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GEDCOM Export Ready [10 avril 2013]

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Ce n'était qu'un test pour tenter de comprendre le fonctionnement de ce module.--Markus3 09:31, 10 April 2013 (EDT)

Bienvenue [10 April 2013]

Boujour Markus. Bienvenue a WeRelate! Je répondrai a votre question a ce page ici. AndrewRT 17:54, 10 April 2013 (EDT)


Petite bibliothèque généalogique [13 April 2013]

Bonjour Marc, I moved your Utilisateur:Markus3/Petite bibliothèque généalogique to User:Markus3/Petite bibliothèque généalogique because namespace titles are in English. I cannot redirect the old page for you so, could you please do the following:

  1. "Watch" User:Markus3/Petite bibliothèque généalogique
  2. "Delete" Utilisateur:Markus3/Petite bibliothèque généalogique (go to More>Delete)

Merci! --Jennifer (JBS66) 07:49, 13 April 2013 (EDT)


Échanges récents sur la WP francophone ? [1 May 2013]

Bonjour ! Serais-tu peut-être le contributeur avec lequel j'ai eu cette discussion ? Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 07:18, 1 May 2013 (EDT)

Oui c'est bien moi ! Je suis en train de placer mon arbre généalogique, mais comme tu m'as dis, les personnes vivantes ne sont pas acceptées ? Amicalement --LouisRoussel 07:33, 1 May 2013 (EDT)

[2 mai 2013]

Merci Monsieur.--MarcelVallet 05:38, 2 May 2013 (EDT)


Hello [2 May 2013]

Hello Markus, Its nice to see a cousin and I am very glad to see that this site has gone international. I have "met" several other French cousins. Sheri--Sheri 12:33, 2 May 2013 (EDT)


Merci beaucoup pour votre response. Ma francais est tres pauvre. Votre anglaise est en fait tres bien. J'ai un cousin eloigne a Paris. Les deux des nous avais anctres a Gambsheim. (Mon clavier NE MONTRE des accents)--Sheri 13:24, 2 May 2013 (EDT)


Correction de fiche [3 mai 2013]

Monsieur, merci pour l'aide. Je teste les différents produits présents sur le web avant de me lancer et ne suis pas convaincu par celui-ci. --MarcelVallet 03:57, 3 May 2013 (EDT)


watchlist [3 mei 2013]

Marcus, merci de nous aider avec les catégories.
Are you sure want? Have the categories that you made on your watchlist.
Sont que vous voulez-vous? Avoir les catégories que vous avez fait sur ​​votre liste--Lidewij 11:50, 3 May 2013 (EDT)

Right now, for new pages you are creating, like the categories, you are watching each of those pages. If you do not want to be watching those pages.
Settings/Preferences. Edit. Pages that I create automatic tracking. ? --Lidewij 12:18, 3 May 2013 (EDT)

Translations [5 May 2013]

Bonjour Marc,

I met with Dallan today. It is possible to translate most of WeRelate's text! The first step is this: WeRelate:Label translations project. We need to list all of the WR text that should be translated along with their tranlations.

  • What can be translated:
    • All Page labels such as Birth, Burial, Home, Search, List, Add, MyRelate, Volunteer, Help, Settings, Watch, History, etc...
    • Drop-down box labels such as Alt Birth, Cremation, Degree. Note: These are a 'special situation' and should be listed separately.
    • Page headings in Orange such as Images, Notes, Personal History
  • What cannot be translated: The titles of Namespaces (Person, Family, User, MySource, Transcript, etc)

Please tell me your thoughts and if you are interested in helping! --Jennifer (JBS66) 14:47, 5 May 2013 (EDT)


Merci francophone [9 May 2013]

Merci Marc,

For fixing my translations.

In english the month always starts with a capital letter. Today I have learnt that it is not in french.--JeffreyRLehrer 06:23, 9 May 2013 (EDT)


partie francophone [22 août 2013]

Bonjour, Monsieur Markus. Je suis, depuis l'origine vos efforts pour développer la partie francophone de ce site et il semble bien que le décolage soit difficile. Cette notion d'arbre universel n'a pas la cote chez nos compatriotes. Encore bravo pour vos essais.--MarcelVallet 08:11, 22 August 2013 (EDT)


Upper or Lower case [19 September 2013]

It may be true that werelate prefers lower case, however it doesn't really matter. When I originally uploaded my gedcom's they were in upper case so all of this family is in upper case and I would prefer to keep each family intact in that format. If you add ancestors or descendants in lower case, I have no problem with that and I'll try not to change those. Sue--Suepcard 13:17, 19 September 2013 (EDT)


Radegonde Lambert [26 September 2013]

Bonjour Marc! The link that you added to Person:Radegonde Lambert (1) does not work. How can I see the Registres de Baptême de Martaizé? --Jennifer (JBS66) 12:27, 26 September 2013 (UTC)


Nettoyae des fiches [15 novembre 2013]

Bonjour,

Je n'ai aucune objection quant à la suppression des informations codées. En ce qui concerne St Just, c'est St Just en Chevalet dans le département de la Loire--2m474 22:13, 15 November 2013 (UTC)


Renaming pages [18 November 2013]

Bonjour Marc! Merci for your work on WeRelate's French pages! When you see pages titled Person:Antoine Feuillon Or Filion (1) or Person:Augustin Roy Dit Lauzier (18) you can "Rename/Renommer" them. For example: this page the primary name is Filion, you can click Rename (on the left) and rename the page Antoine Filion. You would also need to Rename the Family page to Antoine Filion and Marie Latouche.

When you Rename a page, you will see a box that says "To new title:" do not include the words Person:/Family: or the (#) at the end. So, an example:


Adding identifying information to pages [2 December 2013]

Bonjour Marc,

It would be helpful if you could add some basic information to the Person pages you are creating (such as approximate birth year). Otherwise, these pages could be mistaken for living people. Merci! --Jennifer (JBS66) 10:22, 2 December 2013 (UTC)


Drost family in Dunkerque [26 December 2013]

Bonjour Marc! I wonder if you can help me. I have found a Dutch man who married in Nord, France and baptized a child there too. I am having difficulty translating the information.

Person talk:Jan Drost (5)

If possible, can you help me with the names, dates, places, and parents from these documents? Merci beaucoup!!--Jennifer (JBS66) 18:30, 26 December 2013 (UTC)


Removing Titles in Suffix Fields [6 January 2014]

Hello, I noticed that you removed the information that I put in the suffix field on James Henry of the Borden Tract, Augusta County, Virginia. This information is important to differentiate him from other James Henry's in the Augusta County area, which can be easily confused by other researchers. Please leave this information intact, so it is helpful to other researchers, and also to the researchers working on the Early Settlers of Augusta County Project, where there are in excess of 5,000 or so persons that are in the process of being documented.

Also, I noticed that you removed the "III" from the title suffix field of Joshua Cresson. Since his father and grandfather were also named Joshua Cresson, the "III" in the title suffix field is certainly appropriate, accurate and conforms to normal naming practices. Please do not remove similar information without consulting or advising the contributor.

Thanks for your cooperation and best regards,

Jim Volunteer Administrator, WeRelate--Delijim 00:03, 4 January 2014 (UTC)


Chastain Family [9 March 2014]

Hello Markus, sorry, I do not have any other information on the family of Pierre Chastain. The information I found on Familysearch. I added a photo of his gravestone, and a link to an Ancestry Member Tree with some additional information. According to this submission, he may have been married 2-3 times, but some of the dates look suspect. Hope that helps.

Best regards,

Jim:)--Delijim 15:59, 9 March 2014 (UTC)


Random Changes [12 April 2014]

Hi Markus,

I note you are just randomly changing pages that I contributed. Can you explain the initiative that is driving these random changes or are you imposing your standards across other contributors records?

This complete lack of control in WeRelate to who can alter an individuals contributions is appalling.

Andrew 09:35, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Andrew ! I distroyed nothing. Which pages have now a problem ? I want just clean up some records that have repetitions or completely useless information. What do you mean exactly with "random changes" ? I really want to impose nothing and "my" standards. WeRelate is a wiki ! Everyone can contribute, complete and fix the records. For 3 weeks, I simply :
  • delete every line saying "record change" (with a date) --> completely useless --> 1) The date of the last modification appears at the bottom of each page. 2) Each page has a special page "History". --> These are the advantages and the typical comfort of a wiki site.
  • fix/modify line saying "killed in action" on a place field.
Please, can you better explain your "anger" or "disagreement" ! I have also to say that no "chief/administrator" had alerted me for these 3 weeks ! And you are the first contributor who ... "protests".
Excuse please my very bad english ! Thank you ! Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 10:26, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

Marc is not "randomly" changing pages. All pages contributed to WeRelate are open to any user making contributions to improve the pages. If you look closely, the pages that Marc edited looked something like this previously. They had red-linked text saying "killed in action". Red-linked places are errors, and in this case, killed in action is not a place and cannot be linked to one of WeRelate's place pages. This information belongs in the description field which is where Marc correctly moved the text to. --Jennifer (JBS66) 17:12, 25 March 2014 (UTC)


I am really impressed with Markus changes!!!! I learned a lot from your changing names from all upper case to lower case. GIve me a break. Are you related to any of these people???--Joana1493 14:15, 12 April 2014 (UTC)


Please do not rename 'livings' to 'unknowns' [14 April 2014]

Person:Unknown Robiè (2) should be investigated as to if the person is living. If no information can be found, then the person should be removed, not renamed, since it is still a de-facto living person page. The only exception is of course famous people. Any and all other livings must be either deleted or a death date added.--Daniel Maxwell 19:21, 7 April 2014 (UTC)


I note your comments regading the changes being made to my family tree on 'We Relate'. I find it high handed to make these changes without consultation, particularly as these go against what is regarded as normal presentation of family surnsmes. My family names have always, and will always be, presented with surnames in capitals,as a consequence of the unwanted actions of others in 'We Relate' I have today deleted my tree from your site and will cancel my membership forthwith. Further more I will advise all my fellow genealogists to avoid your site.--Whiskymac 10:14, 14 April 2014 (UTC)


Changes to Surnames [19 April 2014]

Markus, why have you changed the surnames on my family tree from Upper caes to Lower case? It is normal procedure to have family surnames in UPPER case to distinguish them from he other parts of the persons name, please change these back.--Whiskymac 19:11, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

The use of mixed case (not upper case) is discussed on WeRelate's help pages, including this one. Since this is a collaborative research environment, marking your own line with upper case is counter to this idea and against WeRelate conventions. --Jennifer (JBS66) 21:31, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

I note your comments regading the changes being made to my family tree on 'We Relate'. I find it high handed to make these changes without consultation, particularly as these go against what is regarded as normal presentation of family surnsmes. My family names have always, and will always be, presented with surnames in capitals,as a consequence of the unwanted actions of others in 'We Relate' I have today deleted my tree from your site and will cancel my membership forthwith. Further more I will advise all my fellow genealogists to avoid your site--Whiskymac 10:15, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Whiskymac ! Please ... Do not misunderstand my edits ! 1) See for example what I wrote to Joana1493 here 2) I'll try to explain in a few hours that the site WeRelate remains perfectly understandable and makes no confusion between given names and surnames. Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 15:01, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Ditto - I too have removed my tree due to the overhanded enforcing of standards by a few with absolutely no consultation. Genealogy / Family History is by nature a consultative study except here on WeRelate - Andrew 12:49, 14 April 2014 (UTC)


Markus3, please leave my names alone! Feel free to add people with your Mixedcase spelling, but don't presume to make wholesale changes on someone else's work. It is standard in French documents to use UPPER CASE for surnames, especially legal documents, and it is absolutely acceptable on WeRelate. If you want to be the CaseNazi, focus on your own work, not tirelessly correcting the case of other's work. If this continues, I will just remove the file, and post elsewhere.--Strebig 03:45, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Strebig ! Please excuse my very bad english !
1) You wrote : "If you want to be the CaseNazi" --> I think, this is really exaggerated, discourteous and even aggressive.
2) I do not want to impose anything on anyone ! I just wanted to improve (and spending my time foolishly ?) pages by following the recommended rules Help:Person pages tutorial, as Jennifer (JBS66) wrote above.
3) I am a "WeRelate newbe" (April 2013). I never read on WeRelate that there was a potential duality/alternative in the spelling of surnames. I understand that if there are still surnames in capitals, it's just that contributors markers are too few. I volunteered to improve the oldest contributions especially after discovering for example these pages : WeRelate:Old GEDCOMs and [1]
4) I personally prefered also put surnames in capital (for better readability and immediate distinction between surname and first name), but ... I just want to put the WeRelate records/data in accordance with the current "rules" that I have not helped to define. I have ONE wish ! --> My goal is to make the records more consistent to motivate potential french speaking contributors ... when WeRelate will become multilingual (what I expect since May 2008 ... In 2008, I chose stupidly Rodovid who was probably better as WeRelate but does not progress in programmatic improvement, friendliness and courtesy.)
5) Before starting for several weeks my series of modifications (changes uppercase to mixed/lowercase) on pages/records posted by other contributors, I seriously checked if there was "debate" or "clear opposition "... since I had not found anything, I JUST ... tried to clean according to the rules. Do you have references or pages that I could not find ? Please, show me what links !...
6) I personally found only these discussions : November 2007, January 2008, June 2010 and March 2011
Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 09:03, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Because you linked to your comment on another page, I think you might be interested in the note just above yours:

"We would appreciate it if you would not change names of persons already on WeRelate unless it is absolutely necessary and the records back up such a change.

Thanks and best regards,

Jim (Administrative Staff on WeRelate)--Delijim 12:47, 23 September 2011 (EDT)"--Strebig 08:33, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

But it is/was really an other problem --> notation I, II, III ---> problem that should be discussed more seriously ... Marc ROUSSEL --Markus3 09:11, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Just as Markus has noted above, the "change" to names [referred to above] was an entirely different issue. Markus was simply changing the surname from UPPER CASE to Normal Case, which is the naming rule on WeRelate. Since we don't "own" a Person Page on WeRelate, and must work together and collaborate, we all need to follow the same general guidelines, and surnames in normal case is one of them.
If you think this site has too many rules, I'd invite you to try adding a page to Wikipedia, where within 15 minutes, 10-15 Administrators will summarily delete and dismiss your work. Every site has rules. This one doesn't have too many rules that are imposing upon most serious (and fair-minded) genealogical researchers and hobbyists. That's just the way it is, so it's much easier to accept the way it is and continue to contribute your information to WeRelate, or start your own website with your own rules. Delijim.

I apologize for suggesting you are a CaseNazi -- I'm much more vehement about ALL CAPS than you are about standardizing the Wiki's style. I read your links, and now appreciate your efforts to improve the wiki. My wish is that you will focus on some of the other areas they identified as needing work, perhaps those that lack sources, or fixing notes, changing "living" people into "[blank] Surname", or writing a bot program to remove un-needed data/notes/sources (_UID, etc). And your English is very good. I admire your work on French place names -- we need more people doing that, for many countries!--Strebig 16:22, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks ! But my english is so poor that I do not often understand all the nuances of a long argument. That is why I can not really and effectively participate to discussions in the Watercooler and somewhere else. And the tool "Google Translate" produces only gibberish and nonsense.
In your response "I'm much more vehement about ALL CAPS than you are about standardizing the Wiki's style.", I do not know if you agree that I continue to replace uppercase letters for surnames. I do not have any desire to continue irritate so many contributors. I can do anything in genealogy and especially in collaborative genealogy. And I have my "own" researches ...
I did not intend to limit my remarks/contributions on surnames. I also started to correct and improve well other things, removal of duplicates in notes, ... adding sources with direct links to records of France, etc.
I wanted to give and give again (if possible) priority to surnames, because that is what consulted first by "web visitors" and future contributors. At first, I asked myself why there were some surnames in uppercase and others in mixedcase ... I would like the potential French speaking contributors and others are not disturbed by this oddity. Clean detail a particular record was and is my second priority.
Systematically to capitalize surnames is interesting for aesthetic or graphic reasons. It is important and necessary when names of persons cited in the texts (way to avoid confusion) or official acts. With a software or a website specialized in genealogy (such as WeRelate) it is useless, because everything is built and displayed from a database. With a database (one person per page, no text, no sentences in the "header") it can never be any confusion between given name and surname ... for 2 reasons : 1) input fields are completely independent 2) the given name is always noted before the surname
Marc ROUSSEL ---Markus3 07:52, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Marc, just an FYI - Dallan will be updating the gedcom importer within the next week or so to automatically convert ALL CAPS surnames to Normal case, so you (and other Admins) don't have to change them in the future (except those that are added manually). I hope also that he updates the gedcom upload advisory page to make the WeRelate Naming Convention a bit clearer to those submitters that would otherwise be "blindsided" by such changes....

Best regards and have a great weekend,

Jim:)--Delijim 19:03, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, Jim ! Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 14:07, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

"clean up" [1 May 2014]

Re: Person:Samuel Hubbard (27)

You are cleaning up bad information: what is the point? better to do research and correct the information.

Here date was wrong. The page will still look like a joke to people who know the right answer.

"Samuel died soon after birth" - this is obvious from dates, why add this note?

The note was wrong, he was born dead. He probably was not named Samuel. When information on pages is wrong, anything you add based on that information will be wrong also.

You don't watch so if you make a mistake, you never learn.

It is better to be interested in the page. Any cleanup that it is possible to do without interest or knowledge, is not very valuable cleanup. It can wait for the next interested editor. If it bothers you, take the time to do research. Otherwise, just let it go. --Jrich 14:38, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Excuse me but I think your message is unfair, discourteous and unnecessarily aggressive ! Did you look at the history page ? Have you really read my edits ? the first and the second ? I added nothing, no note ! ! I just moved an information and removed the "!" beginning the sentence. My edits are limited mainly to replace uppercase for surnames and remove references UID. A wiki site such as WeRelate it is not a battlefield, and the work is collective ! Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 16:15, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Lafon [29 May 2014]

Let me know what you can find with Lafon. I don't know a word of French, and when I was shown the French parish records I about ran away screaming (They are not available as bulk files like the ones for Mexico are).--Daniel Maxwell 07:56, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Also, since the city of his birth was misspelled in his marriage record, I also thought it might possibly be Coutras rather than Cestas (exact wording/spelling:"..Villa de Ceuttas de los Reinos de Francia..)." Daniel Maxwell 08:07, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
Further: the age estimate comes from 2 passenger lists. (no age is given at the time of his murder in 1832) - on 21 Oct 1820, 'Raymond Lafon', aged about 28, arrived at the port of New Orleans on the James Lawrence. Then again, on 16 May 1823, 'Raymond Lafon' aged about 32, arrived at New Orleans from Germany aboard the Little Sally. It is likely that these are the same man, considering Ramon Lafon's piracy and frequent travels that eventually got him killed. Daniel Maxwell 08:18, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
Wow. Guess what? I was right. It was indeed 'Coutras'. Near the very back of the baptisms for the 1791 period - image 137 of 138. I see Catherine Barbaron having her son Ramon Lafon baptized in Dec 1791!!! I could kiss you for finding this archive. But I still need some help with the French language, so perhaps get ahold of me on my talk page. Daniel Maxwell 08:24, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
Correction - baptism is on page 106. That record on 137 relates to them though. 'Raymond Lafon' legitimate son of Antoine Lafon and Catherina Barbaron? I could use your help. I will be up for awhile, this has me excited. Daniel Maxwell 08:53, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
December 1791 ---> birth (baptême) of Marie (a girl) and not Raymond ! Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 08:58, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
See the one on page 106. Daniel Maxwell 08:58, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
"Jean Lafon" image 88, a sibling. Looking good (sorry for all the messages, you have no idea how much I appreciate this). Daniel Maxwell 09:05, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
Could you tell me what the baptism of Raymond Lafon says? I couldn't find the marriage of his parents (yet) but I found their marriage investigation. "Publication de mariages 1765-1791" image 73 covers it. I could use some help transcribing/translating (don't worry - if it turns out I need alot of this, I would probably pay you). It appears that Antoine Lafon is the son of Pierre Lafon and Catherine 'Renaen?', and Catherine Barbaron is the daughter of Pierre Barbron and Jeanne 'Bouchier'? Daniel Maxwell 09:48, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks again. I suppose at least for Barbaron I will someday have to pay an agent to search for those records in France. So then, my chance would be to research the Lafons instead, but I cannot read what the Marriage Bann says is their home parish (Coutras itself?) Daniel Maxwell 16:32, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Pay somebody to search these Barbaron records in Sauveterre or Le Puch ? Only if you have no patience ! Les Archives de la Gironde put perhaps on line the records, in some months ... It takes time for this administration and these "Archives" must have the money ! An other method ist to ask on some "regional genealogy forum" !
For the Lafon, it seems that they resided in Coutras ... but since what date ? I began to search in the records ... but it takes time ! Be patient ! Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 17:03, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
Yes, I am looking too. I noticed that there is a large gap in the records in Coutras from 1739 to 1763...unless I am missing something...very bad as that is the time period that Antoine was probably born. All I have found so far is a Lafon burial, with no obvious connection to my Lafons. From trying to assemble the words in the Bann record, it doesn't seem to give ages (I am used to Mexican Catholic Church records, which usually do give ages in Banns and Marriage Investigations). Daniel Maxwell 17:07, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
Where is this "Lafon burial" ? On what date ? I have found no Lafon in Coutras, but I saw some Barbaron ! Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 17:15, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
It was early in the 1760-1783 book. I will go back and note the page once I am done looking through this one ( i am about 1/2 way, but I dont know French so I can only look at names/obvious dates). I am going to note ALL Lafon records, not just ones related to this group. I found a 2nd Lafon record - a marriage record for an (Ambois?) Lafon and a Jeanne ?? it is on image 60 of 175 in the 1760-1783 set. Daniel Maxwell 17:17, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
Another - a marriage between a Lafon female and someone else, image 70 of 175. Daniel Maxwell 17:19, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

More records [3 June 2014]

Markus,

I went through almost all of the books in the relevant period (I still need to hit the bann book completely and go through the 1790s book again). When I am finished I will give you a list of all the Lafon records I found. There are almost no records of any Lafons before the 1760s. I found a single possible Lafon record in the 1730s books. One thing I was wondering if you could check for me. Do the books of Coutras from 1740-1760 exist at all, but are perhaps available only in person? Before I do some more deep research I'd like to know that.--Daniel Maxwell 03:47, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

I don't know, this period 1740-1760 seems to be not online, and the site says nothing about this "hole" (gap ?). Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 04:13, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
Ah, perhaps the books were lost then. It happens. Sad though, because that period is probably the most important one for figuring out the Lafons! Now if only the probate records for the area were available, it might still be possible to figure them out. But then there is still the civil registrar, at least in the Mexico, these sometimes will give a good amount of detail about the life of the deceased - in Raymond Lafon's marriage record, his mother is said to be deceased, so I may check up to 1824 in it. Daniel Maxwell 04:16, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
What do you mean with "probate records" ? What is the "single possible Lafon record in the 1730s books" ? I searched between page/sight 150 and 192 ! Nothing !... Yes, I can (and it's a pleasure) check all the records you found. Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 10:38, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
I am wondering if the probate records exist or are available (probate records are basically the court record of wills, estates, etc). I will give you the rest later on today. Daniel Maxwell 15:48, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
I finished the bann book. It was not as fruitful as I thought it might be. I still need to get through 1) the 1764-1775 book, and the later (to 1791) book again, but here is what I found 1) - Baptemes mariages - sepultures 1728-1739 Image 119 of 192 (possible Lafon baptism? Tafon?); 2) Baptemes - Mariages - Sepultures 1760-1783 Image 20 of 175 (Lafon? child baptism, Image 25 of 175 (another Lafon child?), Image 28 (Lafon marriage?), Image 50 of 175 (Lafon on one page?), Image 60 of 175 (the Ambois Lafon and Jeane marriage you added, Images 70 and 71 of 175 (a female Lafon marriage), Image 79 of 175 (another Lafon? marriage), Image 155 of 175 (Jean Lafon? record). 3) Banns book - Image 16 (a 'Labron' marriage?), image 41 (another 'Labron'? marriage), Image 68 (the only new Lafon record I found - Jean Mathieu Lafon marriage), Image 74 (the Antoine marriage we already knew about). BONUS - started going through the Civil registration books. In the first deaths book, I found a single Lafon record - (deces book 1793 to year IV - Image 52 of 75 - a Lafon death). Lots more to do! Taking a break right at the moment. Daniel Maxwell 03:43, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
Fine ! Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 04:01, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
I've created a source page for the Gironde records (on the model of how the Mexican records are done on Familysearch, since they have similarities). It's a WIP of course. Source:Gironde, France. Catalogue des Microfilms de Complément de L'état Civil des Communes de la Gironde 1538-1912 (note: better the department level source instead of splitting them down peicemeal)Daniel Maxwell 07:13, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
BMS 1760-1783
Image 20 of 175 (Lafon? child baptism) -> it's OK, done yesterday ---> see Person:Marie Lafon (2)
Image 25 of 175 (another Lafon child?) -> not found ! where did you see such a record ? on the right, on the left, down, on the top ?
Image 28 (Lafon marriage?) -> on the right, in the middle ? --> no ! the surname of the husband (and his father) is "Forton" and not "Lafon".
Image 50 of 175 (Lafon on one page?) --> where ? not found !
Image 60 of 175 (the Ambois Lafon and Jeane marriage you added --> it's Ok, done yesterday ---> see Person:Ambroise Laffon (1)
Images 70 and 71 of 175 (a female Lafon marriage) --> it's Ok, done yesterday ---> see Person:Jeanne Lafont (2) --> no direct interesting witnesses to understand/build the "Lafon family"
Image 79 of 175 (another Lafon? marriage) -> on the left ? --> no ! the surname of the husband (and his father) is "Tison" and not "Lafon".
Image 155 of 175 (Jean Lafon? record). -> on the left ? on the 8 December ? --> no ! the surname of the dead husband is "Besson" and not "Lafon".
BMS 1728-1739 Image 119 of 192 (possible Lafon baptism? Tafon?) -> on the right --> no ! the surname of the child (and his father) is "Tison" and not "Lafon".
Banns book
Image 16 (a 'Labron' marriage?) -> on the left --> no ! "Jeanne Sabron", fille de "Pierre Sabron" -
image 41 (another 'Labron'? marriage) -> on the left --> no ! "Catherine Sabron", fille de "Pierre Sabron"
Image 68 (the only new Lafon record I found - Jean Mathieu Lafon marriage) -> not found ! bad page ? Amicalement -- Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 09:50, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
Mistake - that one is actually on Image 64, top left. Daniel Maxwell 17:48, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
Ok, thanks ! ---> done, see Person:Jean Lafon (4) - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 19:25, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
I am now doing the book that ends the era of church record keeping to > 1791 book. After this, I will move on to the civil books. Do you think it is worth it to do any of the books before the 1730s? (the next earliest is a book containing records from 1714 - 1728)? Daniel Maxwell 19:28, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
I don't know ... Can we perhaps find some death records, for example for Person:Jean Lafon (5). He died before July 1784. The Lafon are not numerous, the records we found are "poor" : no age, no link to siblings or uncles, etc ... The records after the revolution are always better ! Tomorrow and on monday I will have no time to "play" with genealogy, records and WeRelate. Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 19:46, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
Yes, they are. I had expected them to be similar to those of Mexico, which I am much more used to. Depending on the priest, grandparents of the person being baptized are given (even in the marriage records as well), often the birthplace, and as well as sometimes the age. If it weren't for this level of detail, I wouldn't have been able to trace my family back as far as I have. I had thought a fellow Catholic country like France would be like this, but alas, not at least in Coutras. Sometime, I will have to add photos of the Lafons. I have photographs of Raymond Lafon's wife, his son that I descend from (Dr. Antonio Fernando Lafon), as well as two of his daughters (Maria Euphrosina and Maria Felipa, my great-great-great grandmother, at her wedding in 1876). I own a couple of Lafon family miniatures, too. Oh, and a break is fine - that will give me more time to gather more records. Daniel Maxwell 20:03, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
I have gone through all records in Coutras through to the 1810s, and the death records to 1840. It seems certain that this Lafon family moved to another parish sometime after the late 1790s. There are a tiny handful of Lafon records after that, and they don't seem to relate to this family. I will be posting what I find here later: http://www.werelate.org/wiki/User:DMaxwell/Lafon_Records The only thing related to Antoine Lafon/Catherine Barbaron I found was another child's birth record - which is also the last sighting of that family. Daniel Maxwell 21:04, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Brigitte Heger [19 August 2014]

Bonjour Marc, I have a question about the sources for Person:Brigitte Heger (1). When I click the links on her page and go to archivesdepartementales.lenord.fr, I cannot find the correct acte.

  1. 1 acte n° 542, vue n° 279, en haut à gauche
  2. 2 acte n° 148, vue n° 21, à droite --Jennifer (JBS66) 23:35, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

May have overwritten your change to typo [17 January 2015]

Markus

I was working on adding more links to the H H White WWI Diary transcript when I got notice I might be overwriting other changes. I appreciate your taking time to make this page better. Can you check again to make sure your changes are in place?

My next step is to add a bit of info to the various Place pages I have linked to. Probably just to pull in information from Wikipedia which is usually quite limited.

From the topics on your Talk page it appears you are overseeing pages with French connections. If you can suggest some "boilerplate" text regarding genealogical research in France I will be happy to create a template and include it on these pages.

Thanks again Rick----RGMoffat 12:13, 17 January 2015 (UTC)


New categories needed [28 January 2015]

Hello ! Please, see here ! Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 17:27, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Marc. Hope you don't mind that I respond to your message on your page rather than mine.
As you may be aware, I was quite active in developing and recommending changes in the Categories subject a few years ago when I had been a more active contributor in WeRelate, but the subject seemed to be taken over by a more persistent and domineering WR user who seemed not to want to compromise on the subject. So I moved my effort more quietly to work on the Uncategorized Categories page, Uncategorized Pages listing, and Wanted Categories list page, adding what I felt were logical and appropriate parent categories and reducing the number of Uncategorized Subjects, Categories and Pages quite substantially without interference from that other user. Then after she prematurely deleted a couple GEDCOM files I had been working on for awhile a couple years ago, I backed off WeRelate, and only recently returned to update some of my family files and special interest subjects that I created or maintain here on WeRelate. If you notice, all of those pages mentioned above have seemed to balloon in size over the past couple years with little maintenance being done on them.
I'm not sure why the Categories subject was/is so contentious. To me it's a simple cross-reference tool, matching specific pages to other similar pages with similar subjects to make people aware of those possible related subjects. In an effort to develop and organize the Categories tool, I added to and modified the Category Index listing page quite substantially from 2010-2012. I had hoped the logical organization and graphic illustration of the outline would enhance the use and reliability of Categories in WeRelate. (I see you've already found that last page by your note on the associated Talk Page asking for more categories.) I encourage you to add to either page.
You may want to review some of the discussion of Categories on the Categories Help page and the debate on its related Categories Help Talk page. There was also quite a bit of discussion on the Categories Project Talk Page, with a lot of input from, questions asked by, and responses to Dallan, consolidated from the lengthy Watercooler topic ("Shared research vs. Surname in place") from 2010 that expanded beyond that page and the discussion's initial subject.
While I am still interested in the subject, I am not willing to devote the time in further developing it and facing the accompanying frustration in dealing with the contrarians here at WR who argue for the sake of arguing. I agree that some of the categories seen and used on WR pages are a poorly used, some a bit ridiculous, and others nonsensical, but I just can't invest the time or energy in correcting or modifying them without facing that frustration and community objection to toying with people's pages.
Let me know your thoughts.
--BobC 19:33, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
Thank you BobC ! All genealogy associations, forums or sites and all wikis have this big problem of "authority" and "domination". I know it sinces decades in my region (Picardy) and since years as contributor of Fr-Wikipedia. I don't repeat here in details the caricatural terrific drama with Rodovid. My other problem is my bad english. I don't agree with the too hard "deleting action" of some people. They interprete as living some persons who are clearly dead (with parents born abt 1880-1890 ... it's stupid !). For our "subject" categories, I will try to change the "vision" of the community. I think too many are the contributors who think genealogy as list of generations. Genealogy is not only "persons", but villages ... I know, they said to me "genealogy is not history and not sociology". I ask me how long these contributors are really working with registers and old documents ... For example, they give no information about the occupation ! it's very ridiculous ! Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL ---Markus3 16:13, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
I agree with Marc. History adds context to our genealogical data and needs to be included. To me they are intertwined. Where possible, links to existing entries in other sources (Wiki's, etc.) may be appropriate, but where they do not exist or are inadequate, the history should be included on this Wiki. Rick ----RGMoffat 17:01, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
Yes, RGMoffat ! An "empty and dry" list of persons, organised by generations is not genealogy ! Finding if someone has an ancestor pirat or king is only the first degree of genealogy ! What is important is to try to discover and understand how all these dead persons lived, what professional and "political" relations they had. WeRelate is a tool with the possibility to "note" and rank all these informations. Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 17:19, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
Great discussion. I too agree that genealogy is more than statistical recitation. I like the Wikipedia definition and methodology of genealogy: "Genealogy, also known as family history, is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members. The results are often displayed in charts or written as narratives." Note that its emphasis is primarily on the study of family history, with the resulting display of the information as secondary. Merriam-Webster also defines it as, "The study of family history, and the history of a particular family showing how the different members of the family are related to each other." In his article for the Journal Of Popular Culture in 2008, "In the Grand Scheme of Things: An Exploration of the Meaning of Genealogical Research," Ronald Bishop writes about a genealogist's motives, "The pursuit of family history and origins tends to be shaped by several motivations, including the desire to carve out a place for one's family in the larger historical picture, a sense of responsibility to preserve the past for future generations, and a sense of self-satisfaction in accurate storytelling." (Bolded portions are my emphasis.)
Unfortunately, here at WeRelate, there are a few high-power users who seem obsessed with legalities of potential copyright issues of information used as sources and the recitation or use of sources referencing possible living people. For an example of the first, I look at Obituaries as excellent sources of information that should be referenced in full, not only because they are usually an on-the-spot recitation of family connections, but many times highlight important events in the individual's life that may be difficult to reference or prove elsewhere, and often contains information that helps bring the "life" to the individual's life story. My view of obituaries is that they are an uncopyrightable recitation of facts and information, and that obituaries do not reach the unique creation test of a copyright. (A biographical sketch is different.) The fact most newspapers copyright the entire newspaper does not in itself mean the obituary is subject to copyright law, and therefore should not be considered as legally copyrightable. On the subject of living people, I understand and support the WR policy of not adding living people to its database and to the genealogical record. But documents used as sources that make reference to a living person and provide insight to the family history should not be excluded because it might mention a living person's name (such as a property transfer record, death record, newspaper article, obituary, etc.).
The Wiki format at WeRelate is an excellent way to expand on the typical genealogical data that is absent or limited in other standard on-line genealogical applications, and a good way add the narrative in a person's life story and his or her family history. That is why I am still drawn to it despite the frustrations I sometimes have here and the near-obsessive personalities I've sometimes crossed paths with in the past. And with the exception to the above, I also appreciate the high standards of applying and documenting sources. So it's still a mixed bag. When you say you will try to change the "vision" of the community, I ask you to prepare yourself for a wall of contrary debate and frustration. Good luck.
--BobC 23:09, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Married surnames for women in USA [6 August 2017]

Hi Markus3. Recently you have moved the married surname from the married surname field to the married given name field, leaving the married surname field blank, on several of the pages I watch. Can you explain why you are doing this and how you decide which pages to do it to? It doesn't make sense to me, and it removes a data point from the page which affects searches. Regards, --Cos1776 13:33, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

Markus3: I too came here to ask why you were moving the last name of women's married names from the surname field into the given name field. A page I was watching had this change, and I saw that you had done this kind of change for a bunch of women on 16 Feb. I don't see any point in doing this, and it will have serious consequences for the search mechanism. I think most English-speakers, at least, expect the married last name to be in the surname field, and will search for it in that position. That convention is the one that is used on major genealogy sites like FamilySearch. I don't think you should continue doing such changes unless and until some consensus to do so is reached (say, on the Watercooler page). Please let Cos1776 and I know your thoughts about this. --robert.shaw 04:53, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
Markus3, I suggest you end this silly Watercooler controversy about a married woman's given name (i.e. personal name) versus surname (i.e. family name), and just chalk it up to language or procedural misinterpretation. This seems to me to be an almost embarrassing argument you can't win and has no basis in commonly accepted genealogical recordkeeping. Please review the Person Page Tutorial for further rules for designating names here at WeRelate. Hopefully that will clarify the rules and format for data entry of names and end this fruitlessly trivial argument. I also invite you to review the definitions and historical use of "Given Names" and "Surnames" at Wikipedia. No response to me is necessary, because I don't want to share any further in this senseless discussion, and that is why I write this here on your Talk Page rather than add to the Watercooler Page. Take care. --BobC 15:43, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

Markus3 - A few days ago you moved a women's married surname into the given name field again [2] and gave the reason as being necessary to get a "correct" sort on the surname. As you can see from the messages above in 2015, we have discussed this with you before and asked you to stop doing this. Perhaps, if you explain why you are having trouble searching or sorting surnames (i.e. what are you trying to accomplish?), we can help you find a solution. It is not correct to enter a surname into the given name field, so I will ask you, again, to please stop doing this and to fix the pages that were changed in this way. Thank you, --cos1776 12:40, 6 August 2017 (UTC)


Capitals [18 April 2015]

I spell it "Bef" on purpose because I believe it is like at the beginning of a sentence. Please do not change it. It is unnecessary since you don't even watch the page, annoying because I get notified of a change that is meaningless, and pointless since I continue to put them in with the first letter capitalized. Since I wrote the Help page on date conventions, following the GEDCOM standard, I know there is no rule against it. Thank you. --Jrich 05:25, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

WeRelate and GEDCOM has no convention that says it needs to be lower case or that it needs to be sentence case. Personally, I think sentence case looks better, looks less sloppy. I like to call attention to the qualifier because so many people leave it off, and it can drastically change the meaning. Other reasons. But whatever my reason for liking it is, the point is that it is not wrong. So I, who am interested in that page, built the way I liked, and you, who aren't even interested enough in the page to watch, come along and change it without contributing any genealogy, simply because your preference is different. If wiki-etiquette is based on the golden rule, then you wouldn't mind if I visit your pages and change to sentence case the way I like them? I think it is clear that that reasoning quickly leads to an edit war. I think a better rule is, if it isn't wrong or misleading, don't change it. If you are adding genealogy to the page, then that is somewhat a different story because that is a good time to do any needed cleanup, but if you aren't interested in a person enough to add a source and new information, or explain and correct mistaken information, why not, out of respect for previous contributors, just leave it alone? There are plenty of pages that break the rules and need attention, where the date is entered in all numbers, where the month is spelled out, and of course, the cases we should be focusing on, where the date is incorrect. Every change notifies the watchers, and if they are diligent about watching as I am, they go review every one. It is much more in the spirit of collaboration to make sure there is something worthwhile to review. Thank you. --Jrich 14:12, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

Help with French records again [10 May 2015]

Markus, I am again in need for some help with a French speaker. The other French line of mine, the very rare name of Manautou, has been recently confirmed to originate in the parish of Arbus (though my ancestors was born in Strasbourg during the Wars, where his father was stationed but the birth record of a sister says he comes from there). I was looking at Arbus's parish records online and I could not find the father, Bernard Manautou, supposed to have been born there in 1765, which comes from another source, (1765's records are damaged but most are readable). I wouldn't need deep research, but I at least want to confirm the presence of that family there.--Daniel Maxwell 01:51, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Nevermind. I found the Bernard Manautou baptism. But I could use some help again with this set of French records, if you're up to it. Daniel Maxwell 02:00, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

One more Lafon [26 June 2015]

Markus, youve been a big help with the Manautou. But there was one record from last time I forgot to get you to look at. There was a fifth child born to Antoine Lafon and Catherine Barbaron in Coutras. Francoise, but I cannot read the dates well and I have poor French. Person:Françoise Lafon (1) - her birth is in the Coutras civil book - 1 Mi EC 67-R6 > Naissances > 1793-An V > Image 72 of 94--Daniel Maxwell 03:48, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

A quick note about Emile Manautou's birth date. He has a tombstone that exists in Maramotoros, where he died. The stone says 17th. So I am not sure about the date, though it seems that a stone could easily be off, though it is my understanding that the FR calendar actually is not exact and could possibly be shifted by a day. Daniel Maxwell 17:05, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks again for your help. I am still checking the books in Nantes, but I am not sure I will be able to find more leaps like I did earlier! I had also found Suzanne de Mirande-Manautou's death record, and it gives a strange age, but I forgot to ask you to look at it. See you later. Daniel Maxwell 22:06, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
There are two versions of her death record. I would think the 'Collection Communale' is probably better, though it is less clear. in Arbus's civil register, Collection communale, it is Deces 1793 - 1806 IMAGE 48 of 70, Year XI. I can also put out the department copy if you need it. Arbus's records are really damaged before 1700 and I probably won't be able to take this one back any further.
A friend of mine who is a French speaker looked at the "trois vingt deux ans" and that it was an archaic way of saying '62'. (3 20s = 60 + 2 = 62) But you're the native speaker. Daniel Maxwell 08:52, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
It's possible ... but I never read such a formulation, and I "work" with genealogy since 1988. I will search informations and documents later, when all "your" persons are verified and put into WR. Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 09:00, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
I went through all of the church Arbus records tonight and have a pile of all of the Manautou and de Mirande events I could find. I need to go through the civil books again. Would probably take awhile to go through it, so there is no rush. I did find a Jean de Manautou baptism (son of Jean and Jeanne) but he is only called Jean and not Jean-Pierre. So I wasn't sure if it was the same man. Nantes looks like it will be more difficult and take more time, I note that the website has over 10 different parishes that these families could have lived (the Cassards, the Mainguys, and their wives families). Hence my wanting to finish off Manautou first! Daniel Maxwell 09:04, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
For Arbus, no record/register before 1740 !... or I am wrong ? - Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 10:34, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
Yes, what I was showing you were the departmental copies; the originals have gaps, but the communal collection themselves go back to 1654. See this here http://earchives.le64.fr/ead.html?id=FRAD064003_IR0002&c=FRAD064003_IR0002_ARBUS10#!{"content":["FRAD064003_IR0002_ARBUS1",false,""]} I already went through the early 1654 book - fire and water damage toward the start and brittleness toward the middle gave me only a few Manautou records, but I have a list of every event for Manautou/de Mirande I could find. Daniel Maxwell 10:37, 6 June 2015

Another new found French record of interest - the marriage of Joseph Mainguy and Francoise Lesimple - Nantes, Saint-Saturnin - 1715 - Image 20 of 29, top right. Daniel Maxwell 07:56, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Ok, Daniel ! I don't forget you ... but I have (and had) to help french unexperimented "genealogists". I help you again in some hours ... or days ! Please, be patient ! Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 08:08, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
No rush, I have many records still left to add but this I found on a whim. Just wanted to note it so I dont lose the pages. I had more success with the St-Saturnin based families than I have the others in Nantes. Daniel Maxwell 08:10, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Please Stop Changing 'Abt' to 'abt' [18 August 2015]

When a page consistently uses mixed-case month abbrevs and mixed-case 'Abt', please stop changing the latter. (See above 18 Apr.)

(From Google: Quand une page utilise systématiquement casse mixte abbrevs par mois et casse mixte 'Abt', s'il vous plaît arrêter de changer ce dernier. Voir ci-dessus 18 Apr 2015.)

--pkeegstra 10:40, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Hello ! Can you give me a reason ? a rule ? a discussion about this "problem" ? The lower case "abt" is really better ! no confusion with a month ... always beginning with upper case ! Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL ---Markus3 14:12, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
Because the people who developed that page do not agree with you, and deliberately chose to write it that way. (Parce que les personnes qui ont développé cette page ne sont pas d'accord avec vous, et ont délibérément choisi d'écrire de cette façon.) --pkeegstra 01:36, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

Not trying to be argumentative here, but the recommended genealogical abbreviations listed for the abbreviations in your discussion on Rootsweb, The National Genealogical Society and also on Geni are almost always lower case, and not capitalizing the first letter. I've always thought that "abt.", "est.", "bef.", "bpt.", "cir.", "unk." or "aft." look better (and are more common abbreviations) than "Abt.", "Est.", "Bef.", "Bpt.", "Cir.", "Unk." or "Aft." Anyway, just my $.02.

Best regards,

--Jim

Rootsweb is not WeRelate, and the WeRelate rules don't specify either Abt or abt as correct, so nobody is able to clothe themselves with the mantle of authority. As far as other forms listed above, the WeRelate recommendations are based on GEDCOM standards, and in order to be able to correctly export GEDCOM, either GEDCOM must be followed, or Dallan has to build conversion software to handle selected divergent forms. He could tell us if alternate forms are supported. Saying one is "better" is not objective, however, it is a matter of opinion only, some people obviously preferring the "Abt" form, even if some don't. In terms of communication to the reader, "Abt" to "abt" represents a non-change that in my opinion (as a frequent notify-ee) only serves to annoy the people who care about the page and are watching the page hoping for informative changes. I find it frustrating because this is a problem that could be eliminated by software, and there are so many important things that can only be done by humans, like transcribe or abstract the millions of wills and deeds that have been showing up online the past couple of years. --Jrich 02:58, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

Arbus/Manautou help [17 December 2015]

Markus, could I possibly get your assistance again on the Manautou material in Arbus? I know I burned you out on it back in the summer with both Arbus and Nantes, but I wanted to concentrate just on the Arbus material as it is much less vast and seems to end after a couple generations. The parish book goes back to 1654 but it is not very usable before about 1675. I think I have a loose idea of who the Manautou family connects back to. There is an earlier couple, Jean de Manautou and his wife Jeanne de Beyne, that I believe is the farthest it will be possible to go back to. I found several children of this couple - Jean, 3 daughters all named Marie, and Madeline. This son Jean I believe is the same man who marries Jean de Lacave and has son Jean-Pierre Manautou, which I believe is the son simply called Jean baptized in 1721. One problem is that after going over the right period in the parish books several times, I could not find the marriage between Jeanne de Lacave and Jean de Manautou, despite the baptism of son Jean saying that they had been married in this (Arbus) church.

The de Mirande line of Jacques I believe corresponds with Jacques de Mirande, son of Bernard de Mirande. Again, a marriage for Jacques de Mirande to wife Jeanne de Martiche I could not find so I am not 100% sure. There is also the problem of myself not being totally familiar yet with French records.--Daniel Maxwell 01:55, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

OK, Daniel ! No problem ! But not before tomorrow, or better on next monday, probably ! Be patient, please ! Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 10:28, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
I also could use your language skill - if you have any idea what it calls the 'origin' of Jeanne Cassard in her marriage record. I had a friend look at it but he couldn't read that line - http://www.archinoe.fr/loire-atlantique_v3/visualiseur/ir_seriel_visu.php?fd=ec&id=440205600&titre=440205600&l=&h=1080 Its on image 18. Daniel Maxwell 16:07, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Daniel ! This link is not "automatic" ! For this person ? Person:Jeanne Cassard (1) ? Please, give me the exact date, the parish, and the register ---> http://www.archives.nantes.fr/PAGES/ENLIGNE/registres_paroissiaux/registres_paroissiaux.htm - Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 15:12, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
Sorry, I thought it linked directly. It is the parish register of St Saturnin Nantes, for the year 1762. Located on image 18 of 23 is the marriage of Jeanne Cassard [see: http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Jeanne_Cassard_%281%29 ], sister to Julien Cassard. I have not been able to find the home parish of this Cassard branch, though I did find the burial records for the second Julien and his wife Francoise Mainguy, and I have their ages. The marriage record of the sister Jeanne seems to give the origin, but I could not read it. Daniel Maxwell 17:49, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
Daniel ! Marriage of Jeanne Cassard ---> done ! I will try next week to developp/find the ancestors in the 3 other ("new discovered") villages ... and the Manauton family in Arbus. Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 17:27, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
Thank you Markus! In the meantime, I found several burials, and a few baptisms (see Simon Bilard - very hard to find because of the tiny print). Arbus will still be easier. When you're ready, I will let you know what I have found for Arbus since June. With Nantes, I am still trying to find the 'easy' stuff first. Daniel Maxwell 17:47, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
Checking the Vertou book (St-Martin, a small parish) I can already see some Cassards Hopefully Julien and his family are there. Daniel Maxwell 17:51, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
Fine ! Yes, give me what you "know" (with the references, dates, pages, etc) - Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 18:23, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
OK! Part of the problem with Arbus is that there seems to be a gap of some missing marriages from about 1710 to 1730. The marriages listed in the book that starts at 1705 I searched and searched but could not find a marriage for either Jean de Manautou/Jeanne de Lacave OR Jacques de Mirande/Jeanne Martiche - though I did find marriages for 2 of Jean's sisters in that period. BUT first, I believe that Jean-Pierre de Manautou, husband to Suzanne de Mirande, is the same boy baptized simply as 'Jean' in (I think) 1721 - this record is located in the 1705-36 record set of Arbus, Image 46 of 77. I will probably have to make a temporary page this weekend with the other people I believe fit into this family. Daniel Maxwell
I have put the updated record set on this page: http://www.werelate.org/wiki/User:DMaxwell/Manautou
One more small translation help (I am not asking for help otherwise with this line) - on Loire Atlantique archives, town of Saint-Sebastien, parish of Saint-Sebastien - 1679, image 15 of 21. On the right side is the baptism of Louis Mainguy, brother to my ancestor Joseph Mainguy. It gives an origin Village for the parents - looks like 'Portercheres' or something. Any idea what it says? Daniel Maxwell 22:26, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
Daniel ..."Portercheres" is not so easy to validate. I am searching since yesterday morning. I had 2 possibilities to propose. But since 30 minutes, I imagine an other/new place. Please, give me time to verify ! Be patient ! Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 06:43, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
Alright, thank you. There is one more for a line I am still gathering records for - Lesimple, from this record - the marriage of Joseph Mainguy to Francoise Lesimple - I was able to verify from this marriage record that Joseph Mainguy came from St Sebastian-sur-Loire, just south of Nantes BUT Lesimple it wasn't as clear. This marriage record is located at St Saturnin of Nantes, 1715, image 20 of 29, top right. To my eyes, it looks like CLISSON, another parish south of Nantes, but it seems to give some further detail. Let me know what you think about this and the Mainguy parish, and then I would say we can move back to Arbus, since Nantes will obviously take much longer. Daniel Maxwell 09:48, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Daniel ..."Portercheres" ---> My 2 first bad possibilities were Port-Saint-Père and Pornichet. But I think now Saint-Sébastien(-sur-Loire) is the right place ! The orig--Markus3 10:08, 16 December 2015 (UTC)inal document says "village de xxxx" and this commune has a "quartier" named "Portechaise" ---> https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-S%C3%A9bastien-sur-Loire#Les_quartiers_de_Saint-S.C3.A9bastien
And an other proof (GoogleMaps) ---> There is "impasse de la Chaise" and "rue de la Chaise" : https://www.google.fr/maps/place/Impasse+de+la+Chaise,+44230+Saint-S%C3%A9bastien-sur-Loire/@47.1970842,-1.5235948,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x4805e928e96d4b93:0xe00be794a9460825
Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 09:45, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
And for 1715, in Nantes (Saint-Saturnin) it's for me impossible today to display the register since more one hour ! The site is probably updating some pages ! Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 10:08, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
And now, in the afternoon, it's OK again with the access to the site ! I think, I read (line 6) : "et de Janne Caillet native de Mesdon près Clisson..." ---> We have to understand "Maisdon-sur-Sèvre" ---> See https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maisdon-sur-S%C3%A8vre ! Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 14:13, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
Ok Markus, thanks. I figured it was Clisson, south of Nantes? But searching there, I did not see any such family. Found a ton of information on BILLARD and LOYER/LOHIER, which has kept me busy, but I will look at this now.Daniel Maxwell 23:01, 17 December 2015 (UTC)

Puch parish - a misidentification? [18 January 2016]

Markus, a couple of years ago you help me with the Lafons at Coutras parish which included the marriage of Antoine Lafon to Catherine Barbaron -

http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:Antoine_Lafon_and_Catherine_Barbaron_%281%29

The marriage bann stating that the actual marriage happened at Puch, which you identified as Le Puch, now part of Sauveterre-et-Guyenne. But there seem to be a problem. Since the film for the parish was not available at the Gironde archives, I checked the LDS Family History Center, and they had the film for Le Puch, and I went ahead and rented it:

https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2450025?availability=Family%20History%20Library

..But upon viewing it today, there is no Lafon-Barbaron marriage. Le Puch is small, only about 5 or so pages for an entire year, so I checked from 1780 until the end of records in 1791. No Lafon, no Barbarons, or any of the related families.

So that makes me wonder - is the identification of which 'Puch' incorrect? Does it perhaps refer to St-Germain-du-Puch and not Le Puch?--Daniel Maxwell 15:25, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Ok, Daniel ! I have these villages and families no more in "head" ! Please, be VERY patient ! ... time, time ! Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 16:25, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Bonjour [26 March 2016]

Bonjour je suis séduit par le concept de Werelate.

Je vois que vous avez l'air expérimenté dans les sites type "wiki" mais aussi dans la généalogie en générale. J'ai parcouru vos travaux ainsi que vos pages personnelles qui témoignent une grande maîtrise de ces sujets.

Puis-je solliciter votre aide en cas de besoins ? Pouvez-vous m'aiguiller ?

Cordialement. Romaincharlesedouard --RCHBG 18:21, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Bonjour Romain ! Bienvenue sur WeRelate ! Je viens de te répondre sur ta page de discu perso : User talk:Romaincharlesedouard - Amicalement - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 04:41, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Privacy [15 December 2016]

Markus, I am removing my tree from WR. I did not want people that could be traced back to me on the site. Your work did help me, and I have it in my both my other public tree and my private, much more detailed one. Don't take that as any indication that I did not appreciate your help. Daniel Maxwell 03:23, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

Daniel ! I really don't understand ! It was "old" persons (all died before 1850). I came to WeRelate, why I hoped and believed it was a serious site where the respect of the work of all other contributors was THE rule ... I am "furious" ! I now find here again the terrible frustration that was mine with several french wiki sites (Wikipedia, Rodovid, etc ...) - Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 03:38, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
Markus it had nothing to do with you, my frustration with the French part of my tree on here had more to do with others copying my tree and clipping out all of the important details (such as parish names in Nantes). I had also not updated it here in awhile. If you look through my log, probably 9/10s of those were watched only by me, and since they pertained to my tree and no one elses I did not see what the harm was. I did not single yours out more than any other part, and I will add I am now done with deleting. Daniel Maxwell 03:51, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
No need to go to the water cooler, we can work this out between us. Daniel Maxwell 03:55, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

As a compromise, I am restoring pages that you helped me that I believe would not leave as open to privacy concerns. I am leaving pages that I did without your assistance deleted. Daniel Maxwell 04:03, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

Feel free to rewatch the pages I undeleted, I got most and will undelete the rest tomorrow. Daniel Maxwell 04:25, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
OK, Daniel ! --Markus3 09:12, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Recent edit [14 February 2017]

recent edit

The page is clearly wrong. It was wrong before, it is still wrong. Prettier, but wrong. William is 20 years younger than any other child listed in this family. 3 years (1850 census) after his birth, no son William is living with the father. Why bother?

[3], line 39, line 21. Just some tools so you can actually improve the page. --Jrich 07:17, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

Hello ! The verification of the pages for other countries as France is NOT "in my working program" in WeRelate. My english is really too bad ! I just want to clean up "some" intrusive ugly "stupidities" ! Marc ROUSSEL - --Markus3 07:32, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
I am positive one hour spent verifying even just one person in France, or whatever area one happens to be comfortable in (e.g., [4]), is worth hundreds of persons with meaningless changes (e.g., like [5]). If some person is trying to find a website to trust, upper case or lower case is likely to make no difference. But missing sources, redundant entries, and citations of One World Tree will probably scare them away even when the capitalization is good. Few people can do research in France. Anybody can fix capitalization. --Jrich 16:51, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

long time no see! I found a new connection [18 November 2017]

Markus,

after much searching, I finally found a couple further records of the Lafons. To be exact, I found 2 marriages of the daughters of Antoine Lafon and Catherine Barbaron. Daughters Marie and Francoise both married in the parish of Sainte-Terre, quite far to the south of Coutras. I could use your native French language skills in at least helping me with the details -

http://gael.gironde.fr/img-viewer/FRAD033/Mi/1MiEC/FRAD033_1MiEC243R4/viewer.html?np=FRAD033_1MiEC243R4_391_P.jpg&nd=FRAD033_1MiEC243R4_627_P.jpg&ns=FRAD033_1MiEC243R4_496_P.jpg

That is Marie's marriage. Francoise married Pierre Bouey in May (a couple images further). I know I upset you last time when I deleted some families for privacy, but I hope you will help me a little bit here again

Daniel--Daniel Maxwell 04:19, 18 November 2017 (UTC)


WeRelate policy on living persons [26 July 2020]

Hi, Marc

First, let me say that I appreciate the work you do on WeRelate.

My volunteer administrative work is focused on removing pages for living individuals. WeRelate policy on living individuals does not allow pages for persons born within the last 110 years unless there is death information. I noticed today that you recently added pages such as this one Person:Édilbert Dursent (1), from the 1921 census. When you add a person without a birth year, and all I know is that he was born by 1921, I have more work to do. I have to look up the record to see when he was born, or simply delete the page. In this case, he was born in 1912 and his page should be deleted, unless you can find a death date.

When you add new records, can you please enter the birth year, and if WeRelate does not allow you to create the page, then please do not do so. I know the information is already online in the census record, but if someone continues the genealogical work and adds the mother's maiden name, then there could be a security risk for the person. WeRelate tries to protect people from that risk, and has chosen a cutoff of 110 years.

Thanks. - Janet Bjorndahl (DataAnalyst)--DataAnalyst 15:17, 26 July 2020 (UTC)


Pages without dates [6 September 2023]

Hi, Marc

In an attempt to get rid of pages for living people, I'm also reviewing isolated pages and small trees with no dates. You have created a lot of pages like this one: Person:Alexandrine Longuet (1), where the year is in the note. I can easily move the year to the date field and am happy to do so. My question is, for everyone else in the same small tree, can I assume they were alive in the year indicated? I'm assuming that the tree in this case was created from a single source, and thus everyone was alive in 1872. Is that a safe assumption?

What about this tree: Person:Hyacinthe Duval (1)? Can I assume that his grandchildren were in the same record (I assume a census) and say that they were born before 1872?

If these are not good assumptions, I'll update what I can and then get you to review the related pages. There are about 400 pages in total. Thanks--DataAnalyst 17:23, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Janet ! No problem ! I "work" with the census ! I give more explanation to morrow ! Marc - --Markus3 19:36, 25 October 2021 (UTC)
Please ! Give me the link to these 400 pages ! All my person pages (with "small tree") are absolut for dead people ! Each "small tree" can be dated approximatively. One (or more) member of these small trees has a date (yes, from a census) and a place ! I have no time to write all informations for all these persons ! Genealogy is for me not only creating (big or small) trees, but above all a tool to study and understand certain aspects of local history, demography, sociology, evolution of occupations especially because of the rural exodus and the industrial revolution with the consequence of the change in the establishment/localisation of surnames. - Marc - --Markus3 09:55, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi, Marc. Here is the list:

NOTE: I removed pages that others created. There are still 347 pages left on the list, including the ones you already fixed. Thanks for working on this. --DataAnalyst 19:43, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Person:Achille Caron (1)
Person:Adélaïde Daveluy (1)
Person:Adélaïde Mauroy (1) ♦ death date was here, but French Republican calendar ▓
Person:Adélaïde Nobecourt (2)
Person:Adélaïde Sorand (1)
Person:Adélie Legris (1) ♦ her daughter born about 1861 ▓
Person:Adélina Buteux (1)
Person:Adeline Buteux (1)
Person:Adeline Ducharneuil (1)
Person:Adeline Vasseur (1)
Person:Adeline Vasseur (2)
Person:Adelphine Lesigne (1)
Person:Adolphe Loir (1) ♦ her daughter born about 1865 ▓
Person:Adolphe Maisse (1)
Person:Adolphe Rouvillain (1)
Person:Adolphe Scribe (1)
Person:Adolphine Lefebvre (1)
Person:Adulphine Leblanc (1)
Person:Agathe Truffet (1)
Person:Aglaé Daveluy (1)
Person:Aimée Debeauvais (1)
Person:Albert Duval (2)
Person:Alexandre Clément (1)
Person:Alexandrine Lecul (1)
Person:Alexandrine Lefebvre (1)
Person:Alexandrine Longuet (1)
Person:Alexis Bridoux (1)
Person:Alise Clément (1)
Person:Alphonse Tellier (1)
Person:Amable Masse (1)
Person:Amédée Marcel (1)
Person:Améria Clément (1)
Person:André Chauvel (1)
Person:André Lefebvre (1)
Person:André Martenot (1)
Person:André Navarre (1)
Person:Angèle Levoir (1)
Person:Angélina Bréart (1)
Person:Angélina Tellier (1)
Person:Anna Duval (2)
Person:Anna Loir (1)
Person:Antoine Évrard (1)
Person:Antoine Gouillard (1)
Person:Arthur Marquant (1)
Person:Auguste Dubois (1)
Person:Auguste Laurent (1)
Person:Auguste Patte (1)
Person:Augustin Maisse (1)
Person:Augustin Ponce (1)
Person:Balthazar Bernier (1)
Person:Bélisaire Dupontreué (1)
Person:Benoît Frion (1)
Person:Bénoni Devismes (1)
Person:Bernard Robbe (2)
Person:Berthe Loir (1)
Person:Blanche Joannon (1)
Person:C Gatte (1)
Person:Castalie Clément (1)
Person:Célestin Froidure (1)
Person:Célima Caron (1)
Person:Charles Bellegueule (1)
Person:Charles Berly (1)
Person:Charles Bernier (8)
Person:Charles Savoie (1)
Person:Chrisostôme Malo (1)
Person:Christine Marius (1)
Person:Claire Lefebvre (3)
Person:Clara Godebert (1)
Person:Clarisse Calais (1)
Person:Claude Delval (2)
Person:Clémence Fontaine (1)
Person:Clément Maisse (1)
Person:Cléophas Patte (1)
Person:Clorinthe Decoin (1)
Person:Constantin Bellencourt (1)
Person:David Oger (1)
Person:Denis Driot (1)
Person:Denise Levoir (1)
Person:Désiré Daveluy (1)
Person:Dieudonné Godebert (1)
Person:Donat Daveluy (1)
Person:Dosithé Grenon (1)
Person:Édouard Lefebvre (1)
Person:Éléacine Daveluy (1)
Person:Éléacine Delaire (1)
Person:Élise Froidure (1)
Person:ÉLiza Maillet (1)
Person:Éliza Vasseur (1)
Person:Élizabeth Darras (1)
Person:Élizabeth Delacroix (1)
Person:Élizabeth Roussel (3)
Person:Elvire Marcel (1)
Person:Émélie Marie (1)
Person:Émile Delaire (1)
Person:Émile Joly (1)
Person:Émile Joly (2)
Person:Émile Milvoy (1)
Person:Émile Milvoy (2)
Person:Émile Prévot (1)
Person:Ernest Gourdin (1)
Person:Ernest Marcel (1)
Person:Étienne Cunier (2)
Person:Étienne Dupan (1)
Person:Eudoxie Blanchard (1)
Person:Eugène Holleville (1)
Person:Eugène Tellier (1)
Person:Eugénie Bocquillon (1)
Person:Eugénie Dupontreué (1)
Person:Eugénie Fatien (1)
Person:Euphémie Finet (1)
Person:F Prévost (1)
Person:Fausta Clément (1)
Person:Félix Delorme (1)
Person:Ferry Vautrin (1)
Person:Fidélie Graux (1)
Person:Flavie Caron (1)
Person:Flavie Lefebvre (2)
Person:Flavie Vasseur (1)
Person:Flora Bridoux (1)
Person:Florentin Lefebvre (1)
Person:Florentin Magnier (1)
Person:Florentine Crampon (1)
Person:Florimond Landrieux (1)
Person:Florimond Mérelle (1)
Person:Florine Bellard (1)
Person:François Darras (4)
Person:François Éloy (1)
Person:François Lesenne (1)
Person:François Ménage (1)
Person:François Pochon (1)
Person:Geneviève Picard (1)
Person:Geofroy Prévot (1)
Person:Georges Frion (1)
Person:Gilles Lenepveu (1)
Person:Guislaine Roussel (1)
Person:Hector Decoin (1)
Person:Henri Lefebvre (5)
Person:Henri Lefebvre (6)
Person:Henriette Chevy (1)
Person:Hermantine Vannier (1)
Person:Hippolyte Bontemps (1)
Person:Honoré Duval (1)
Person:Hubert Froidure (1)
Person:Hyacinthe Duval (1)
Person:Irma Ternois (1)
Person:J Lemettre (1)
Person:J Lévêque (1)
Person:Jacques Legrand (1)
Person:Jacques Mauroy (1)
Person:Jean Baptiste Lefebvre (1)
Person:Jean Baudelicque (1)
Person:Jean Bellebouche (1)
Person:Jean Chevy (1)
Person:Jean Corbillon (1)
Person:Jean Darras (9)
Person:Jean de Crouy (1)
Person:Jean Delaire (3)
Person:Jean Delval (1)
Person:Jean Despeaux (1)
Person:Jean Dinouart (1)
Person:Jean Fatien (1)
Person:Jean Landrieux (1)
Person:Jean Lefebvre (20)
Person:Jean Maisse (2)
Person:Jean Marquant (1)
Person:Jean Outrequin (1)
Person:Jean Pélissonnier (2)
Person:Jean Perdu (1)
Person:Jean Picard (11)
Person:Jean Pochon (1)
Person:Jean Pochon (2)
Person:Jean Rondot (1)
Person:Jean Roussel (32)
Person:Jean Thuillier (7)
Person:Jérémie Devismes (1)
Person:Joachim Wiot (1)
Person:Joseph Patte (1)
Person:Joseph Sauval (1)
Person:Joseph Savoie (6)
Person:Joséphine Debrie (1)
Person:Joséphine Flandre (1)
Person:Joséphine Pérotte (1)
Person:Josse Dufossé (1)
Person:Jules Decoin (1)
Person:Jules Joannon (1)
Person:Jules Lécavelé (1)
Person:Jules Lefebvre (1)
Person:Julie Darras (1)
Person:Julie Frion (1)
Person:Julie Scribe (1)
Person:Julien Leproust (1)
Person:Julien Lesigne (1)
Person:Juliette Caron (1)
Person:Juliette Devismes (1)
Person:Laure Cauet (1)
Person:Léon Marsaux (1)
Person:Léonard Lefebvre (1)
Person:Léonce Levoir (1)
Person:Léonce Marquant (1)
Person:Léontine Delaire (1)
Person:Léontine Morel (1)
Person:Léopold Daveluy (1)
Person:Louis Corbillon (2)
Person:Louis de Bellemare (1)
Person:Louis Deneux (2)
Person:Louis Dutrieux (1)
Person:Louis Lecoint (1)
Person:Louis Magnier (2)
Person:Louis Mauroy (1)
Person:Louis Pochon (1)
Person:Louis Roussel (17)
Person:Louise Touzet (1)
Person:Ludivine Roussel (1)
Person:Madeleine Magniez (1)
Person:Madeleine Roussel (1)
Person:Magloire Tiron (1)
Person:Malvina Bridoux (1)
Person:Marcel Devismes (1)
Person:Marguerite Tiron (1)
Person:Margueritte Leriche (1)
Person:Maria Savary (1)
Person:Marie Alain (3)
Person:Marie Bellebouche (2)
Person:Marie Bernier (8)
Person:Marie Bernier (9)
Person:Marie Bouquet (4)
Person:Marie Caron (29)
Person:Marie Chatelain (6)
Person:Marie Decoin (1)
Person:Marie Deflandre (1)
Person:Marie Develuy (1)
Person:Marie Dinouart (1)
Person:Marie Docoche (1)
Person:Marie Gallois (5)
Person:Marie Magnier (7)
Person:Marie Maisse (2)
Person:Marie Mansarde (1)
Person:Marie Masse (4)
Person:Marie Mauroy (4)
Person:Marie Oger (1)
Person:Marie Pochon (1)
Person:Marie Prévot (1)
Person:Marie Roussel (47)
Person:Marie Roussel (48)
Person:Marie Thuillot (2)
Person:Marie Tiron (4)
Person:Marie Touzet (10)
Person:Marie Touzet (12)
Person:Marie Touzet (8)
Person:Marie Touzet (9)
Person:Marie/Marc de Meaux (1)
Person:Marin Dheilly (1)
Person:Mathilde Decoin (1)
Person:Mélanie Tavernier (1)
Person:N Binoy (1)
Person:Napoléon Bontemps (1)
Person:Narcisse Maisse (1)
Person:Nicolas Jean Maisse (1)
Person:Noël Fontaine (1)
Person:Noémie Lesigne (1)
Person:Octave Dinouard (1)
Person:Octavie Caron (1)
Person:Olivier Clément (1)
Person:Olympe Frion (1)
Person:Oscar Bridel (1)
Person:Ovide Lefebvre (1)
Person:Palmyre Frion (1)
Person:Paul Berthe (1)
Person:Paul Obry (1)
Person:Paul Royne (1)
Person:Pauline Poullain (1)
Person:Philbert Rouvillain (1)
Person:Philémon Denis (1)
Person:Philibert Dupontreué (1)
Person:Pierre Calais (1)
Person:Pierre Cleuet (1)
Person:Pierre Corbeaux (1)
Person:Pierre Corbeaux (2)
Person:Pierre Darras (4)
Person:Pierre Delécole (1)
Person:Pierre Gallois (4)
Person:Pierre Hocquet (1)
Person:Pierre Lens (1)
Person:Pierre Nicolas (3)
Person:Prudence Buteux (1)
Person:Rosa Godebert (1)
Person:Rosalie Daveluy (1)
Person:Rosalie Lefebvre (1)
Person:Séraphine Duval (1)
Person:Séverine Piolé (1)
Person:Sidonie Caron (1)
Person:Sidonie Godebert (1)
Person:Sidonie Royne (1)
Person:Siméon Mérelle (1)
Person:Simon Bachelier (1)
Person:Télésphore Devismes (1)
Person:Théophile Caron (1)
Person:Théophile Chevy (1)
Person:Thérèse Dupan (1)
Person:Thérèse Savoie (1)
Person:Tite Sauval (1)
Person:Unknown Barbier (2)
Person:Unknown Bosquet (3)
Person:Unknown Bouquet (2)
Person:Unknown Bouquet (3)
Person:Unknown Bulthé (1)
Person:Unknown Daubresse (1)
Person:Unknown De Saint-Riquier (1)
Person:Unknown de Serre (1)
Person:Unknown Delaire (1)
Person:Unknown Duval (2)
Person:Unknown Fatien (1)
Person:Unknown Fourgniaud (1)
Person:Unknown Holleville (1)
Person:Unknown Joannon (1)
Person:Unknown Jourdois (1)
Person:Unknown Langevin (1)
Person:Unknown Lefevre (1)
Person:Unknown Lesigne (1)
Person:Unknown Levoir (1)
Person:Unknown Masse (2)
Person:Unknown Patte (1)
Person:Unknown Piolé (1)
Person:Unknown Pollet (1)
Person:Unknown Robert (50)
Person:Unknown Roussel (10)
Person:Unknown Roussel (11)
Person:Unknown Roussel (2)
Person:Unknown Roux (1)
Person:Unknown Savoie (2)
Person:Unknown Tellier (1)
Person:Unknown Tiron (1)
Person:Unknown Truchot (1)
Person:Unknown Vasseur (1)
Person:Unknown Vasseur (2)
Person:Unknown Voiturier (4)
Person:Urbain Caron (1)
Person:Védastine Coquel (1)
Person:Victorine Bléry (1)
Person:Victorine Jourdois (1)
Person:Victorine Pochon (1)
Person:Vincent Corchuan (1)
Person:Virginie Cozette (1)
Person:Vital Buteux (1)
Person:Wulphy Landrieux (1)
Person:Zélie Lefebvre (1)
Person:Zulma Milvoy (1)

Ok ! Thanks ! Merci ! - --Markus3 14:41, 26 October 2021 (UTC)


I think some of this is because the algorithm uses the last contributor. Markus3, as others also seem to, clearly makes many cosmetic changes without any responsibility for the genealogy, so for many of these, he is likely to have no knowledge? For example, Person:Abigail Taylor (6), to which his only contribution was to change the surname from upper case to mixed case. By the way, that particular page is now fixed. --Jrich 14:48, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Agreed. Last contributor is the only information the reporting database includes. I forgot to mention that Marc shouldn't feel responsible for the pages he didn't contribute - I can include them in my review.--DataAnalyst 15:05, 26 October 2021 (UTC)4
Janet ! O yes ! Many person pages I created have no date and no place ! They were "written" on 10 December 2013. I probably had in the days that followed some concerns or other priority occupations. And afterwards, I forgot to complete these "pending" files. - --Markus3 16:14, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Page titles [19 March 2022]

Hi, Markus.

I see you have a note to yourself to rename pages to include all given names. Please don't do this as it is against WeRelate standards and can lead to excessive renaming as new middle names are discovered or corrected. Page titles are displayed in search results and at the top of a Person page, but in other situations (e.g., names of parents and siblings at the right) the full name is used already. If you want the full name displayed in search results, that should be submitted as a Suggestion on the WeRelate:Suggestions page. Thanks--DataAnalyst 15:01, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

Hello ! I don't exactly understand what and where is the problem ! Can you give some examples, please ? - Thanks ! - --Markus3 15:22, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
Hi. Maybe I didn't understand your original note to yourself. I understood it to mean that you would create a person page and then rename the page title to include the middle names. WeRelate standards specifically ask you NOT to do that. See Help:Person_pages#Titles_for_Person_pages for the rules and why. As far as I am aware, at least some of the code that identifies duplicates relies on the rules being followed.--DataAnalyst 19:08, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

1921 census [6 September 2023]

Hi, Marc

I see you are entering people from the 1921 census. Without any dates, they are considered to be living, since the program I use to look for living people can't tell if they are adults or children. I've added a few dates on some of them where it is obvious they are adults. Can you please add dates for anyone you enter from the 1921 census. Otherwise, the pages can't remain on WeRelate. Thanks.--DataAnalyst 12:40, 6 January 2023 (UTC)


Hi, Marc

My program found a list of 148 Person pages you created that are considered to be living. (It looks like about a third of these are from the 1921 census.) Please add dates for all 148 people. At a minimum, they need an approximate birth year or a death date (with a source). If the birth year is after 1913, they need a death date.

I'd like to get this cleaned up by fall, please. Thanks--DataAnalyst 14:36, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Person:Ulda Magniez (1)
Person:Unknown Dupont (1)
Person:Unknown Marquet (1)
Person:Auguste Sallé (1)
Person:Flore Hangeois (1)
Person:Paschalie Hangeois (1)
Person:Aménaïde Pézé (1)
Person:Angèle Decagny (1)
Person:Blanche Decagny (1)
Person:Charles Pézé (1)
Person:Clarisse Martin (1)
Person:Eudoxie Dherbois (1)
Person:Euphrasie Thuillier (1)
Person:Florida Devaux (1)
Person:Jean Bourse (2)
Person:Joseph Choquet (2)
Person:Marie Pézé (1)
Person:Marine Dherbois (1)
Person:Modeste Choquet (1)
Person:Natalis Duport (1)
Person:Octave Levraux (1)
Person:Parfait Dherbois (1)
Person:Théodule Thuillier (1)
Person:Ulysse Julien (1)
Person:Élise Thuillier (1)
Person:Émilienne Duport (1)
Person:Marie Truillot (5)
Person:Unknown Gilleron (1)
Person:Andrée Rousselle (1)
Person:Unknown Roll (2)
Person:Germaine Anthouard (1)
Person:Lucie Anthouard (1)
Person:Raymond Anthouard (1)
Person:Violette Trancart (1)
Person:Unknown Sueur (3)
Person:Danielle Larivière (1)
Person:Unknown Burger (12)
Person:Unknown Dupuits (1)
Person:Albert Wesoly (1)
Person:Alice Forestier (1)
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Ok, Janet ! But in princip, every person of my records (except perhaps those of my begins with WeRelate, 2013-2014) is dead ! The most of them (or one member of the family) have a link to the Archives Départementales. When a wife have no "given name" (als "unknown"), the census gives only her married name ! It takes a lot of time to search an other census or records with better data ! - Marc R. - --Markus3 15:00, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
We monitor WeRelate to ensure that pages for living people aren't created, as per WeRelate policy. We can't rely on the promises of individual contributors not to add pages for living people. For example, children in the 1921 census might have been born in 1920, which means WeRelate considers them to be living unless a death date is entered. When you enter data from the 1921 census with birth years for only some of the family members, the monitoring program can't tell whether or not a child was born more than 110 years ago.
For example, Albert Capdepont was a child in the 1921 census for whom you didn't enter a birth year. You also didn't enter his father's approximate birth year. The monitoring program can tell that his father was born more than 110 years ago, but not the son. I just looked up the census record and added Albert's approximate birth year. I could continue to do this , or estimate birth years, but it is really your responsibility. You may not have realized how many pages are missing an approximate birth year, which is why I drew your attention to the list.--DataAnalyst 15:31, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
Note: An alternative to approximate birth year is marriage year. For example, if you only have a marriage record but not the ages of the husband and wife, enter the marriage year on the Family page. Or if an event refers to a married couple, you can say they were married before the event. If the year is 1925 or earlier, the monitoring program will understand that the husband and wife were born by 1913.--DataAnalyst 15:57, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi

A couple of new pages that require dates:
Person:Huguette_Jubret_(1)
Person:Walentyna_Grabowoska_(1)

Thanks--DataAnalyst 12:07, 6 May 2023 (UTC)


Hi, Marc

Any chance you can add dates to the above pages by the end of September? I'm trying to get a sense of how much work I have to do. Pages still without dates by the end of the year will have to be deleted. Thanks--DataAnalyst 15:25, 1 September 2023 (UTC)


[3 July 2023]

J'ai parlé à ma mère qui a connu toute la famille Rogé. Elle m'a assuré qu'ils sont bien tous décédes. Je rétablie donc les données avec la date de décès: bef 2000.--CTfrog 17:30, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

CTfrog, c'est parfait ! Et je viens de découvrir à l'instant ce matin que DataAnalyst accepte les références du membre Geneanet que j'ai cité. Par ailleurs, j'ai déniché tard hier soir la mention de cette famille dans le recensement de 1926. Je vais donc compléter avec aussi une autre source que j'utilise parfois (en cas de besoin) depuis quelques mois. - --Markus3 05:47, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

pages without dates [8 January 2024]

Hi, Marc

The following pages have no dates:

Person:Françoise Chevallier (2)
Person:Jean Bry (1)
Person:Marie Benoit (37)

--DataAnalyst 16:18, 20 November 2023 (UTC)



Tanneron

Thank you for correcting this place.--KleiHMv 09:13, 8 January 2024 (UTC)