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Monday, May 31, 2010

French Connections: Aget and DeCramp

Some of you may not know that my husband's family has come to the United States more recently than my ancestors -- his grandmother was born in France. Well, I was feeling like I was at a dead end with my own ancestors and thought I would give some of his names a try.
I found two fantastic resource sites of transcribed French records for Dunkerque, France:
Marriages
http://www.gennpdc.net/releves/tab_mari.php?args=Dunkerque

1906 Census of Dunkerque
http://crgfa.free.fr/jfichaux/dunkindx.php

It was exciting to me to find names especially in the census records. The women are enumerated with their maiden name, which is a genealogist's dream come true! :)

So, I was able to go a couple of generations on my husband's family -- Aget and DeCramp -- and with the marriage records I feel like I've made great headway on connecting more generations.

I am so grateful to the people who have taken time to transcribe these records and make them available -- FOR FREE -- to other interested researchers. I know our Heavenly Father has special blessings reserved for those charitable acts of service.

Good luck and good gene hunting,
Dece

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