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Revision as of 17:53, 2 August 2016
Guide to Meuse, France ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.
Online Church Records and Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
The vast majority of your research will be in church records and civil registration. Fortunately, these records are available online from the archives of each department.
Finding Church Records and Civil Registration Online[edit | edit source]
Each Department of France has archives that provide digitized images of these records.
Here is the address for the Department Archives of Meuse, where you will find these records.
- Registres paroissiaux (parish registers)
- Registres d'état civil (civil registration)
- Censuses (Recensements)
Search Strategy[edit | edit source]
- Search for the relative or ancestor you selected. When you find his birth record, search for the births of his brothers and sisters.
- Then, search for the marriage of his parents. The marriage record will often help you find the birth records of the parents.
- You can estimate the ages of the parents and search for their birth records.
- Search the death registers for all family members.
- Repeat this process for both the father and the mother, starting with their birth records, then their siblings' births, then their parents' marriages, and so on.
- If earlier generations (parents, grandparents, etc.) do not appear in the records, search neighboring parishes.
How to Read the Records[edit | edit source]
- For more instruction on using these records, see:
Learning to Read Enough French to Do Genealogy[edit | edit source]
- It's easier than you think! You do not have to be fluent in French to use these records, as there is only a limited vocabulary used in them. By learning a few key phrases, you will be able to read them adequately. Here are some resources for learning to read French records.
- There is a three-lesson course in reading French Records: