Becoming an excellent genealogist requires quality education and practice. The FamilySearch Learning Center includes many quality instructional videos. This resource is free. You can search the Learning Center collection here. You can also view the very long list of available classes here.
I have assembled a list of the videos about French Genealogy below. You will notice that I also included a few videos about Latin. If you are researching in France you will eventually need to read records in Latin.
Clicking on the title of each class will take you directly to the video. If there is a handout for the class I included the link as well. The length of each video is also listed.
This collection is loaded with lots of great information perfect for beginning French researchers.
Free FamilySearch Learning Center Courses:
Beginning Research in France Part 1, by Heidi Sugden
- Length: 00:17:48
- No handout
- Presentation date unknown
Beginning Research in France Part 2, by Heidi Sugden
- Length: 00:19:18
- Handout here
- Presentation date unknown
Finding Your French Ancestors Online Part 1, by Brandon Baird
- Length: 00:57:39
- Handout here
- Presentation date: 2017
Finding Your French Ancestors Online Part 2, by Heidi Sugden
- Length: 01:00:01
- Handout here
- Presentation date: 2017
Finding Your French Ancestors Online Part 3, by Heidi Sugden
- Length: 00:46:51
- Handout here
- Presentation date: 2017
France Research With the Wiki Series in 8 Parts, by Kathy Austin
- Handout for the entire series here
- Part 1, The France Main Page, length: 00:05:50
- Part 2, A France Department Page, length: 00:05:31
- Part 3, Finding France Town of Origin, length: 00:05:45
- Part 4, Using France Online Department Archives, length: 00:06:00
- Part 5, Reading Records in French and Latin, length: 00:07:34
- Part 6, A French Case Study: Civil Registration, length: 00:05:40
- Part 7, A French Case Study: Church Records, length: 00:05:54
- Part 8, Writing for Records in French, length: 00:05:18
Handouts from an excellent course by Heidi Sugden that used Flash Player and is no longer available:
- French Alphabet Samples
- French Key Words, Dates
- French Republican Calendar Date Conversion Chart
- French Key Words, Names and Relationships
- French Key Words, Events and Locations
Out of the Ashes of Paris, by Brandon Baird
- Length: 00:53:11
- Handout here
- Presentation date: 2017
Calendar Changes in France, Germany, Switzerland, and the Low Countries, by Fritz Juengling
- Length: 01:04:21
- Handout here
- Presentation date: 2017
Using FranceGenWeb to Access French Records Online by, Heidi Sugden
- Length: 00:09:53
- No handout
- Presentation date unknown
Latin for Genealogists, by Heidi Sugden
- Length: 00:55:14
- Handout here
- Presentation date unknown
Finding Echeverria [Basque Ancestors] in Spain and France in 9 lessons, by Brandon Baird
- No handout
- Part 1, Introduction, length: 00:00:48
- Part 2, Civil Registration, length: 00:03:22
- Part 3, Church Records, length: 00:02:59
- Part 4, Municipal Censuses, length: 00:03:21
- Part 5, Notarial Records, length: 00:03:22
- Part 6, País Vasco, Spain, length: 00:09:12
- Part 7, Navarra, Spain, length: 00:02:17
- Part 8, Pyrénées-Atlantique, France, length: 00:02:16
- Part 9, Conclusion, length: 00:02:19
Handouts from an excellent Latin seminar by Fritz Juengling, the videos have not been added to the FamilySearch Learning Center yet:
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