{"id":50,"date":"2012-11-21T18:09:53","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T18:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brattykitty.com\/?p=50"},"modified":"2012-11-21T18:09:53","modified_gmt":"2012-11-21T18:09:53","slug":"databases-i-love-french-law-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brattykitty.com\/?p=50","title":{"rendered":"Databases I Love – French Law Search"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of the things I’ve learned about recently is that many laws, both here in the US and abroad, name specific people in them – possibly your ancestor! In the US, there were many acts passed for the benefit of civil war veterans and their widows. in France, there were often memorials and other acts passed including your ancestor’s name. Actes en Ligne<\/a> is one of the sites you can search for your French ancestors in. This includes marriage. Searching for one of my human’s ancestors with the last name Andre comes up with the following:<\/p>\n

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Type of act:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/th>\n
\u00a0Marriage<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Date:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/th>\n
\u00a0 11 -10-1845<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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First Name:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/th>\n
\u00a0Joseph ANDRE<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Surname Forenames wife<\/span><\/div>\n<\/th>\n
\u00a0Agathe GRANDJEAN<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
City:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/th>\n
\u00a0On Cirey Vezouze – C.\u00a0<\/span>Zip: 54480 – INSEE: 54129<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Department:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/th>\n
\u00a0Meurthe et Moselle (54)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
Transcript:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nMarriage of Joseph and ANDRE GRANDJEAN Agathe on 11\/10\/1845 at Cirey Vezouse\u00a0<\/span>
\nJoseph ANDRE 22 years earthenware turner son of Nicolas ANDRE SIMON 50years maneuver and Anne Catherine 52ans profession without both domiciled in Cirey\u00a0<\/span>
\nGRANDJEAN Agathe 19yo girl 55 years of operation Fran\u00e7ois Grandjean and Marie Barbe MARCHAL deceased\u00a0<\/span>
\nWitnesses: ANDRE Louis, FEATHERS Dominica MAGOT Jean Joseph Fran\u00e7ois Sergent and\u00a0<\/span>
\nphotocopied Archives Act<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Date of validation:<\/span><\/th>\n\u00a0 2006-04-09 06:23:25<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

My suggestion would be to use Google Chrome when using this site. Over the years I’ve gotten pretty good at scanning \u00a0French, but it automatically translates in Google Chrome. At some point you need to use your judgment, because it appears from this Joseph Andre was a 22 year old potter – i.e. “earthenware turner.” Domenica’s last name was not Feathers, but “Plumes.” Mousing over the translation in Chrome gives you the original text and you can compare.<\/p>\n

Mucho Fishies,<\/p>\n

Bratty Kitty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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