Saturday, August 23, 2008

French-to-English Translations of the Occupations Recorded in Genealogy Records Before 1775

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It is surprising to discover how many occupations were recorded in French genealogical records. The most common occupation was that of farme...

The Simplest Ways to Edit a File With French Accented Letters or Long Names Using Cut-and-Paste or Find-and-Replace

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I still think that the most efficient ways of adding French accented letters or words other than with the Alt-key combos is to use cut-and-p...

Replacing Your Keyboard With the International Keyboard to Type In French Accents

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Another alternative to try when typing a lot of accented or special ASCII characters is to set up the keyboard as an International Keyboard ...

How to Type In French Accents

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There are different ways to type Franch accents into documents. ASCII Alt Key Method: The following is a compilation of ASCII code numbers t...
Friday, August 22, 2008

Common French Male First Names, Translations and Roots

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Prior to the 20th century, most French boys were named similarly, especially the further back in time one goes. Most of these names came fro...

Common French Female First Names, Translations and Roots

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Prior to the 20th century, most French girls were named similarly, especially the further back in time one goes. Most of these names were fe...

French Genealogy Common Word Translations

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Two of the problems in researching French family genealogical records that I had, and still have, are understanding the meaning of words and...