The War of 1870, the first of a series, pitted the French against the Prussians. It all began with the victory of the Prussian armies, commanded by Bismarck, leading to the capitulation of Emperor Napoleon III at Sedan. The victors occupied the capital and the population refused to recognise the government that emerged from the…
Catégorie : Généalogie
My challenge? Nicolas MENOT…
I started genealogy a long time ago, 41 years ago this year, and I haven’t made much progress on my most distant ancestor… In my early days, research was done on site in the departmental archives or in the civil registry services of town halls. It seems very easy to write like this, but it…
Overlook ? No, just a branch that is not deepened…
My large genealogical family now numbers 58131 people. So, it is normal that some branches of the tree are poorer than others… Descendants of Marie Catherine Elisabeth DUMONT (clik to enlarge) My Sosa 44 is Urbain Napoléon Baptiste DUMONT, born on May 25, 1812 in Fresnes-en-Tardenois and son of Marie Catherine Elisabeth, 28 years old,…
A nickname, my specialty…
I’m the specialist in giving nicknames to the people I love… In my family, everyone called me Kinou. How did I get this nickname? I had an older brother, so he was probably the one who gave me that way… My childhood friend, whose parents lived in the house next to my grandparents’, was called…
My favorite photo ? Undoubtedly that of my four grandparents…
I have a photo that brings my four grandparents together… Why this photo ? It is the one that represents what I am, this duality that is in me: the city vs the countryside. My maternal grandparents lived in Paris. My grandfather, Georges DEVILLERS, is part of the fourth generation to settle in the capital…