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09/29/2026 at 10:37 AM
Copy of the recommendation posted on Facebook, June 30, 2025.
In February (2025), I posted in the group, seeking help finding the current address of an ancestor’s home before our trip to visit Alsace. As a follow up, I hired Claude Geyer of Geyer Généalogie to help with the research, and he not only located this property, but seven others related to my family! We recently spent an unforgettable day, with Claude as our tour guide, visiting the villages of Wingen, Climbach and Lampertsloch. Claude planned an excellent day for us, even including a lunch stop at a traditional Alsatian restaurant so we could try the local cuisine. I cannot recommend Claude highly enough if you are looking for someone to help with your family research. He is knowledgeable, thorough, and very kind. Located in Strasbourg, he has ready access to the Bas-Rhin archives that are not available online. It was incredibly helpful that he not only speaks French and the Alsatian German dialect, but is also an excellent English speaker. Below is a post about our day. Please reach out if you have any questions or I can help in any way.
09/27/2026 at 10:55 AM
Claude Geyer was outstanding in furthering my husband’s Alsatian family connections. We live in Wilmington, North Carolina in the United States, so I researched further and found Claude Geyer Généalogie highly regarded in reviews on the internet. Our research had identified a possible cousin from DNA data and we wanted to reach out to meet. We communicated over email with Claude Geyer and he helped devise the best plan. He reviewed lineage and reached out to the cousin and was able to meet and set-up our meeting when we arrived in Alsace. We also wanted land ownership and guardianship record analysis. We had the completed research report in our hands before the scheduled outing. The 45-page report covered cadastral maps, marriage contracts and the full history of what occurred after both parents died a few years apart leaving young children to be cared for.
There really are no words for how wonderful our ‘field day’ was with Claude. He picked us up at hotel at 9:00am. We started out with two church visits; the first, Église des Saints-Innocents, found us in the bell tower with bells ringing at 10:00 am the day the Pope visited France. The other, St. Michael’s, had us reading the church registry entries of our ancestors and visiting the cemetery. From there we met with our newly connected family, had a classic Alsatian lunch (Baeckeoffe) with all and toured the vineyard. We summed up the day viewing the beautiful vineyards of Alsace from various vistas.
08/21/2026 at 3:29 PM
I contacted Claude at Geyer Généalogie seeking help with archival records that are not available online. I was specifically interested in notarial records which are a useful type of French legal document. In France, notaries prepare contracts and agreements and certify their legal authenticity. Such records include marriage contracts, property sales, wills, estate inheritance, and guardianship agreements.
Over the last two years I have ordered nine searches and have received more than 50 documents. Each order included a clear quotation of the work to be done, a time frame for delivery, and the quoted price. Often the quotation included multiple parts, both new searches and follow-ups to previous findings.
From the documents that Claude found, I now have the precise locations and descriptions of family homes. I also have detailed lists of household goods and farm-yard items that my ancestors owned, details about the way immigration to North America was financed, information about family relationships, multigenerational living arrangements, inheritance arrangements, and illnesses. In one case, Claude discovered the whereabouts of a long-lost brother who stayed in France.
Claude has a deep understanding of these documents. He can transcribe the old handwriting, provide a detailed summery of the document or a very accurate translation into English. He has a deep understanding of the history of Alsace and addresses questions that arise from the documents. His work is extremely precise and carried out with care. Claude’s responsiveness and high-quality reports make Geyer Généalogie an excellent choice for family history research.
08/15/2026 at 3:00 PM
My sisters and I made a trip to Alsace in September 2024. We have 3rd great grandparents who emigrated from the area to New Orleans in 1852. I wanted to learn more about this branch of my family before traveling to France. I got a recommendation for Geyer Généalogie to do the research. Claude responded to my inquiry immediately and, after I had outlined what I already knew, suggested he could put together a research report that included 4-5 generations of the ancestors plus copies of the supporting vital records. The timeline for the project was estimated to be six weeks and Claude actually finished it in four weeks. Pricing for the work was very reasonable and making payments through PayPal was easy.
We made arrangements with Claude to meet us in Strasbourg and take us for the day to the villages where our ancestors lived before emigrating to America. We visited a couple of churches and a town hall, looking for traces of the family. We had lunch at a local restaurant and then visited a farmhouse museum that gave us an idea of what life was like in rural 19th century Alsace-Lorraine. We had a wonderful day!
I am very happy with the report Claude compiled for me and I also received 26 photocopied vital records. I would highly recommend Geyer Généalogie to anyone interested in their Alsace family history!
Many thanks Claude!
08/14/2026 at 11:26 AM
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