April There are plenty of French bmds and 'census' (resencements) available online but all the ones I have looked at so far are not indexed so it is a question of trawling through them all year by year! When you do find the one you are looking for though there is often a lot of extra information given. I don't know which 'departmental archives' you want to look for but have a look at: http://en.geneanet.org/first-step/search-your-french-ancestors/online-depart mental-archives which explains how their records are organised and gives you links to them all. I have spent many an hour scouring the Oise archives with fantastic results. My French is not great but with a little help from Google translate, you can get by! I cannot tell you about WW1 records as I have not looked for any French ones before. I hope this helps a little. Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: sog-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sog-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ashton April Sent: 27 February 2014 20:27 To: sog-uk@rootsweb.com Subject: [SOG-UK] France Can anyone tell me whether there are any French records are available on line - ie French BMD's, ie French WW1 records? Thank you, April Wood Ashton ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOG-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Thank you, Carolyn, April On 27 Feb 2014, at 22:14, Carolyn McCartney wrote: > April > > There are plenty of French bmds and 'census' (resencements) available online > but all the ones I have looked at so far are not indexed so it is a question > of trawling through them all year by year! When you do find the one you are > looking for though there is often a lot of extra information given. > > I don't know which 'departmental archives' you want to look for but have a > look at: > http://en.geneanet.org/first-step/search-your-french-ancestors/online-depart > mental-archives which explains how their records are organised and gives you > links to them all. > > I have spent many an hour scouring the Oise archives with fantastic results. > My French is not great but with a little help from Google translate, you can > get by! > > I cannot tell you about WW1 records as I have not looked for any French ones > before. > > I hope this helps a little. > > Carolyn > > -----Original Message----- > From: sog-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sog-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Ashton April > Sent: 27 February 2014 20:27 > To: sog-uk@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SOG-UK] France > > Can anyone tell me whether there are any French records are available on > line - ie French BMD's, ie French WW1 records? > > Thank you, > April Wood Ashton > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOG-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOG-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message