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'''Paris'''. A fire in 1871 destroyed almost all the civil registers of Paris before the year 1860. The government has reconstructed about 2.7 million of the estimated eight million burned records. For a guide to the Paris records see: | '''Paris'''. A fire in 1871 destroyed almost all the civil registers of Paris before the year 1860. The government has reconstructed about 2.7 million of the estimated eight million burned records. For a guide to the Paris records see: | ||
Demeulenaère-Douyère, Christiane. ''Guide des sources de l'état civil parisien (Guide to civil registration sources of Paris)''. Paris, France: s.n., 19--. (Family History Library book | Demeulenaère-Douyère, Christiane. ''Guide des sources de l'état civil parisien (Guide to civil registration sources of Paris)''. Paris, France: s.n., 19--. (Family History Library book {{FHL|944.361 V27d|disp=944.361 V27d}}; film {{FHL|151604|title-id|disp=1573092}} item 15.) | ||
The Family History Library has a part of the Andriveau collection (started before the fire) which includes some baptisms, marriages, and deaths in Paris from about 1800 to 1860. This collection is not complete, some film is out of focus, and circulation to family history centers in Europe is prohibited. | The Family History Library has a part of the Andriveau collection (started before the fire) which includes some baptisms, marriages, and deaths in Paris from about 1800 to 1860. This collection is not complete, some film is out of focus, and circulation to family history centers in Europe is prohibited. | ||