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Guide to '''France ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. | |||
==Country Information== | |||
France is a country in Western Europe bordered by [[Belgium Genealogy|Belgium]], [[Luxembourg Genealogy|Luxembourg]], [[Germany Genealogy|Germany]], [[Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland]], [[Italy Genealogy|Italy]], [[Monaco Genealogy|Monaco]], [[Spain Genealogy|Spain]], and [[Andorra Genealogy|Andorra]]. The French Republic was established in 1792. The official language is French.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "France," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France, accessed 23 March 2016.</ref> | |||
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==France Map== | |||
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== Jurisdictions == | |||
=== Departments === | |||
Today France is divided into 96 departments and 5 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 it is necessary to know which department the town is located. | |||
'''Note:''' The numbers in parentheses following the department name correspond to the numbers on the map above. ''Territoire-de-Belfort'' does not have a number on the map; it is located immediately below Haut-Rhin (68). The ''(1)'' on the map corresponds to the Paris area shown on the left inset. | |||
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<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> | |||
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<p style="color:red">On 1 January 2021, the departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin were merged and became known as the [[European Collectivity of Alsace.]]</p> | |||
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'''Territories'''<br> | |||
Many of the records of the French overseas territories are on-line at [http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/ ''Les Archives nationales d’outre-mer'']'', ''literally The Overseas National Archives. | |||
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<li>[[French Guiana, France Genealogy|French Guiana]] </li> | |||
<li>[[Guadeloupe, France Genealogy|Guadeloupe]] </li> | |||
<li>[[Martinique, France Genealogy|Martinique]] </li> | |||
<li>[[Mayotte, France Genealogy|Mayotte]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Reunion Island, France Genealogy|La Réunion]] </li> | |||
<li>[[Saint Martin Genealogy|Saint Martin]]</li> | |||
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=== Historic Provinces and their Capitols === | |||
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<li>[[Alsace|Alsace (Strasbourg)]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Charente, France Genealogy#Former County of Angoumois|Angoumois (Angoulême)]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Anjou|Anjou (Angers)]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Pas-de-Calais, France Genealogy#Former Region of Artois|Artois (Arras)]]</li> | |||
<li>[[Charente-Maritime, France Genealogy#Former Province of Aunis|Aunis (La Rochelle)]]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auvergne Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry,_France Berry (Bourges)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbonnais Bourbonnais (Moulins)]</li> | |||
<li>[[Brittany|Brittany (Rennes)]]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgundy Burgundy (Dijon)] </li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9arn Béarn (Pau)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne_(province) Champagne (Troyes)] </li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comtat_Venaissin Comtat Venaissin (Papal Fief)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsica Corsica (Ajaccio)] </li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dauphin%C3%A9 Dauphiné (Grenoble)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Flanders Flandres and Hainaut (Lille)]</li> | |||
<li>[[Ariège, France Genealogy#Former County of Foix|Foix (Foix)]]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franche-Comt%C3%A9 Franche-Comté (Besançon)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyenne Guyenne] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gascony Gascony] (Bordeaux)</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele-de-France Île-de-France (Paris)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languedoc Languedoc (Toulouse)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limousin Limousin (Limoges)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine Lorraine (Nancy)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_(province) Maine (Le Mans)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_La_Marche Marche (Guéret)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Montb%C3%A9liard Montbelliard, Fief of Württemberg]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulhouse Imperial Free City of Mulhouse] </li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Nice Nice, County of]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nivernais Nivernais (Nevers)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy Normandy (Rouen)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orl%C3%A9anais Orléanais (Orléans)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picardy Picardy (Amiens)]</li> | |||
( | <li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poitou Poitou (Poitiers)] </li> | ||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provence Provence (Aix-en-Provence)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes Rhône-Alpes (Lyon)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roussillon Roussillon (Perpignan)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saintonge Saintonge or Xaintonge (Saintes)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoy Savoy, Duchy of (Chambéry then Turin)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoie_Propre Savoie Propre (Chambéry)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarentaise_Valley Tarentaise (Moûtiers)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurienne Maurienne (Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne)] </li> | |||
<li>[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genevois_(province) Genevois (Annecy)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chablais Chablais (Thonon-les-Bains)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faucigny Faucigny (Bonneville)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touraine Touraine (Tours)]</li> | |||
<li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Bishoprics Trois-Évêchés (Metz, Toul and Verdun)]</li> | |||
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Guide to France ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Country Information
France is a country in Western Europe bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Spain, and Andorra. The French Republic was established in 1792. The official language is French.[1]
France Map
Click on the specific department name either on the maps above or in the list below to access the FamilySearch Wiki article for that department.
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Jurisdictions
Departments
Today France is divided into 96 departments and 5 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 it is necessary to know which department the town is located.
Note: The numbers in parentheses following the department name correspond to the numbers on the map above. Territoire-de-Belfort does not have a number on the map; it is located immediately below Haut-Rhin (68). The (1) on the map corresponds to the Paris area shown on the left inset.
- Ain (01)
- Aisne (02)
- Allier (03)
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04)
- Hautes-Alpes (05)
- Alpes-Maritimes (06)
- Ardèche (07)
- Ardennes (08)
- Ariège (09)
- Aube (10)
- Aude (11)
- Aveyron (12)
- Bas-Rhin (67)
- Bouches-du-Rhône (13)
- Calvados (14)
- Cantal (15)
- Charente (16)
- Charente-Maritime (17)
- Cher (18)
- Corrèze (19)
- Corse-du-Sud(2A)
- Haute-Corse (2B)
- Côte d'Or (21)
- Côtes d'Armor (22)
- Creuse (23)
- Dordogne (24)
- Doubs (25)
- Drôme (26)
- Eure (27)
- Eure-et-Loir (28)
- Finistère (29)
- Gard (30)
- Haute-Garonne (31)
- Gers (32)
- Gironde(33)
- Hérault (34)
- Haut-Rhin (68)
- Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
- Indre (36)
- Indre-et-Loire (37)
- Isère (38)
- Jura (39)
- Landes (40)
- Loir-et-Cher (41)
- Loire (42)
- Haute-Loire (43)
- Loire-Atlantique (44)
- Loiret (45)
- Lot (46)
- Lot-et-Garonne (47)
- Lozère (48)
- Maine-et-Loire (49)
- Manche (50)
- Marne (51)
- Haute-Marne (52)
- Mayenne (53)
- Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
- Meuse (55)
- Morbihan (56)
- Moselle (57)
- Nièvre (58)
- Nord (59)
- Oise (60)
- Orne (61)
- Pas-de-Calais (62)
- Puy-de-Dôme (63)
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
- Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
- Pyrénées-Orientales(66)
- Rhône (69)
- Haute-Saône (70)
- Saône-et-Loire (71)
- Sarthe (72)
- Savoie (73)
- Haute-Savoie (74)
- Paris (75)
- Seine-Maritime (76)
- Seine-et-Marne (77)
- Yvelines (78)
- Deux-Sèvres (79)
- Somme (80)
- Tarn (81)
- Tarn-et-Garonne (82)
- Var (83)
- Vaucluse (84)
- Vendée (85)
- Vienne (86)
- Haute-Vienne (87)
- Vosges (88)
- Yonne (89)
- Territoire-de-Belfort (90)
- Essonne (91)
- Hauts-de-Seine (92)
- Seine-St.Denis (93)
- Val-de-Marne (94)
- Val-d’Oise (95)
On 1 January 2021, the departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin were merged and became known as the European Collectivity of Alsace.
Territories
Many of the records of the French overseas territories are on-line at Les Archives nationales d’outre-mer, literally The Overseas National Archives.
Historic Provinces and their Capitols
References
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "France," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France, accessed 23 March 2016.