Lecture Topics
by Jacques
de Guise
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Switzerland
Marketing Your Organization
Other Subjects
GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
IN FRANCE.
An outline of the French
Archive system will be discussed. Particularly important to
us will be papers describing French genealogy in the Louisiana
Territories, the Caribbean Islands, and French overseas.**
FRENCH EMIGRATION
TO AMERICA: RECORDS OF VALUE IN EUROPE.
The several unique features
of French emigration will take on special meaning to American
genealogists. (90 minutes)
FRENCH PORTS OF DEPARTURE
FOR THE AMERICAS INCLUDE LE HAVRE.
Many European emigrants
travelled through Alsace, Lorraine and France to reach the
port of Le Havre. Of all the non-German ports during the nineteenth
century, Le Havre received the largest number of German emigrants
. (90 minutes)
MILITARY RECORDS IN
FRANCE: THEIR VALUE AND ACCESSIBILITY. We
will explore the use of military sources in tracing French
ancestry. The lecture will focus on a number of primary and
secondary military sources covering the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries. (90 minutes)
ALSACE-LORRAINE: GERMAN
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS IN FRANCE. Why
is it difficult to understand Alsace and Lorraine? Records
are available in French and or in German but in many areas
they are translated. The other difficulties of genealogical
research in these areas will be discussed. (90 minutes)**
A HISTORY COURSE ON
ALSACE.
The history of Alsace
will be discussed in as so much as that it is important for
the Alasatian, the Swiss and the German genealogists to know.
We will start with the Thirty Year’s War and its devastation,
the emigration of the Swiss to the Province of Alsace, and
its annexation by France. We will discuss macrosocial trends
as well as micro patterns that are to be found throughout
such a course. (1.5 questions with many questions)**
SOCIAL CHANGES IN
ALSACE.
Social changes in Alsace
influence genealogical research directly. This lecture will
discuss the implication of these changes and will also define
pre-Franco-Prussian War territorial changes. Why do we find
Alsace relegated to the region that lies between the Vosges
Mountains and the Rhine when Alsace was once a much larger
area? Why did people leave, how did they leave Alsace to emigrate
to the New World?
A HISTORY COURSE ON
LORRAINE.
The history of French
and German Lorraine will be discussed starting with the government
of the Ducs of Lorraine during the 1500s and going up to the
present day. (90 minutes)
ALSACE, BADEN, WÜRTEMBURG
AND SWITZERLAND.
The relationships and
the importance of these areas to one another in genealogy
will be outlined. Specific examples will be used to illustrate
important points. (90 minutes)**
GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
IN SWITZERLAND.
This is an overview of
the sources available in Switzerland. Pitfalls to avoid and
tips for successful research will be presented. (90 minutes)**
A HISTORY COURSE ON
SWITZERLAND
The history of Switzerland
starting with the Pact of 1291 between the Cantons of Uri,
Schwyz and Unterwald up to the present day. Hand-outs will
are plentiful! (90 minutes)**
NOTORIAL RECORDS IN
FRANCE, ALSACE AND SWITZERLAND.
What happens to a family
history researcher when he or she has exhausted the parish
registers? What do notorial records contain? What difference
exist between them and death certifcats? (90 minutes)
HOW DO YOU DO YOUR
OWN RESEARCH IN EUROPE?
Learn to be more effective
in communicating with Europeans in genealogy. Topics include:
Letter writing and communicating, when to send money for services
to be rendered, perceptions, cultural nuances, special problems,
and other factors which affect the outcome of research.**
(90 minutes)
THE FAMILY IN EUROPE
AND ITS IMPACT ON EMIGRATION.
The family and society
in Europe, its changes, and impact on emigration to North
America. **
FLANDERS: BELGIAN,
DUTCH, or FRENCH?
How to do genealogical
research in Belgium will be discussed. We will talk about
the difficulties of working in four languages: Flemish, French,
German and Latin. The use of various sources at our disposal
including the use of microfilms in the Belgian Royal Library,
the French National Archives and other city archives will
be covered.
This lecture is a seminar
for every organization who is concerned with genealogical
meetings. Because of the
usual rotation of officers who hold key jobs within societies,
and due to the frequent meetings, the analysis of the society
will be examined.
This program is destined
for those in charge of societies
who must decide what their goals are, what lecturers to
select for a coming year, what to do during the meetings,
how to evaluate their society’s impact on their population,
how to change the eventual poor showing of members to the
meetings.
A hands-on approach is
the idea here. A certain preparation will be necessary
to talk about your particular society. Mr. de Guise will discuss
the technical problems encountered by genealogical societies
throughout the USA, and world-wide. He will present the marketing
techniques that are necessary to successful meetings. Membership
dues, executive committee workload factor, the need for paid
personnel to administer the society, who to select future
speakers and why, how to manage a successful meeting
and how to make your genealogiocal society a successful one
are an integral part of the hands-on approach.
This is a seminar. The
organization that pays for the consultant has the right to
privacy and to the selection of the members who will attend.
A minimum
of 3 months should be given this lecturer to develop
a subject upon request.
**CAN BE THE SUBJECT
OF A HALF DAY OR ENTIRE DAY WORKSHOP.
(All lectures can be
provided in English or in French as necessary.)
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