the same route as Pierre did on the ship Princess Augusta in 1736 and settled in the same areas of Pennsylvania.

That is as far as I have been able to get more info on families connected with Pierre Delon in France.

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I want to help contribute to the deep genealogy on our shared tree. I have added profiles including a few pre-1700 profiles for the Pinaire Family Originating in the Geographical region of Lanans, Doubs, France. The Source for my information on them is the Pinaire Family History. Here is an example profile: Pierre Pinaire (1530 - 1585)  I plan to add more and find additional sources. 

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Isabelle,

I have several sources for Early French lineages in America. Where do I enter them?

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Thanks, Steven. We're always looking for good sources!

If you are aware of sources that the projects are not listing, the best is to contact them (the projects) - Québécois or Acadians for French emigrants to New France, or Huguenot Migration when applicable.Most projects maintain a list of recommended sources - actually, some even have lists of "not recommended" sources, as you know it is sometimes a minefield.

French Roots covers French ancestors as far as possible, but not their descendants in America (or other settlements like Cape of Good Hope), with the exception of descendants of recent emigrants (say 19th century and later).

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I too am interested in joining the group.  My mother's ancestors are Decuirs and Dufours.  My father's ancestors are Guillorys and Whitmores.  The Whitmores are originally from England, but the others all arrived in America from France.  The earliest Decuir was Simon Decuir (1620-1660) who lived in Macon (which is now in Belgium).  But his ancestors used a variation of the name, e.g.  Pierre de Cuire (1560? - ?), Valerie de Cuire (1538?-?), and Paul de Cuire (1480?- ?).  On the Dufour side, Jean (Braindamour) Dufour arrived on the Arkansas River about 1750.  I don't know where in France he was from.  As to the Guillory family, Simon Guillory was christened on February 16, 1646 at the church of St. Saver in Blois, department of Loire et Cher, France.  He was the first Guillory to reach the New World and is buried in Sault St. Louis, Montreal Canada.  He died December  6, 1696. Simon's father was François Guillory II, born in May 1606 in Blois Loire-et-Cher, France.  A number of my ancestors on both sides fought with Galvez at the battle of Baton Rouge during the American Revolution.  Some on both sides also fought for the Confederacy.  I am interested in knowing more about their ancestors.  I hope to delete some of the ? marks and replace them with real dates.

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I'd like to join the French Roots Project. I have already added several French relatives, spent lots of hours in the French archives and crested the Department of Calvados free space page. Thank you!

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I would like to help with French roots project because my 26th great grandmother Blanche of Artois, and her mother is 27th great grandmother through Elizabeth Woodville and her daughter Elizabeth of York is a long distance cousin also King Henry the VIII according to 30 generations search.  I am 24 generations from queen Victoria of England on global family tree. My husband to be is also French, so I would like help with French roots, because we just now found out about French roots. I am member the notables project and if you need help with French notables let me know. I am skilled at doing historical research due to my college research papers.

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I am also related to the Woodville's through Catherine.

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My mother has a royal lineage to Henry III of England. As the marriages go on back, my line of FItzAlan's and Goushill, go to Henry of Leicester  and Maude Chaworth who are my 20th great grandparents to Edmund "Crouchback" and Blanche de Artois, to Louis VIII of France going all the way to Philip I of France and Bertha of Holland, who are my 27th great grandparents.

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Sorry, I posted twice

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That is neat, we both have lineage in common with Elizabeth Woodville. I  read a book on her daughter Elizabeth of York. I read Elizabeth of York's bio, it is historical reference to Elizabeth of York who married King Henry the VII, by: Allison Wier.

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That is neat that we both share lineage with Blanche of Artois. Their is good information on wickpedia about Blanche of Artois and her mother. If you look at her wiki tree profile, of Blanche of Artois's profile you can find the link to wickpedia about her family history. I am searching some books about her and her mother. Or just google search her name, and you can find historical information about her.

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According to one site, my ancestor, Nicolas Godefroy Barbin, Prosper’s father was the private secretary of Louis XIV, King of France.  He was commissioned by the king to take charge of the government store at La Balize, just south of New Orleans.  He died in 1759.  But other sources indicate that it was his father, Louis Barbin de Bellevue (born 1698 in Paris, France; died 1759) who was given that appointment.  (Nicholas was born in 1700 and this document is dated September 8, 1703).  This is a translation of that document.

 

“Today the 8th day of the month of September in the year 1703, the king being at Versailles and wishing to select a capable and loyal person to serve as Warehouse-Keeper at La Balize in the province of the Louisiana, and knowing that Sr. Barbin has the necessary qualities   to acquit himself well; His Majesty has engaged and commissioned him, engaging and commissioning him Warehouse-Keeper at La Balize in the said province, to take charge in said capacity of the merchandise and munitions which have been or will be sent to him for the service of His Majesty, to record both the incoming and outgoing of said merchandise and munitions and to render an account thereof to the Directorate of the Naval Commissary in the said province of the Louisiana; And he is to send nothing without [a requisition] and for the said use, and to implement the [instructions] which will be directed to him by the state and the regulations which will be drawn up for that end. His Majesty sends word to the said Directorate to make known to the said Sr. Barbin his appointment as  Warehouse-Keeper and matters relating to the said service. And in testimony of his wish, His Majesty has commanded me to dispatch the present commission which it has pleased him to sign with his own hand and to be countersigned by me, Counsellor-Secretary of the State and of his Commandments and Finances.

LOUIS                                                                      PHELYPEAUX”

 

La Balize was the first French fort and settlement near the mouth of the Mississippi River in what became Plaquemines Parish.  

The contract of the marriage of Nicolas Godefroy Barbin to HélèneModeste Voisin in 1735 indicates that Nicolas was “Gard de Magazine” (chief administrator)  (or warehouse keeper) at Fort La Balize, the post once held by his father, Louis.  Among witnesses to the wedding was Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne Sieur de Bienville, Governor of Louisiana at that time and Louis Barbin, Nicolas’ father.  Nicholas and Hélène had nine children, all born in New Orleans.

 

It was also Balize that was one of the stopping off points for the Acadian exiles from Nova Scotia. 

 

From there they moved on to the prairie regions west of the Atchafalaya Basin or to the upper stretches of Bayou Lafourche.  Few Acadians remained in New Orleans.

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I learned that the French Roots Project doesn't want me.  That is because I am primarily interested in going back earlier from the ancestors I already have information on, and perhaps correcting dates and finding documentary proof.

They seem to be more interested in connecting celebrities with kings of France.

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Hi Keith,

"I learned that the French Roots Project doesn't want me."  Isabelle may be able to elaborate based on her conversations with you once she's back next week, but it's my understanding that you were given the opportunity to join, and then decided not to.

"They seem to be more interested in connecting celebrities with kings of France."  I would not describe that as an accurate statement of the French Roots project.  Our members work on a number of tasks, including addressing database suggestions, fixing problems with faulty GEDCOM uploads, and correcting the sometimes faulty genealogies of those who emigrated to other parts of the world.

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I would also add that if you have concerns about your membership in a project, it's probably best to address them privately with the project leaders, rather than doing so on a welcome G2G post.  The G2G is a great place to ask and answer many things, but sometimes it's more appropriate to engage in private correspondence if there is question as to whether the project is a good fit for you.

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Point taken.

Keith Guillory

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I understood from communications with Mr Guillory that he no longer wished to join. If he feels he was "not wanted", there has been a major misunderstanding.

"They seem to be more interested in connecting celebrities with kings". I take exception with this description of the project and its members, and invite anyone interested to check the project page or this thread, or this, or this for a few examples of what project members are doing to help. We are not particularly interested in kings, since they are the domain of the European Aristocrats project(s). We do emphasize work on Notables, or "celebrities" to use the term chosen by Mr Guillory and which I find disparaging (pejorative) (I may be wrong, I'm not a native English speaker) but notable profiling is by no means our only activity and many of the project members don't work on this.

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Thank you for your response.  If my view of the purpose of the group was pejorative, I apologize.  I will continue to research my ancestors using alternative tools.

Keith Guillory

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Yes, I have a lot of sources and would love to join the French Roots Project.

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Hi all, for those who wish to join the project please post an answer (on the top message, click "answer") and not a comment. This helps us keep track of the requests so we can make sure we aren't forgetting anyone. Thank you!

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Yay! Welcome to the Roots Pool.

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I have done extensive research into my French (NICOLLE) side including numerous other lines  going back to early 1600s and Walloon (MORENIER)  families going back to the late 1600s I can extract vital information from old records, look ups from the Archives Departmentals, and correct errors or whatever I can do to help research French Genealogy. I have a website devoted to FrenchGenealogy and how to research.

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Greetings Laura Hootman .. I would like to visit your FrenchGenealogy website. What is the address ?

C'est Bon Magnifqiue !

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It's a website for those who speak and write English on how to research your french genealogy. It's all free so I think it's ok to post it.

A La French Genealogy
frenchgen.com

If you see any obviious errors please let me know

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Would like to join. I am researching Alsace-Lorraine ancestors in my family and my wife's family.

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To Thomas Warger. Which one of your ancestors was from Alsace-Lorraine ?

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Hello WikiTree G2G

As far as I know, none of my ancestors was from Alsace-Lorraine.

My mother¹s family are descended from Decuirs and Barbins.

The first Decuir to arrive in the New World was Albert Decuir who was

baptized on February 5, 1673 in Macon, Provence Hainaut, Diocese of

Cambrai in

Belgium. One of HIS ancestors was Paul de Cuire who was possibly born

about 1480 in Macon, Diocese of Chambray Hainaut in

Belgium. He was the earliest person on record to carry the name of

Decuire.  

Another of my ancestors, was Louis Barbin de Bellevue (born 1698 in Paris,

France; died 1759).  He was

commissioned by Louis XIV, King of France to take charge of the government

store at La Balize,

just south of New Orleans.

One of His ancestors was Louis Antoine Barbin (born October 6, 1656-died

February 8, 1707) (born in Montereau-Fault-Yonne, France; died also in that

city), and his wife was Marguerite De Chambault.  They were married June

12, 1682 in Fontainebleau,

Ile-de-France, France.

Another ancestor was Jean Baptiste Rabalais I, who was born about 1666 in

the city of Rochefourant, Province of Poitou, France.

On the my father, Edgar Guillory¹s side, one of my ancestors was Simon

Guillory who was christened on February 16, 1646 at the church of St.

Sauveur in

Blois, department of Loir et Cher, France.  He was the first Guillory to

reach the New World (1664).

One of HIS ancestors was François Guillere de Corrobert who married

Elizabeth Thomas about 1597 in Château de Blois, France.

One of my Father's ancestors was actually English. John Whitmore was born

in  in Bristol,

Sommerset, England about 1589. John Whitmore arrived in this country in

1839. 

He resided in Connecticut and in Cambridge, Middlesex County,

Massachusetts.  

One of his ancestors was Robert Whitmore who was born about 1451 in

Nottingham,

Nottinghamshire, England and died in 1540, also

in England.  

So nobody from Alsace-Lorraine.

Keith Guillory, Guillory-632

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HI all, please use the ANSWER button to reply to this thread so that each answer may be addressed separately. 

David's comment was intended for Thomas Warger. Thomas, could you please answer to the main post in this thread (and not comment here) so that David may continue the discussion with you? Thank you.

Please do not reply to this comment. Thanks for understanding.

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The Alsace-Lorraine ancestors are actually in my wife's lineage. If you start with my son, Warger-10, my wife's tree merges with mine, of course.

See: Kimpflin-2 (François Joseph Kimpflln (1822-) and Kimpflin-3 (Jeanne Albertine Kimplfin).

My information about them (beyond word-of-mouth in my wife's family) comes from an email from a person in France who viewed church records in Merxheim, took notes, and sent the information to one of my wife's cousins.

I have at least 100 more names in their ancestry, going back another 5 generations, but only Ancestry.com "Family Trees" sources for them. For that reason, I've not put them in the Wikitree.

Some of those names: Kimpflin, Kauffmann, Bouillon, Heisser, Wild, Steiner, Dosch, Fleck, Klein, Steinbach, Schutz, Windstein, Lentz, Hertzog, Eich, Zabern, Dischinger, Gertenhauer, Fontaine, Mahieu.

Places: Merxheim, Raedersheim, Lambach, Volmunster, Griesbach, Zinswiller, Lorentzen, Domfessel, Lutzelstein, Volksberg, Minsinger, Dehlingen.

My interest in the French Roots Project is to find better information about these ancestors.

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Hi! I'd like to join. I have a living great-uncle named René and live in St. Lawrence County New York one of the most French counties in the United States. I've traced my French heritage back to the 1700 hundreds in Normandy and Fontainebleau so far.

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I also have Norman heritage and am particularly interested in that region.

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Oui, s'il vous plait! :)

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Hi Colleen,

Could you please make this an Answer by clicking the answer link on the question above? We really need this to be able to track what we're doing. Thanks!

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Isabelle, you sent to wrong email address....

Answer 1

C'est magnifique, Isabelle!! Woo hoo :-)

I hope to work on the project by helping with categorization, correcting errors and improving profiles and supporting our fearless leader of course.

Comments

Thanks Emma. And thanks for all your help in building the project!

Answer 2

Thank you, Isabelle! I plan to continue my work on Martinique and the Comté de Nice. I plan to work on correcting errors, writing and polishing bios, and so on. As well as researching and adding family lines.

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Thanks again Duane, And welcome! (officially, this time).

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Fantastique Duane!!

Answer 3

horray! badge please :)

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Welcome again Kyla! And thanks for great work you've already done with Catherine de Baillon's ancestors !

Answer 4

I plan to contribute in the following ways:

1.  Tag all of my French glass and crystal makers with the new category.

2.  Act as a resource for anyone with French glass and crystal makers as I am an officer in an international organization dedicated to the preservation of information including genealogy and craft making techniques (genverre).  We maintain databases and publish a magazine twice a year that contains genealogical studies of various families.

3.  Help with research as I have access to many of the Moselle records including some not covered by the regional archives.

4.  help with pre-1500 French research as I am pre-1500 certified

5.  Help with Departments Project I just put my name on Moselle

I have several profiles I need to add hopefully after the US Thanksgiving this coming Thursday.  I am booked up until then...

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Hooray! Five times thank you Laura !

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Hi Laura, one of my ancestors Hervé Danemont would be in your area of interest, do you have anything on him?

Chris

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Chris,  I looked in the glass and crystal maker index and did not find that surname.  There is a Danne but that was the closest to it...

I also looked in a database for surname distribution in France and it did not show up on it either  http://www.geopatronyme.com/

To look him up in archives I need a place and a time period.  I did a quick search on Family Search and only user trees came back.  Which can be wrong but they do give clues sometimes.  8 trees came back with a lot of the same info  https://www.familysearch.org/search/tree/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AHerve~%20%2Bsurname%3ADanemont  All of these would need to be verified.  

There were 291 in Geneanet which is the French version of Ancestry with user donated trees... but sometimes you get lucky and they list sources at the bottom!  https://en.geneanet.org/fonds/individus/?go=1&nom=Danemont&prenom=Herve&prenom_operateur=or&with_variantes_nom=&with_variantes_nom_conjoint=&with_variantes_prenom=&with_variantes_prenom_conjoint=&size=10

This one for example has sources listed https://gw.geneanet.org/dhauchard?n=danemont&oc=&p=herve

Answer 5

Sure- I have plenty of ancestors from Alsace Lorraine that I am actively researching.

Comments

Great ! There are already many profiles for people from Alsace Lorraine and your help with be most welcome.

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My husband's original Bartholow ancestor is reportedly from Alsace-Lorraine.  We have no information on him and wish to learn how to better research his arrival and his prior life data.

Answer 6

I'm in. I can do work on the department of Vienne (I just added my name in the table), maybe on a few notables, correct errors and add sources when I find them.

Comments

Thanks Julien, I've awarded you a badge.

I've mentioned you can help translating records, since you've already demontrated your skills with that.

Answer 7

Hello Emma,

Thank you for getting this project up and running. I am very interested in finding out more about my French Canadien ancestors, in particular some ancestral information about the men who married the descendants of my Filles du Roi 7x gr-grandmother, Anne Masson (1642-1710). I do know Pierre Blanchard (Abt. 1734-Aft. 1767) was my 4x gr-grandfather and he emigrated from La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France circa 1754. He married Anne Masson's granddaughter, Marie Louise Julienne Clement (1737-1795) in that year, However, I have no information for the men who married Anne's daughter (Marie Louise Giraud, 1719-1757) or granddaughter, Marie Louise Julienne Clement.

I look forward to more discoveries!

Barbara (Blanchard) Petepiece

Answer 8

Willing to help with research,  correct errors. Would love to find family records

Comments

Welcome Michael. We certainly need help with errors! Thank you.

Answer 9

I am glad to be part of this project.  I have L'Acadian roots,  plus those from France.  I seem to have royal blood. i don't know if it is true,  but it is worth finding out.

Answer 10

Happy to be part of this !

Comments

Thank you Michèle! I believe you would like to focus on the ancestors of immigrants to New France? I see you've already helped with a few of them.

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Bonjour Isabelle,

J'ai effectivement  l'intention de travailler sur les ancêtres français des nouveaux québécois.  J'avais déjà bien des données avant de me joindre à Wiki et je dois maintenant y mettre de l'ordre pour respecter la manière de faire.  Je voudrais compléter la lignée des "Dugon" et de leurs alliés, ce qui n'est pas une mince tâche, mais aussi participer avec le groupe  pour faire de la recherche et traduire, le cas échéant.

Cordialement

Michèle

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Merci Michèle!

Answer 11

I would definitely like to help and volunteer to contribute.  Thanks, Isabelle.

Comments

Hi Ann, do you have a more precise idea of how you could help? It is better to have an idea of this before I award the badge, since we use the badge report to see where everybody is helping. Taking a look might help you find ideas, too. Thanks for volunteering !

Answer 12

I see my name on the list so I'm in.  The badge would be fine, too.  I work on items 1-9 (would be afraid to touch famous people), but enjoy learning how to better source with French records.  One of my personal to-do tasks is to mark all my immigrant ancestors with the French Immigrants tag.  I could do that for others as well.  How about having our own mini-challenge for a weekend - might help people like me who need to get more comfortable with French sources?

Comments

I like the challenge idea, Cindy.  I would join you ;-)

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Also like the challenge idea! And there would be plenty to do with fixing locations, cleaning up GEDCOM junk from profiles, adding categories and stickers...

I'm adding you for overall profile improvement. Thank you !

Answer 13

Many thanks to Isabelle for launching the French Roots project-she's been very dedicated to seeing this through and it's exciting now that it's 100% official.  

I've been working on the first three mini-projects for some time now, and will continue to do so.  For French Notables, I've been able to connect the Edgar Degas, Jean-François Millet, and the Landrieu family.  Hopefully, I'll be able to have continued success in those endeavors.  I'm also looking forward to beginning work on the department pages for Seine-Maritime and Eure.

Comments

Not to mention coordinating the effort to clean up all those puzzling French-Canadian early ancestors ! Thanks for all your hard work, Greg.

Answer 14

I would like to work on the Departments area for Guadeloupe, will Saint Barthélemy eventually get it's own page or remain part of Guadeloupe? Either way, I'm still interested in helping in this area.

I currently live in Department 38 and willing to help in this area as well.

Comments

A special page for Saint-Barthélemy would be great! Thank you, Lynnette, and welcome.

Answer 15

Mais oui!  Would be able to help with research
Please add the badge to my profile

Comments

Thank you Barbara! Any more specific ideas of where you'd like to help? Or just general sourcing? It is more interesting to have the info before I give the badge so the badge report is accurate. I know sometimes it's not easy to say beforehand, but it would be very hepful. Thanks !

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I already started working on Henri Matisse - just looked at the to do list and I love his work sooo - hope that is ok

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Oh that's great - lots of French notables need some tender loving care. Thank you!

Answer 16

I am ready and willing to assist

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Hello Gershwin! As with Ann and Barbara, do you have any more specific ideas? there are lots of ideas on the project page, or you could have a look at the badge report. Thank you !

Answer 17

So glad this project is happening! I wasn't too sure about becoming an active member, because my free time over the next month-and-a-half will be very limited. I could start by searching for documents at the Archives Départementales, for my friends' families or for "French Roots" WikiTreers who need un coup de main.  And more involvement as time goes on.

(I don't have any French roots, but I live here so that's a root.)

 

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Welcome! Everybody who wants to help the project is welcome. We'll be happy to have your help.

Answer 18

Salut bonjour mes cousins,

Would love to join since most of my roots are French, and sprawl considerably.

Au plaisir de travailler ensemble.

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Bonjour Bruce,

I am right in supposing you are looking to correct errors? We have lots of those !

FYI, the French Roots project does not cover people of French origin who lived in New France, those are under the Quebecois or Acadians projects. We do cover the ancestors who stayed in France and more recent immigrants.

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Bonjour Isabelle,

De rigueur. Since I'm just starting at Wiki there's lots to learn, and lots of correcting, starting with profiles I manage, car, bon, voila, euh... ahem, bien, oui. So the further I dig the more I find cousins who wandered far or not at all. Seeing who stayed in France will be another level of digging I'll enjoy.

Answer 19

Ready to Help .. Happy to Serve .. Pleasure to Learn .. Thank You Isabelle Rassinot ..

Baraboo et Barbeau et Barbot et Barbu et Barbeaux et Barbaut et Barbaud dit Boisdore dit Poitevin dit LaForest dit Burren dit Bruyere .... etc

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Thank you Jerry, welcome!

Answer 20

I'm late but please, give me a badge quand même ! I will categorize my numerous french ancestors and contribute to the departments project (and invite my french cousins to join Wikitree !). Encore une fois, thank you Isabelle, Emma and Greg for the work !

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Bienvenue ! Et merci pour votre travail.

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Ah! Bienvenue encore Stéphane.  Vous n'êtes jamais en retard!