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Colonial Records

Ottoman Empire (1516-1830)

The regency of Algiers (parts of modern-day Algeria) was administered as a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire in North Africa from 1515 to 1830. Rule changed over to France when the French invaded in 1830.

Ottoman Records Table

Record collection	Years covered	Record type	Language	Who is in the records

French Colonization (1830-1962)

The French began colonizing the area of Algeria beginning in 1830 with the Invasion of Algiers. Algeria gained independence from France in 1962.

French Records Table

Record collection	Years covered	Record type	Language	Who is in the records
French Colonial Records for Algeria at Geneanet	1830-1962	Vital records, census, cemeteries	French	French colonialists
IREL French Overseas Civil Registration, 1830-1918, index & images	1830-1962		French	At the request of the Algerian government, acts concerning indigenous people had to be disregarded during microfilming.
Registre de décès, 1685-1688	1685-1688	Deaths	French	Death register for the French Garrison in Algeria
Registres de l'état civil, 1834-1858	1834-1858	Civil status registers	French	Government military papers dealing with death records and extracts of death records from France and other countries fighting in Algeria. Includes some births and marriages. Includes some indexes.
Département d'Alger, état civil, série GG (registres), répertoire numérique		Department register information	French
Microfilms des registres d'état civil d'Algerie, sous-série 109 MIOM		Register information	French
Série F 80, état civil, actes (en registres), cartons no. 720-724		Register information	French
Designation des émigres et des immigrés, 1801-1918	1801-1918	Immigration records	French	Immigrants and emigrants (domestic and foreign) to and from Ardèche, France. Includes immigrations and emigrations to and from Algeria and French Indochina.
L'Exode de Bischwiller à Elbeuf, Phalsbourg, Mulhouse, Metz, Algêrie, Wissembourg		Migration records	French	Migrations from Alsace-Lorraine to Algeria, within the region, and parts of Germany.
Les émigrants de Riedseltz [Bas-Rhin vers les Etats-Unis et l'Algérie entre 1830 et 1846]	1830-1846	Emigration and immigration records	French	A description of people emigrating from Riedseltz, Bah-Rhin, France to the United States and Algeria between 1830 and 1846.
Wissembourg : l'émigration de l'arrondissement de Wissembourg durant le 19ème siècle		Emigration and immigration records	French