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From: CE Wood <>
Subject: Re: Béatrix d'Albon
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:32:10 -0700 (PDT)
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Thanks Denis! The Roglo database often uses the unsourced Aurejac
database as a source, although both are valuable for the French names,
titles, etc.

CE Wood

On Mar 21, 1:59 pm, Denis Beauregard <denis.b-at-
> wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:42:32 -0500, Michael King <>
> wrote in soc.genealogy.medieval:
>
> >>Do remember that ES is notorious for incorrect information on French
> >>families and names..
>
> >Thanks (I guess).
>
> >It looks like I am starting to navigate in very murky waters.
>
> >This begs the question, of course, what are the best secondary (I
> >will never get to see the primary ones) sources for medieval French
> >families, if I decide to get serious about it?
>
> Until the 1950s, French genealogy focussed on noble families.  Very
> few resources were available about/for commoners.  Moreover,
> primary sources are local for commoners, i.e. regional archives.
>
> So, there are many secondary references about noble families and many
> of them have data before the 1500s, there is a problem of accuracy
> because they were made long before modern databases were available.
>
> You will find many of these secondary sources on the web site of
> the French national library at gallica.bnf.fr.  Yup, they are online
> because of expired copyrights, i.e. because they are old !
>
> Some of those series include St-Allais, De La Chesnaye-Desbois,
> Pere Anselme and a part of the D'Hozier collection.  Not online
> but similar, also focussing on nobility : Moreri, Jouglas de Moreno,
> D'Hozier in 7 volumes, Beauchet-Filleau, Le sang de Charlemagne,
> Descendants of St-Louis (I forgot the title).  There are also some
> local series like Normandie, Picardie, etc.  
>
> Keep in mind those are about nobility, not about medieval families,
> but most of these sources will go back before the 1500s.
>
> And there is the Roglo database.
>
> Denis
>
> --
> Denis Beauregard - généalogiste émérite (FQSG)
> Les Français d'Amérique du Nord -www.francogene.com/genealogie--quebec/
> French in North America before 1722 -www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/
> Sur cédérom à 1770 - On CD-ROM to 1770


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