Anne Morddel has written on her newly designed blog, The French Genealogy Blog, about the bonanza of Parisian parish and civil registrations, from 1500 to 1860, that are now available on FamilySearch.
In her blog post, They’re Up! Paris Bonanza on Family Search!, Ms. Morddel writes that a an incendiary rampage in 1871 destroyed more than eight million records. The records available on FamilySearch are the approximately two million replacements.
Ms. Morddel writes, “The index cards have been available online for years but to see the full registrations, one had to go to the Paris Archives to view the microfilm. Now, that no longer is necessary.”
According to Ms. Morddel, the records have not been indexed and she does not like how they are presented. She blames this on a “lack of planning and preparation.”
While a trip to Paris is always a good thing, research in this collection can be done from home on FamilySearch, following the steps Ms. Morddel outlines in her blog post.
Hello Gail:
I have tried to contact Anne Morddel of the French Genealogy Blog, but the email is returned as “invalid email address” and “rejected by the server”. I used the information from her contact page: TheFGB@protonmail.com
Do you have any other contact details I could use to reach her?
Thanks
pam
The email address looks correct. Try contacting her through Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/The-French-Genealogy-Blog-223953554638873. She also has a personal Facebook page. You can also find her on Twitter at @FrenchGenealogy.
Gail,
Thank you so much for mentioning my blog again! I do not blame FamilySearch for the confusing system – that is how it has developed over the years in the Paris archives; I blame FamilySearch for making no effort to explain it.
Pam, that is my correct e-mail. It should work.
Thank you again Gail, for the mention on your own wonderful blog.