Dear Carney cousings,
I have a site that may help some research. I was researching a relative of mine, Michael
(Murray) who changed his name to Murat to become a professor at Sorbonne. All else I knew
was he fought with Napoleon, so a friend of mine located this site that includes Irish who
fought in that war.
French military records, called the St. Helene's Project, at the RootsWeb Guide To
Tracing Family Trees, Guide #13. Information about these military records are at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson13.htm From this page link to the St. Helene's
Project, of France, which has documented almost 400,000 soldiers who fought for Napoleon,
and who won an award called the Medal of St. Helena. This medal was awarded to soldiers of
several nations, including Ireland. And from the above web page link to:
http://stehelene.geneactes.org/
where you can search for names. St. Helene medal records are held by the Historical
Service of the Army, which in French is: du Service historique de l'arm�e de terre The
address for the Historical Service of the Army is below: Monsieur le Chef
du Service historique de l'arm�e de terre
Ch�teau de Vincennes
BP 107 - 00481 ARM�ESFRANCE I'm kind of new out here, hope it helps and you all had a
great Memorial Day, Tim
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