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''[[France Genealogy|France]]'' | |||
Church records [registres paroissiaux] are excellent sources for information on names, dates, and places of baptisms, marriages, and deaths. Most persons who lived in France were recorded in a church record. | Church records [registres paroissiaux] are excellent sources for information on names, dates, and places of baptisms, marriages, and deaths. Most persons who lived in France were recorded in a church record. | ||
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*Search the death registers for all family members. Death records may show children who were never recorded in baptism records.<br> | *Search the death registers for all family members. Death records may show children who were never recorded in baptism records.<br> | ||
== Convent records (Registres des monastères, couvents, abbayes, évêchés) == | == Convent records (Registres des monastères, couvents, abbayes, évêchés) == | ||
Research use: | Research use: Supplies names and relationships at an early time period not covered by other records. | ||
Record type: | Record type: Records of religious orders at an early time included a broad spectrum of documents relating to clergy and layman. | ||
Time Period: | Time Period: 1200-present. | ||
Content: | Content: Names and genealogies of clergy and members of religious orders, record of clerical taxes, land records, wills, inheritance and judicial records of laity. | ||
Location: | Location: National, departmental, municipal archives, dioceses, abbeys, etc.. | ||
Percentage in Family History Library: | Percentage in Family History Library: 2%. | ||
Population coverage: | Population coverage: 15%.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: France,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1984-1998.</ref> | ||
'''Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:'''<br> | '''Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:'''<br> | ||