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*'''Archives''' collect and preserve '''original documents''' of organizations such as churches or governments. '''Libraries''' generally collect '''published sources''' such as books, maps, and microfilm. | *'''Archives''' collect and preserve '''original documents''' of organizations such as churches or governments. '''Libraries''' generally collect '''published sources''' such as books, maps, and microfilm. | ||
*'''If you plan to visit a repository, contact them''' and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one. | *'''If you plan to visit a repository, contact them''' and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one. | ||
*Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog ''' | *Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Library'''] may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them. | ||
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==Digital Libraries== | |||
*[https://gallica.bnf.fr/accueil/en/content/accueil-en?mode=desktop Gallica] - digital library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and its partners | |||
== Departmental Archives == | == Departmental Archives == | ||
*[https://francearchives.fr/annuaire/departements Interactive Map to Online France Archives] | |||
In France each department has its own archive [Archives départementales] that is separate from those of the national government. Most French records of genealogical value are kept at these archives. Their collections include: | In France each department has its own archive [Archives départementales] that is separate from those of the national government. Most French records of genealogical value are kept at these archives. Their collections include: | ||
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*Military conscription records | *Military conscription records | ||
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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. | |||
*Link to each department's online records: | |||
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<ul class="column-spacing-fullscreen" style="width:100%;padding-right:5px;"> | |||
<li>[[Ain, France Genealogy|Ain]] (01)</li> | |||
<li>[[Aisne, France Genealogy|Aisne]] (02)</li> | |||
<li>[[Allier, France Genealogy|Allier]] (03)</li> | |||
<li>[[Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France Genealogy|Alpes-de-Haute-Provence]] (04)</li> | |||
<li>[[Hautes-Alpes, France Genealogy|Hautes-Alpes]] (05)</li> | |||
<li>[[Alpes-Maritimes, France Genealogy|Alpes-Maritimes]] (06)</li> | |||
<li>[[Ardèche, France Genealogy|Ardèche]] (07)</li> | |||
<li>[[Ardennes, France Genealogy|Ardennes]] (08)</li> | |||
<li>[[Ariège, France Genealogy|Ariège]] (09)</li> | |||
<li>[[Aube, France Genealogy|Aube]] (10)</li> | |||
<li>[[Aude, France Genealogy|Aude]] (11)</li> | |||
<li>[[Aveyron, France Genealogy|Aveyron]] (12)</li> | |||
<li>[[Bas-Rhin, France Genealogy|Bas-Rhin]] (67)</li> | |||
<li>[[Bouches-du-Rhône, France Genealogy|Bouches-du-Rhône]] (13)</li> | |||
<li>[[Calvados, France Genealogy|Calvados]] (14)</li> | |||
<li>[[Cantal, France Genealogy|Cantal]] (15)</li> | |||
<li>[[Charente, France Genealogy|Charente]] (16)</li> | |||
<li>[[Charente-Maritime, France Genealogy|Charente-Maritime]] (17)</li> | |||
<li>[[Cher, France Genealogy|Cher]] (18)</li> | |||
<li>[[Corrèze, France Genealogy|Corrèze]] (19)</li> | |||
<li>[[Corse-du-Sud, France Genealogy|Corse-du-Sud]](2A)</li> | |||
<li>[[Haute-Corse, France Genealogy|Haute-Corse]] (2B)</li> | |||
<li>[[Côte d'Or, France Genealogy|Côte d'Or]] (21)</li> | |||
<li>[[Côtes d'Armor, France Genealogy|Côtes d'Armor]] (22)</li> | |||
<li>[[Creuse, France Genealogy|Creuse]] (23)</li> | |||
<li>[[Dordogne, France Genealogy|Dordogne]] (24)</li> | |||
<li>[[Doubs, France Genealogy|Doubs]] (25)</li> | |||
<li>[[Drôme, France Genealogy|Drôme]] (26)</li> | |||
<li>[[Eure, France Genealogy|Eure]] (27)</li> | |||
<li>[[Eure-et-Loir, France Genealogy|Eure-et-Loir]] (28)</li> | |||
<li>[[Finistère, France Genealogy|Finistère]] (29)</li> | |||
<li>[[Gard, France Genealogy|Gard]] (30)</li> | |||
<li>[[Haute-Garonne, France Genealogy|Haute-Garonne]] (31)</li> | |||
<li>[[Gers, France Genealogy|Gers]] (32)</li> | |||
<li>[[Gironde, France Genealogy|Gironde]](33)</li> | |||
<li>[[Hérault, France Genealogy|Hérault]] (34)</li> | |||
<li>[[Haut-Rhin, France Genealogy|Haut-Rhin]] (68)</li> | |||
<li>[[Ille-et-Vilaine, France Genealogy|Ille-et-Vilaine]] (35)</li> | |||
<li>[[Indre, France Genealogy|Indre]] (36)</li> | |||
<li>[[Indre-et-Loire, France Genealogy|Indre-et-Loire]] (37)</li> | |||
<li>[[Isère, France Genealogy|Isère]] (38)</li> | |||
<li>[[Jura, France Genealogy|Jura]] (39)</li> | |||
<li>[[Landes, France Genealogy|Landes]] (40)</li> | |||
<li>[[Loir-et-Cher, France Genealogy|Loir-et-Cher]] (41)</li> | |||
<li>[[Loire, France Genealogy|Loire]] (42)</li> | |||
<li>[[Haute-Loire, France Genealogy|Haute-Loire]] (43)</li> | |||
<li>[[Loire-Atlantique, France Genealogy|Loire-Atlantique]] (44)</li> | |||
<li>[[Loiret, France Genealogy|Loiret]] (45)</li> | |||
<li>[[Lot, France Genealogy|Lot]] (46)</li> | |||
<li>[[Lot-et-Garonne, France Genealogy|Lot-et-Garonne]] (47)</li> | |||
<li>[[Lozère, France Genealogy|Lozère]] (48)</li> | |||
<li>[[Maine-et-Loire, France Genealogy|Maine-et-Loire]] (49)</li> | |||
<li>[[Manche, France Genealogy|Manche]] (50)</li> | |||
<li>[[Marne, France Genealogy|Marne]] (51)</li> | |||
<li>[[Haute-Marne, France Genealogy|Haute-Marne]] (52)</li> | |||
<li>[[Mayenne, France Genealogy|Mayenne]] (53)</li> | |||
<li>[[Meurthe-et-Moselle, France Genealogy|Meurthe-et-Moselle]] (54)</li> | |||
<li>[[Meuse, France Genealogy|Meuse]] (55)</li> | |||
<li>[[Morbihan, France Genealogy|Morbihan]] (56)</li> | |||
<li>[[Moselle, France Genealogy|Moselle]] (57)</li> | |||
<li>[[Nièvre, France Genealogy|Nièvre]] (58)</li> | |||
<li>[[Nord, France Genealogy|Nord]] (59)</li> | |||
<li>[[Oise, France Genealogy|Oise]] (60)</li> | |||
<li>[[Orne, France Genealogy|Orne]] (61)</li> | |||
<li>[[Pas-de-Calais, France Genealogy|Pas-de-Calais]] (62)</li> | |||
<li>[[Puy-de-Dôme, France Genealogy|Puy-de-Dôme]] (63)</li> | |||
<li>[[Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France Genealogy|Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] (64)</li> | |||
<li>[[Hautes-Pyrénées, France Genealogy|Hautes-Pyrénées]] (65)</li> | |||
<li>[[Pyrénées-Orientales, France Genealogy|Pyrénées-Orientales]](66)</li> | |||
<li>[[Rhône, France Genealogy|Rhône]] (69)</li> | |||
<li>[[Haute-Saône, France Genealogy|Haute-Saône]] (70)</li> | |||
<li>[[Saône-et-Loire, France Genealogy|Saône-et-Loire]] (71)</li> | |||
<li>[[Sarthe, France Genealogy|Sarthe]] (72)</li> | |||
<li>[[Savoie, France Genealogy|Savoie]] (73)</li> | |||
<li>[[Haute-Savoie, France Genealogy|Haute-Savoie]] (74)</li> | |||
<li>[[Paris, France Genealogy|Paris]] (75)</li> | |||
<li>[[Seine-Maritime, France Genealogy|Seine-Maritime]] (76)</li> | |||
<li>[[Seine-et-Marne, France Genealogy|Seine-et-Marne]] (77)</li> | |||
<li>[[Yvelines, France Genealogy|Yvelines]] (78)</li> | |||
<li>[[Deux-Sèvres, France Genealogy|Deux-Sèvres]] (79)</li> | |||
<li>[[Somme, France Genealogy|Somme]] (80)</li> | |||
<li>[[Tarn, France Genealogy|Tarn]] (81)</li> | |||
<li>[[Tarn-et-Garonne, France Genealogy|Tarn-et-Garonne]] (82)</li> | |||
<li>[[Var, France Genealogy|Var]] (83)</li> | |||
<li>[[Vaucluse, France Genealogy|Vaucluse]] (84)</li> | |||
<li>[[Vendée, France Genealogy|Vendée]] (85)</li> | |||
<li>[[Vienne, France Genealogy|Vienne]] (86)</li> | |||
<li>[[Haute-Vienne, France Genealogy|Haute-Vienne]] (87)</li> | |||
<li>[[Vosges, France Genealogy|Vosges]] (88)</li> | |||
<li>[[Yonne, France Genealogy|Yonne]] (89)</li> | |||
<li>[[Territoire-de-Belfort, France Genealogy|Territoire-de-Belfort]] (90)</li> | |||
<li>[[Essonne, France Genealogy|Essonne]] (91)</li> | |||
<li>[[Hauts-de-Seine, France Genealogy|Hauts-de-Seine]] (92)</li> | |||
<li>[[Seine-Saint-Denis, France Genealogy|Seine-St.Denis]] (93)</li> | |||
<li>[[Val-de-Marne, France Genealogy|Val-de-Marne]] (94)</li> | |||
<li>[[Val-d’Oise, France Genealogy|Val-d’Oise]] (95)</li> | |||
<li>'''On 1 January 2021, the departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin have been merged into the [[European Collectivity of Alsace.]]''' | |||
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'''Territories'''<br> | |||
*[[French Guiana, France Genealogy|French Guiana]] | |||
*[[Guadeloupe, France Genealogy|Guadeloupe]] | |||
*[[Martinique, France Genealogy|Martinique]] | |||
*[[Mayotte, France Genealogy|Mayotte]] | |||
*[[Reunion Island, France Genealogy|La Réunion]] | |||
*[[Saint Martin Genealogy|Saint Martin]] | |||
===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. | ||
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*All departmental archives have a reading room in which researchers can do their own research. | *All departmental archives have a reading room in which researchers can do their own research. | ||
*You may want to hire a researcher through a nearby genealogical society to search records at the departmental archives. See the "[[France Societies|Societies]]" section. | *You may want to hire a researcher through a nearby genealogical society to search records at the departmental archives. See the "[[France Societies|Societies]]" section. | ||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:France]] | |||
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