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Content is similar to birth registers and lists only 17-21-year-old males, their parents, residence, physical descriptions, current status such as exempt, moved away, deceased, etc.<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> | Content is similar to birth registers and lists only 17-21-year-old males, their parents, residence, physical descriptions, current status such as exempt, moved away, deceased, etc.<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> | ||
Military censuses or conscription records may help determine where a person was from. Not all collections are indexed. They are compiled year by year and listed alphabetically in each locality for men who are age 19 and 20. The towns | Military censuses or conscription records may help determine where a person was from. Not all collections are indexed. They are compiled year by year and listed alphabetically in each locality for men who are age 19 and 20. The towns may be grouped in cantons and districts. Each department has several districts. Because of this, a search for conscription records can be time-consuming. You will need your relative's birth year and birth department before beginning research for conscription records in departmental archives. | ||
Records of French troop assignments [contrôles de troupes] start in 1716. They are arranged by regiment name and the date each company in the regiment was raised. The list shows where the company was raised, commanders, and number of men. It cites the archive number of the company's records and the types of information in the records (such as names of parents and dates and places of birth). Troop assignments from 1716 to 1789 are listed in: | Records of French troop assignments [contrôles de troupes] start in 1716. They are arranged by regiment name and the date each company in the regiment was raised. The list shows where the company was raised, commanders, and number of men. It cites the archive number of the company's records and the types of information in the records (such as names of parents and dates and places of birth). Troop assignments from 1716 to 1789 are listed in: | ||
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''Bureau Central d’Archives Administratives Militaires'' is another possible place to explore for records. | ''Bureau Central d’Archives Administratives Militaires'' is another possible place to explore for records. | ||
''Navel records-'' | ''Navel records-'' May be harder to research because they are dispersed between a number of archives. It may be in the ''maritime'' regions, ''the Service Historique de la Marine'', the ''Archives Nationales'', and certain ''archieves departementales''. The meritime region is further divided between the five main historically naval ports: Cherbourg, Brest, Lorient, Rochefort, Toulon. | ||