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| align="center" style="font-family: verdana; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(238, 238, 238);" | '''Beginners Corner''' | | align="center" style="font-family: verdana; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(238, 238, 238);" | '''Beginners Corner''' | ||
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| link = https://www.facebook.com/pages/France-Genealogy-Research/374516879237899?cid=GRCW_France | | link = https://www.facebook.com/pages/France-Genealogy-Research/374516879237899?cid=GRCW_France | ||
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[[Image:400px-Tour eiffel at sunrise from the trocadero.jpg|right|200px|400px-Tour eiffel at sunrise from the trocadero.jpg]] | [[Image:400px-Tour eiffel at sunrise from the trocadero.jpg|right|200px|400px-Tour eiffel at sunrise from the trocadero.jpg]] | ||
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Prior to March 1790 France was organized into provinces. Several administrative regions of France still carry the names of the former provinces. | Prior to March 1790 France was organized into provinces. Several administrative regions of France still carry the names of the former provinces. | ||
==== Provinces ( | ==== Historic Provinces (and their capitals) ==== | ||
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*[[Touraine|Touraine (Tours)]] | *[[Touraine|Touraine (Tours)]] | ||
*[[Trois-Eveches|Trois-Évêchés (Metz, Toul and Verdun)]] | *[[Trois-Eveches|Trois-Évêchés (Metz, Toul and Verdun)]] | ||
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==== Departments ==== | ==== Departments ==== | ||
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Today France is divided into 96 departments plus 4 overseas departments. This number has changed over the years, in 1790 there were 83 and at the height of Napoleon's reign there were as many as 130. Records are kept on the town level, but one needs to know in which department the town is located. | Today France is divided into 96 departments plus 4 overseas departments. This number has changed over the years, in 1790 there were 83 and at the height of Napoleon's reign there were as many as 130. Records are kept on the town level, but one needs to know in which department the town is located. | ||
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*[[Create an external link|Add external links to articles]] | *[[Create an external link|Add external links to articles]] | ||
*[[Create an internal link|Add internal links to articles]] | *[[Create an internal link|Add internal links to articles]] | ||
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*[[French Records Online|French Records Online]] | *[[French Records Online|French Records Online]] | ||
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[[Category:France]] | [[Category:France]] | ||