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Who Else Wants To Know Their French Family Roots?

February 17th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed

French family roots may be in you family history. Do you have a French last name? Your ancestors may have come from France. They may have come from Canada, via France. Many French descendants were Huguenots who came to America to escape the religious prejudice against them in France.

The French called them Huguenots, but the official name of their church was the Protestant Church of France historically known as the French Calvinists who were terrorized for two and one half centuries. No wonder they wanted to get out of France.

If you would like to know more about your French genealogy, you need to start asking questions about where on earth you came from. Here’s a plan:

l Family Member

l Cyberspace

l Local Library

l The Ultimate Genealogy Dig

Just start asking family members if they have any information on French ancestors. When that well has gone dry with family members, it’s time to switch to more powerful genealogy tools like the Internet. Your local library usually has lots of books on genealogy and how to get started. There are many software tools that can assist you in genealogy research. Go to France and track down your ancestors there.

Family Members Are Your First Line Of Research

The best way to research your French genealogy is to ask your family members if they have any information. Start with your grandparents, and even your great grandparents if they’re still alive. They may have documents or other artifacts locked away in their attics or basements that could uncover information as to where you came from. This is sort of like treasure hunting and it’s very exciting when you finally do come across some piece of information you didn’t have before.

Cyberspace

Nowadays, the Internet is invaluable for uncovering French genealogy. There are many websites dedicated to genealogy searches so you should have no problem finding a site to assist you. You may have to pay an initial fee or even a monthly fee, but the information you can glean from such sites make the fee well worth it. On these sites, you can meet with other people who are also trying to uncover their French genealogy, you can compare notes and you can even meet long lost relatives. So log on and start researching your French genealogy today.

The Local Library

You can also take your search to the local library. You should be able to find a book on French genealogy that can take you further into your search. These books have been developed with the genealogy researcher in mind so you should be able to find a lot of what you’re looking for.

The Ultimate Genealogy Dig

Go to France, of course. All you need is the name of a town or city. Contact the town or city and inquire if they have any records dealing with your family name. It would help, of course, if you spoke French. Perhaps an older family member could translate for you if they spoke and wrote French. Going o France would be the ultimate Genealogy Dig, don’t you think?