This information was stated within a newspaper article entitled "It's Federation Day!", written by Larry Nemecek. General Georges Picard was obviously intended as an ancestor of future Starfleet Captain Jean-Luc Picard, as a clipping of the article was contained within the Picard family album during the filming of Generations. Picard would presumably have served solely in the solar system, since Captain Picard states that he was the first member of the Picard family to leave it in Star Trek Nemesis.