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I’m a passionate genealogist with over 20 years experience. It all began with my grandmother sharing old pictures with me when I was a child and it made me very curious about who her/my ancestors were.
That’s when I caught the virus and started the quest in finding out more about them. I learned along the way the difficulties of going through archives and the excitement of finding a record and resolving a mystery.
Since then I have managed to trace them back to about 1650 in various places in France, Belgium and the Netherlands. I have also helped people in their research and in their needs for answers on their family history in other countries like the USA and Ireland.
I have recently graduated in a Diploma in Genealogy studies in University College Cork in Cork, Ireland and I continue extending my knowledge with another Diploma in Genealogy studies in Le Mans, France.
At 1pm, they had to leave again the festivities in order to continue their trip to San Francisco. On the way, the dangers of travel were displayed on the railway...
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Clinton, Iowa

After the lunch was served by the Red Cross in Chicago, the French soldiers left again to continue on their journey and before making another stop at Clinton, Iowa: `Here... Read More

On the train to Chicago…

Joseph Kessel found the best way to describe the prevailing mood in the United States of America when the local population was meeting the Poilus of France for the first... Read More

New York

The whole troop could only disembark the ship the following morning after unloading their gear. They were then allowed to visit the city of New York. That was when the... Read More

From Brest to New York…

The soldiers were well prepared for the adventure. Most of them were travelling with brand new trunks that they had carefully chosen. The young Lieutenant Joseph Kessel recalls: `The purchase... Read More

11 November 1918 – The Great Departure

Today, 100 years ago, as the world was celebrating the end of the Great War, 36 French officers and 493 French private soldiers were getting ready to travel the world... Read More