We are most grateful to have received in response to the series of posts on the Huguenots a selection of further websites on Huguenot genealogy recommended by the noted scholar of French genealogy, Earl F. Charvet. We give them, with... Read more →

Dowries were, until quite recently, a fact of French life, with the unseemly spectacle of daughters of wealthy families being seen as golden calves. The corruption of young souls by making marriage and the building of a family a financial... Read more →

In researching prisoners for genealogy, we were happy to find these fine articles about French prisons. We pass them on to our readers on the sad chance that they may need these resources to discover more about the residence of... Read more →