We confess to being stunned, but there it is: The French Genealogy Blog has been going for a year. We are quite chuffed to have so many readers who contribute such nice comments, ideas, suggestions, and would like to thank... Read more →

When confronted with all things administrative, hierarchical, spread-sheetish, we suffer from instantaneous and severe brain fog. Just such a fog-inducer is the usual type of explanation of all of the regiments and battalions and what-nots of an army. However, in... Read more →

The French military is well documented and military conscription records going back to 1716 can provide that oft-promised wealth of information on a man. As with all documentation in France, the focus of the records' content differs from the ancien... Read more →