Dear Roscommon friends, I have a site that may help some research. I was researching a relative of mine, Michael (Murray) who changed his name to Murat to become a professor at Sorbonne. All else I knew was he fought with Napoleon, so a friend of mine located this site that includes Irish who fought in that war. French military records, called the St. Helene's Project, at the RootsWeb Guide To Tracing Family Trees, Guide #13. Information about these military records are at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson13.htm From this page link to the St. Helene's Project, of France, which has documented almost 400,000 soldiers who fought for Napoleon, and who won an award called the Medal of St. Helena. This medal was awarded to soldiers of several nations, including Ireland. And from the above web page link to: http://stehelene.geneactes.org/ where you can search for names. St. Helene medal records are held by the Historical Service of the Army, which in French is: du Service historique de l'arm�e de terre The address for the Historical Service of the Army is below: Monsieur le Chef du Service historique de l'arm�e de terre Ch�teau de Vincennes BP 107 - 00481 ARM�ESFRANCE I'm kind of new out here, hope it helps and you all had a great Memorial Day, Tim --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup

I found a soldier with my surname. It said if I want to know more about the medal to write to them. There was no address as far as I could see. Also the place of residence was in France. Is is possible to find out where he came from in Ireland somehow from his records? Carrie Hogue Tim wrote: > Dear Roscommon friends, > > I have a site that may help some research. I was researching a relative of mine, Michael (Murray) who changed his name to Murat to become a professor at Sorbonne. All else I knew was he fought with Napoleon, so a friend of mine located this site that includes Irish who fought in that war. > French military records, called the St. Helene's Project, at the RootsWeb Guide To Tracing Family Trees, Guide #13. Information about these military records are at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson13.htm From this page link to the St. Helene's Project, of France, which has documented almost 400,000 soldiers who fought for Napoleon, and who won an award called the Medal of St. Helena. This medal was awarded to soldiers of several nations, including Ireland. And from the above web page link to: http://stehelene.geneactes.org/ > where you can search for names. St. Helene medal records are held by the Historical Service of the Army, which in French is: du Service historique de l'armée de terre The address for the Historical Service of the Army is below: Monsieur le Chef > du Service historique de l'armée de terre > Château de Vincennes > BP 107 - 00481 ARMÉESFRANCE I'm kind of new out here, hope it helps and you all had a great Memorial Day, Tim > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > > ==== IRL-ROSCOMMON Mailing List ==== > ** Tired of this LIST? Going on vacation, holiday, a business trip? ** > Send an email with one word, UNSUBSCRIBE, in the Subject & Message > area to: IRL-ROSCOMMON-L-request@rootsweb.com. Digest? Make "L" a "D". > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Sorry Tim just reread your e-mail. Carrie Tim wrote: > Dear Roscommon friends, > > I have a site that may help some research. I was researching a relative of mine, Michael (Murray) who changed his name to Murat to become a professor at Sorbonne. All else I knew was he fought with Napoleon, so a friend of mine located this site that includes Irish who fought in that war. > French military records, called the St. Helene's Project, at the RootsWeb Guide To Tracing Family Trees, Guide #13. Information about these military records are at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson13.htm From this page link to the St. Helene's Project, of France, which has documented almost 400,000 soldiers who fought for Napoleon, and who won an award called the Medal of St. Helena. This medal was awarded to soldiers of several nations, including Ireland. And from the above web page link to: http://stehelene.geneactes.org/ > where you can search for names. St. Helene medal records are held by the Historical Service of the Army, which in French is: du Service historique de l'armée de terre The address for the Historical Service of the Army is below: Monsieur le Chef > du Service historique de l'armée de terre > Château de Vincennes > BP 107 - 00481 ARMÉESFRANCE I'm kind of new out here, hope it helps and you all had a great Memorial Day, Tim > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > > ==== IRL-ROSCOMMON Mailing List ==== > ** Tired of this LIST? Going on vacation, holiday, a business trip? ** > Send an email with one word, UNSUBSCRIBE, in the Subject & Message > area to: IRL-ROSCOMMON-L-request@rootsweb.com. Digest? Make "L" a "D". > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237