Meet my French ancestors

The Unknown “Mystery” Women of Genealogy

The further back in time we research, the more “unknown” women we find. Yet, these “unknown” women, our ancestors, have given…

I continued my research on my mother’s side of the ancestors of Marie-Jeanne Breton, born in 1778 in Vert-Saint-Denis, where I…

I had always been told that “absolutely everyone” on my mother’s side of the family is from Sézanne (Marne département (51)). …

Of all the beautiful discoveries I have made so far in my years researching my genealogy (and I have made so…

Madeleine Radet (née Lescuyer) was my maternal great-grandmother. She spent her entire life in Sézanne (Marne department (51), France). She was…

I dedicate this post to my mother who passed away in July 2022. There she is on August 28, 1944 (7…

I dedicate this post to my maternal grandfather (in the middle), flag bearer of the French 43rd Infantry Regiment during WWII.…

I don’t remember much about my ancestor, Robert Ier de Dreux (1125-1188), but he founded Brie-Comte-Robert, a commune just 15 minutes…

My great-grandmother Fernande Monclin was a Red Cross volunteer nurse during the Great War. She met my

Aléaume has a special place in my heart… He is the one who “took me” to our royal ancestors, and who…

Alix de Thouars (my 25th grandmother) succeeded her half-brother Arthur Ier de Bretagne (1187-1203) in 1203 as Alix Duchess of Brittany,…

Eleanor of Aquitaine is the Grandmother of Europe, and mine (26th generation). She was Queen of France, then later Queen of…

Eusèbe Lepoint (1875-1952) was my paternal great-grandfather. He was Prisoner of War for 4 years in Minden, Germany, during the entire…

Marcel Radet (1895-1960) was my maternal great-grandfather. He received the “Croix de Guerre” award for his service during WWI…

Charles Radet and Marie-Thérèse Richon lived in Fère-Champenoise (51, Marne) the day Napoléon Ier…

Charlemagne (747-814) was King of the Franks, King of the Lombards, Emperor of the Carolingian Empire. He had eighteen children with…

Charles Louis Joseph de L’Escuyer d’Hagnicourt was my grandfather at the 8th generation.

Émile Zacharie Berjot and Rosalie Herrbach saw the construction of the Eiffel Tower and the Basilique…