Uncover Your French Ancestry
Discover Your Heritage
Helping clients worldwide
reconnect with their French Ancestry
Our mission is to help people around the world uncover their French family history through professional genealogy research and cultural insight
How We Preserve Your History
Your French Family History, in a Book to Keep and Share
Discover how your French ancestors fit into your family story, and give your relatives a history they can read, explore, and pass down. Your family’s story comes in a beautifully bound book, with a pedigree chart showing how generations connect and a companion booklet of the records behind the findings.
Brickwall Breaker France
Need help identifying a French ancestor or proving a family connection? We break through your research brick walls to fill gaps in your tree.
- Detailed document analysis to resolve gaps and document our research methodology.
- Delivered in a comprehensive PDF research report + a source booklet with copies of archival images.
Meet Your French Ancestor
Are you curious about the life of one particular French ancestor? We help you reconstruct the life of this individual in detail.
- Targeted archival research focused entirely on the life events of a single ancestor.
- Delivered in a hardbound biographical book + a source booklet with copies of archival images.
What Clients Say
Thank you very much for the fascinating history of my grandmother’s family. You have done a marvellous job and I congratulate you.
Michael T., Cheshire, UK
Thank you for going above and beyond to unveil new facts about my grandfather. Your passion and skill for genealogy is evident and I look forward to putting you on the case to uncover more mysteries.
Gail M.G., California, USA
Why You Can Trust Us
International expertise
We understand French archives and genealogical practice inside out. We also have extensive experience helping people trace their French roots from abroad. That combination of local expertise and international perspective informs every research project we undertake.
More than genealogy
We know you are looking for more than names and dates. With a background in cultural anthropology, we go beyond the data, interpreting records through the lens of French history, culture, and everyday life to reveal the people and places behind them.
Complete transparency
Our work is supported by the original documents, provided alongside their English translations. Conclusions are clearly distinguished from hypotheses, which are accompanied by supporting clues and avenues for further research.
Ready to start your journey?
Whether you are looking for a missing ancestor, trying to understand your French roots, or simply want to know more about one of your ancestors, we can help!
Not sure where to start? Have questions about your project?
French genealogy involves more than finding names in online records. Language barriers, historical administrative changes, regional differences, and unfamiliar archival systems can make research difficult. A specialist familiar with French records and their historical context can help you overcome research obstacles, reconstruct family lines, or investigate the life of a particular ancestor.
We offer three services, depending on your research goals.
– Family Tree traces your family history in France through several generations.
– Brick Wall Breaker is a focused investigation to resolve a single research impasse and confirm a person’s identity.
– With Ancestor Biography, we focus on one ancestor and their immediate family, searching for all retrievable documents about them in France.
You can schedule a consultation or contact us, describe what you know, and we will guide you toward the most appropriate service (or tell you honestly if research is unlikely to progress).
We can research any starting person (male or female) who is of French origin, or who lived, married, or died in France, regardless of their nationality.
Your research project can begin with a direct ancestor, a collateral relative, or any individual with a documented connection to France.
Your deliverables depend on the service you choose.
Family Tree: A personalised printed book, pedigree chart or charts, and an accompanying booklet containing images of the original records found.
Ancestor Biography: A personalised printed book, a pedigree chart, and an accompanying booklet containing images of the original records found.
Brick Wall Breaker: A detailed genealogical research report in PDF format, together with a separate digital annex containing images of the original records found.
English transcriptions of the relevant records are included in the research deliverables. Original-record booklets and digital annexes are provided on a complimentary basis, subject to the applicable archival restrictions.
You can book a free 30-minute consultation before ordering. We can discuss what you know about your ancestor, the records or documents you already have, and which service appears suitable for your goals.
After your order is confirmed, we provide access to an intake questionnaire. You can complete it online or download the PDF version and return it by email. The questionnaire allows you to share the names, dates, places, family documents, and photographs that may help guide the research.
Your customer account is created automatically after purchase. You can access the questionnaire through the link provided in your email and through your account.
Your project timeline begins once we have received both your payment or deposit and your completed questionnaire.
Estimated completion times vary by service and package:
Family Tree: approximately 6–12 weeks, depending on the package.
Brick Wall Breaker: approximately 2–6 weeks.
Ancestor Biography: approximately 6–10 weeks.
These are estimates, not guaranteed deadlines. Research complexity, archival availability, workload, and production or shipping conditions may affect the actual completion time. For the Family Tree service, the relevant estimate depends on the number of family lines selected.
Printed books, record booklets, and pedigree charts are shipped to the postal address you provide when ordering. You can specify a different delivery address, for example when ordering a gift.
Shipping is included in the service price. Printed deliverables are sent using a tracked delivery service. Any applicable import duties, customs charges, or local taxes are your responsibility.
You can pay the full price at checkout or choose to pay a 50% deposit, with the remaining balance due before delivery.
For the Brick Wall Breaker service, the balance must be paid before the PDF report is delivered. For printed services, the balance must be paid before the personalised items enter production and are shipped.
Our Terms and Conditions explain the payment, cancellation, and refund conditions.
Frequently Asked Questions
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If you have another question, contact us and we’ll be happy to help.
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