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''[[France|France]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[France Military Records|Military Records]]''
''[[France|France]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[France_Military_Records|Military Records]]''  


Military records identify individuals who served in the military or who were eligible for service. Most young men were required to serve in or register for military service in France. Evidence that an ancestor actually served may be found in family records, civil registrations, biographies, censuses, probate records, military conscription records, and church records.  
Military records identify individuals who served in the military or who were eligible for service. Most young men were required to serve in or register for military service in France. Evidence that an ancestor actually served may be found in family records, civil registrations, biographies, censuses, probate records, military conscription records, and church records.  
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*Correspondence.
*Correspondence.


Many of these records have been centralized at the Military Archives in Vincennes, but the conscription records are kept at the departmental archives. The Family History Library has not filmed military records, except for a few conscription records in the department of Bas-Rhin from 1817 to 1856.  
Many of these records have been centralized at the [http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/ Military Archives in Vincennes], but the conscription records are kept at the departmental archives. The Family History Library has not filmed military records, except for a few conscription records in the department of Bas-Rhin from 1817 to 1856.  


Although military records have genealogical information, they are rarely used in French research because they are difficult to access and few are indexed. Military records are kept confidential for 120 years from the soldier's birth. Other sources (such as church records and civil registration) are more easily available and contain much of the same information.  
Although military records have genealogical information, they are rarely used in French research because they are difficult to access and few are indexed. Military records are kept confidential for 120 years from the soldier's birth. Other sources (such as church records and civil registration) are more easily available and contain much of the same information.  
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:FRANCE, [DEPARTMENT] - MILITARY HISTORY  
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:FRANCE, [PROVINCE] (REGION) - MILITARY HISTORY  
:FRANCE, [PROVINCE] (REGION) - MILITARY HISTORY


=== Military History  ===
=== Military History  ===


==== Thirty Years War ====
==== Thirty Years War ====


'''1618-1648:''' [[Thirty_Years'_War|Thirty Years War]]. Many records destroyed in eastern France. Severe devastation in German areas.  
'''1618-1648:''' [[Thirty Years' War|Thirty Years War]]. Many records destroyed in eastern France. Severe devastation in German areas.  


==== King William's War ====
==== King William's War ====


'''1689-1697:''' [[King_William's_War,_1689-1697|King William's War]]. In England, it was called the War of the Grand Alliance.  
'''1689-1697:''' [[King William's War, 1689-1697|King William's War]]. In England, it was called the War of the Grand Alliance.  


==== Queen Anne's War ====
==== Queen Anne's War ====


'''1703-1713:''' [[Queen_Anne's_War_1702_to_1713|Queen Anne's War]]. Also known as War of Spanish Succession.
'''1703-1713:''' [[Queen Anne's War 1702 to 1713|Queen Anne's War]]. Also known as War of Spanish Succession.  


==== King George's War ====
==== King George's War ====


'''1744-1748:''' [[King George's War, 1744-1748|King George's War]].  
'''1744-1748:''' [[King George's War, 1744-1748|King George's War]].  


==== French and Indian War ====
==== French and Indian War ====


'''1756-63:''' Seven Years War also known as [[French_and_Indian_War,_1754-1763|French and Indian War]]. Britain consolidates colonial power at the expense of France.  
'''1756-63:''' Seven Years War also known as [[French and Indian War, 1754-1763|French and Indian War]]. Britain consolidates colonial power at the expense of France.  


==== American Revolution ====
==== American Revolution ====


'''1778-1783:''' French intervention in the American Revolution.
'''1778-1783:''' French intervention in the American Revolution.  


*Bodinier, Gilbert. ''Dictionnaire des officiers de l'armée royale qui ont combattu aux Etats-Unis pendant la guerre d'Indépendance 1776-1783 (Officers in the Royal French Army who fought in the United States during the American War for Independence, 1776-1783)''. Vincennes, France: Service historique de l'armée de terre, 1983. (Family History Library book {{FHL|944 M2b|disp=944 M2b}}; not on microfilm.)  
*Bodinier, Gilbert. ''Dictionnaire des officiers de l'armée royale qui ont combattu aux Etats-Unis pendant la guerre d'Indépendance 1776-1783 (Officers in the Royal French Army who fought in the United States during the American War for Independence, 1776-1783)''. Vincennes, France: Service historique de l'armée de terre, 1983. (Family History Library book {{FHL|944 M2b|disp=944 M2b}}; not on microfilm.)


*''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1246422 Les combattants français de la guerre américaine, 1778-1783 (French soldiers in the American Revolution)]''. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. Originally published as: United States Congress. 58th Congress, Second Session. Senate. Document number 77. (Family History Library book {{FHL|944 M2cf|disp=944 M2cf}}; film {{FHL|547088|film|disp=547088}} item 5.) Includes index.  
*''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1246422 Les combattants français de la guerre américaine, 1778-1783 (French soldiers in the American Revolution)]''. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. Originally published as: United States Congress. 58th Congress, Second Session. Senate. Document number 77. (Family History Library book {{FHL|944 M2cf|disp=944 M2cf}}; film {{FHL|547088|film|disp=547088}} item 5.) Includes index.


==== French Revolutionary Wars ====
==== French Revolutionary Wars ====


'''1792-1800:''' French Revolutionary Wars. France invaded Germany and Italy.  
'''1792-1800:''' French Revolutionary Wars. France invaded Germany and Italy.  


==== Napoleonic Wars ====
==== Napoleonic Wars ====


'''1800-1815:''' Napoleonic Wars surge back and forth across Europe.  
'''1800-1815:''' Napoleonic Wars surge back and forth across Europe.  


==== Crimean War ====
==== Crimean War ====


'''1853-1856:''' Crimean War. France, Britain, Turkey fight Russia.  
'''1853-1856:''' Crimean War. France, Britain, Turkey fight Russia.  


==== Franco-Prussian War ====
==== Franco-Prussian War ====


'''1870-1871:''' Franco-Prussian War. German Empire founded upon defeat of France and took Alsace and Lorraine to form Alsace-Lorraine (Elsass-Lothringen).  
'''1870-1871:''' Franco-Prussian War. German Empire founded upon defeat of France and took Alsace and Lorraine to form Alsace-Lorraine (Elsass-Lothringen).  


==== World War I ====
==== World War I ====


'''1914-1918:''' World War I. France regains Alsace and Lorraine at the end.  
'''1914-1918:''' World War I. France regains Alsace and Lorraine at the end.  


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