Tracing the history of our French home – Part 3

August 9, 2020February 13, 20212 Comments

Military service records - Les matricules militaires Yeah. I know. I didn't think it would be relevant either at first. I was well into my search for clues regarding the history of our watermill in France and had seen the link to Les matricules militaires, registers of military service, whenever I visited the website of … Continue reading Tracing the history of our French home – Part 3

Tracing the history of our french home – Part 2

July 24, 2020February 13, 20212 Comments

Using the births, deaths and marriages registers If you read my last post about how I used the census returns in the online departmental archives to make a start on tracing the owners of our mill, you’ll know just how useful they are. But as a census is only conducted once every few years I … Continue reading Tracing the history of our french home – Part 2

Le Moulin de la Roche

A love affair with a French water mill

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Tracing the history of our French home – Part 3

Tracing the history of our french home – Part 2