When Yvette found a line to Eleanor of Aquitaine (1124-1204), Queen of France and England, in online trees, she quickly realized the existing research did not meet standards. She set about verifying the line one generation at a time, to meet the Genealogical Proof Standard. In this presentation, she will take you on her journey, sharing the skills, methods, and documents she used to verify her royal line back to the 1100s.
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Valid through: August 26, 2025
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Love that she didn’t read bullets off a slide we could read ourselves. Pace was excellent.Organization logical. I’m 84 and have been dabbling in genealogy over 50 years. My mom’s family was in New York since 1635 and intermarried with Huguenot, Dutch, Walloon, etc. families. I’ve gone back to Eleanor and Charlemagne, but without so much certainty and really appreciate the effort Marie has expended. Brava!
What a fascinating webinar. Yvette was clearly determined to follow her ancestors until she found royalty. I am certainly not at that stage in my genealogy journey but it was amazing to see how far Yvette was able to go with her knowledge and expertise. Thank you
Yvette’s presentation was very professionally with so much detail without being boring. I was particularly interested as I. too, have traced back to Eleanor of Aquitaine and now have an path to make the proofs
This was a truly fascinating presentation, especially since I had not read any of her blog posts, so was not even familiar with the effort put in so far. I thought that many of the older documents shown were true gems. I already know that I have some royal lines, as a descendant of many who settled here in the 1600s in Virginia, New York, and various states in the Northeast, but I doubt I would have the patience or sufficient mobility to undertake a similar effort to prove each generation.
Fantastic presentation by Yvette on her work and her dedication to fulfill the GPS throughout her research. Congratulations on proving your line and thanks for inspiring others to follow and connect to your work. I’ve followed your blog series for years and have eagerly been waiting for new posts and results. Very well done! Thank you also for making all this available and making the very enjoyable and pedagogical presentation!
Entertaining as well as informative. Encouragement to continue my own personal work of discovery related to Salem 1691/92 with illustrations of how to best present the information to family members who may not be as keen on genealogy but need to know the family history. Along with Blaine, Yvette is one presenter I plan to ensure I view each and every time she appears – never dull or boring!
Excellent, professional, thorough, & entertaining presentation! It’s incredible that Yvette could trace her heritage back 30 generations!
Fascinating to see what she was able to find with her deep research skills, such as the receipt for a medieval ancestor’s wedding dress. Well organized showing us 5 generations at a time, picking out only certain ancestors to elaborate on. Blogging each generation sounds like a good way to keep on track and motivated to keep working on the project.