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Monsouri? Mansouri? Mansour

malekarobbins — 2013-02-08 18:28:55Z

Am looking for any of my family that still live in Bejaia, Algeria. My name used to be Maleka Monsouri, Mansouri? Mansour? but am not sure if surname is spelt correctly? Grandfathers name was Lahousin, Fathers name was Rabah, had quite a few brothers Mourad was the youngest I think. My father had one sister who died a long time ago. He came to Jersey CI UK, married here and lived here until he died, was then sent back for burial from Jersey CI UK to Bejaia. Any information on who I can contact to find which cemetery there would be appreciated. There can't be to many people who lived here in and then got sent home for burial, we are a tiny little islands 9mils x 5miles. Anyone out there who can advise where or who I can contact in Bejaia Passports etc? Please help as am not getting very far and do not speak any Arabic and a small amount of french.

French Army in Algeria - records from 1830...?

gjbir1 — 2012-11-26 04:34:53Z

I am looking for the French Army record for Johann KAPPES b. 16 Jul 1804 Alsace-Lorraine. He served in the French Army for 12 years with a tour of duty in Algiers/Algeria. As I understand it, the French Invasion of Algeria occurred in 1830 - so his time spent in Algeria was most likely between 1830 and 1842 when he emigrated to America.
Shortly before coming to America he married (~1842)Catherine BLEICHNER who was b. 1814 at Veckersviller, Moselle, France (near Phalsbourg), but I have not been able to find their marriage record or the town from which they departed.
Any help with locating the French Army records, should they exist, for those who served in Algeria 1830 onward would be much appreciated.
Sincerely,
George

Re: Zaouche

gouraya — 2012-08-29 19:01:05Z

I introduce myself; my name is Radia,I'm looking for my Aunt Zakia ZAOUCHE who is the half-sister of my mother.They have the same mother "Ourida SAADI".

I wonder if you could give me some information, to help my mom to review her sister.This is the reason I'm writing to you.

About your last email in "ancestry" you gave important news and you said that Zakia lived in France and currently,I have lived in france too but it's temporary.I'm originally from Béjaia.

You can write to me at the email address if you want: (radia.2010@yahoo.fr).

I m very sorry for my English,I don't speak it very well because my main language is French or Arabic.

Thank you very much for your help.

Yours sincerely;

Radia

Re: Zaouche

gouraya — 2012-08-28 10:32:15Z

I introduce myself; my name is Radia,I'm looking for my Aunt Zakia ZAOUCHE who is the half-sister of my mother.They have the same mother "Ourida SAADI".

I wonder if you could give me some informations, to help my mom to review her sister.This is the reason I'm writing to you.

About your last email "in ancestry.com" you gave important things and you said that Zakia lived in France and currently,I have lived in france too but it's temporary.I'm originally from Béjaia.

You can write to me at the email address if you want: (radia.2010@yahoo.fr).

I m very sorry for my English,I don't speak it very well because my main language is French or Arabic.

Thank you very much for your help.

Yours sincerely;

Radia

Re: Clarification on the period of accessible records?

luciemyers1 — 2012-05-25 20:09:25Z

Hi John:

I'll try to explain what I know so far:

- 2/3 of documents was microfilmed - from 1830 to 1962
- Certains towns have not been microfilmed and some are incomplete.
- Documents from 1830 to 1904 are accessible on line
- Docuements after 1904 are in Nantes, France - Request can be made via Internet.

Cordially,

Lucie

Clarification on the period of accessible records?

JohnPennyUK — 2012-05-07 20:48:16Z

Hi everyone. I was wondering whether anyone who speaks french could help with some basic data regarding the period of currently accessible records, and also their location?

We have the digitally indexed archive here:

http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/reche...

Which runs from 1830 to 1904, and also now includes non indexed scans of books from 1904 to 1910. Does this research go up to 1910 due to a 100 year limit on accessing records, or does it go up to 1910 because that is simply how far they have got?

Can we access records after 1910 by contacting somebody, or is it legally impossible? If we can, how?

Also, where are these records? Are they held in France or in Algeria?

I ask these questions because there are events in my family tree that happened between 1910 and 1920, and there are also events that happened in 1909 which I cannot find. To be more specific there is a marriage in Berrouaghia in 1909, while there is no book for this region in the online archive.

Thanks.

Re: ALGERIA DOCUMENTS ARE ON LIGNE

CarolSusanJosefski — 2012-05-05 11:06:08Z

Hi Lucie

My grandparents - Frederic Constant QUOD and Josephine QUOD nee WOLKRINGER from Boufarik in Algeria came to Australia in 1905 - 1906 with my three older aunts and uncles - Marie Frederique (1897), Raoul Constant (1899) and Edouard Jules (1904). Raoul and Edouard were born in Kolea. In 1938, my father visited Algeria with his father and an uncle and my youngest uncle and met many of his cousins and uncles. Hauck family and Emery family - his mother's sisters families and Rabaste and Leroux families - my grandfather's sister's families.Only one married sister Margerite Rabaste nee QUOD and her family remained in Algeria. When my grandfather emigrated to Australia, three of his brothers - Francois, Jules and Adolphe came as well and later in 1922 his youngest sister Jeanne Marie ULRICK nee QUOD widowed with two young children in the WW1 came to Australia as well. Most of them lived near Boufarik and Mustapha. My third cousin, Roger Leroux and family left Algeria on a ship for Corsica then Marseille in 1962. He lived his last years in Avignon where he died in the early 1990s.

I am an Australian with a little understanding of school book French. My grandparents had died before I was born in 1953 and my father was born in Australia in 1917.

Do you live in France, now? Were you very old when you left Algeria in 1957? What are your memories of the lifestyle back then. when my grandfather visited in 1938 he commented that the country had modernised - highways were excellent, many cars on the roads and farming had become more mechanised since he managed a date plantation near Boufarik. Of course Australia was a very young country then and behind Europe and USA in many ways.
Carol

Re: ALGERIA DOCUMENTS ARE ON LIGNE

luciemyers1 — 2012-05-02 12:53:18Z

Hi Carol:

I left my country in 1957. Are you from North Africa? Are you French?

Carol, the records online in the ANOM site are only from 1830 to 1904, for the moment. More records are put online little by little.

You can go in the site ANOM and found out more. Just pu a name, or a name and the city, or just the city to see what's available.

Cordially,

Lucie

Re: ALGERIA DOCUMENTS ARE ON LIGNE

CarolSusanJosefski — 2012-05-02 10:39:16Z

Hi Lucie
Thanks for information on Hauck family. Edourd HAUCK is my grandmother's ( Josephine Quod nee Wolkringer) brother in law. Now I have a birth date for him. They had chidren and grandchildren whom my father met in 1938 on a visit to Algeria. My dad wrote letters home to the family and i first read them three years ago when my brother gave me a box of stuff. He spoke of his Uncle Edourd being a wonderful cook.

Thanks for your help.
Carol Josefski nee QUOD

Re: ALGERIA DOCUMENTS ARE ON LIGNE

CarolSusanJosefski — 2012-05-02 10:21:33Z

Hi Lucie
Thanks for your response. I have sent emails to two family trees and still wait for a reply. Have you remained living in Algeria or did you and your family leave in 1962. I have a second cousin Roger Leroux left in 1962 for Marseilles via Corsica by ship and later Avignon where he died sometime after 1992.
Have gotten a lot of info from the anom site too. If i wanted to find birth and death records for further QUOD family from Boufarik in Algeria from 1900 onwards how would i find that information.
thanks for help.
Carol Josefski

Re: ALGERIA DOCUMENTS ARE ON LIGNE

luciemyers1 — 2012-05-01 16:39:38Z

Hi Carol:

Geneanet.org is not a paying site, but it might be if you want to sign as a privilege member, but I don't know for sure. Just register (it's gratis) by puting in a username and a password. There are no documents displayed, just information given by individuals.

But the site ANOM - http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/reche...

does have documents on line, but only for certain years and certains cities.

If you need more help, let me know. I am fluent in French. I was born in Oran, Algeria, North Africa.

Bonne journee.
Good day.

Lucie

Re: ALGERIA DOCUMENTS ARE ON LIGNE

luciemyers1 — 2012-05-01 16:17:16Z

Hi Carol:

First of all I want to ask you if you found any of your ancestors on the site ANOM? Here some to look at:

http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/resul...

http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/resul...

http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/resul...

You may have to copy and paste.

I'll follow up after your response.

A bientot,

Lucie

Re: ALGERIA DOCUMENTS ARE ON LIGNE

CarolSusanJosefski — 2012-04-20 03:13:40Z

Hi Lucie
Thanks for your response. First, can you access geneanet.org at all. It is a French genealogy site similar to ancestry.com. I am not financial with this website.
Some public trees on it have similar records on the QUOD family born Villeneuve la Comptal and Castelnaudary in southern France. I am looking for
Jean Francois QUOD born 1832 at V la C, (family tree Mazafran,Uoed)
Cecile Quod ? maybe his sister.
Antoine Quod born 1799 V la c. (dchazal family tree)maybe?
My ancestors moved to Algeria about 1860.
Jean Francois Quod married Frederique Kerth in 1864 in Boufarik in Algeria. They appear to have had several children - Leon Francois, Margueritte, Frederik Constant (my grandfather), Francois Eugene, Jules, Felix, Adoulph,and Jeanne-Marie between 1864 and 1885.
Frederik Constant married Josephine Wolkringer in 1896 in La Chiffa, Algeria. They had three children before migrating to Australia - Marie Frederique 1897, Raoul Constant 1899 and Edouard Jules 1904. They had four more children in Australia. My research of Algerian information is limited. Can you find anything on these families? My email is < carolj@supervendsoftware.com >

There are tow other siblings of my grandmothers - Marie Eugene Wolkringer and another who married Edourd HAUCK in Boufarik and Moustapha.

There was a cousin of my grandfather's, FC QUOD in Castnaudary who was alive in 1938 but the only information on him is a name Besson and he and his wife had a shop in Castelnaudary. Maybe family trees with references to QUOD in Castnaudary maybe been related to me.

I am Australian and my father was the second youngest child of Frederik Constant Quod ( 1870 - 1950) and Josephine Wolkringer (1877 - 1946) - born in Proserpine, Queensland, Australia.

Another relative escaped Algeria in 1962 to Avignon - Roger Leroux - born abt 1920 - 25 in Boufarik maybe and appears to have died in the early 1990s in Avignn, Fr.

Any help will be gratefully accepted.
Thanks
Carol

Re: ALGERIA DOCUMENTS ARE ON LIGNE

luciemyers1 — 2012-04-18 19:14:29Z

Hi Carol:

I am so sorry but I just saw your message. Or did I answer you already? If you did not get help, let me know who you are searching with as much details and I will help you.

Sincerely,

Lucie

Re: ALGERIA DOCUMENTS ARE ON LIGNE

CarolSusanJosefski — 2012-03-21 01:11:35Z

Please can you help me also with a model letter to find out some births records, death records and marriage records of my descendants in Algeria. There are some blanks in the anom site for my families as well. I do not speak or write French either.Thanks Carol

Re: Camelet

luciemyers1 — 2012-02-03 03:23:55Z

Hi Jane:

Unable to find Catherine CAMELET.

This site shows a distribution of surnames in France during certains years

http://www.geopatronyme.com/cgi-bin/carte/nomcarte.cgi?numer...

Between 1891 and 1915 (the earliest years shown on the website), there were 7 births in Pas-de-Calais (62); 1 birth in Ain (01) and 1 birth in Eure (27). The number in parentheses is attributed to the department in France. See the Map.

I hope you will someday find your ancestor.

Cordially,

Lucie

Camelet

JaneNDoe — 2012-01-26 08:48:41Z

I am trying to find any information on Catherine Camelet who was born 1827 (probably in France) who married Joseph Camilleri abt 1848. They had 7 children in Algeria. She died 28 July 1882 in El Affroun, Blida, Algeria.

Re: Taguemount family!

chettibisamira — 2011-09-16 19:28:22Z

bonjour,je me prénome samira j'habite en france.je voudrais savoir si tu es le yazid boussoualim que je connais.ma mère aussi est une boussoualim tout comme toi et de zekri,mais qui habite a saoula alger.est-tu mon cousin?salutation a toi.

Re: Family Zaouche (famille zaouche)

remy_zaouche — 2011-08-29 23:29:17Z

Hi Jo Ann,

I may just have a connection with your mum’s family!! Although I am not sure about your mum’s grand-parents which I have sent a message to cousins across Facebook few minutes ago as it’s quiet late to get a response right now 
The Good news is, my dad uncle was also a Pharmacist in Algiers his name was Ali Zaouche, The Pharmacy still carry his name to this date in a district of Algiers known as “Sacre-Coeur”
I honestly thought to be the first Zaouche to step in this shores in 1989, I guess I was wrong 
I will keep you informed once I get more information…

Kind Regards

Remy

Re: ALGERIA DOCUMENTS ARE ON LIGNE

JaneNDoe — 2011-07-07 21:27:44Z

Thank you for the offer,my email is jane.cheney@bigpond.com

Re: ALGERIA DOCUMENTS ARE ON LIGNE

davidl437 — 2011-07-07 12:37:25Z

Dear Jane I read your message of 2007 re Rev Henry Dutton If you would like more info re Henry and Sarah Drayton I can provide it. My ggrandmother was the daughter of Henry and his first wife, his second wife Sarah came to Australia after he died and her daughter married a Chapple at Dundee NSW. If you send me your e-mail address I will upload a Gedcom file of the Henry and Sarah's descendants.
David.

Re: ALGERIA DOCUMENTS ARE ON LIGNE

JaneNDoe — 2011-06-26 23:42:35Z

Thank you Lucie, I have searched the Algeria site and I have found her mother's death. Catherine Camelet as 28th July 1824 in El Affroun, Blida, Algiers and that she is a widow. Is the name Camelet an Algierian name??

That is all I was able to decipher as the site is in French. I can not make out whether her parents' information are listed on it. The death of her husband Giuseppe Camilleri is another one that I can not find. It seems that Josephine was one of 7 children all born in Mustapha. She met and married John in Mustapha 29 Apr 1875. They had one child Ubaldesca in 1877 in Mustapha and by 1878 they had their next child in Qrendi, Malta.

Finding the parents of Joseph Camilleri and his wife Catherine Camelet would be great and also the date of when their daughter Josephine went to Malta with her husband and daughter.

Thank you

Re: ALGERIA DOCUMENTS ARE ON LIGNE

LServole — 2011-06-26 23:14:32Z

Hi Jane:

Giuseppa CAMILLERI is born May 5, 1856 at Mustapha, daughter of Guiseppe and Catherine CAMELET.

Cordially,

Lucie

Re: from malta to algiers

LServole — 2011-06-26 22:55:52Z

Hi:

If your are looking for his marriage and death certificates, click on this site

http://tinyurl.com/3mymzs3

Go to #4 for his marriage and #19 for his death.

If you have any problems, let me know.

Lucie

Re: from malta to algiers

JaneNDoe — 2011-06-22 00:44:46Z

That is one of my problems. I did french when at school, seems like centuries ago and only for one year, and I find that I can only decipher a word here and there.

Jane

Re: from malta to algiers

LServole — 2011-06-21 23:24:16Z

Hi:

If you understand French, these sites will probably help you:

http://www.geneanum.com/malte.html

http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/reche...

http://caom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/sdx/ecfa/sear...

Let me know if you need further help.

Lucie

from malta to algiers

JaneNDoe — 2011-06-16 04:00:53Z

Is there a site to search for people moving from Malta to Algiers and back again.

I am looking for Giovanni (Jean/John)Farrugia who was born 1847 in Malta and married Giuseppa(Josephine)Camilleri in 1876 in Mustapha. She was born 1856 in Mustapha. They travelled back to Malta where they had my grandmother.

Re: AMANN Jechtingen

JaneNDoe — 2011-03-15 07:27:14Z

Can anyone translate this message for me?

AMANN Jechtingen

philippeamann — 2011-03-01 21:26:03Z

Bonjour,

je suis descendant de Fidélius AMANN (1814-1866), son fils étant Mathias partis en Algérie Française en 1852.

Si vous êtes intéressé merci de m'écrire.

Philippe AMANN.

Re: ALGERIA DOCUMENTS ARE ON LIGNE

JaneNDoe — 2011-02-22 05:54:27Z

Hi there,

Thank you for your offer. My email is jane.cheney@bigpond.com

I hope that I can break this wall of mine. Everywhere I have gone and tried has just stumped me.

Jane

Re: ALGERIA DOCUMENTS ARE ON LIGNE

mimi8378 — 2011-02-21 19:24:19Z

Hi JaneNDoe,
I just looked up that name on ANOM and did not find it as well. It may be that the French government does not have this document but the Algerian government does. You will have to write the town of Algiers directly to obtain the acte de naissance (birth certificate). If you are interested in doing so, reply with your e-mail address and I will e-mail you instructions on how to do so (I will include a model letter in French also.) My grandmother was Spanish Algerian and I've have had to write the towns directly to obtain her family documents.

Re: Zaouche

satinsback — 2011-02-10 20:55:43Z

I live in the U.S. in the state of Ohio near Cleveland.

Re: Zaouche

houbi20 — 2011-02-10 02:53:45Z

very nice 2hear from you 2. where do u live then !
Mehdi

Re: Zaouche

satinsback — 2011-02-10 01:35:24Z

so good to see another of this family. My mother, Zakia Zaouche, is now 84. I have never seen anything of her mother, Ourida Saadi. Her father was in France with Zakia's brothers and sisters. It is so nice to hear from you.

I looked at pictures on the computer of Algeria and the town of Zakia's birth. It is so very beautiful.

Jo Ann

Re: Zaouche

houbi20 — 2011-02-09 23:54:44Z

salut
je suis un zaouche as well lol and my family come from bejaia but we live in algiers ( bab el oued ) but i live in england, my grand dad is zaouche boubeker sadik ( allah yarhmouh ), all the names that is been mentioned before i heard couple of them in the past. come khaleti zaher nadjoum , zaouche rachid, from my grand mum bikari telidja ( allah yerhamaha) she died only last year

Re: ALGERIA DOCUMENTS ARE ON LIGNE

JaneNDoe — 2011-02-04 04:28:40Z

I can't seem to find the info that I need. Looking for the birth of Guiseppa Camilleri who was born in Algiers about 1871.

Help

JaneNDoe — 2011-02-04 04:19:22Z

I am trying to find information on Guiseppa (Josephine) Camilleri who was born in Algiers about 1871. She travelled with her family to Malta where she met and married Giovanni (John) Farrugia about 1890 in Zurrieq. They had my grandmother, Carmela Maria (Carmen Mary) 16th July 1892 in Qrendi? Malta. Can anyone give me some info as to where I can the information I need. It would be great to go a bit further in this part of the family.

Santorelli Carandante

coleary1 — 2011-01-13 18:39:20Z

Looking for info on Antoine SANTORELLI and his wife Carmen CARANDANTE. Ttheir daughter Jeanne Helen was born in Oran, Algeria. Jeanne was born 23 Aug 1922. Any help appreciated.

TALMA family - Algiers

look182 — 2011-01-03 17:43:21Z

I am trying to find any information on Louise Talma or Bijee Talma who were living in Algiers, close to the Airforce Base in 1940's.
Louise was born in early to mid 1920's, Bijee is her mother.

Roudett,Roudette

vonrou — 2010-08-29 16:30:32Z

Any Roudett(e) out there please contact me,I am doing my family tree

Re: LEGRAND descendants at Oran

JudyRiffel1959 — 2010-08-08 16:16:04Z

Hi Lucie: Yes, I am very familiar with the site. This is how I found this family. I am looking for living descendants, which is difficult because the records don't go past 1904. However, I did find some marginal notations that provided information into the 1940s and 1950s. Thanks for responding. Judy

Re: LEGRAND descendants at Oran

luciemyers1 — 2010-08-08 15:24:48Z

Hi Judy:

Are you familiar with this website http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/reche...

The documents put on line in this site only go up to 1904. It will probably be like looking for a needle in a haystack but you can always try. I would type the last name only, for ex: BOEHM and look for all births and marriages (up to 1904 mainly in ORAN) paying particularly attention to first names such as Marie; Louise; Jean Baptiste, etc... (first names carried thru the generations by grandparents, parents, etc...). It is not going to be easy but you might get lucky and find a document with familiar names you are looking for and from there you can look up the last generation let's say in Rootsweb.com; FamilySearch.org or Ancestry (if you have a membership).

There are also groups (in French) that can help you. Let me know if you are interested.

Bonne chance.

Lucie

LEGRAND descendants at Oran

JudyRiffel1959 — 2010-05-18 21:21:52Z

Searching for descendants of Rigobert Jean Baptiste LEGRAND, born 1819 at Festubert (Pas-de-Calais) and died 1902 at Oran. He served in the French Army at Oran from 1845 to 1858. He was married twice, first to Godelive Honorine DELHAYE and had Therese Honorine Godelive LEGRAND who married Alexandre CONDOMINES. His second wife was Therese BIREBENT, by whom he had at least 5 children, all born at Oran: (1) Marie Louise LEGRAND, who married Casimir Joseph Eugene DELORME; (2) Pauline Christine LEGRAND, who married #1 Frederic Ulysse BOEHM & #2 Emile Magloire LEROUX; (3) Christine Josephine Alexandrine Antoinette LEGRAND, who married Louis Henry GRANIER; (4) Felicie Philomene Therese LEGRAND, who married Louis Barnabe PELLETIER; and (5) Henri Louis Joseph LEGRAND, who married Edouardine Laure Marguerite BIENAIME. Would like to contact any descendants of this family.

Re: Tari / Combe / Lopez

luciemyers1 — 2010-03-12 21:22:32Z

Hi,

If you are looking in Algeria, try this site:

http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/reche...

Good luck.

Lucie

Tari / Combe / Lopez

turdbuster46 — 2010-02-05 17:12:11Z

I am looking for any information Lopez/Tari marriage - Tari / Perez marriage- and Erb/Combe - Tari/Cerdat can any one help
Thanks

Re: GORRIE STEWART

rockyk182 — 2009-11-16 00:37:09Z

Kristi - James Buchan of Rochester NY is also my gggggrandfather and i have alot of information on him
Which of his children are you a descendent of? i am a descendent of Caroline. I know there was a Maria, Catherine who i believe died in her teens, Amelia, Emma,
and Charles. Would be glad to share with you what i know.
He came to rochester in the 1820's and i or my family have portraits of Caroline, Maria and Amelia. i still live in Rochester NY

salut

xolipop — 2009-03-20 13:15:39Z

bjr je m'appele zaouche amina je suis originaire de bejaia et j'habite a alger et j'ai 21ans ; franchement je connais pas bcp de personne de la famille zaouche c ça qui ma poussé a faire des recherche sur le net.alors ça me frait vraiment plaisir de faire la connaissance des membres de ma famille alors j'attends votre reponse.

ALGERIA DOCUMENTS ARE ON LIGNE

LServole — 2009-02-12 02:13:29Z

Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates from 1830 to 1904 are now on ligne. See this site:

http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/reche...

Bonne Chance!

Lucie

Re: Palomba Family Name - Late 1800's

lynetteguarino — 2008-11-07 18:43:45Z

I am happy to share what I know - Please contat me at lkguar@earthlink.net

Re: Palomba Family Name - Late 1800's

cacirro — 2008-05-01 20:40:12Z

Palomba are originary from Torre del Greco, near Naples in Italy. They were a family of 'patron de nave' or ship owners, captains and coral craftsmen. My father amd his brohers are captains as ther father before.
I'd like to exchaneg information about the part of the family which emigrated to Algerie.