The Will of Jean David Guerne de Tavane Jean David Guere de Tavane left a will, written in December 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution and just before his death in February 1790. Unusually, it can be found... Read more →
There are quite a lot of scanned documents about the Guerne de Tavane family to be found online, enough to do a genealogy tree going back five or six generations from the sisters who married in Versailles whom we discussed... Read more →
The briefest of histories: In 1444, France, under Louis XI, made a treaty with Switzerland, then the Swiss Confederacy. A little over fifty years later, the first Swiss unit in the French Army, the Cent-Suisses, was formed. There was trouble... Read more →
The tireless Mme. Haemmerle continues with her revelations about Swiss genealogy and her new approaches to research: Another interesting tool now on line : Public health department data The archives of the «Bureau de Salubrité publique», covering the period from... Read more →
Mme. Haemmerle continues her exploration of the website of the State Archives of Geneva: Methodology for search of an ancestor in Geneva from 1782 : A very useful tool on the AEG website is the page "Effectuer des recherches" above... Read more →
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 →
Dear Readers, once again our good friend, the excellent genealogist, Isabelle Haemmerle, sends a superbly informative post from Geneva. Archives of Swiss universities : lists of students on line 1874-1975 While assisting an American woman looking for the birth certificates... Read more →
Dear Readers, our good friend, the excellent genealogist, Isabelle Haemmerle, sends exciting news from Geneva: We are pleased to forward good news from Geneva. Last February the State Archives of Geneva (AEG) announced that the parish and vital records from... Read more →
We are most gratified by the positive response and messages from you, Dear Readers about the first installment in this series of guest posts by the talented and experienced researcher and genealogist, Madame S. We are confident that you will... Read more →
1. A story of love, ties, roots and jam... Here is a story of love, ties, roots and jam...My grandmother passed away five years ago, one month before her 94th birthday. She was an energetic, blue-eyed, lovely lady full of... Read more →