French records , which is best to sign up to. COMPLETED, Thank you.

[Eilleen]

Hi,

I need to sign up to a French site,

so that I can research .

which would be the best.

Eilleen.

[manukarik]

https://en.filae.com/ is great for searching if you don't know the commune. It will also let you add spouse, father and mother to narrow down the search. It is now owned by MyHeritage.com
- so if you have a subscription with them maybe not worth it? I've given you the link to the English language version. You may see the Original Certificates and then can search yourself for the original on the Departmental Archive website.

https://en.geneanet.org/ is the english language version of geneanet. This is more family tree based but is also a really helpful website to use. It is now owned by Ancestry.

A lot of the information you may find for free on https://www.familysearch.org/en/ as it is largely they who have digitised the records.

Have a think before subscribing as you may find the info elsewhere due the recent takeovers.

[manukarik]

Geneanet is a “freemium” website
Geneanet is based on a freemium model which combines a free website and a Premium subscription.

Every member has access to a free offer with comprehensive features. This offer allows you to build a family tree with an unlimited number of individuals, available online (with privacy controls), ad-free, and with a number of tools for customization, printing and alerts, as well as a basic search engine by last name, first name and place. Unlike some other websites, you don’t have to pay to view the family tree of other members or contact them.

The free offer also provides access to all content shared by our members. All contributive data is available for free for all Geneanet members.

Geneanet also offers a Premium subscription which includes, among other options and services, advanced search with additional criteria: spouse, parents, name variants, nearby places, the automatic matching of your entire family tree with the Geneanet database, e-mail alerts which allow you to receive a weekly email summary of the latest entries, access to the Genealogy Library with millions of books and newspapers with more than 3.8 billion indexed individuals, access to genealogy society indexes provided by Geneanet partners, and personalised website support.

Quarterly Premium subscription to geneanet is £11 or £44 for 12 months.

Certain parts of Filae are free, for premium access:
84,99 € for 12 months

I use a combination of both, but in many ways, particularly for post-Revolution (ie non Parish Registers), Filae is often superior.

[Eilleen]

 manukarik

thank you those,

I am with Ancestry , so I have used the links to Geneanet,

Will sign up with Filae and see how I get on.

Eilleen.

[Eilleen]

Will let you know how I get on.