Genealogist
Jean-Michel LE FLOCH, PhDWith a multidisciplinary background in physics, engineering, and data science, Jean-Michel has over 20 years of experience designing high-precision systems and intuitive digital tools. As a volunteer leader of the Black Périgord Genealogy Association (France), he applies these skills to serve historical memory, public access to data, and collaborative genealogy.
Jean-Michel is the architect behind multiple online interfaces created for genealogical research. These include a powerful search engine for military conscription rolls, an index of 1870–71 war casualties, and an interactive visualization tool for psychogenealogical analysis. Each platform is freely available, user-friendly, and developed to assist both beginner and expert genealogists.
Our 1870 project began locally to honor forgotten French soldiers and has evolved into a national pilot. he helped design the indexing workflows, coordinate volunteers, and build the databases that power this initiative, allowing users to explore detailed records of enrollment, wounds, deaths, and prisoners.
In parallel, Jean-Michel created the first digital “family link generator,” a psychogenealogy tool that translates internal family cycles into a dynamic map of transgenerational influence—bridging science and emotion, ancestry and healing.
Committed to opening France’s genealogical landscape, he also supports international collaboration, helping connect overseas researchers to local archives and expertise. he believe it is our responsibility to explore new human, digital, and historical connections—and to make these resources accessible to all.