Following on from some recent discussion on international search here is a starter list of sites which may be useful for those about to research family names on European and particularly French sites. In addition to the well known http://www.familysearch.org/ http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/WebSites/frameset_websites.asp http://genforum.genealogy.com/ http://www.cyndislist.com/france.htm#Queries all of which have their international sections, I list the following sites. Their order is completely random. None is better than any other because it depends what you are looking for. Perhaps other listers would be kind enough to publish their favourite European sites as they discover them. http://www.deja.com/group/soc.genealogy.french - French genealogy newsgroup http://www.francegenweb.org/ - France GenWeb http://www.francogene.com/search-fr/index.html -Useful general information http://www.francogene.com/ - Gateway to American & Canadian search in France http://www.gefrance.com/index.htm - Genealogy and History in France (commercial) http://www.genealogy.tm.fr/ - Guide to Genealogy in France http://www.genenord.tm.fr/ - For those searching in Nord http://www.multimania.com/numa/assgensurnet.html - A full coverage of French genealogy sites http://www.gowingo.com/web/dube/links.html - Various genealogy links http://www.nomade.fr/ - And enter "genealogie" to search http://www.geneanet.org/genealogy/en/linkspays1 - List of international sites .......and two sample Yahoo searches: http://fr.search.yahoo.com/search/fr?p=ancetres&y=y&e=2100216957&f=0%3A78253 31%3A9159814%3A2100000001%3A2100065197%3A2100065212%3A2100216957&r=Sciences+ humaines%02Anthropologie+et+arch%E9ologie%02Anthropologie+sociale+et+culture lle http://fr.dir.yahoo.com/Societe/Gens/Pages_personnelles/Familles/ Also http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/mark.html A wealth of international links. For those with a geographical bent, these map sites may be of interest: http://www.mapquest.com/ - World Street maps by country http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sylvain.chardon/locom/loc_dep.htm - Locate a village in France http://www.ordnancesurvey.gov.uk/ For search in UK, the online OS site will lead to http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ A historic UK map showing the countryside and towns in 19th Century Britain. This site is temporally being upgraded and it is well worth waiting a week or two to see the faster version. http://www.theotherside.co.uk/ If you are planning a genealogical holiday this site shows the villages and history of Nord. Then there is of course the problem of translation if you want to post in the local language. Would somebody like to publish their list of Anglo,French/German/Dutch online dictionaries and translation services? Clive