Greetings, I have just received the obituary of my gg grandfather, Francis J. BUSCH, reportedly born in Alsace on 10 Feb 1821. The obituary states that he served in the French Army for seven years. He was married in Lowell, MA in 1853 and I can document that he remained in the U.S. until his death on 3 Oct 1898. I have checked Ancestry, done a Google search, including Google books, and I have not yet found a source that provides records of soldiers in the French Army prior to 1853. Can anyone suggest where I might look for French military records? Thanks, Richard
Hello Richard, Many of French military records have been centralized at the Military Archives in Vincennes (Service Historique de la Défense, Vieux Fort- Château de Vincennes, 94300 Vincennes) but the conscription records are kept at the departmental archives (in Strasbourg for Bas-Rhin, in Colmar for Haut-Rhin). For more information, see the site: http://www.familysearch.org/ENG/Search/rg/guide/France19.asp Hope this helps Ewald +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ----- Original Message ----- From: "RAM" <mcadict@comcast.net> To: <alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 9:39 PM Subject: [A-L] French Army & Francis J. BUSCH > Greetings, > > I have just received the obituary of my gg grandfather, Francis J. > BUSCH, reportedly born in Alsace on 10 Feb 1821. The obituary states > that he served in the French Army for seven years. He was married in > Lowell, MA in 1853 and I can document that he remained in the U.S. > until his death on 3 Oct 1898. > > I have checked Ancestry, done a Google search, including Google > books, and I have not yet found a source that provides records of > soldiers in the French Army prior to 1853. > > Can anyone suggest where I might look for French military records? > > Thanks, > > Richard > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message