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The dictionary often gives an immigrant's exact place of origin in France. To trace a genealogy back to an immigrant ancestor: | The dictionary often gives an immigrant's exact place of origin in France. To trace a genealogy back to an immigrant ancestor: | ||
Find the name of the person's father. If only a given name is listed, the father and child had the same surname. The Roman numeral (I, II, III, etc.) by the father's name indicates the number of generations to the immigrant ancestor. Find the record for the father. Look for the name of his father. Continue tracing the fathers' records until you come to the ancestor with I by his name. That is the immigrant ancestor. | * Find the name of the person's father. If only a given name is listed, the father and child had the same surname. The Roman numeral (I, II, III, etc.) by the father's name indicates the number of generations to the immigrant ancestor. | ||
* Find the record for the father. Look for the name of '''''his''''' father. Continue tracing the fathers' records until you come to the ancestor with '''I''' by his name. That is the immigrant ancestor. | |||
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== '''Miscellaneous Situations''' == | == '''Miscellaneous Situations''' == | ||