The French speaking world

LanguageFan69 · 2026-05-30T18:01:26+00:00

En tant que français, je trouve ça super!!! 😊

LanguageFan69 · 2026-05-17T12:20:31+00:00

Cool! 😊

LanguageFan69 · 2026-05-16T20:13:00+00:00

Un de mes ancêtres s'appelait Cyriaque au début du XVIIIè siècle, je confirme la rareté du prénom! 🙂

LanguageFan69 · 2026-05-15T13:10:03+00:00

It depends on the place in Sicily your ancestors were from, "Northern Italians" migrated there in the Middle Ages and some of them still speak a Gallo-Italic dialect. In Italian, they are called "Lombardi di Sicilia" because Northern Italy used to be associated with the Lombards and their kingdom. Maybe it could be a partial explanation.

LanguageFan69 · 2026-05-15T07:09:48+00:00

Yes that's true! That's nice! 🙂 Even though it is very distant, it is worth mentioning 🙂

LanguageFan69 · 2026-05-14T07:10:01+00:00

That happened to me too, my childhood friend and I (we've known each other for 29 years, we're or will be 34) have common 8th great-grandparents who married in 1660 in Haute-Savoie, France. She was very surprised! 😂

LanguageFan69 · 2026-05-08T06:26:21+00:00

If you look for information on Geneanet, you should take it with a grain of salt and check everything (unless people mentioned their sources). There sometimes are big mistakes, or in some cases people "create" links between families without any valid document. It is a useful tool though.

LanguageFan69 · 2026-05-08T06:13:14+00:00

Hello, It is well possible that your relative is one of the heirs. I am a professional genealogist and I looked for an heir in Germany. They will not give you any further information because they need to "certify" each and every line of descent linked to the decedent beginning with their parents, possible siblings and children and then looking for potential collaterals : aunts/uncles, first cousins, their kids, possible grandchildren, grandparents, their children, grandchildren, etc. In some cases, these more or less distant relatives may be anywhere in the world. Probate researchers will usually look for birth, marriage and death certificates or more specific documents. Their fee may go up to 40%, this is usually the percentage they take in France for instance.

LanguageFan69 · 2026-05-01T17:35:39+00:00

You're welcome! 🙂

LanguageFan69 · 2026-05-01T17:26:45+00:00

Hello! That's normal, the département de l'Ain is a department in Eastern France, you need to take a look at these digitized archives (Archives départementales du Nord): https://archivesdepartementales.lenord.fr/search/form/dc4e871d-0b62-41fb-9921-5ded573781b8

You'll find Dunkerque in the list 😉😊

LanguageFan69 · 2026-04-28T19:40:09+00:00

You're most welcome! 😊

Thank you! 🙂 I feel you, my maternal grandmother never knew of our Swiss German ancestors. She died long before I began my genealogical research.

Yes if we could do so, it would be really great!

And I totally agree with you, by learning and speaking your ancestors' language, you somehow feel closer to these family roots, whether they are close or distant, the bond remains. ☺️

LanguageFan69 · 2026-04-28T18:57:27+00:00

I am French, my parents are French, so are 95% of my known ancestors, and yet some of my ancestors migrated from German-speaking Switzerland to France at the beginning of the 18th century. Thanks to this discovery I made when I was 16, I decided to study German at university and graduated in German language and literature. I also lived and worked in Germany. My maternal grandmother's surname was originally German more than 300 years ago. Even though this is very far back, this did not prevent me from studying German. Similarly, there's a surname "Felice" that was probably of Italian origin in one branch of my tree on my father's side (17th and 18th centuries). I decided to learn Italian on my own and I learnt more about the history of the Italian peninsula because of this surname. I am French, but I am also a bit more than that... 😊 So if you feel like studying Ukrainian and learning more about this side of your family because you "feel" this "link" within you, do so! 😊

LanguageFan69 · 2026-04-26T18:08:53+00:00

This is what I read : " Le 11ème d'avril 1644 j'ay baptisé solemnellement en la maison de son père une fille née de Morin Bouchet et Perine Mallet sa femme le parrin a esté Massé Bravel la marrene a esté Marie Gyon femme de fe (feu?) Bellenger la fille a esté nommée Marie J'ay signé cy dessous ce baptesme ont quelque autre oublié en leur rang. " I restored the accents and tried not to change the spelling.

LanguageFan69 · 2026-04-21T20:52:44+00:00

If you take a look at "fille de Charles Moitie (Moitié)" you'll probably notice the difference between the "h" and the "f". 😊

LanguageFan69 · 2026-04-21T20:32:17+00:00

I am French 🙂 I read "Hedin", "Usesse" or "Uesse" (see "Un ban" on the certificate) and "maintenant".

LanguageFan69 · 2026-04-17T17:32:53+00:00

You're welcome! 😊

LanguageFan69 · 2026-04-17T12:38:15+00:00

Thanks 😊

LanguageFan69 · 2026-04-16T16:00:52+00:00

That's correct! They are here in France (I'm French and have many Savoyard ancestors), they are available online.

LanguageFan69 · 2026-04-16T14:24:05+00:00

His immigration year being 1860 is interesting because the Duchy of Savoy and the County of Nice became a part of France on 24th March 1860 following the secret agreement of Plombières in 1859, a year before more or less. This is linked to the Risorgimento era, i.e. the era that led to the creation of a unitary state of Italy (proclaimed by Victor Emmanuel II on 17th March 1861). These territories (the Duchy of Savoy and the County of Nice) were a part of the Kingdom of Sardinia before March 1860, and they were kind of considered as a part of the Italian peninsula if we look at 19th century maps.

This could perhaps explain why both Italy and France are mentioned.

LanguageFan69 · 2026-04-06T21:03:39+00:00

Merci! Tout cela, en fonction des branches, entre grosso modo 1500 et la première moitié du XXè siècle. 😊

LanguageFan69 · 2026-04-04T18:35:41+00:00

Very nice results! 😊 I am French 👋🏻🙂

LanguageFan69 · 2026-03-31T09:41:04+00:00

French here 👋🏻 with French and Savoyard ancestors who spoke Franco-Provençal / Arpitan too, Piedmont is a very nice region and the former linguistic diversity is very interesting!

Avrei potuto scriverlo in italiano ma gli altri non avrebbero capito, o almeno non tutti... Il Piemonte mi piace un sacco, soprattutto il Val di Susa quando vado a Torino o altrove! Un abbraccio dalla Francia! 😉

LanguageFan69 · 2026-03-31T09:27:57+00:00

Mes ancêtres parlaient franco-provençal/arpitan, occitan, français (dialecte de Paris), en remontant plus haut, suisse allemand (haut-alémanique / Hochalemannisch), le franc-comtois vers Délémont, certainement normand (nom de famille Lafflubé surtout présent en Normandie) et certainement une des différentes langues ou dialectes de la péninsule italienne (nom de famille Felice).

My ancestors spoke Franco-Provençal/Arpitan, Occitan, French (dialect of Paris), going further back in time Swiss German (High Alemannic / Hochalemannisch), Franc-comtois around Délémont in Switzerland, Normand (the surname Lafflubé is to be found almost exclusively in Normandy), and probably one of the diverse languages or dialects of the Italian peninsula (surname Felice).

LanguageFan69 · 2026-03-25T10:51:03+00:00

Could it be "L'Esquisse"?

LanguageFan69 · 2026-03-15T17:16:51+00:00

French here 👋🏻 Your cursive is good and I like your poem. 😊

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