French BMD Records - LOVETT

[tancor]

i am having difficulty finding information on my 3xGGrandmother who was born in France,the difficulty is all we know is her first name Clotilde or Clotilda and the name of my 3xGGrandfather George Lovett he was English i feel sure they married in France as my 2xGGrandfather was born as we believe in Calais and his Brother Francis was also born in France but the rest of the children were born in England.the problem is i do not speak or understand French can you advise me the best way to going about finding the records relevant

[Eidde]

Hi tancor

You may be in luck, as the Pas de Calais archives for BDMs and censuses are online.  See here : http://www.archivespasdecalais.fr/

I've had quite a bit of success there.  If you give me some dates I'd be happy to help out.

Eddie

[Eidde]

A further thought - there's another place I've found quite useful: www.geneanet.com

It's (mostly) free and there's an English version - the free part relies on tapping into other users' online trees - if you're lucky, like I was, and somebody else has researched some of your ancestors you can find lots of information. You have to be a bit cautious about the reliability, of course.  But some people post copies of their documentary evidence and I've spent many happy hours transcribing and translating marriage certificates, etc!

Eddie