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===Online Records=== | ===Online Records: Departmental Links and FamilySearch Records=== | ||
*Civil registration (l'état civil) and church records (registres paroissiaux) for most departments are '''digitized and available online'''. Only civil status registers over 100 years old are published online. | |||
*FamilySearch cooperated with the departments to help microfilm their records. Therefore the '''digitized microfilms of the records are also available through FamilySearch'''. | |||
*The Wiki article for each department gives links to the '''actual department's online records, the FamilySearch link, and links to miscellaneous indexes created by various organizations:''' | |||
===Visiting the Archives=== | ===Visiting the Archives=== | ||
*The departmental archives of France are open to the public. They are usually located in the largest town of the department. | *The departmental archives of France are open to the public. They are usually located in the largest town of the department. | ||