Who We Are

 

 

Anne Morddel

• Author, blogger, researcher and speaker with a specialization in French genealogy
• Certified Genealogist (Board for the Certification of Genealogists, certificate number 1019) since July of 2011
• Member of the Association of Professional Genealogists
• Member of the Society of Authors
• Based in France and regularly visiting French archives facilities
• Researching and writing family histories and reports since 2007
• Creator and sole author of over 650 informative posts on "The French Genealogy Blog", a leading source and online manual, in English, on French genealogical research

Education and further studies:

• B.A. - University of California at Berkeley (Comparative Literature)
• M.L.I.S. - University of California at Berkeley (Library and Information Sciences)
• Participant in the study group on Thomas W. Jones's Mastering Genealogical Proof, run by Pat Richley-Erickson
• Attended numerous lectures on all aspects of French genealogical research at the Congrès national de généalogie in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017

Publications

    Printed Books and Booklets:

• French Genealogy From Afar
• The Months of the Republican Calendar Year
• Women & Children in French Genealogy
• Research in French Municipal Archives
• The Genealogical Proof Standard and French Genealogy,
• The FGB Tours Departmental Archives
• Parisian Genealogy
• Protestant and Huguenot Research
• Death and Cemeteries in France,
• French Notaires and Notarial Records

        Non-genealogy publications may be viewed HERE

   

    Journal and Magazine Articles:

• "English Prisoners of War in the First French Empire", Genealogists' Magazine, March 2011
• "The Death of John Frederick Dodge in France : Enlightenment From French Documents" The Dodge Family Journal, May/June 2011
• "French Ancestors" written to accompany the Who Do You Think You Are? television programme episode on the author, J.K. Rowling, in BBC Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine, October 2011
• "Focus on French Genealogy", BBC Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine, March 2016

 

Lectures

Lectures and workshops are currently being developed on the topics of:

• "The Basics of French Genealogical Research"
• "French Notarial Records"
• "Researching American Mariners"