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Offline csa

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Were your French ancestors guillotined?
« on: Saturday 15 March 08 15:31 GMT (UK) »
Hi
Apparently there is a French site which allows you to find out if your ancestor was guillotined!
http://les.guillotines.free.fr/
Carolyn
STEWART -Highlands, Leith, Aberdeenshire,Renfrewshire
JOHNSTONE - Leith

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Re: Were your French ancestors guillotined?
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 15 March 08 19:17 GMT (UK) »
Mine survived with their heads still attached but left France hidden in wine casks and stayed in England for a few years.
Away sorting out DNA matches... I may be gone for some time many years!

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Re: Were your French ancestors guillotined?
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 29 October 09 19:11 GMT (UK) »
Till they sobered up?
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