Guest Post - Finding Your Ancestor Who Served in the Regiment of Meuron ( 1781-1816): a Military Taskforce from Switzerland!

Our colleague, Isabelle Haemmerlé, who is based in Switzerland and who reports here on Swiss genealogy, has today outdone herself with a superbly helpful post on the de Meuron Regiment and guiding you in finding the records of an ancestor... Read more →


Guest Post - News from the State Archives of Geneva (AEG) - Part 1 - Troublesome Protestants in 16th Century Geneva

We hear once again from our intrepid Swiss correspondent and genealogist, Isabelle Haemmerle, telling of a new building for the AEG and more importantly for thos not in Geneva, more databases filled with genealogical information put online.. We are pleased... Read more →


FGB Free Clinic - Case no. 9 - Marie Fouyol, Parisian wife of Thomas Mansell, part 11 - Fanny Mansell's Sampler

From Monsieur E, we have received the most astonishing of responses to our series attempting to identify Marie Fouyol. He sends us a beautifully told and well-researched study of a lovely sampler by Marie Fouyol's daughter. Read on. Fanny Mansell’s... Read more →