Your French ancestors via French private societies

A- NON-PROFIT FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES

1) The French Federation of Genealogy

Its website (Genefede)

List of the federate family history societies

2) National family history societies in the Federation

Example of a French society specialized in Italian ancestors

Example of a French society specialized in Jewish ancestors

Example of another French society specialized in Jewish ancestors

GeneaBank (distributing the data of other non-profit societies)

FranceGenWeb (distributing the data uploaded by individuals)

FranceGenWeb (its database on Protestants)

3) Regional family history societies in the Federation

Example of the Genealogical Union of Burgundy

Its local society in Saône-et-Loire (Cercle généalogique de Saône-et-Loire)

Its first local society in Côte-d’Or (Cercle généalogique de la Côte-d’Or)

Its second local society in Côte-d’Or (GERCO)

Its local society in Yonne (Société généalogique de l’Yonne)

The latter society and its database on its own website

The latter society and its database on CLERICUS

The latter society and its FaceBook page

4) Regional family history societies outside of the Federation

In Alsace (Cercle généalogique d’Alsace)

In Lorraine (Union des cercles généalogiques lorrains)

In Champagne (Cercles généalogiques de Champagne)

In Languedoc (Cercle généalogique de Languedoc)

In Midi-Pyrénées (Cercles généalogiques de Midi-Pyrénées)

In Aisne (Cercle généalogique de l’Aisne)

In Sarthe (Cercle généalogique de Maine et Perche)

In Ardèche (SAGA, Société des amateurs de généalogie de l’Ardèche)

B- COMMERCIAL COMPANIES SPECIALIZED IN GENEALOGY

1) French companies providing online genealogical data

CAPEDIA, showing the descendants of King Hugues Capet (run by Triatel company)

BIGENET and its extension CLERICUS (run by Triatel company)

2) French companies developing family history software

HEREDIS

GENEATIQUE

GAO-PERSO

FILIATUS (transforming gedcom files in well-written family stories in French)

PATRONOMIA (an application derived from FILIATUS selling print-on-demand books)

3) French companies selling books and periodicals on genealogy

The oldest French periodical on genealogy (Revue française de généalogie)

Another French periodical on genealogy (Généalogie Magazine)

The oldest French bookshop specialized in genealogy (librairie SAFFROY)

Another French bookshop specialized in genealogy (librairie de la VOÛTE)

First French publisher specialized in genealogy (éditions CHRISTIAN)

Second French publisher specialized in genealogy (éditions THISA)

Third French publisher specialized in genealogy (Archives & Culture)

4) French companies of professional genealogists

First list of French professional genealogists

Second list of French professional genealogists

French videos on genealogy by Elise Lenoble (a professional genealogist)

French videos on genealogy by Archives & Culture (a French publishing company)

C- INTERNET SOCIAL GROUPS SHARING GENEALOGY

Example of a regional social group (Généalogie Yonne 89)

Example of a national social group (Généalogie entraide)