French Research

Née d'une mère d'origine allemande, je recherche comme généalogiste professionnelle les ancêtres allemands ou autrichiens pour des descendants francophones. Je me rends régulièrement en Allemagne dans les Archives et Etats Civils.

With 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.

Judy has been researching her family tree from the age of 12, specializing in French-Canadian, Acadian, Native American and Michigan research because of her own family heritage. Owner of Lineage Journeys, she conducts research for clients and offers presentations in person and virtually, and she travels extensively to research locations and the locations of her ancestral homes and archives.
Judy is the President of the Oakland County Genealogical Society, President for the Michigan Genealogical Council, board member and Awards Chair of the National Genealogical Society, and a member of many societies – among them: Ontario and Quebec Genealogical Societies, Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, French Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and many more.

Marine Soulas is a French genealogist who has been practicing genealogy for about fifteen years. She believes that genealogy is a hobby for all ages and a way to bring generations closer together through their shared history. She is passionate about exploring different ways to present her genealogy to create moments of family sharing.

Since 2013, Marine has been running the genealogy blog “Dans les Branches” where she tells the stories of her ancestors and provides research tips. She also manages the online project “Vieux Mariages,” a collaborative gallery of old wedding photographs aimed at restoring the identities of unknown brides and grooms. Finally, as a professional genealogist since 2019, she opened her online store this year, where she sells her creations to share genealogy in an innovative, graphic, and fun way.

Find her at dans-les-branches.fr!

Passionné de généalogie depuis plus de 10 ans, Mickaël Mange a ouvert son étude professionnelle en 2019. Convaincu que la généalogie ne se limite pas à une collection de noms et de dates, il souhaite faire découvrir au public la richesse et la grande variété des sources d'archives permettant de documenter la vie de nos ancêtres.

Pierre-Valéry Archassal pratique la généalogie depuis plus de 4 décennies. Acteur de la popularisation de ce loisir en France grâce à ses livres et émissions de télévision sur Arte et France Télévisions, il donne de nombreuses conférences pour faire connaître toutes les sources qui existent afin de retrouver ses ancêtres et dispense des cours pour utiliser au mieux les sites et logiciels dédiés à la généalogie. Il enseigne également la paléographie pour bien déchiffrer les écritures d’autrefois.

Spécialisé sur les ascendances polonaises et tchèques, mon activité consiste à rechercher les ancêtres de descendants francophones, principalement dans les Archives polonaises. Auteur de plusieurs livres sur l’immigration dont deux guides de recherche chez Archives et Culture (Pologne/Tchéquie) et « Migrants et réfugiés de 1789 à 1900 » fresque historique sur l’immigration politique au XIXe siècle

Born in 1949 in Auxerre, retired embassy employee, president of the Société généalogique de l'Yonne, administrator of the Union généalogique de Bourgogne, treasurer of the Académie internationale de généalogie and adviser of the Confédération internationale de généalogie et d'héraldique, author of books, articles and videos on genealogy

Born in New York City to an Irish-American father and a Norman French mother, Sean Daly has lived in Paris for many years with stints in other European capitals, working in business as an IT manager, as a journalist, and in marketing and PR. He began building his genealogy six years ago and three years later joined Geneanet, France's leading genealogy site and a major player in Europe, as coordinator of the English-speaking member community. Sean is passionate about genealogy and has been thrilled to visit ancestral villages in Ireland and France, found through rigorous research and networking with newfound cousins.